Rochester, NY – The United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes has released part of its reduced list of organizations that will receive critical funding starting next year.
United Way announced that 89 nonprofits in its six-county service area will receive a share of more than $6 million in multi-year program grants.
The announcement comes a week after United Way said it would “evolve” its Community Impact Fund, cutting the amount nearly in half and leaving several local nonprofits without nearly $5 million in funding.
Among the organizations affected are Foodlink, the region’s only food bank, and the Center for Youth. United Way blamed the ongoing impact of the pandemic and a decline in donations.
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“United Way is a community-driven organization. We listen and respond to community needs,” said Jaime Saunders, president and CEO of United Way, in a statement. “The multi-year grants are one component of a robust support strategy for our nonprofit sector. We recognize that the needs of our neighbors are significant and immediate – they cannot wait for our strategy to fully develop. Therefore, we are committed not only to supporting the 2025 multi-year recipients, but also to supporting any transition of critical services that our current multi-year partners provide today.”
The grants will support 97 programs, and 56 of them were outlined in Friday’s press release. That list includes:
Financial security
- Financial counseling program of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester, Inc.
- Eviction Prevention and Homelessness Aversion Program of Family Promise of Greater Rochester, Inc.
- Safe Passage Housing Initiative Program of Keeping Our Promise, Inc.
- Adult tutoring program of the Literacy Volunteers of Wayne County, Inc.
- MHA Rochester/Monroe County Peer Training Academy Program
- Monroe Community College Foundation Money Smart Financial Coaching Program
- PathStone Genesee County Housing Stability Program of PathStone Corporation
- Housing First and Care Management Program from Person Centered Housing Option
- Rochester Museum and Science Center Career Ladder Program
- STEADY Work Program of Wayne County Action Program, Inc.
- Rise Up! Women in Motion Program of the Worker Justice Center of New York, Inc.
Healthy community
- Cancer Action, Inc.’s “Mapping My Journey in Communities of Color” program.
- Catholic Charities Steuben/Livingston Emergency Services, Livingston County Program
- Challenger Miracle Field by WNY’s Miracle Field: Health Equity for People with Developmental Disabilities
- The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester’s program to support children and families affected by abuse
- Dansville Food Pantries Dansville Food Pantry Program
- The Healthy Deaf Community Supports program of Deaf Refugee Advocacy, Inc.
- Homeless Shelter and Eviction Prevention Program by Family Promise of Ontario County, Inc.
- JustCauses program for volunteer lawyers in family law
- Access to Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence Program of the Legal Aid Society of Rochester, NY, Inc.
- The Immigrant Basic Needs Advocacy Program of the Legal Aid Society of Rochester, NY, Inc.
- The Youth for Academic Success program of the Legal Aid Society of Rochester, NY, Inc.
- Legal assistance from the Finger Lakes Community Legal Assistance Program of Western New York, Inc.
- The Project Haven program of Reach Advocacy, Inc.
- Salvation Army of Geneva, Geneva Emergency Relief Programmes
- School-Based Resource Center Program by Spot-Canandaigua, Inc.
- St. Vincent DePaul Society Food Voucher Program
- Survivor Advocacy Center of the Finger Lakes’ Bridgeway: Connecting survivors with a program for independent living
- The Housing Council at PathStones The Housing Council Housing Stability Program
- URMC Noyes Health’s Home Safe Home Program
- Food pantry program of Venture Compassionate Ministries, Inc.
- UR Medicine Home Care Meals on Wheels Program
- Volunteers of America’s Emergency Shelter for Homeless Families program in upstate New York
- WAVE Women, Inc.’s My Way Project: Transcending Humanity Program
- The Aging Strong Program at Warrior House of WNY
- Optimal Health Program of Wayne County Action Program, Inc.
- Willow Domestic Violence Center Emergency Shelter Program
- One-Stop Re-entry Continuum of Care Expansion Program 2025
Opportunity for the youth
- Mentoring program for youth on educational success from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester, NY
- Site-based mentoring program from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester, NY
- Boy Scouts of America, Seneca Waterways Council Career Orientation Program
- Hillside Work Scholarship Connection program at Hillside Children’s Center
- Parents as Teachers Program at Hillside Children’s Center
- Fresh Start tutoring program at the Hope Center of Leroy
- Mentoring Program by Hub585, Inc.
- Certified BIPOC Boys Initiative Program by Mission Fulfilled 2030
- Mt. Hope Family Center’s Health for Children Program
- The 585 Dream Afterschool Program by Roc Royal, Inc.
- Society for the Protection and Care of Children – Program to support teenage parents
- The neighborhood-based youth organizing program of the Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc.
