Connected Communities Inc
Donations deductibleConnected Communities Inc's network
19 people11 organisationsi19 people and 11 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (19). Violet dotted lines (12) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
19 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 18 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Railey Chair | Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Annie Canon | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Chantz Miles | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Clayton Jones | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Cynthia Cole | Director Emeritus | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| James Highsmith JR (also filed as James Highsmith) | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| James Laughlin | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jill Rathbun | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Josh Gewolb | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Kevin Kelley | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kyle Crandall | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Lashunda Leslie-Smith | Executive Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Marilynn Patterson-Grant | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Marlene Blocker | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Sarah Hendricks | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Shanai Lee | Treasurer | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Shane Wiegand | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Shanterra Mitchum | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Wanda Cooper | Vice Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Lashunda Leslie Smith | Executive Director | since 2018 |
| Lashunda Leslie-Smith | Executive Director | since 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lashunda Leslie-Smith | Executive Director | 40 | $124k | $31k | |
| Kevin Railey | Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| Wanda Cooper | Vice Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| Shanai Lee | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Kyle Crandall | Secretary | 2 | $0 | ||
| Marlene Blocker | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cynthia Cole | Director Emeritus | 1 | $0 | ||
| James Highsmith Jr | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Kevin Kelley | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| James Laughlin | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Chantz Miles | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Shanterra Mitchum | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Marilynn Patterson-Grant | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Shane Wiegand | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Clayton Jones | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jill Rathbun | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Annie Canon | Director | 2 | $0 | ||
| Josh Gewolb | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sarah Hendricks | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Connected Communities Inc
- EIN
- 475104440
- Address
- 1337 East Main Street, Rochester, NY, 14609-6949
- State
- New York
- Mission
- The mission of connected communities is to break the cycle of poverty and revitalize the emma and beechwood neighborhoods of rochester, ny. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- S30 Community improvement and capacity building
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2015
- Principal officer
- Lashunda Leslie-Smith (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 2016
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsKyle Crandall
≥7years on the filingsKevin Railey
≥7years on the filingsCynthia Cole
≥7years on the filingsWanda Cooper
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $4.4m
- Total liabilities
- $513k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $3.9m
- Contributions and grants received
- $4.3m
- Program service revenue
- $34k
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 71
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.3m | $1.3m | $3m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Connected Communities, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 5 August 2015
- Registered agent
- Not stated