Nonprofit Organizations

Nonprofit Organizations play a vital role in our Rochester community by focusing resources and providing services to community needs without regard to profit. See our Talk Page for additional terminology and discussion of not-for-profit organization.

On this and related pages we include a variety of organizations, some more formally organized than others. Some of the nonprofit organizations, such as hospitals, are categorized into separate collections, either here or on separate pages.

Volunteer Match has a more extensive list of the organizations soliciting volunteers. We also lsit many of these organizations on our Volunteer page.

Our Categories of Nonprofit Organizations:

• Arts - organizations supporting the arts
  

• Business - supporting business and economic development
  

• Cultural - supporting the cultural background of a people
  

• Health and Medical Organizations - supporting specific health and medical issues, except hospitals and hospices
  

• Hospices - residential facilities, in-home care, and resources,
  

• Hospitals
  

• Spiritual Organizations - an extensive collection of spiritual and religious organizations
  

• Uncategorized - all others not listed above
  

Arts Related Organizations

• Arts & Cultural Council
  

• Borinquen Dance Theatre
  

• Chorus of the Genesee
  

• Penfield Players - theatre group
  

• Penfield Symphony
  

• Rochester Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corps, The
  

• Rochester Gay Men's Chorus
  

• Sweet Adelines - Rochester Chorus

Business & Economic Development

• High Tech Rochester
  

• Leadership Rochester
  

• Webster Business Improvement District

Cultural Organizations

• Asian/Pacific Islander/American History Project of Greater Rochester
  

• Bengali Association of Greater Rochester
  

• Borinquen Dance Theatre
  

• India Community Center of Rochester
  

• Polish Heritage Society of Rochester
  

• Turkish Society of Rochester

Health, Medical and Related Organizations

• AIDS Rochester
  

• Al Sigl Center
  

• American Cancer Society
  

• American Diabetes Association
  

• Arthritis Foundation
  

• Autism Council of Rochester
  

• Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester - Volunteer/Help
  

• Center for Disability Rights
  

• Cerebral Palsy Association
  

• Daystar
  

• East House
  

• Easter Seals of New York
  

• Gilda's Club of Rochester
  

• Huther-Doyle-addiction treatment and recovery
  

• Lifetime Assistance
  

• Lifetime Care Home Health & Hospice
  

• Lupus Foundation of Genesee Valley NY
  

• March of Dimes
  

• National Kidney Foundation of Upstate New York
  

• Pluta Cancer Center
  

• Rochester Hearing and Speech Center
  

• Rochester Optometric Society
  

• Rochester Rehabilitation Center
  

• Ronald McDonald House
  

• Serenity House
  

• Smoking and Health Action Coalition of Monroe County
  

• Sojourner House
  

• Western New York Wellness Program (WNYWP) - cancer survivor physical activities

Uncategorized Alphabetical List: ¹

• 19th Ward Community Association
  

• Action for a Better Community
  

• Alternatives for Battered Women
  

• American Association of University Women
  

• BOA Editions
  

• Camp Good Days and Special Times
  

• CASA- Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children
  

• Center for Sustainable Living
  

• Children Awaiting Parents
  

• Community Wishbook
  

• Compeer
  

• Families in Recovery
  

• Foodlink
  

• Funeral Consumers Alliance of Greater Rochester
  

• Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley
  

• Genesee Valley Conservancy
  

• Interfaith Action
  

• Lifetime Care
  

• Literacy Volunteers of Rochester
  

• Marketview Heights Association
  

• Make a Wish - Western NY Website
  

• Micrecycle
  

• NeighborWorks Rochester
  

• NextGen Rochester
  

• Partners in Restorative Initiatives
  

• Pirate Toy Fund
  

• RARES
  

• Red Cross
  

• Rochester AmeriCorps
  

• Rochester Area Community Foundation
  

• Rochester Community Development Collaborative (RCDC)
  

• RochesterCares
  

• Rochester Fair Share Coalition - comes and goes during NY state budget seasons
  

• Rochester Historical Society
  

• Rochester Regional Community Design Center - urban design and planning
  

• Rochester Roots
  

• RocWiki.org
  

• Rochester SeniorNet Learning Center
  

• Sample Soap - website
  

• Seeds for College
  

• The August Group - TAG - networking and job search meet at Bagel Bin Cafe
  

• Vietnam Veterans of America
  

• Volunteers of America
  

• Webster Montessori School

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2007-01-11 15:59:19   does anyone see conflict with having this page and a separate "volunteer" page? They contain some of the same links, should maybe this page be removed and/or combined with the Volunteer page? any thoughts? —AlexanderGartley

2007-01-11 18:15:19   Sounds good to me - go for it. —RottenChester

2007-01-14 18:08:32   sounds fine by me. —FarMcKon

2007-03-02 19:29:47   I would say merge into this page... —PeteB

2007-11-02 07:52:19   RochesterCares is a great volunteer site — they help connect volunteers with hands-on service projects. They even have a calendar of opportunities on their website. And I know they work with a number of area nonprofits.If you want to get involved, this is a great place to start! —AmyVball

2008-07-31 09:28:53   This page is referenced on the Volunteer page, so it would be helpful to put a link to the organizations Volunteer, Help, or What Can You Do page of their website - or their number for volunteering. —BradMandell