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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IRS Form 990, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Nonprofits
  • Child welfare
  • Medical equipment

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