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
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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