What We Fund

Beginning in 2025, Rockwell Fund will primarily target funding to grant partners providing services to residents of Super Neighborhood 52 (SN52). Rockwell Fund will consider grant requests in alignment with existing and prospective plans developed by a recognized community planning process for the area, such as the Complete Communities Action Plan for Kashmere Gardens.

Issue areas for our Community Development Docket include:

Community Leadership

Effective community leadership is aided by communication and organizational skills, collaboration methods and techniques, and physical resources.  When appropriately resourced, community leaders can uplift local challenges, identify possible solutions, and bring community members into projects and processes that improve the quality of life for the residents of SN52.    

Rockwell Fund will make grants that:

1. Support community-driven convenings of local leaders.
2. Support leadership training for community leaders and area nonprofit staff.
3. Support civic responsibility, education, and training.

Capacity Building 

Investing in nonprofit organization capacity building, including management, financial, and technical assistance tools for organizations from SN52, or serving SN52 residents, will lead to a more effective local nonprofit ecosystem and improved services for residents. 

Rockwell Fund will make grants that:

1. Support organizations and programs that offer guidance on grant applications, administration, record keeping, and programmatic and operational best-practices for nonprofit organizations.
2. Support data gathering, analysis, and research benefiting human service needs relevant to SN52 residents.
3. Support operational grants for emerging organizations based in, or operating within, SN52.

We will announce our quarterly issue areas and strategies for our 2025 Community Development Docket on February 21, 2025. Applicants can then consider grant opportunities based on our quarterly grant review schedule.