· Private foundation
Rockwell Fund Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $13k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $210k
- $50k–250k47 grants · $4.0M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON | $235,000 |
| EARL CARL INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL | $125,000 |
| HOUSTON HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC | $125,000 |
| AGAPE DEVELOPMENT MINISTRIES | $125,000 |
| UNIV OF TX HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER | $125,000 |
| FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT | $125,000 |
| TEEN AND FAMILY SERVICES | $125,000 |
| CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES | $125,000 |
| HYPE FREEDOM SCHOOL INC | $125,000 |
| HOUSTON REVISION | $120,000 |
| GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER | $115,000 |
| PAIR | $115,000 |
| BREAKTHROUGH HOUSTON | $100,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| HEALTHY FUTURES OF TEXAS | $100,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $2.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
51 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $875k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HRHOUSTON REVISION5× · 2020–2024 · $890k · revenue +86%
- TFTeen & Family Services5× · 2020–2024 · $625k · revenue +146%
- HFHYPE FREEDOM SCHOOL INC5× · 2020–2024 · $575k · revenue +257% · 30% of their budget
Funded once
- AOALLIANCE OF COMMUNITYone grant, 2022 · $275k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $160k
- IiEDUCATEone grant, 2021 · $125k · revenue +18%
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.
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.
The Houston Local Information Initiative, Inc. provides public service journalism that reflects the civic needs of the diverse communities comprising Greater Houston.
See Schedule OThe Women's Resource of Greater Houston helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive, and financially stable. We fulfill our mission by recruiting volunteer instructors to deliver our programs in…
The organization provides medical services in the form of primary and preventive care to underserved and underinsured residents of harris county.
LifeHouse is a Christ-centered ministry ensuring life for unborn children by providing opportunities for housing, help, and hope for young women during their pregnancies and beyond.
The mission of Family Service Center of Houston and Harris County (Family Houston) is to create a stronger community for tomorrow by helping individuals and families meet the challenges they face today. We help others help themselves.
To promote civic engagement through education, development, outreach and grant-making.
Rebuilding Together Houston is the only organization in Houston and Harris County providing free home repairs to hundreds of families each year. We employ licensed contractors to restore homes to safe, livable conditions, extending each…
The coalition for the homeless of houston/harris county acts as a catalyst, uniting partners and maximizing resources to move people experiencing homelessness into permanent housing with supportive services.
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
RAISE Texas advances equitable policies and programs that foster financial security and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income Texans. We equip, innovate and advocate to reduce disparities, remove barriers and build opportunities…
See schedule ocentral houston champions a thriving downtown by connecting influential leaders through initiatives that advance the future of business and community for all.
Empower and inspire the success of the large and fast-growing hispanic community in the greater houston area thereby strengthening the entire community.
How this is measured
75 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 75 of the 106 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF HOUSTON INC ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON REVISION ↗
- Who funds Teen & Family Services ↗
- Who funds HYPE FREEDOM SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE WOMEN'S HOME ↗
- Who funds Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc ↗
- Who funds SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON INC ↗
- Who funds HARMONY HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE FOR MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds HEALTHY FUTURES OF TEXAS ↗
- Who funds Center for Public Policy Priorities ↗
- Who funds Avenue Community Development Corporation ↗
- Who funds New Hope Housing Inc ↗
- Who funds THE URBAN ENRICHMENT INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Breakthrough Houston ↗
- Who funds William Marsh Rice University ↗
- Who funds Agape Development Ministries ↗
- Who funds FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Girls Incorporated of Greater Houston ↗
- Who funds The Montrose Center ↗
- Who funds NAMI GREATER HOUSTON ↗
- Who funds LEGACY COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds University of Houston Foundation ↗
- Who funds PRISON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
- Who funds PROUNITAS INC ↗
- Who funds Partnership For The Advancement And Immersion Of Refugees ↗
- Who funds COMP-U-DOPT INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds West Street Recovery ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR URBAN TRANSFORMATION INC ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Rockwell Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rockwell Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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