2024-07-22T09:19:38-07:00 2024-03-31 990EZ 2023-04-01 161602926 GREATER ROCHESTER COMMUNITY TRANSPORATION FOUNDATION GREA 5856540200 1372 East Main St Rochester NY 14609 Miguel Velazquez Treasurer 5856540200 2024-07-22 Miguel Velazquez 999009999 1 1 11 1 AAL2 X 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X X Foundation 41408 X 36175 0 0 5233 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41408 24847 0 0 7879 0 0 16211 48937 -7529 108727 0 101198 X 129482 111628 0 0 0 0 129482 111628 20755 10430 108727 101198 Provide financial assistance for transportation to youth groups Avenue Blackbox Theater The Avenue Children's Theatre project provides arts, cultural, life skills and career pathways to the arts in one of the city's most underserved neighborhoods. The Avenue is located in the northeast quadrant where no other arts institution has existed for over 50 years. The bus passes are used to assist transporting students to/from the program. 2800 2800 Delphi Rise The Health Homes Care Management program at Delphi Rise provides hands-on case management services to individuals with serious mental illness (SMI), chronic conditions, and substance use disorder (SUD). Case management services are provided to help clients achieve their physical, behavioral, and social health goals. The bus passes help clients independently perform activities of daily living. 2000 2000 Rochester Refugee Resettlement Services (RRRS) Rochester Refugee Resettlement Services serves Rochester's new Americans and asylum seekers with the goal to bring them to self-sufficiency. RRRS houses more than 400 people and in 2022 helped place more than 100 new Americans into jobs. The bus passes are used to provide transportation when staff and volunteers are not available to drive the clients. 1720 1720 Coffee Connection The Coffee Connection empowers women in recovery from addiction, trauma, and incarceration by providing jobs and training for sustainable employment as a not-for-profit business selling fair trade, organically-grown, and sustainably-farmed coffee to retail and wholesale customers. They also provide support for women on their journey toward sustainable recovery, integrating their learning of life practices through running the business. The bus passes are used for clients who do not have access to reliable transportation. 1672 1672 Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association (GRSLA) In pursuit of equity for lower-resourced families, GRSLA operates a high-quality tuition-free summer learning and enrichment program 3-and 4-year-olds The summerLEAP into Kindergarten program focuses on reducing summer learning loss and increasing kindergarten readiness by engaging students in six weeks of experiential learning, focusing on literacy, math, and science instruction. Since transportation is not provided to PreK students through RCSD, GRSLA provides bus passes to families without access to reliable transportation. 2520 2520 Recovery Houses of Rochester Recovery Houses of Rochester was founded in 2002 to meet the need for sober living facilities for men (particularly men of color) who may also have a co-occurring mental health condition. The bus passes are used to help clients access needed services. 900 900 St. Peter's Kitchen St. Peter's Kitchen, a community food and social services program, operates a variety of programs including a daily hot lunch; food pantry; social work services; and community garden. With over 100 regular volunteers and funded by private donations and grants, St. Peter's is committed to combating food insecurity and poverty. The bus passes are used to help clients without access to reliable transportation to St. Pete's Kitchen. 935 935 Barakah Muslim Charity Barakah Muslim Charity is an organization that was founded in Rochester NY in 2013 to provide food and clothing assistance, inmate support, counseling and medical screening for those in need. The bus passes are used to assist transporting families and individuals to services. 3000 3000 Rochester Rams Football Club Inc. The Rams serve about 300 kids, ages 5 to 16 in an athletic/academic program and travel throughout the year to competitive events. Transportation for the group has been self-funded since 2012. Club members work to raise the needed funds, and in the past, parents and volunteers made-up any shortfalls. Seventy-five percent of the kids in this program are at or below the poverty level, have never been outside of Rochester and are being raised by grandparents or a single parent. This grant request was to supplement the cost of charter service to compete in New Jersey for Regional Cheer & Dance Competition. 3000 3000 Action for a Better Community Action for a Better Community, which is one of nearly 1,000 nationally recognized Community Action Agencies (CAA's) established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, to fight America's War on Poverty as well as promote and provide opportunities for low-income individuals and families to become self-sufficient. 1000 1000 Bethany House Bethany House provides temporary housing and support to women and children afflicted with homelessness and instability from domestic violence, incarceration, addiction, mental health, physical illness, or poverty. Their services are free and open to all women in the community and the bus passes help clients access services. 1000 1000 Flower City Arts Center The Flower City Arts Center is a long -standing Photo Club program serving 6th, 7th and 8th grade economically disadvantaged students who attend RCSD. Studio 678 students explore the community through field trips to local historical sites, museums, colleges, neighborhoods, businesses, and cultural destinations where they learn about the art of photography and written expression. As a result, they enhance their ability to express themselves in constructive ways, build life and problem -solving skills, and establish positive relationships. The grant helps supplement transportation to programming during the 24-week experience. 1000 1000 House of Mercy The House of Mercy is a homeless shelter that provides hope, healing, compassionate care, unconditional love, and a sense of community. It serves the poorest of the poor and the most vulnerable among us. They run a full-service kitchen and they have a social services team that refers clients to housing opportunities, job opportunities, and medical/mental health care services. The bus passes are used to help clients without access to reliable transportation. 1000 1000 Mary's Place Refugee Outreach Mary's Place provides outreach services and programs for refugees. Services include food and clothing distribution, caseworker services, English-as-a-second language, green card and citizenship application assistance, and a summer youth program. The bus passes are used to help clients without access to reliable transportation. 1000 1000 Messiah Hands Foundation This organization promotes mental and physical wellness to single mothers who have a child with a disability. They provide information on what services can be obtained and assist the mothers to get to their preferred service. The bus passes are used to help clients without access to reliable transportation. 300 300 Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach Spiritus Christi submitted a joint application for its Price Outreach Program and Grace of God Recovery House. The Prison Outreach program is Monroe County's only program that provides residential wraparound support to people that are homeless and reentering the community from institutions such as jails and prisons. Grace of God Recovery House provides a safe home for men who have received treatment for their addictions but are homeless and on waiting lists for their next transition. The bus passes are used to help clients access vital services. 1000 1000 24847 Shannon Ealy Chairperson 1 0 0 0 Bill Kalish Vice Chairperson 1 0 0 0 Miguel Velazquez Treasurer 1 0 0 0 Justin Feasel Executive Director 0.5 0 0 0 Joy Pacheco Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Bill McDonald Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Eric Rauls Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Dawn Sywulski Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Maya Crane Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Scott Benjamin Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Deborah Turner Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 Johnnathan Martinez Board Member 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NY Greater Rochester Community Transportation Foundation 1372 East Main St Rochester NY 14609 5856540200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 41055 15425 32790 34459 36175 159904 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41055 15425 32790 34459 36175 159904 0 0 0 0 0 0 159904 1384 29 8 2309 5233 8963 0 0 0 0 0 0 1384 29 8 2309 5233 8963 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42439 15454 32798 36768 41408 168867 0.94692 0.97730 0.05308 0.02270 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 10 Grants awarded to Avenue Blackbox Theater $2,800, Delphi Rise $2,000, Rochester Refugee Resettlement Services $1,720, Coffee Connection $1,672, Greater Rochester Summer Learning Association $2,520, Recovery Houses of Rochester $900, St Peters Kitchen $935, Barakah Muslim Charity $3,000, Rochester Rams Football $3,000, Action for a Better Community $1,000, Bethany House $1,000, Flower City Arts Center $1,000, House of Mercy $1,000, Mary's Place of Refugee Outreach $1,000, Messiah Hands Foundation $300, Spiritus Christi Prison Outreach $1,000 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 These expenses relate to our annual golf tournament fundraiser Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Deferred Rev $340. Money owed to RTS $10,090