Minnesota · Nonprofit
ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION
ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,434 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ($90,999). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $30k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $161k
- Net assets
- $88k
What Rochester Public School Foundation does
Mission
Provide grants to Rochester Public School system staff for innovative enhancements and assist graduating students with scholarships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The foundation provides grants to teachers in the Rochester Public School system to enrich the students education. In 2025 14 grants were awarded that involved over 7000 students at the K-5 level and over 1000 at the secondary level. 300 staff members in the school system participated in delivering the programs.
$22,958 spentof which $22,958 as grants92% of program spending2 STRIVE scholarships to graduating high school students for college. The STRIVE program is a program that pairs high school seniors facing academic challenges with adult mentors to provide support, encouragement, and guidance on post-secondary planning. The program recommends students for scholarships that are given by Rochester Public School Foundation.
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants4% of program spending2 scholarships for post secondary training from Rochester's Alternative Learning Schools. The Rochester Alternative Learning Schools operate under the mission of Rochester Public Schools to equip students with the knowledge, independence, and resilience to pursue a fulfilling path. Students are recommended for scholarships by the Rochester Alternative Learning Center.
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $24,958.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $72k to $82k (+15%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
93% of ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $91k → $6k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 51% · 2020 99% · 2021 50% · 2022 99% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
94% of ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION?
- ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,434 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ($90,999). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $161,434 in grants to ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION?
- UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA is the largest funder on record, with $90,999 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing