Community Resource Collaborative faces financial crisis, impact continues to grow.

TLDR:

• Community Resource Collaborative mismanages $7.2 million in federal funding, impacting multiple organizations.
• CRC served as a fiscal agent for smaller grassroots organizations, leading to financial losses and missing funds.

Far from local power, a woman in Rochester relies on CRC to pay her rent, which eventually stopped. Investigations reveal mismanagement of funds, affecting multiple social justice organizations. The NCP, grassroots entities, and CRC’s clients are among those victimized. The downfall of CRC has left many struggling financially and questioning the future of their work.

Key Points:

Community Resource Collaborative, a non-profit in Rochester, mismanaged $7.2 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding.

CRC served as a fiscal agent for smaller grassroots organizations, leading to financial losses and missing funds for multiple entities.

The impact of CRC’s collapse has left many organizations in financial distress, impacting their ability to provide critical services to the community.