KEEPING OUR PROMISE INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Q71

Classification

1000

Street

888 PITTSFORD MENDON CENTER RD

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Mission and programs · 2024

• KEEPING OUR PROMISE PROVIDES RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE TO AFGHAN AND IRAQI FAMILIES RELOCATED TO THE US UNDER THE SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM. ASSISTANCE INCLUDES: FINDING CODE-COMPLIANT HOUSING; PAYING RENT AND A SECURITY DEPOSIT; FURNISHING THE APARTMENT OR HOUSE WITH ESSENTIALS INCLUDING NEW BEDS; PROVIDING FOOD; PAYING FIRST UTILITY BILLS. KEEPING OUR PROMISE ALSO PAYS FOR DRIVING LESSONS FOR SIVS TO OBTAIN NYS DRIVERS LICENSE. OUR HOUSING GOAL IS TO PLACE FAMILIES IN LONG TERM STABLE HOUSING WHERE THEY WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE LIVING FOR AT LEAST TWO OR MORE YEARS. TO MAKE RENTAL DETERMINATION, KOP WILL ASSESS NEIGHBORHOOD DEMOGRAPHICS INCLUDING CRIME RATES, OWNERSHIP, AND GENERAL UPKEEP OF SURROUNDING HOUSING UNITS. KOP HAS ESTABLISHED WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH LANDLORDS, WHO FREQUENTLY OFFER POSITIVE REFERRALS TO OTHER LANDLORDS TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR FAMILIES. KOP ALSO WORK ON GROUPING FAMILIES TOGETHER IN NEIGHBORHOODS SO THEY MAY HAVE MUTUAL SUPPORT OF EACH OTHER. THIS MODEL ALLOWS THE FAMILIES TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND STABILITY AFTER ESCAPING WAR. KOP VOLUNTEERS DO AN INITIAL "FIRST SHOP," SO EACH FAMILY IS STOCKED WITH 3-5 DAYS OF CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE FOOD UPON ARRIVAL, AND EACH FAMILY RECEIVES A GIFT CARD TO SHOP AT THE LOCAL HALAL STORE, AND LOCAL GROCERY STORES UNTIL THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SNAP BENEFITS.THE WHEELS FOR WORK PROGRAM REQUIRES A FAMILY TO CONTRIBUTE OR LOG 100 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS WHILE STUDYING OR IMPROVING THEIR ENGLISH SKILLS, PASSING THEIR DRIVING PERMIT TEST, AND THEN THEIR PRACTICAL DRIVING TEST LEADING TO A DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND SECURING EMPLOYMENT. FAMILIES FREQUENTLY STATE THAT ACCESS TO A CAR HAS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED THEIR LIVES LEADING TO BETTER EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES BY REDUCING TRAVEL TIME, PROVIDING ACCESS TO A LARGER JOB MARKET, AND PROVIDING RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION. THE IDEA FOR THIS WHEELS FOR WORK PROGRAM CAME FROM A LARGE STUDY OF LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN 10 CITIES WHO PARTICIPATED IN TWO FEDERAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAMS STUDIES (MOVING TO OPPORTUNITY) CONDUCTED BY THE URBAN INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND UCLA. THE STUDY FOUND THAT FAMILIES WITH A CAR "WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO FIND A JOB AND FOUR TIMES AS LIKELY TO STAY EMPLOYED."EACH FAMILY RECEIVES A CELL PHONE SO THEY CAN COMMUNICATE, USE GOOGLE MAPS FOR GETTING AROUND THE CITY AND USING THE BUS SERVICE BEFORE THEY HAVE A CAR, AND TO MAKE MEDICAL, SCHOOL OR EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENTS. THE PHONE INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE MONTH OF PHONE SERVICE WHEN THEY ARRIVE IN ROCHESTER.

  Expenses $639,198 · Grants $426,757

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $811,028

  Expenses

  $778,839

  Contributions

  $810,441

  Grants paid

  $426,757

• 2024

  Revenue

  $824,099

  Expenses

  $813,881

  Contributions

  $757,797

  Grants paid

  $474,849

• 2023

  Revenue

  $742,889

  Expenses

  $662,201

  Contributions

  $739,114

  Grants paid

  $447,510

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,096,266

  Expenses

  $303,945

  Assets (EOY)

  $867,317

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $81,820

  Expenses

  $56,815

  Assets (EOY)

  $74,995

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC

  $50,994

  2024 · ALLOCATION, DONOR DESIGNATION, ROC THE DAY

• COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF GREATER BOSTON INC

  $50,000

  2022 · DAF - Social Services

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC

  $34,000

  2023 · CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $31,800

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC

  $30,000

  2024 · AGENCY ALLOCATION

• GOFUNDME ORG

  $30,000

  2022 · AFGHANISTAN WELCOME.US

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER ROCHESTER AND THE FINGER LAKES INC

  $25,000

  2022 · CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $24,642

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ROCHESTER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $10,500

  2022 · FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $10,260

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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