Action for a Better Community Inc
Action for a Better Community is a community action agency that promotes and provides opportunities for low-income individuals and families to become self-sufficient.
Action for a Better Community Inc at a glance
In short: Action for a Better Community Inc gave $526K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $175K), mostly in New York. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $526,385
- -39.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 3
- -25.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $175,462
- -19.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $122,350
- Total assets
- $9,610,577
- -3.7% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- New York (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Action for a Better Community Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 3 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Ibero American Action League ($360K). Together the top 3 received $526K.
Grant Size Distribution
28 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 8 grants of 28 (29%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How Action for a Better Community Inc gives
- Giving fell 77% from 2022 to 2025. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $526K (2025) to $2.6M (2021). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $526K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ibero American Action League Rochester, NY | Head Start and Early Head Start Services | $360,200 |
| Catholic Charities of the Finger Lakes Geneva, NY | Health Professionals Opportunity Grant | $122,350 |
| Pathstone Inc Rochester, NY | Health Professionals Opportunity Grant | $43,835 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9,610,577 | $24,220,423 | $23,964,115 | $526,385 | 3 | — |
| 2024 | $9,977,293 | $22,572,566 | $22,800,498 | $875,509 | 4 | $-8,190 |
| 2023 | $12,580,957 | $22,449,383 | $22,482,665 | $2,044,047 | 6 | $177,098 |
| 2022 | $4,789,493 | $26,775,004 | $26,696,428 | $2,263,185 | 5 | — |
| 2021 | $3,939,352 | $26,341,343 | $26,343,509 | $2,616,529 | 10 | $-5,785 |
| 2020 | $5,615,272 | $26,347,396 | $26,208,989 | $2,410,380 | 9 | — |
| 2019 | $4,574,518 | $27,351,137 | $27,295,131 | $1,711,138 | 10 | $269,416 |
About Action for a Better Community Inc
Based on IRS filings
Action for a Better Community Inc is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Rochester, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $9.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $526K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Action for a Better Community Inc is led by Jerome Underwood, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 5 of 23 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jerome Underwood
President & CEO
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$147K (2019) → $165K (2025)
Brad Rye
Chair
Board Chair → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Binazeski
Director of Finance
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$90K (2019) → $118K (2025)
William Porter
Director of Business Services
On filings since 2024
37.5 hrs/week
$101K (2024) → $110K (2025)
Patricia Lloyd
Chief Operation Officer
On filings since 2019
37.5 hrs/week
$95K (2019) → $133K (2025)
Sharon Minigan
V.p. of Early Childhood Services
On filings since 2024
37.5 hrs/week
$106K (2024) → $113K (2025)
Isaac Elliot
Board Member
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael J. Johnson
1st Vice Chair
Board Member → 1st Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mitch Gruber
Board Member
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Timothy Flaherty
Treasurer
Treasurer → Board Member, 2022
Board Member → Treasurer, 2023
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Charles Reaves
Board Member
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lererett Copeland
Secretary
Board Member → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Arthur B. Glasser
Board Member
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Corinda Reaves
Board Member
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Valerie Douglas Anderson
2nd Vice Chair
Board Member → 2nd Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David C. Scott
Board Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rose Bonnick
Board Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Virginia McIntyre
Board Member
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Adbul Waheed
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ashlynn Boler
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dwight Fowler
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jackie Wallace
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shalonda Garfield
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (28)
- Former: Freddie Hines (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Patricia Stevens (2019–2024) — 1st Vice Chair
- Former: Delories Griffin (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Keith B. Jenkins (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Lee Alice Liggins (2022–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Rhonda Morien (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Kelsea Kagarise (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Gladys Pederaza-Burgos (2020–2023) — Director of Early Childhood
- Former: Sabrina Lamar (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Anne Waston (2023) — Board Member
- Former: Richard Russell (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Corinda Crossdale (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Issac Eliot (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Stanley Martin (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Tiffany Howard (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Valerie Douglas-Anderson (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Anna Maria Webster (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Anthony D. Kinslow (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Dirk P. Wyatt (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Ernest Flagler-Mitchell (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Gregory Seymore (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: James Roose (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Lee Alice Lawson (2019–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Polly Archie (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Randy Henderson (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Rosalind Brooks-Harris (2019–2021) — 2nd Vice Chair
- Former: Sandra Simon (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Loretta Kruger (2019–2020) — Director of Early Childhoo
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $165K, to Jerome Underwood (President & CEO). 5 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Action for a Better Community Inc
How much does Action for a Better Community Inc give each year?
Action for a Better Community Inc gave $526K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $876K across 4 grants.
What is Action for a Better Community Inc's typical grant size?
Action for a Better Community Inc's median grant in 2025 was $122,350, and its average grant was $175,462, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Action for a Better Community Inc give grants?
Action for a Better Community Inc gives mostly in New York: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Rochester, NY (2 grants).
Does Action for a Better Community Inc give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Action for a Better Community Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
How large is Action for a Better Community Inc?
Action for a Better Community Inc reported $9.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $24.2M.
What is Action for a Better Community Inc?
Action for a Better Community Inc is a public charity focused on Human Services, based in Rochester, NY. It holds $9.6M in total assets as of 2025.
What is Action for a Better Community Inc's EIN?
Action for a Better Community Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 16-0902835. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 29, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 11, 2026)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 17, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 13, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 8, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 13, 2024)
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