United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc

Community impact and services: community impact expenses are incurred to accomplish the investment process described in the community impact section in 4a above. additionally, community services include a donor designation program to collect, process and transfer donations on behalf of hundreds of health and human service agencies in the greater rochester and the finger lakes region. united way provides annual african american, latino, lgbtq, labor and young professional leadership development programs to promote a diversity of leadership throughout the region. the organization also provides synergy services to help local not-for-profit agencies explore affiliation as a means of increasing operational efficiencies and improving program services.

Togethernow (tn): united way serves as host and fiscal agent for togethernow (tn) whose goal is to improve the health and economic well-being of individuals and families in monroe county, especially those who are vulnerable or impacted by poverty. by connecting a diverse network of committed providers with community members, they have established an accessible network of education, health, and human services using their information-sharing platform, mywayfinder.

Rochester-monroe anti-poverty initiative: united way is the fiduciary agency for the rochester-monroe anti-poverty initiative (rmapi), a multisector community collaborative with a goal to improve quality of life by reducing poverty and increasing selfsufficiency. to do this, rmapi is focused on increasing income, making basic needs more affordable and accessible, and lowering concentrations of poverty. rmapi focuses on creating systemwide changes to create longterm improvements and reduce poverty. the initiative has set out to address two main areas: the accessibility and affordability of basic needs, and helping people find and keep jobs through effective workforce development strategies.