Greater Rochester Community Transporation Foundation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Provide financial assistance for transportation to youth groups
- Income
- $39,086
- Spending
- $41,486
- Reserves
- 26.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 92%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending March 31, 2026, 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 March 31, 2026, 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 March 31, 2026, 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 (13)
- $1,000 spent. 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.
- $1,500 spent. Bethany House Bethany House provides temporary housing, assistance and support to women and children in Rochester, NY 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. Bethany House receives no aid from government or other public funders and relies solely on private donations and grants.
- $1,072 spent. Hope Dealers BTC Hope Dealers BTC Inc. is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing substance use and mental health resource support to the local community. Their mission is to offer outreach, education, and recovery support to individuals affected by addiction, mental health challenges, and poverty. The bus passes help clients access their services.
- $1,500 spent. 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.
- $2,200 spent. Rochester Refugee Resettlement Services 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.
- $1,500 spent. 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.
- $2,000 spent. 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 - the mentally ill, the alcohol and drug addicted, the lonely, the broken, the imprisoned, and the unwanted. They run a full-service kitchen that provides hundreds of daily meals. They also have a social services team that refers clients to housing opportunities, job opportunities, and medical/mental health care services.
- $3,000 spent. The Community Food Cupboard of Rochester The Community Food Cupboard of Rochester is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing food assistance to families in need and home-bound senior citizens in Northeast Rochester and Irondequoit, NY. The bus passes help clients access their services.
- $2,000 spent. Community Outreach Center at Asbury First United Asbury First United Methodist Church provides a variety of services to members of the public through its Community Outreach Center. These services include hot meals, fresh produce, hygiene products, haircuts, showers, laundry, clothing, household goods and healthcare. The bus passes are used for individuals who do not live near the Community Outreach Center so they can access transportation to take advantage of the services offered as well as for volunteers to access transportation to provide the services offered.
- $2,500 spent. 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.
- $500 spent. Rochester Public Library The Rochester Public Library is a 501(c)3 that is comprised of ten (10) branch libraries throughout the City of Rochester. The RPL serves individuals from infancy to older adults, people of varied ethnic and racial background, income levels, and abilities in every neighborhood in the City of Rochester. Librarians serve individuals in need and help them access transportation to get to their next location when the library closes.
- $750 spent. Cameron Community Ministries Cameron Community, a nonprofit service organization, is a program that consists of a hot lunch Monday-Friday, an Emergency Food Pantry, a Clothing Boutique, afterschool and summer school for grades kindergarten through 6th grade, community garden, Teen Cetner, on demand Social Work, Community outreach teams and workforce development barbering programs. The bus passes are used to provide transportation for clients to get to work, medical appointments, mental health appointments and DHS.
- $1,000 spent. 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.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending March 31, 2026, 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 March 2026.
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 2001.
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.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Rochester Area Community Foundation (Rochester, NY), EIN 23-7250641. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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