Delaware · Private foundation
The Rock Oak Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $241k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations The Rock Oak Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $241k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $171k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $163k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $500 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Art Museum Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Westtown School | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood of Delaware Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tower Hill School Association | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association In | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art | $21,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Philander Chase Conservancy | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Delaware Nature Society Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Art Museum Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Westtown School | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood of Delaware Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tower Hill School Association | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association In | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art | $21,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Philander Chase Conservancy | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Delaware Nature Society Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kennett Area Community Service | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sweet Briar Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Willistown Conservation Trust Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greenmore Farm Animal Rescue Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwell Health Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($268k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rock Oak Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Starrett Foundation · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Nyssa Foundation · United Way of Delaware · Longwood Foundation Inc · The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
About The Rock Oak Foundation
- How much does The Rock Oak Foundation give?
- The Rock Oak Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $241,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Rock Oak Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), Education (22%), Health (13%).
- Who are The Rock Oak Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Delaware Art Museum Inc ($45k), Westtown School ($45k), Planned Parenthood of Delaware Inc ($30k).
- Does The Rock Oak Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rock Oak Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Rock Oak Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Starrett Foundation, Delaware Community Foundation Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Rock Oak Foundation based?
- The Rock Oak Foundation is based in DE.
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