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Marshall & Sheri Rockwell Foundation at a glance

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Marshall & Sheri Rockwell 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.

$20k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$59kReligion$59kArts & Culture$19kEducation$12kRecreation & Sports$8kHuman Services$7kHousing & Shelter$3kHealth$600Other$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
$17,200
Median grant
2
States reached
$117k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER$17,200
CHABAD AT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$2,500
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $100 → 10%BURNING MAN PROJECT: $17k → 10%PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $17k → 14%HAWAII-FI YOUTH ARTS PROGRAM: $2k → 15%CHAI LIFELINE: $100 → 17%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HILLEL: $360 → 14%PROVISION BRIDGE: $3k → 14%CHABAD AT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $3k → 9%HELPING ARMS INC CO EMET REALTY: $3k → 7%PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $10k → 14%CYCLE FOR SURVIVAL: $500 → 17%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HILLEL: $360 → 14%PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $8k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HILLEL: $180 → 14%PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $8k → 14%PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $6k → 14%PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $5k → 14%PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $2k → 14%SAMOHI PTSA: $1k → 14%SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL ASB: $350 → 14%SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL ASB: $300 → 14%WILDWOOD SCHOOL: $8k → 14%MINISTERIO IMPAETO ENLAS: $4k → 14%OHR HATORAH: $17k → 14%OHR HATORAH: $9k → 14%OHR HATORAH: $9k → 14%OHR HATORAH: $9k → 14%OHR HATORAH: $5k → 14%OHR HATORAH: $4k → 14%OHR HATORAH: $3k → 14%SANTA MONICA YMCA: $1k → 14%CAMP RAMAH: $540 → 14%LA FOOD BANK: $100 → 14%GIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $500 → 14%SANTA MONICA BAY JUNIOR: $4k → 14%SANTA MONICA BAY JUNIOR ROWING ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%SANTA MONICA BAY JUNIOR ROWING ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%SANTA MONICA BAY JUNIOR ROWING ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%SANTA MONICA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%SANTA MONICA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%SANTA MONICA BAY JUNIOR ROWING ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%SANTA MONICA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $250 → 14%HELPING HANDS: $4k → 14%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 24% of Marshall & Sheri Rockwell Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 93% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 70%.

Marshall & Sheri Rockwell Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$124k · 6 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +313% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
16

Total granted

$124k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+313%
+23%

Still filing today

50%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementReligionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • PY
    PICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER
    7× · 2018–2024 · $55k · revenue +344%
  • SM
    SANTA MONICA BAY JUNIOR ROWING ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2017–2023 · $8k · revenue +313%
  • SM
    Santa Monica Education Foundation
    3× · 2018–2020 · $4k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • BM
    BURNING MAN PROJECT
    one grant, 2018 · $17k · revenue +20%
  • WS
    WILDWOOD SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +50%
  • HH
    HELPING HANDS
    one grant, 2018 · $4k
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
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
2
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
3
The Mirman School for Gifted Children

We cultivate the boundless potential of highly gifted children, nurture their passions and talents, and develop a diverse community of creative and constructive lifelong learners.

Education
4
University of California Irvine Foundation

The mission of the university of california, irvine foundation (uc irvine foundation) is to raise and manage private funds to support uc irvine's broader mission of excellence in teaching, research and public service. to this end, the uc…

Education
5
The Buckley School

The buckley school is a dynamic, nurturing learning community committed to equity and inclusion. our innovative teachers and challenging programs inspire creativity, courage, and collaboration. by promoting a balanced development of mind,…

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6
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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7
University Camps

Unicamp student volunteers harness the healing power of the wilderness to provide a unique outdoor camping experience for at-risk children. through relationship-building, leadership and character development, and just plain fun, unicamp…

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8
The San Francisco School

A private school that cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires passion for learning.

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9
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
10
Berkeley Hall School Foundation

Our mission is to "empower children to fulfill their unlimited, god-given potential as fearless scholars and conscientious citizens."

Education
11
Uc Riverside Foundation

To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.

Education
12
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Burning Man Project; the most unlike its peers is Hawaii-Fi Youth Arts Program. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OHR HATORAH: $55,020 · OtherOHR HATORAHHELPING HANDS: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherSanta Monica Education Foundation: $3,650 · OtherSANTA MONICA BAY JUNIOR: $3,500 · Other+11 more: $9,890 · Other+11 morePICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $55,300 · Youth DevelopmentPICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER+1 more: $500 · Youth DevelopmentBURNING MAN PROJECT: $17,000 · Community ImprovementBURNING MAN…SANTA MONICA BAY JUNIOR ROWING ASSOCIATION: $8,300 · Recreation & SportsWILDWOOD SCHOOL INC: $7,500 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationNEMA FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · PhilanthropyHELPING ARMS INC CO EMET REALTY: $2,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$80,060Youth Development$55,800Community Improvement$17,000Recreation & Sports$8,300Education$7,600Philanthropy$3,000Housing & Shelter$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPICO YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $55,300 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetBURNING MAN PROJECT: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA MONICA BAY JUNIOR ROWING ASSOCIATION: $8,300 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetSanta Monica Education Foundation: $3,650 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEMA FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING ARMS INC CO EMET REALTY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHAWAII-FI YOUTH ARTS PROGRAM: $2,250 over 1y, 86% of budgetCAMP RAMAH IN CALIFORNIA INC: $540 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetReform Temple of Laguna Woods: $300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAI LIFELINE INC: $100 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.

California Community …American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Marshall & Sheri Rockwell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marshall & Sheri Rockwell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 38%
  • Helping Arms Inc Co Emet Realty: 38% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 24 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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