What kinds of work does Rockwell Fund Inc support most often?

Its docket centers community development in Super Neighborhood 52 and Greater Houston, with named focus areas that include housing, flood resilience, community leadership, capacity building, food access, health and wellness, parks and mobility, and education. Recent grants also show support for dropout prevention, legal clinics, behavioral health, homelessness services, and housing quality research.

What is the typical grant size?

The typical grant size is $50,000 at the 25th percentile, $85,000 at the median, and $125,000 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards in the grant list range from six-figure operating support to larger project grants above $200,000.

Can organizations submit unsolicited applications?

Yes, some active programs accept unsolicited applications. The Community Development Docket — Health & Wellness, Community Development Docket — Housing, Housing (Community Development Docket — Open Applications), Education, and Community Development Docket — Community Leadership are marked as accepting unsolicited requests.

Rockwell Fund

Name: Rockwell Fund — grants, 990 financials & funding data
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HOUSTON, TXWebsite7136299022

About Rockwell Fund

Pursuing change through place-based philanthropy by promoting positive community change through support of nonprofits located in the Greater Houston area, with a current focus on a Community Development Docket.

Focus Areas

Community development (Super Neighborhood 52 / Kashmere Gardens)Community leadershipNonprofit capacity buildingFlood resilience and mitigationAffordable housing and home repair/weatherizationFood access and healthy food distributionHealth services and behavioral healthParks, mobility and infrastructure improvementsEducation (early childhood through K-12 supports)

Who They Fund

K-12 students (esp. middle-school youth) at risk of dropping out

About Rockwell Fund

Rockwell Fund Inc directs most of its grantmaking into Super Neighborhood 52 in Greater Houston, with a Community Development Docket built around housing, health, flood resilience, leadership, food access, mobility, and education. The foundation’s recent grants show a strong pattern of support for Houston-based nonprofits working on neighborhood stability and resident services, including repeated awards to Communities in Schools of Houston for dropout prevention and to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for health-related demonstration work. That mix suggests a funder that combines direct service, capacity building, and issue-specific pilots within a single place-based strategy. The foundation also backs legal and social-service infrastructure tied to community needs. Recent awards include support for South Texas College of Law Houston’s civil clinic program, Search Homeless Services, and Houston Habitat for Humanity, alongside grants to organizations working in behavioral health, domestic violence rehousing, and school persistence. Its public grant programs show an explicit emphasis on housing stability, flood resilience, and community leadership in SN52, with open application opportunities in some docket areas and targeted issue-area funding in others. Rockwell Fund Inc’s giving is tightly local and organized around a defined neighborhood geography rather than a broad regional portfolio.

What Rockwell Fund Funds

Housing is one of the clearest themes in the recent grants. Rockwell Fund Inc gave $175,000 to Search Homeless Services for general operating support and $150,000 to Houston Habitat for Humanity for general operating support, alongside another $161,067 to William Marsh Rice University to develop a tool to map housing quality. Those awards align with its housing docket, which centers affordable owner-occupied and rental housing, tenant support, and homeowner education in SN52. Education support appears in several forms. The foundation gave $235,000 and $230,000 to Communities in Schools of Houston for dropout prevention, and $125,000 to Houston Revision for the Keeping Kids in School Program. It also awarded $150,000 to Teach for America for the Ignite Fellowship Program to tutor and $125,000 to Tejano Center for Community Concerns for its middle school to college pipeline work. Health-related funding includes $200,000 and $175,000 to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for the We Can Do More Expansion and the HIE/CIE Demonstration Project, as well as $150,000 to Alliance for Multicultural Community Services for a wellness clinic.

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$4.2M

Total Assets

$90.7M

Total Revenue

$7.5M

Total Expenses

$6.1M

Typical Grant Size

Most grants fall between $50K and $125K, with a median of $85K.

25th Percentile

$50K

Median

$85K

75th Percentile

$125K

Geographic Reach

Local3 states funded

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Recipient	Location	Amount	Year	Purpose
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON	HOUSTON, TX	$235,000	2025	DROPOUT PREVENTION
CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES	AUSTIN, TX	$125,000	2025	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
HOUSTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC	HOUSTON, TX	$125,000	2025	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
UNIV OF TX HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON (PUBLIC HLTH SCH)

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Can organizations submit unsolicited applications?

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