New York · Nonprofit
ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $341,937 to it, the largest being LAWRENCE H DUNN TRUST XXXXX4004 ($104,588). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $342k
- Net assets
- $16M
What Rochester School for the Deaf does
Mission
Mission: Rochester School for the Deaf (rsd) provides exemplary opportunities in a bilingual environment to meet students' unique learning. Together, as a community, rsd challenges and prepares students for participation in the ever-changing world by: - creating an environment that empowers academic achievement, enables communication, and enriches social engagement; - using both proven and innovative programming along with current technologies; and - nurturing students in mind, body, and spiritedness culminating in self-awareness, cultural identity and pride.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education and related services - Rochester School for the Deaf (rsd) provides educational programs for deaf and hard of hearing children newborn to age 22, through funding from the new york state department of education (nysed). These programs are based on the unique language, communication, educational, and social needs of each child appointed to the school by the nysed. At the end of the 2024-2025 school year, rsd served 136 students from 33 school districts in 12 counties. Children were enrolled in deaf infant, pre-kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school programs (new york state registered programs awarding regents and high school diplomas, career development and occupational studies commencement credentials, and skills and achievement commencement credentials). Accomplishments for this school year include: - at the early childhood center, the family instructional and resource service team (f.I.r.s.t.) program and preschool served 21 babies and toddlers with home visits and in-person classes. An additional 12 students attended preschool on campus. Assessments and standards were used to plan curriculum and instruction, with a focus on language, cognition,…
$10,080,807 spent$10,576,898 earned by the program81% of program spendingResidential - Rochester School for the Deaf (rsd) provides housing for students whose individual education plan (iep) requires it as part of their educational programming. More than half of these students are residents of school districts outside of monroe county for whom a daily commute would be impractical. As of june 2025, 29 students lived on campus in the girls and boys' dormitories. Dormitories were operational on a regular schedule from monday afternoon through friday morning. Students receive homework and other support in an inclusive bilingual living and learning community and had the opportunity to participate in athletics, clubs, and other enrichment opportunities.
$1,287,809 spent$1,299,023 earned by the program10% of program spendingDeaf infant program - educational programs for deaf or hard of hearing children, newborn to age 3. Early childhood center - educational programs for deaf or hard-of-hearing children to age four. This program includes: - a home-based infants, toddlers and twos program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing from birth to 18 months of age;- a half-day center-based program for children from 18 months to 3 years of age;- a full-day preschool program for children ages 3 and 4;- a summer program designed to support the ongoing educational and social development needs of young children.
$622,032 spent$657,141 earned by the program5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$442,286 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,432,934.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $18M to $17M (−7%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 95% · 2018 95% · 2019 2% · 2020 4% · 2021 3% · 2022 3% · 2023 6% · 2024 8% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Antony Mcletchie
Superintendent/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $15k → $37k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF’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 SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
46% 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 SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 92% · 2019 44% · 2020 38% · 2021 34% · 2022 66% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
55% of ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 77% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $157k 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 SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF?
- ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $341,937 to it, the largest being LAWRENCE H DUNN TRUST XXXXX4004 ($104,588). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $341,937 in grants to ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF?
- LAWRENCE H DUNN TRUST XXXXX4004 is the largest funder on record, with $104,588 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROCHESTER SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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