Greater Rochester Area Branch American Association of University
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To promote equity for all women and girls, lifelong education and positive societal change.
- Income
- $62,875
- Spending
- $42,647
- Reserves
- 40.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 86%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $31,407 spent. - The Branch continued to offer grants to women pursuing higher education through its Education Fund.- Branch events, offered monthly, included topics relevant to our mission to advance equity for women and girls. Some examples: Sandra Kobel, Financial Planner, speaking on Women and Money: What We Need to Know Now; Ellen Smith, Executive Director of Keeping Our Promise, speaking on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban; Premier of Radical Rochester video, on the fight for women's suffrage; Lindsay Swanson, Principal of Innova Girls Academy, a girls' only charter school.- Members of the Branch participated in the AAUW State Conference, and the Convention Days conference in Seneca Falls.- The Branch co-sponsored and participated in a Career Decision Day with the Young Women's College Prep Charter School.- Members of the Branch wrote & participated in the production of the Radical Rochester video, which highlighted the Second Women's Rights Convention held in Rochester two weeks after the 1848 meeting in Seneca Falls.- Members of the Branch read with second graders at Innova Girls Academy once a week.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 2002.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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