PathStone

Street Address:
400 East AVE
Rochester, NY 14607


Phone: 585-340-3300
Fax: 585-340-3337
Website: www.pathstone.org

Stuart J. Mitchell, President/CEO

Contact Name: John Wiltse
Phone: 585-340-3346
Fax: 585-340-3309
Email: jwiltse@pathstone.org


Staff Size: Full Time: 306 

Background
Begun in 1969, PathStone is a private, not-for-profit regional community development and human service organization providing services to farmworkers, low-income families and economically depressed communities throughout New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia and Puerto Rico. PathStone has successfully operated a wide array of programs funded by federal, state, local, faith-based and private sources. PathStone is governed by a 28-member Board of Directors comprised of program participants, affiliate corporation reps and collaborative organization reps. Farmworkers and other low income participants retain majority control of the Board of Directors as required by the PathStone By-Laws.

Mission
PathStone builds family and individual self-sufficiency by strengthening farmworker, rural and urban communities. PathStone promotes social justice through programs and advocacy.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $52,397,302

 Lines of Business
  • Asset and Property Management

  • Community Based Economic Development

  • Community Building and Organizing

  • Home Ownership Promotion Services

  • Lending and Loan Portfolio Management

  • Real Estate Development


    • National NeighborWorks ® Programs
  • NeighborWorks Campaign for Home Ownership
  • NeighborWorks Multifamily Initiative
  • NeighborWorks Rural Initiative

    • Accomplishments in FY 2008
  • Provided 507 families with pre- and post- purchase housing counseling.
  • Rehabilitated or repaired 596 rental or owner occupied units (1-4 units).
  • Assisted 231 families in purchasing a home through homeownership counseling, downpayment, closing cost or financing assistance.
  • Owned or managed 2399 rental units.
  • Invested $95,700 in the community through PathStone Corporation's revolving loan fund, which leveraged $115,223,789 from conventional lenders and other sources.
  • Total direct investment in the community is $115,319,489.

    • Additional Accomplishments
    Date Additional Accomplishment
    9/7/2004 ROI built and sold the last of 12 single family homes in the Franklin County Scattered Site project in Pennsylvania. These homes were all sold to families who graduated from ROI's first time homebuyer program.
    9/7/2004 ROI completed construction of Ada Ridge Court Apartments, a 49-unit affordable seniors complex in Greece, NY.
    10/27/2008 ROI changed its name to PathStone to better reflect the areas and populations served by the organization.
    6/8/2007 ROI celebrates our 3,000th first time home buyer at a NeighborWorks Week event in Newburgh, NY.
    9/26/2008 Construction completed on the redevelopment of the 526 unit Andrews Terrace complex in downtown Rochester -- the largest real estate development project in PathStone's history.
    12/11/2008 With technical assistance from PathStone, residents of the Champion Mobile Home Park in Elbridge, NY closed on the purchase of their community. This co-op conversion was the first manufactured home community in the country to receive financing from ROC USA Capital and the fastest such transaction ever recorded in New York (4 months from creation of the resident's association to closing).

    Community Services
  • Community Building

  •  Clean-up Project

  •  Community Outreach and Organizing

  •  Community Planning

  •  Landscape and Neighborhood Beautification

  •  Leadership Training

  • Family Health Programs

  •  Community Health Services

  •  Daycare Center

  •  English as a Second Language Classes

  •  Food Bank

  •  Job Training / Youth Employment Project

  • Financial Planning and Assistance

  •  Down-payment Assistance

  •  Elderly Tax Information

  •  Financial Education

  •  IDA Savings Program

  •  Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)

  • Green Building and Home Improvement

  •  Energy Conservation Programs

  •  Handyman Referrals

  •  Home Maintenance Training

  •  Indoor Environment Quality

  •  Renewable Energy Resources

  •  Sustainable Site Planning

  • Housing Programs and Home Ownership Counseling

  •  Home Ownership Counseling

  •  HomeBuyers Club

  •  Housing for Elderly

  •  Housing for Handicapped

  •  Rental Housing

  •  Section 8 Housing

  •  Transitional Housing for Homeless Families


    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Isabel AmaroBoard MemberResident  
    Sheila BanksBoard ChairNon-Profit InstitutionCrispus Attucks Center for Employment & Training 
    Samarian BrownBoard MemberResident  
    Stacey ConahanBoard MemberResident  
    Elizabeth V de LopezBoard MemberResident  
    Juventino DiazBoard MemberResident  
    Maria T DiazBoard MemberResident  
    Herb EngmanBoard MemberNon-Profit InstitutionRural Housing Action Corp. 
    Virginia GonzalezBoard MemberResident  
    Mom HengBoard MemberResident  
    Juan O HererraBoard MemberResident  
    Monica HuertaBoard MemberResident  
    Ignacio JimenezBoard MemberResident  
    William KilgoreBoard MemberBusinessRural Opportunities Housing Corp. of Ohio 
    Germaine KnappBoard MemberNon-Profit InstitutionHousing Opportunities, Inc. 
    Celia LeonBoard MemberResident  
    Alfonso LuaBoard MemberNon-Profit InstitutionFarmworker Housing Corp. of PA 
    Juan LunaBoard MemberResident  
    Julie MarshallBoard MemberBusinessRural Opportunities Enterprise Center, Inc. 
    Evan MartinezBoard Trustee; Board MemberResident  
    Iris D MartinezBoard MemberResident  
    Ana I MolinaBoard MemberResident  
    Patricia MorganBoard MemberNon-Profit InstitutionPA Association of Nonprofit Organizations 
    Glenda PerezBoard MemberResident  
    Dora PopeBoard MemberResidentHarvest Court Farmworker Organization 
    Andres RamosBoard MemberNon-Profit InstitutionRural Opportunities Puerto Rico, Inc. 
    Pierre RegisteBoard MemberResident  
    Hugo RiveraBoard MemberResident  
    Maricela RodriguezBoard MemberResident  
    Jose SalinasBoard MemberResident  
    Miguel SanchezBoard MemberResident  
    Joel SantiagoBoard MemberResident  
    Mark St. JohnBoard TreasurerNon-Profit InstitutionRural Opportunities Housing Corp of Indiana 
    Keith TalbotBoard MemberNon-Profit InstitutionHelping Hands 
    Eileen TorresBoard MemberNon-Profit InstitutionAgri-Business Child Development ProgramRegional Coordinator
    Luis TorresBoard MemberNon-Profit InstitutionRural and Migrant Ministry, Inc. 
    Wilberto TorresBoard MemberResident  
    Gerry VerbridgeBoard MemberBusinessNew York Apple Association 
    Velma WrightBoard SecretaryNon-Profit InstitutionRural Opportunities Housing Corp 

    About the NeighborWorks ® Network
    The NeighborWorks® network is a nationwide network of more than 240 community development organizations working in nearly 4358 urban, suburban and rural communities across America. These organizations engage in revitalization strategies that strengthen communities and transform lives. In the last five years alone, NeighborWorks® organizations have generated more than $8.5 billion in reinvestment and helped more than 500,000 families of modest means purchase or improve their homes or secure safe, decent rental or mutual housing.

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