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Laura and Jason Rock Family Foundation at a glance

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Laura and Jason Rock Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$59k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$148kCommunity Improvement$137kYouth Development$32kPhilanthropy$24kHuman Services$5kReligion$4kArts & Culture$3kHealth$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $518
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $58k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$72k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
East Liberty Development Inc$23,000
Serenity Living Transitional Home$20,000
Action Housing$15,000
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape$518
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%East End Cooperative Ministry: $500 → 11%Melanin Mommies: $2k → 11%CENTER FOR VICTIMS: $500 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$282k · 6 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
18

Total granted

$282k
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-50%
+12%

Still filing today

83%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $518 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EL
    East Liberty Development Inc
    4× · 2020–2024 · $89k · revenue -73%
  • SL
    SERENITY LIVING TRANSITIONAL HOME
    5× · 2020–2024 · $78k · revenue -52% · 94% of their budget
  • AC
    ALLEGHENY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS-HOUSING INCORPORATED
    4× · 2020–2024 · $70k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • GG
    Gwens Girls Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +99%
  • TO
    The Opportunity Fund
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • UC
    UJAMAA COLLECTIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +324%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment G

PCRG is a coalition of community leaders working for economic justice, equitable investment practices and sufficient financial resources to revitalize communities throughout Allegheny County, PA

Community Improvement
2
Prevention Point Pittsburgh

To provide health empowerment services to injection drug users and prevent the spread of hiv.

Health
3
Catapult Greater Pittsburgh

Catapult engages in connecting families to emergency resources, peer to peer support, wealth building, trauma informed financial counseling & policy advocacy to ensure that communities can meaningfully achieve economic justice & lead…

Community Improvement
4
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.

International
5
Pittsburgh United

Pittsburgh United, Inc. strives to advance social & economic justice in the

Community Improvement
6
Global Solutions Pittsburgh

The global switchboard stewards a diverse network of people and organizations to promote equitable global engagement in the pittsburgh region. we strive to build a region where all people value diversity, practice empathy, and work…

International
7
Sustainable Pittsburgh

Provide information to decision maker in the pittsburgh region to promote economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental quality for sustainable solutions for communities and businesses.

Environment
8
Pittsburgh Housing Development Corp

To initiate, plan, finance, develop and manage housing development in the City of Pittsburgh, and upon request, in other municipalities with particular, but not exclusive, emphasis on such development in low to moderate income census…

Housing & Shelter
9
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

By sharing resources and fostering meaningful relationships that strengthen the region's creative community, the greater pittsburgh arts council builds a more resourced, connected, and informed arts sector, empowering artists and arts…

Arts & Culture
10
Casa of Allegheny County

To recruit and train community members to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children.

Civil Rights
11
Young Women's Christian Association Greater Pittsburgh

Ywca greater pittsburgh is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. we envision a community that advances education, opportunity, and equity regardless of gender, race, or…

Human Services
12
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Neighborhood Allies Inc; the most unlike its peers is Serenity Living Transitional Home. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 17 of the 27 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SERENITY LIVING TRANSITIONAL HOME: $77,790 · Housing & ShelterSERENITY LIVING TRANSITIONAL HOMEALLEGHENY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS-HOUSING INCORPORATED: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterALLEGHENY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS-…East Liberty Development Inc: $88,700 · Community ImprovementEast Liberty Development IncNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC: $42,328 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC+3 more: $5,771 · Community ImprovementGwens Girls Inc: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentGwens Gir…The Opportunity Fund: $15,000 · OtherThe Oppor…Rodef Shalom: $2,343 · OtherRodef Sha…Cloaked In Favor Outreach Ministrie: $1,500 · OtherGO GIRLS INCORPORATED: $1,500 · OtherFroGang: $1,500 · OtherTHE@ALLIGNMENT CHAPTER: $1,500 · OtherEMBLAZE Ministries: $1,500 · OtherMELANIN MOMMIES INC: $1,500 · Other+6 more: $3,018 · Other+6 moreTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyPOISE FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Philanthropy1HOOD MEDIA ACADEMY INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureAssemble Inc: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PITTSBURGH CONTINGENCY INC: $2,520 · Education
Housing & Shelter$147,790Community Improvement$136,799Youth Development$30,000Other$29,361Philanthropy$6,500Arts & Culture$3,000Education$2,520

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEast Liberty Development Inc: $88,700 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetSERENITY LIVING TRANSITIONAL HOME: $77,790 over 5y, 94% of budgetALLEGHENY COUNCIL TO IMPROVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS-HOUSING INCORPORATED: $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIES INC: $42,328 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUJAMAA COLLECTIVE: $4,402 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTHE PITTSBURGH CONTINGENCY INC: $2,520 over 1y, 0.2% of budget1HOOD MEDIA ACADEMY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOISE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOR GOOD PGH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAssemble Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPittsburgh Action Against Rape: $518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREPAIR THE WORLD: $369 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Pittsburgh Founda…Opportunity FoundationThe Heinz EndowmentsHillman Family Founda…Poise FoundationThe Grable FoundationFisa FoundationRichard King Mellon F…Staunton Farm Foundat…The United Way of Sou…McAuley MinistriesProgram to Aid Citize…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA38.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Opportunity Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · Hillman Family Foundations · Poise Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Fisa Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · Staunton Farm Foundation 540-054 Dba Staunton Farm Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · McAuley Ministries · Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Laura and Jason Rock Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laura and Jason Rock Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Laura and Jason Rock Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Laura and Jason Rock Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 27 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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