Mission

Rochester Better Chance (RBC) provides a mentoring and nurturing home environment to talented, high achieving, deserving minority youth by enabling them to reach their full potential in school and community preparing them for excellent college education and future leadership opportunities.

Rochester Better Chance Foundation

Income and Expenses

RBC is a Non-Profit Foundation. It receives local support from business donations, individual donations, and donations in-kind to help maintain day-to-day operations. Annual fixed costs to maintain house operations average $70,000. To fund an RBC Scholar for nine months requires an average of $10,000. RBC enjoys minimal administrative expenses since Rochester Better Chance has no paid staff. This enables RBC to direct 100 percent of all community donations toward educating the students and operational expenses.

Student Community Involvement:
- Team Hope
- Link Crew
- Key Club
- Teen Life Concerns
- Boy Scouts of America
- Gratis Tutoring (by RBC Alumni)
- John Marshall High School Affirmative Human Action
- John Marshall High School U.N.I.T.Y., Membership
- Kid's Fest Volunteers
- Rochester Kid's Multi-Cultural Choir
- Voyagers, Presenters/Role Models

Graduates have chosen the following colleges and universities:
- Dartmouth College
- Iowa State University
- Northwestern University
- Pomona College
- Tufts University
- University of California, at Berkley
- University of California, at Irvine
- University of California, at Los Angeles
- University of California, at Riverside
- University of Southern California
- University of Minnesota
- many other fine educational institutions

The Role of "A Better Chance, Inc." (ABC)

A Better Chance, Inc. is the national non-profit organization with which RBC is affiliated. A Better Chance is a national non-profit talent search organization. Through the College Preparatory Schools Program, we recruit talented students of color to place them in outstanding independent and public schools. A Better Chance does not give scholarships. We match students with schools.

The College Preparatory Schools Program (CPSP) is - A Better Chance's signature initiative! Through the CPSP, we identify highly motivated students of color who are at or above grade level with demonstrated leadership potential and refer them to some of the nation's top private and public schools. A Better Chance advocates for placement and financial aid at our member schools and offers various programs to continue assisting our students with their intellectual, personal, and social development. Once a student is successfully enrolled by A Better Chance in one of our member schools, the student is designated an A Better Chance Scholar and becomes a part of a unique family.