Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT)

OBT is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), stating its belief that “structural racism, discrimination, systems of power, and other forms of oppression” lead to a disparity of “privilege and access” as well as “inequities.” ²

Activities

Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT) claims to provide job training and other education opportunities to address “structural racism”  ² while advancing advocacy based on the concept of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). OBT has previously claimed to help roughly 1,500 individuals annually, stating that 90 percent of them are “people of color.”  ³

Partnerships

Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow is listed as one of more than 40 ally organizations of Churches United for Fair Housing (CUFFH), a left-of-center New York City-based affordable housing-focused organization that engages in advocacy on immigration and economic policy. ^{4 5}

Financials

In 2022, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow reported revenue of $8,006,580, total expenses of $7,536,069, and net assets of $1,517,408. ⁶

Funding

In 2021, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow received $50,000 from the Lawrence Foundation. ⁷

In 2022, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow reported receiving $6,327,792 in government grants. ⁸ That year, OBT also received $550,000 from the Robin Hood Foundation and $250,000 from the Tiger Foundation. ^{9 10}

In 2023, OBT received $25,000 from the Pinkerton Foundation. ¹¹

Leadership

As of 2025, Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow was led by co-CEOs Greg Rideout and Evelyn Ortiz. ¹² Rideout previously worked as the interim executive director for immigration services at Seneca Family of Agencies. ¹³

As of 2025, Vincent Chirico of Chirico Law PLLC was chair of the OBT board, Marc Gross of the Empire Law Group was vice chair, and Frank Morizio of Morizio Consulting was chairman emeritus. ¹⁴