Margaret and Vito D’Ambruso Fund Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Geography
- Live and work in the eight-county region through its leadership and strategic grantmaking
Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
- Applicants must be classified by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization, a 509(a)(1) public organization, or have a fiscal sponsor for the request.
Other requirements
- _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://www.racf.org/grant/margaret-and-vito-dambruso-fund/)._
- Grant funds must benefit children residing in the Community Foundation’s eight-county region around Rochester, NY (Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties)
- Grants will be paid through a nonprofit organization working with the family
- Limit one per family
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Special events
- Not eligible: Fundraising campaigns
- Not eligible: Religious activities
- Not eligible: Endowments
- Not eligible: Buildings (except for historical assets)
- Not eligible: Debt retirement
Overview
Rochester Area Community Foundation
Rochester Area Community Foundation, in partnership with generous philanthropists and community partners, works to improve the quality of life for people who live and work in the eight-county region through its leadership and strategic grantmaking.
Margaret and Vito D’Ambruso Fund
To help children who suffer from disfigurement or incapacitation from congenital abnormalities, genetic conditions, illness, or accidents and who require corrective treatment, specialized equipment, or adaptive capital improvements that their families cannot afford.
Eligibility
_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._
- Applicants must be classified by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization, a 509(a)(1) public organization, or have a fiscal sponsor for the request.
- Grant funds must benefit children residing in the Community Foundation’s eight-county region around Rochester, NY (Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties).
- Grants will be paid through a nonprofit organization working with the family. Limit one per family.
Ineligibility
- The Community Foundation’s competitive grants program generally does not fund special events, fundraising campaigns, religious activities, endowments, buildings (except for historical assets), or debt retirement.
What Rochester Area Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 554
- Total given
- $22.89M
- Median grant
- $15K
- Range
- $5,098–$558K
- By dollars: New York 85%, North Carolina 3%, Maine 2%. Top recipient cities: Rochester, NY; Geneva, NY; Palmyra, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 32% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Child welfare
- Medical equipment
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