Peer-led Philanthropy | Rochester, NY
Writers & Books has invited NextGen Rochester members and friends to attend its celebratory launch of a new online teen literary magazine, with a reading and reception event for the publication’s teen developers and contributors. Next Gen’s 2012 grant helped fund the program, and the group looks forward to attending the event at 7 p.m. […]
Katherine Warren, youth program director, welcomed us into Cameron Community Ministries and began by sharing the non-profit’s mission: to provide hope through emergency services, engagement, education and empowerment to the greater Lyell-Otis neighborhood. She explained how NextGen’s grant money had been used to provide after school programs to students in reading and math — a […]
The NextGen Education Committee will be putting together visits to some of our past grantees this year so you can learn more about the impact we’ve been having in the community. Our first visit this year will be to Cameron Community Ministries (http://cameronministries.org/ ) on Saturday March 2nd at 10 am. Cameron has been the […]
NextGen Rochester is awarding $9,000 in grants to support high-impact nonprofit programs in Greater Rochester for 2012. This giving circle of young professionals, which pools its resources for annual grantmaking, also recently announced a campaign to raise an endowment for NextGen — an effort supported in part by a $5,000 challenge grant from the Community […]
Please consider joining us at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd., Rochester) on Monday, November 5th for NextGen Rochester’s 4th Annual Meeting. At this community event, we will hear from local nonprofits that have made it to the final round of NextGen’s annual competitive grant process. This is a wonderful opportunity for these local nonprofits to tell […]
NextGen requests proposals for its fourth round of Community Grants. These grants will assist organizations working to improve Greater Rochester. NextGen Rochester was founded in 2009 and is a peer-led form of philanthropy. The members are an emerging generation of citizens who make “giving back” part of their lives through leadership, friendship, and philanthropy. NextGen […]
NextGen Rochester, a giving circle of young professionals and an initiative of Rochester Area Community Foundation, is awarding $11,000 in grants to five local organizations and programs. Grant amounts range from $1,500 to $2,500 for a variety of programs. The purpose of NextGen is to create an educated, engaged generation of young professionals committed to […]
NextGen Rochester, a giving circle of young professionals and an initiative of Rochester Area Community Foundation, has awarded $13,780 in grants to eight local organizations and programs. Grant amounts range from $750 to $2,500 for a variety of programs. The purpose of NextGen is to create an educated, engaged generation of young professionals committed to […]