Prevention Endowment Initiative

Family stabilization is the foundation of healthy communities.

Individuals, organizations, and corporations who invest in the Prevention Endowment Fund are investing in a stable Rochester for years to come, impacting families, neighborhoods, schools, landlords, faith communities, health care systems, the local economy, and beyond.

The reality

Families in Rochester experience housing instability due to

• Lack of affordable housing;

• Below-living wage pay;

• Bias, racism, and historic redlining, housing, education, and economic inequities that continue to pervade our community.

These systemic inequities have created a reality where Black and Latino children make up 91% of childhood poverty in Monroe County. The average household income for Black and Latino families is just $29,952, the equivalent of one full-time employee working minimum wage (ACTRochester's Hard Facts, 2022).

Righting these systemic wrongs will take time and policy changes and the need for eviction prevention in Rochester far exceeds the response. FPGROC receives over 100 requests for assistance during an average WEEK and can only help a total of 8-9 families per MONTH.

Let's start stabilizing now, together.

The opportunity

FPGROC’s Prevention & Diversion Program provides funding, case management, and one year of aftercare services to families to keep them in their homes, divert them from shelter, or assist them in securing safer, sustainable housing. Over 80% of families served remain stably housed one year later.

FPGROC’s operational budget stabilizes 100 families each year with an average of just $748/family. The income earned through a $1.5 million prevention endowment would DOUBLE the number of families served annually. Your gift or 3-year pledge of any amount will stabilize families, communities, and the Greater Rochester area for years to come.

The Goal

• Raise $1.5 million for the Prevention Endowment by 2024 to be able to ...

• Double the annual number of families stabilized and ...

• Continue as a steady provider of eviction prevention and shelter diversion in Greater Rochester in perpetuity.

FPGROC accepts one-time or pledge gifts of cash, those utilizing other assets, or through planned giving. Family Promise of Greater Rochester will accept publicly traded stocks and bonds at fair market value, gifts of mutual funds, exchange-related funds (ETFs), or individual bonds, Individual Retirement Account Rollover, and life insurance policies.

Join the movement to ensure every family has a stable place to call home in Greater Rochester.

Kim Hunt-Uzelac, Executive Director
Family Promise of Greater Rochester
142 Webster Avenue | Rochester, New York 14621 | Office: 585-506-9050

Prefer to support current families in need of assistance? Learn more about our programs below and giving opportunities here.

A copy of our most recently filed financial report is available from the Charities Registry on the New York State Attorney General’s website (www.charitiesnys.com) or, upon request, by contacting the New York State Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005, or us at 142 Webster Avenue, Rochester, NY 14609. You also may obtain information on charitable organizations from the New York State Office of the Attorney General at www.charitiesnys.com or (212) 416-8401.