The Kid Rock Foundation directs philanthropic support toward veteran and military-focused causes, law-enforcement/anti-trafficking initiatives, medical research and patient access, and faith-based humanitarian and educational programs. Grants also reflect a personal interest in music education and patriotic/civic mentoring. Funding tends to favor a small number of sizable awards that align with these themes rather than broad, diffuse giving.
A $60,790 grant to You Were Worth It Foundation anchors the Kid Rock Foundation’s 2025 giving and points to its signature pattern: support for veterans returning to historic battlefields, with those experiences shared in schools, military installations, and civic organizations. That military theme sits alongside a broader set of causes that includes law-enforcement efforts against human trafficking, precision medicine research, faith-based humanitarian aid, civic-tradition programming, and music education. Across its recent grants, the foundation favors targeted awards rather than broad distribution. Its support reaches organizations working on battlefield remembrance, special forces family support, spiritual and physical relief, and education tied to religious or creative formation. The largest grants in the file also show a preference for direct program funding, such as training law enforcement to disrupt trafficking networks and helping advance precision medicine through research, education, and patient access. The giving profile also reflects a clear interest in music-related learning. Grants to organizations in Michigan and Minnesota support educational facilities and youth creativity programs tied to the music industry, while other awards go to faith-based schools and humanitarian groups. The result is a portfolio built around a few recurring interests rather than a wide set of unrelated causes.
Veteran-focused work is one of the foundation’s clearest themes. It gave $60,790 to You Were Worth It Foundation for taking veterans on memorable returns to battlefields and having them share their military experiences with schools, military installations, and civic organizations. Public-safety and anti-exploitation efforts are another major thread. The Sentinel Foundation received $52,500 to train law enforcement, target human traffickers, and help end child exploitation globally. Medical research appears in the form of support for precision-medicine advancement. The foundation awarded $50,000 to Foundation for Medical Advancement & Breakthroughs to support research, education, and patient access. Education and creative development show up in music-related grants as well. The Christian Anthony Foundation received $15,582 for an educational facility where all age groups can learn fundamentals of the music industry, and Rising Star Foundation received $10,000 to inspire musical creativity and empower growth through education.
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About 10% of grants go to recipients in MI.
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Concentrated giving: a handful of mid-to-large grants dominate totals (several gifts >$30k) with one-off or single-year awards to mission-aligned organizations rather than many small, recurring microgrants.
Notable grantees: YOU WERE WORTH IT FOUNDATION, THE SENTINEL FOUNDATION, FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL ADVANCEMENT & BREAKTHROUGHS, SAMARITAN'S PURSE, ST MARY SCHOOL
Recent grants show a fairly concentrated size profile: the top award is $60,790, the median of the listed ten grants is $17,791, and the lower quarter is $10,000. That mix suggests a handful of larger commitments alongside several mid-sized awards. The 2025 list also points to one-off grants rather than repeated recipient relationships, since each of the named organizations appears once in the recent-grants table. The foundation is organized as a public charity and does not fund individuals. The recent record does not show an application process, so the pattern visible here is stewarded grantmaking through named organizations.
All ten recent grants in the file went to U.S. recipients. Among the named cities, Michigan appears repeatedly: Grand Rapids, Charlevoix, Warren, and Detroit each received funding. Other recipient locations include Irvine, EllerbE, Boone, North Port, Bloomington, and Montgomery. The grants are geographically dispersed rather than concentrated in the foundation’s Florida headquarters state, which received no recent grants in the list.
The recent grants show support for veteran and military programs, law-enforcement and anti-trafficking work, precision medicine research and patient access, faith-based humanitarian aid, and music education. The listed grantees include organizations working on battlefield remembrance, special forces family support, religious schooling, and music-industry learning.
Among the ten recent grants listed, the median award is $17,791. The top grant is $60,790, while the lower quarter of the listed grants is $10,000. That indicates a pattern of several mid-sized awards with some larger program grants.
In the recent-grants table, all ten grants went to U.S. recipients, so the listed giving is entirely domestic.
The recent-grants list shows ten different organizations, each appearing once. The file reads as a set of single awards rather than repeated grants to the same recipient.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YOU WERE WORTH IT FOUNDATION | IRVINE, CA | $60,790 | 2025 | TAKING VETERANS ON MEMORABLE RETURNS TO BATTLEFIELDS, AND HAVING THEM SHARE THEIR MILITARY EXPIERIENCES WITH SCHOOLS, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS |
| THE SENTINEL FOUNDATION | ELLERBE, NC | $52,500 | 2025 | TRAINING LAW ENFORCEMENT, TARGETING HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AND HELPING TO END CHILD EXPLOITATION GLOBALLY |
| FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL ADVANCEMENT & BREAKTHROUGHS | GRAND RAPIDS, MI | $50,000 | 2025 | HELP ADVANCE PRECISION MEDICINE BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND PATIENT ACCESS. |
| AMERICA'S FUTURE INC | NORTH PORT, FL | $32,000 | 2025 | TO OFFER POSITIVE PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE, STRENGTHEN, AND NOURISH THE PRINCIPLES AND TRADITIONS OF OUR FREE SOCIETY. |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | BOONE, NC | $20,000 | 2025 | PROVIDING SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL AID TO HURTING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD |
| ST MARY SCHOOL | CHARLEVOIX, MI | $20,000 | 2025 | EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO GROW SPIRITUALLY, ACADEMICALLY, CREATIVELY, AND PHYSICALLY SO THAT THEY MAY EXPIERIENCE, UNDERSTAND, AND LIVE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO GOD, FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND SELF |
| THE CHRISTIAN ANTHONY FOUNDATION | WARREN, MI | $15,582 | 2025 | AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY FOR ALL AGE GROUPS TO COME IN AND LEARN THE IMPORTANT FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR MUSIC INDUSTRY |
| RISING STAR FOUNDATION | BLOOMINGTON, MN | $10,000 | 2025 | TO INSPIRE MUSICIAL CREATIVITY AND EMPOWER GROWTH THROUGH EDUCAITON |
| GREEN BERET FOUNDATION | MONTGOMERY, TX | $10,000 | 2025 | PROVIDES SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH EMERGENCY AND ON GOING SUPPORT |
| NF FORWARD | DETROIT, MI | $7,500 | 2025 | FUNDS SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH THAT AIMS TO ADVANCE TREATMENT OPTIONS AND BRINGS US CLOSER TO A CURE FOR NF |
YOU WERE WORTH IT FOUNDATION
$60,790TAKING VETERANS ON MEMORABLE RETURNS TO BATTLEFIELDS, AND HAVING THEM SHARE THEIR MILITARY EXPIERIENCES WITH SCHOOLS, MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
TRAINING LAW ENFORCEMENT, TARGETING HUMAN TRAFFICKERS AND HELPING TO END CHILD EXPLOITATION GLOBALLY
FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL ADVANCEMENT & BREAKTHROUGHS
$50,000HELP ADVANCE PRECISION MEDICINE BY SUPPORTING RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND PATIENT ACCESS.
AMERICA'S FUTURE INC
$32,000TO OFFER POSITIVE PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE, STRENGTHEN, AND NOURISH THE PRINCIPLES AND TRADITIONS OF OUR FREE SOCIETY.
PROVIDING SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL AID TO HURTING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
ST MARY SCHOOL
$20,000EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO GROW SPIRITUALLY, ACADEMICALLY, CREATIVELY, AND PHYSICALLY SO THAT THEY MAY EXPIERIENCE, UNDERSTAND, AND LIVE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO GOD, FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND SELF
THE CHRISTIAN ANTHONY FOUNDATION
$15,582AN EDUCATIONAL FACILITY FOR ALL AGE GROUPS TO COME IN AND LEARN THE IMPORTANT FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR MUSIC INDUSTRY
RISING STAR FOUNDATION
$10,000TO INSPIRE MUSICIAL CREATIVITY AND EMPOWER GROWTH THROUGH EDUCAITON
PROVIDES SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH EMERGENCY AND ON GOING SUPPORT
FUNDS SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH THAT AIMS TO ADVANCE TREATMENT OPTIONS AND BRINGS US CLOSER TO A CURE FOR NF