2019 Rochester Giving Circles Increase Individuals’ Philanthropic Impact

Sponsored by 2019 Rochester Giving Circles increase individuals’ philanthropic impact Companies work to help GIVING their employees give back Plus: ■ 2019 Charitable Events Calendar GUIDE ■ Profi les of local nonprofi ts A Philanthropic Resource ■ The region’s top 50 grant makers LOOK TO AFP GENESEE VALLEY TO Connect. Educate. Inspire. AFPGV Regional Conference: IGNITING Wednesday, May 1, 2019 PASSION FOR PHILANTHROPY “Igniting Passion for Philanthropy” features nationally recognized team presenters Alice Ferris, CFRE, ACFRE and Jim Anderson, CFRE, plus local dynamo Pam Sherman. Spark your passion for fundraising! National Philanthropy Day 2019: Friday, November 1, 2019 Celebrate philanthropy in the greater Rochester community with AFPGV! Nominations in ten categories are due May 11, 2019. Networking Events Share fundraising news and ideas with your colleagues. AFPGV has a variety of networking groups to match your needs. See a great line-up of events at www.afpgv.org. Educational Programs Whether you are new to fundraising or a seasoned professional, take advantage of compelling education opportunities. Visit www.afpgv.org for details and to register. Connect with a chapter leader, find membership information and learn more about fundraising resources. Contact the AFP Genesee Valley office at: [email protected] • 585.586.7810 • www.afpgv.org The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents more than 28,000 fundraisers in more than 180 chapters throughout the world, working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs. The Association fosters development and growth of fundraising professionals and promotes high ethical standards in the fundraising profession. Great communities have Rochester Giving 2019 . A Philanthropic Resource great zoos. And great zoos are great investments for a community, as they are economic assets for the region. CONTENTS 5.........Giving Circles increase your impact 7.........Companies help employees give Elesa Kim Pamela Reed Sanchez back 10........Grant makers list 12........Nonprofi t profi les 12. Ability Partners Foundation 14. Foodlink 16. Mary Cariola Children’s Center 18........2019 Charitable Events Wayne Smith Calendar 32........Index of organizations Your investment in the Seneca Park Zoo results in: (for the Charitable Events Calendar) • Connecting more than 400,000 visitors annually with wildlife and wild places • Providing more than 40,000 school children with their first encounter with nature and wildlife each year • Bringing tourism dollars into our region, as more than Suzanne Fischer-Huettner … Publisher 30% of our visitors reside outside Monroe County Ben Jacobs … Editor • Educating more than half a million children and adults off site through outreach programs Lisa Granite … Associate Editor • Giving families from all walks of life safe, outdoor time Kelly Plessinger … Digital Content Manager together, for less than the cost of going to a movie. Bill Alden … Copy Editor • Scientific research and practice aimed atspecies survival for more than thirty different species, including snow Andrew Green … Research Director leopards, African penguins, Panamanian golden frogs, African lions, and North American river otters. Jean Moorhouse … Account Manager Your Zoo is growing in amazing ways. In 2018, the highly Michelle Sanfi lippo … Account Manager praised five-acre Animals of the Savanna expansion opened, summer tram service began, and new habitats for snow Jessica Sims ... Event and Marketing Coordinator leopards and red pandas opened in the center of the Zoo. And there is much more to come, with designs underway for Rachel Zachary … Public Notice and Advertising a new central café and entirely new experiences at the front Coordinator of the Zoo, including an indoor/outdoor Tropics Complex. To learn more about how you or your company can get involved Tracy Bumba … Audience Development Manager with this transformation, visit senecaparkzoo.org/wilder or contact [email protected]. Heather Heater … Graphic Designer Kady Weddle … Special Projects Supervisor senecaparkzoo.org/wilder ©2019 by Rochester Business Journal. All rights reserved. 4 ROCHESTER GIVING 2019 ROCHESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL Rochester Giving 2019 . A Philanthropic Resource Giving Circles amplify individuals’ power to make a difference let’s end the e RACF makes applying for grants By SETH WALLACE easy through Giving Circles with its on- t’s an old aphorism that no raindrop line grant portal and application, as well feels responsible for the flood—but as instituting dynamic, innovative events Iwhat if we ipped that? like NextGen’s “Shark Tank”-style nals HIV epidemic What if a group of individuals recog- at Geva eatre. nized their own potential and combined e individual nature of Giving Circles each of their humble efforts? Could it allows for a rigorous, personalized appli- form a mighty current capable of knock- cation and award process, circle leaders ing down barriers, cutting new paths and said, letting members see exactly where transforming a landscape? their money