Your Investment in Data-Driven Community Change in 2025

Since our founding in 1915 by George Eastman, CGR has had a simple, powerful mandate: to be the independent, non-partisan force that provides the research and data-driven insights necessary to build stronger, more equitable communities.

Highlights of Our 2025 Impact

Your support fueled CGR’s commitment to equity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver crucial, objective analysis where it mattered most:

  • Advancing Racial Equity in Education: We significantly progressed in our multi-year evaluation of Full-Service Community Schools in New York, working directly to measure and eliminate academic and disciplinary disparities for Black students and other marginalized groups, helping schools create truly inclusive environments.
  • Targeting Climate Solutions: We worked with Monroe County government to gather community and business input to explore the idea of creating a Sustainable Business Roundtable to support the private sector in sustainability efforts.
  • Optimizing Emergency Services (Fire and EMS): We expanded our analysis in public safety, an area where efficiency and effectiveness directly save lives, working on nine new projects in this area. Our work in 2025 included a comprehensive study of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) operations in Tompkins County, New York, helping county leaders understand the strengths and challenges of their system to plan for improved, reliable coverage.
  • Strengthening the Nonprofit Sector: CGR partnered with key organizations like the ESL’s Community Impact Division to evaluate the impact of grantmaking in critical areas such as workforce development.
  • Driving Systemic Change: Our analysts worked hand in hand with parent leaders to provide critical data insights for the Whole Child Initiative, expanding the capacity of parent leaders to drive positive change in their communities.

Why Your Support is Essential Now

The ability to deliver this level of in-depth, independent, and equity-focused analysis is made possible only by dedicated partners like you.

Philanthropic contributions support our ability to address our communities’ most urgent challenges — often issues no one else is equipped to tackle. Your donation ensures that our work is always independent and that data, not politics, drives the decisions that build stronger, thriving communities.

Please consider renewing your commitment to the Center for Governmental Research with a gift in 2025. Your contribution is a direct investment in sustaining this level of accomplished, impactful work throughout the coming year.

To Make a Tax-Deductible Gift:

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If you have any questions please contact Karen Yorks or call (585) 327-7070.

Contributions to the Fund for the Public Interest are tax deductible. A copy of our annual financial report may be obtained upon request from CGR (1 South Washington Street, Suite 400, Rochester, NY 14614) or from the New York State Attorney General’s Charities Bureau (28 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10005 or https://charitiesnys.com/ or 212-416-8401).