New York · Nonprofit
Rochester's Lace
Rochester's Lace (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,464 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($41,448). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $73k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $41k
- Net assets
- $15k
What Rochester's Lace does
Mission
Our mission is to provide language and cultural support to new Americans (immigrants, refugees, and asylees) as they transition towards independence into the local community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Mom's and Tots English: Refugee mothers and their preschoolers learn English together through play, songs, and stories. This program is held once or twice weekly. In 2025, the program was held at Mary's Place Refugee Outreach (January - June), Word Relief Western New York (January), Catholic Charities Family and Community Sevice (February - December), and in private homes (September - December). There were 131 unique participants to the program in 2025, and they came from 16 different countries (Afghanistan, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Haiti, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Uganada, Ukraine, and Venezuela).
$14,892 spent27% of program spendingJob Readiness English: Participants work on English vocabulary and skills to help them enter the workplace. This program was held weekly at Catholic Charities Family and Community Service from February - December 2025. There were 46 unique participants to the program in 2025, and they came from 12 different countries (Afghanistan, Burundi, Cameroon, Cuba, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, and Venezuela).
$12,875 spent23% of program spendingEnglish for Older Refugees: This weekly program is for refugees and immagrants who are 60+ years old. Classes focus on conversation and vocabulary building. The program was held in partnership with Catholic Charities Family and Community services at the Henrietta Senior Center (January - December). There were 23 unique participants to this program in 2025, and they came from 6 different countries (Afghanistan, China, Congo, Peru, Ukraine, and Vietnam).
$10,747 spent19% of program spendingWomen's English Classes: Participants work on health and life skills. This program is held monthly at Catholic Charities Family and Community Services in 2025.Taste of English: This monthly program is for begineers English Class at St. Michael's Church. In partnership with Rochester Hope, the classes are available for community members while they wait for their turn at the food pantry in 2025.Other Classes: Includes classes at the Jewish Home and workshops.
$17,047 spent31% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $55,561.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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's Lace’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's Lace leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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's Lace.
“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
100% of Rochester's Lace's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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's Lace runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Rochester's Lace: 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's Lace?
- Rochester's Lace (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,464 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($41,448). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Rochester's Lace have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $41,464 in grants to Rochester's Lace, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Rochester's Lace?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $41,448 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Rochester's Lace find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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