Rochester Alliance of Communities Transforming Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471622567
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Rochester, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5855467669
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Coalitions
- Affiliation
- Interfaith
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $47,145
- Expenses
- $113,104
- Assets
- $12,972
- Liabilities
- $1,812
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- Sherrie Wilkinson (Director (Through 1/24))
- Ellie Stauffer (Director (Through 7/24))
- Ursula Butler (Director (Beginning 11/24))
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
RocACTS is grassroots, multi-racial, urban-suburban, interfaith organization working for racial and economic equality that is a part of the Faith in Action Network, a faith-based community organizing network. RocACTS trains and empowers people to shape the political, social, and economic decisions that impact their lives. Since incorporating in 2014, Rochester ACTS has been organizing on issues related to economic and racial equity. The task forces, Education, Poverty/Jobs/Housing, and Justice System have successfully organized across a range of issues. Two new additional task forces, Climate Justice and Voting Rights were added in 2021.
What it reported doing in 2024
RocACTS is committed to bringing faith communities together to build relationships and understanding across racial lines and address structural racism.The Climate Justice Task Force advocated and encouraged advocacy on the NY Climate Action Scoping Plan. They encouraged RocACTS to join other Faith in Action organizations in becoming members of NY Renews and joining them in advocating for climate justice. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act set up a Climate Action Council and charged them with assembling a scoping plan to give the details of keeping NYS on the schedule of reduction of Green House Gases and transitioning the state to a renewable energy economy. Co-sponsored and participated in a garden build on Samuel McCrea Way with Flower City Noire Collective.The Education Task Force continues to focus on the inclusion of an anti-racist curriculum, increased diversity in teacher hiring, professional development in cultural responsiveness and restorative practice, and improvement in the school culture.The Task Force and The Children's Agenda partnered on a project to reduce the use of exclusionary discipline practices in the PreK environment and to use proven interventions that keep children in the school setting. RocACTS was awarded a grant from Ben & Jerry's Foundation to pursue this work. The Justice System Task Force organized its work around specific public policy campaigns, tracking bills, actions, coalition partners, and support from our delegation. On the federal level, supported the People Act, George Floyd Policing Act, Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, and Build Back Better Act.State initiatives included Daniel's Law, Parole Justice (Fair & Timely, Elder Parole), and Bail Reform.They advocate the reduction of gun violence by participating in Homicide Prayer Vigils. JSTF encourages participation in simple weekly prayer vigils for victims of homicide at the site of the homicide, should they occur.The Poverty/Jobs/Housing Task Force continues to work toward affordable housing. They collaborated with the city-wide tenant's union, 1199 SEIU, Citizen Action, and the Working Families Party, to campaign for Good Cause eviction law, and put our focus on state legislation. The Task Force supported the City-Wide tenant's union and participated in RMAPI's frontline workers' cohort to address barriers to employment for residents of Rochester and Monroe County.The Voting Rights Task Force worked with the League of Women Voters to educate the community on voting rights and the importance of voting and conducted numerous voter registration initiatives to incentivize citizens to participate in the current elections. They distributed voter registration materials to students so they could register so 18-year-olds could vote in the next eligible election and 16 and 17-year-olds could be pre-registered for future elections. Collaborations: Daniel's Law Coalition, Color of Change. Parole Justice Coalition: VOCAL-NY, Clean Slate Coalition, FTP Roc, RAPP, SURJ Roc.Clean Slate Coalition: Metro Justice, Monroe County Public Defender's Office, Rochester Chamber of Commerce, VOCAL-NY.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -139.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $98K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.