Rochester Neighborhood Resource Center

What it reported doing in 2024

Rcolorful corners (est. 2007): rcolorful corners empowers rochester neighborhood residents to work together to create colorful street murals, transforming public space into neighborhood assets that neighbors take pride in. In spring 2024 the eastside neighborhood added a brand new mural to its asphalt in an intersection adjacent to the boys and girls club. The 120 volunteers who showed up completed the job in three hours. Partners in this program include the city of rochester public works department and struve's paint. Rneighborwoods: rneighborwoods empowers and educates the community to grow a sustainable urban forest, benefiting the health, social and economic aspects of rochester neighborhoods. Through the teamwork of rneighborwoods since 2004, we have utilized 7,797 volunteers to plant 8,609 boulevard trees. In the fall of 2024, 120 volunteers helped get 160 trees in soil around the se parkside park neighborhood. Chalk the block (est. 2020): "in september, chalk the block 2024 featured 17 local artists drawing 14 chalk murals across the city, in neighborhoods including parks and schools, and in front of small businesses. A public scavenger hunt led citizens to each mural, covering over 400 feet of colorful asphalt we bike rochester partnered to create both a walking and bike route. 1,000 packs of promo chalk were distributed and rneighbors experienced 2,515 facebook interactions (week of event). Artists designed their murals around the inspiring theme "nothing can dim the light which shines from within," a stirring quote by maya angelou. The goal of this event was for citizens to connect across rochester and express themselves through creating poetry and sidewalk chalk murals with the theme of creating memorable connections. Minnesota youth water safety(est. 2023): the fishes'n apples program began in 2019 in oak terrace/parkside, a manufactured home park with a pool in se rochester.it was initially funded by an rneighbors npg. In this low-income hispanic neighborhood, the university of Minnesota snap-ed realized a way to reach young people was through swim lessons and nutrition education. From 2019-2023 this program educated 75 students. In late 2023, community partners, including the city of rochester parks and recreation, rochester orca's swim club, the snap-ed program of u of m extension, riverside elementary school, received a 23,000 Minnesota youth water safety grant from the department of education to replicate this program. This grant will allow 165 low-income and at-risk children ages 5-18 to learn from a tested and proven combination of swimming and water safety instruction with a dash of health education. Rneighbors is thrilled to partner in this empowerment effort for rochester youth.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 77.2%; rating input score 77

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -42.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 40.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings