About Rockley Family Foundation
Committed to music education by raising money for music scholarships, donating musical instruments to underprivileged individuals, and donating or loaning instruments to educational institutions.
Focus Areas
Music educationMusic scholarshipsInstrument donation and loansYouth arts education
Who They Fund
students (general)students participating in music and arts programsschool-aged learners (K-12 implied)
Funding Style
direct service / program supportarts education fundingstudent-centered grantsproject-based / activity funding
About Rockley Family Foundation
Rockley Family Foundation’s giving is built around music access: scholarships, instrument donations, instrument loans, and repair help for students and educational institutions. The pattern in the grant record shows repeated support for universities and music programs rather than a one-off campaign, with multi-year awards appearing across several recipients. That makes the foundation especially relevant to researchers looking at how arts education is funded through institutional partners and direct instrument support. Recent grants show the foundation backing student education through music-centered channels at scale. Cleveland State received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, while the University of North Carolina at Charlotte also appears across multiple years. Other institutions in the record include Seton Hall University, the UMKC Foundation, and the University of Texas at Arlington. In addition to cash scholarships routed through partner institutions, the foundation’s program descriptions point to donated and loaned instruments for educational communities that would not otherwise have access to them. Tobin Rockley is listed in leadership, and the foundation’s latest 990 year on file is 2025.
What Rockley Family Foundation Funds
A central theme in Rockley Family Foundation’s grantmaking is music education delivered through colleges and universities. The record includes awards to Cleveland State for education of students, the UMKC Foundation for education of students, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for education of students, showing a continuing pattern of support for institutional music programs and student scholarships. The foundation also supports access to instruments as part of arts education. Grants to Auraria Higher Education MetroUCD in Denver and to Redlands in California sit alongside program descriptions that include donated instruments, loans of instruments, and repair assistance. In Texas, awards to the University of Texas at Arlington, Concordia University-Texas, and Texas Christian University show that the foundation’s music-focused support reaches multiple campuses. The common thread is student-centered funding tied to music instruction, performance, and educational outreach.
How Rockley Family Foundation Gives
Typical grant size centers on a median of $41,895, with the 25th percentile at $14,390 and the 75th percentile at $80,255. The recent record includes many repeated awards to the same recipients across 2023 through 2025, which points to ongoing institutional relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is not structured around individual philanthropy in general, but it does operate case-by-case individual instrument assistance and accepts donated instruments for redistribution. Some programs are partner-based, with institutions selecting scholarship recipients at their discretion.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.5M
Total Assets
$754K
Total Revenue
$8.2M
Total Expenses
$8.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $14K and $80K, with a median of $42K.
25th Percentile
$14K
Median
$42K
75th Percentile
$80K
Geographic Reach
National29 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
Tobin Rockley
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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