Rockwell Fund

• Rockwell Fund focuses its Community Development grantmaking on the Greater Houston area, with priority given to Super Neighborhood 52 (SN52), so a project should serve that area and ideally that neighbourhood to fit well.
• Its themes cover capacity building, flood resilience, affordable housing, food access, health and wellness, mobility, parks and infrastructure, and education, and a realistic request would sit within its typical grant range of $25,000 to $150,000, with a median grant of $75,000 (the largest grant made was $275,000).
• The foundation is relationship-led: most of its grant dollars went to organisations it had already funded in its two previous filings, so a first-time applicant should expect strong competition for a smaller share of the funding, and it prefers organisations with multiple sources of support.
• To apply, create an account in its grants management system, through which both the request for an application and the submission itself are made, and align the proposal with a recognised community planning process for the area; be ready for a possible virtual meeting or site visit during review.
• It does not fund annual fund drives, capital campaigns, direct mail or other mass solicitations, endowments, grants that would impose expenditure responsibility on the foundation (such as private operating foundations or certain support organisations), houses of worship, individuals, medical or scientific research targeting a specific disease, parochial or private primary and secondary schools, or underwriting for benefits, dinners, galas, golf tournaments or other fundraising or special events.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Communities in Schools of Houston · Dropout prevention
  $235,0002024 tax year
• Houston Habitat for Humanity · General operating support
  $125,0002024 tax year
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · Hie/cie demonstration project
  $125,0002024 tax year
• Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment · General operating support
  $125,0002024 tax year
• Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy · Safe and supportive schools coll
  $125,0002024 tax year
• Teen and Family Services · Urban core behavioral health program
  $125,0002024 tax year
• Hype Freedom School · General operating support
  $125,0002024 tax year
• Agape Development Ministries · General operating support
  $125,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.