S Kent Rockwell Foundation Inc
Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 47-1440025. Reported 112 grants totalling $15.1M to 74 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. S Kent Rockwell Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $40,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $4,080,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Morris University | Moon Township, PA | $12.2M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kiskiminetas Spring School | Saltsburg, PA | $402,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Allegheny Rivertrail Park | Pittsburgh, PA | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Rivers | Washington, DC | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ruffed Grouse Society | Pittsburgh, PA | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fidelity Charitable | Cincinnati, OH | $155,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | Memphis, TN | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Power | Pittsburgh, PA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc | Washington, DC | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| US Youth Fly Fishing Team Inc | State College, PA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fisher House Foundation | Rockville, MD | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Aviary in Pittsburgh Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $63,735 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $53,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Allegheny Land Trust | Sewickley, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aspinwall Riverfront Park Inc - Park and Trail Acquisition | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bonefish & Tarpon Trust | Coral Gables, FL | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Prototype Pgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Consrvtn Partnership | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Deer Association | Bogart, GA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oasis Recovery Center of Western Pa | Pittsburgh, PA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Penn State University Philanthropic Fund | University Park, PA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Backcountry Hunters & Anglers | Missoula, MT | $33,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Keep Fish Wet Inc | Amherst, MA | $27,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bloomfield-Garfield Corp | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bridgeway Capital - the Trade Show Boot Camp | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Homeless Children's Education Fund | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minority Outdoor Alliance Inc Grant | Douglasville, GA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Steel City Squash Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wildlife Leadership Academy | Lock Haven, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arc Human Services Inc - Workforce Training for Disabled | Canonsburg, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prevention Point Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fish for Change | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reading Is Fundamental - