Everyone Deserves Green Spaces
Protect Her Independence
Give Kids a Fair Chance
Preserve Our History
Expand Access to the Arts
Demand Racial Equity
Everyone can take action to make our world a more equitable and vital place. Since 1972, Rochester Area Community Foundation has connected donors to the critical needs of our eight-county region, leveraging financial expertise and community knowledge to maximize impact. At the Foundation, donors are partners and every gift is an investment in a better future.
✨ A night we will never forget. ✨
We look back on Celebration of Giving with so much gratitude. It was a special evening full of inspiration, heartwarming stories, and honorees that are incredible catalysts for the change we hope to see in our world.
Thank you to everyone in our network who continues to do good, and invites others to join you. We celebrate our collective efforts with hope, compassion, and commitment to keep giving back.
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✨What a memorable evening we had together at Celebration of Giving. ✨
💖 Thank you to our 425 guests (with over 50 organizations and partners) who attended this year’s Celebration of Giving. Together, we celebrated philanthropy in action, inspiring each other to keep doing good in our community.
💖 Thank you to our inspiring honorees (Rich & Laurie Riedman, Philip Burke, Esq., Jerry Fisher, PhD & Jonathan Rosenfeld) for your heartwarming words and actions, encouraging us all to be the difference we wish to see in our world.
💖 Thank you Simeon Banister for reminding us that “transformation begins with who we choose to lift up — especially in uncertain times”. We were able to take a tour, witnessing that “resilience, innovation, and transformation is underway right here in our community” through the work our partners FoodLink, WXXI, and the Medina Triennial Hub are doing every day.
💖 Thank you The String Queens for sharing your gifts with us Thursday evening, and bringing your heart for teaching and music to the students at School No. 19 (RCSD) through a special workshop you hosted earlier in the day.
💖 And thank you to everyone that partners with us, supports us, and connects with us to #TransformTomorrow.
Help us continue this work by donating to the Community Impact Fund at racf.org/CommunityImpact.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has”. - Margaret Mead
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A $40,000 grant to Rochester Education Foundation aims to make sure as many students as possible have the information and tools to consider going to college. The College Access & Success Program helped 300+ students complete their FAFSA application to access financial aid. Read more at www.racf.org/news/ref/ #FAFSA #FinancialAid #CollegeReady
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✨ Still dreaming about last night. ✨
We can’t get over how inspiring last night’s Celebration of Giving was.
From all the behind-the-scenes preparations from the Community Foundation to the Hyatt Regency Rochester, we loved celebrating with you all!
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We are deeply grateful to the sponsors who make our Celebration of Giving possible.
To our Supporting Sponsors and Generosity Sponsors— thank you for believing in the power of community and philanthropy with us. Your support helps ensure we can continue strengthening the Greater Rochester region for generations to come.
We look forward to celebrating with all of you tomorrow, November 20!
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We’re Hiring: Three Exciting Roles to Join Our Team
The Community Foundation is looking for three dedicated professionals to join us.
1. Events Marketing Officer
Are you someone who brings creativity, strategic thinking and flawless execution to events? This role leads the planning and marketing of the Community Foundation's events — working with vendors, managing budgets, aligning each moment to our mission and brand and infusing diversity, equity and inclusion into every experience. Does this sound like you? Visit racf.org/Event-Marketing-Officer.
2. Marketing & Communications Fellow
This two-year, full-time fellowship supports our content, campaign, and storytelling efforts — creating and managing editorial calendars, producing short-form video, writing for social and web, analyzing performance, and working across teams to deepen donor relationships. Have the skills or know someone? Visit racf.org/Marketing-Fellow.
3. Public Policy & Government Relations Fellow
Also a two-year fellowship, this role engages an emerging leader to drive our public policy agenda, build relationships with elected officials, identify funding opportunities and work in service of our impact pillars — economic mobility, arts & culture and environmental justice. Sounds interesting? Visit racf.org/Policy-Fellow.
How to apply:
Submit a resume and cover letter through Indeed.com (no phone or direct message inquiries, please). See each job listing for full details.
If you know someone who might be a great fit, we’d appreciate you sharing this post. Thanks for helping us grow our team.
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✨ At this year’s Celebration of Giving, we honor Jerry Fisher, PhD and Jonathan Rosenfeld, whose lives of generosity remind us that real change begins close to home.
They invite all of us to stand together—“to improve our home, our community, and our world.”
Join the Rochester Area Community Foundation network today and give where your heart is.
💻 Visit racf.org/give to learn more.
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A former St. John Fisher professor started the Do It 4 Ur Kidz scholarship for single parents after supporting her own children independently and getting to know single parents in the classroom. Today, that scholarship has awarded more than $68,000.
Though you’ll only find one name on the award, two generations are impacted through every scholarship.
"It’s a very delicate balance of responsibilities to be a solo mom,” says one scholarship recipient. "The choices and sacrifices I make for myself and my son are unwavering commitments to our shared growth and well-being.”
Hear from two scholars about the transformative power of adult education at racf.org/news/do-it-4-ur-kidz.
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