- Socioemotional Learning with Drumline Program by United Youth Music and Arts, Inc.
- Wayne County Action Program, Inc. Integrated Community School Support Program
- Health Career Orientation Program of the Western New York Rural Area Health Education Center, Inc.
- Women’s empowerment program
Community resilience
- Goodwill of the Finger Lakes 211/LIFE LINE Program
Grant distribution will begin in early 2025. United Way said the full list of recipients will be announced later this year once the campaign and contracts are finalized.
“We are honored to support new and long-standing partners through our multi-year grants,” said Ashley Campbell, United Way’s chief impact officer, in a statement. “Over the next few months, we will focus our efforts on accelerating the remaining grant opportunities for our region. These year-long grants include support for community resilience, capacity building, innovative concepts, summer programs and more.”
In addition, dozens of organizations will receive a portion of the bridging aid amounting to approximately $2 million.
These non-profit organizations include:
- Action for a Better Community, Inc.
- Alex Eligh Community Center
- All Babies Cherished Pregnancy Support Centre
- American Red Cross, Greater Rochester Branch
- Baden Street Settlement
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater Rochester, NY
- Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation
- Bivona Child Protection Center
- Boy Scouts of America, Seneca Waterways Council
- Boy Scouts of America, Western New York Scout Council
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Rochester
- Boys and Girls Club of Geneva
- Catholic Charities Family and Community Services
- Catholic Charities of the Finger Lakes
- Catholic Charities Steuben/Livingston
- Centre for Employment Opportunities
- Opportunities and Changes, Inc.
- Charles Settlement House, Inc.
- Children’s Institute, Inc.
- YMCA near Clifton Springs
- Joint venture of Orleans and Genesee, Inc.
- Greater Rochester Community Center
- Companion Rochester
- Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Rochester, Inc.
- Coordinated Child Development Program
- Dansville Food Distribution
- Empire Justice Center
- EnCompass Learning Resources
- Finger Lakes Family Counseling
- Ontario County Family Promise, Inc.
- Wayne County Family Promise
- Counseling and recovery agency for the Finger Lakes region
- Focus on the children
- Foodlink, Inc
- Friendship House of Middlesex, Inc.
- Gateway Home Comfort Care, Inc.
- Genesee Orleans Ministry of Concern, Inc.
- Genesee Valley Health Partnership
- Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council
- Geneseo Groveland Emergency Food Supply
- Geneseo Parish Outreach Center, Inc.
- Geneva Family YMCA
- Geneva Lakefront Daycare
- Gillam Grant Community Center
- Girl Scouts in Western New York
- YMCA Glow
- The good reputation of the Finger Lakes
- Hillside Children’s Center
- Home care and hospice
- Hope Center by LeRoy
- Ibero-American Action League, Inc.
- Jewish Family Services of Rochester, Inc.
- Junior success of WNY
- Only reason
- Counsel of Western New York, Inc.
- Lifespan of Greater Rochester, Inc.
- Wayne County Literacy Volunteers, Inc.
- Volunteers for Literacy Ontario Yates
- Literacy West NY, Inc.
- Mary Cariola Center, Inc.
- Medical Motor Service of Rochester and Monroe County, Inc.
- MHA Rochester/Monroe County
- Monroe Community College Foundation
- Mt. Hope Family Center
- Partnership for Ontario County
- PathStone Corp
- Phelps Community Center
- Rochester Rehabilitation Center
- Safe havens of the Finger Lakes
- Salvation Army, Canandaigua
- Salvation Army, Geneva
- Santa Hat Society, Inc.
- Serenity House of Victor, Inc.
- Society for the Protection and Care of Children
- SouthWest Area Neighborhood Association, Inc.
- St. Joseph’s Neighborhood Center, Inc.
- St. Vincent DePaul Society
- Survivor Advocacy Center of the Finger Lakes
- The Center for Youth Services, Inc.
- The Housing Council at PathStone
- The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, NY, Inc.
- The Rochester School of the Holy Childhood, Inc.
- The Salvation Army, Batavia Corps
- The Salvation Army, serving the Rochester area
- Trillium Health, Inc.
- UConnectCare
- UR Medicine Home Care
- Urban League of Rochester, New York, Inc.
- URMC Noyes Health
- Villa of Hope
- Nursing Services of Rochester and Monroe County, Inc.
- Volunteers of America in Upstate New York
- Warrior House of WNY
- Warsaw food distribution
- Wayne Pre-Trial Services, Inc.
- Willow Domestic Violence Center
- Community Action in Wyoming County
- YMCA of Greater Rochester
- YWCA of Genesee County, Inc.
- YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County
United Way said additional funding opportunities will be available in early 2025.
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