is going and what for. For more than a decade and gaining “We want to work best practices, be momentum every year, the Giving Cir- more of a strategic collaborator than just cles of the Rochester Area Community a grantmaker and have a deeper under- Foundation (RACF) have functioned on standing of the customer’s voice,” said 13 185 this principle—together, all of us can do Melinda Andolina, co-chair of the Roch- people taking the once-daily Black and Latino men better than each of us. ester Women’s Giving Circle (RWGC). “Giving Circles are like investment e RWGC was formed in 2007 with PrEP pill prevents one new who have sex with clubs, but for charity,” said Jennifer Leon- the mission of providing support and op- HIV infection men and transgender ard, president and CEO of Rochester Area portunities for women and girls in the Community Foundation. “You research Rochester area, which Andolina calls the individuals were together, you give together, and you cel- group’s “shared passion.” connected to PrEP ebrate the impact together. Your own gift “We want our money at work in the is magnified many times over. What a community getting women and girls in at Trillium Health great way to engage in community phi- Monroe County out of poverty and to be in 2018 lanthropy.” self-sustaining,” Andolina said. “If you It’s a simple concept that has taken strengthen women, you strengthen the root and bloomed in the Flower City, community as a whole.” with each o shoot dedicated to grow- Giving Circles allow individuals to fol- 825 ing and nurturing a certain population low those shared passions. For Leslie or underserved area. With a low point Anne Hulbert of the Developmental Dis- new patients started on of entry, Giving Circles are a way to en- ability Giving Circle, that started from the PrEP this year gage a donor base that may not be able barriers encountered by her son, Andrew, to, for example, single-handedly fund a who is challenged by autism and epilepsy. university building. “It was a concept that could bring to- Since 2007, Giving Circles have raised gether parents of people with develop- and distributed a collective $1.7 million mental disabilities to join together to within the six-to-eight county greater Roch- fund innovative programs that are go- ester area, according to RACF o cials. ing to make a di erence in their lives,” Giving Circles are a way to offer a Hulbert said. different type of social, educational e Developmental Disability Giving and engagement opportunity and each Circle focuses on three areas for “help- 52,000 + of the RACF’s five Giving Circles op- ing create the life [individuals] want to erate based on the input, consent and have,” Hulbert said. ose three areas will of its members. Continued on page 6 individuals were engaged via physical and digital outreach in 2018 100 individuals on average are referred to PrEP through our walk-in testing each month we’re so grateful for your support TrilliumHealth.org/Donate ROCHESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL ROCHESTER GIVING 2019 5 Rochester Giving 2019 . A Philanthropic Resource volved and have a collective impact by coming together liams said, and is not limited to organizations for which GIVING CIRCLES and strategizing and evaluating various ways to fund LGBT issues are the primary focus. Continued from page 5 organizations that are seeking a little help,” said AAGI’s “Rochester has supported the LGBT community and Carol Adams. been at the forefront of LGBT equality and it’s impor- are employment, community inclusion and increased Adams said that in recent years, the group has begun tant—you can’t do it on your own, so to have allies, that independence. to zero in on “providing a positive, enriching environ- means you can get the job done,” Williams said. “A common refrain we hear as parents is ‘oh, that’s ment for our youth.” e concentration on programs Some giving circles have particularly creative ways to a great idea, but we can’t do that.” said Hulbert. “We to uplift young people has produced some notable out- solicit both donations and grant applicants. wanted to be able to be that source of saying, ‘you have comes, like the Conkey Cruisers neighborhood bicycling Each year, NextGen, the Giving Circle dedicated to a great idea; we think this is worth investing in.’” program to promote exercise. engaging young professionals, packs Geva eatre for Since beginning in 2015, the Developmental Disability e AAGI also supports the Gateway Music Festival, its Community Showcase, where nalists from orga- Giving Circle has invested in technology grants to help which in 2017 hosted a contingent of internationally nizations who have applied for grants make their case individuals with their schedule and independence, as renowned musicians of African descent to perform and before a live audience. well as employment assessment software and LinkUp, hold workshops, all in conjunction with the University “It’s my favorite event of the year,” said NextGen’s a career vocation program with one-on-one support for of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music.

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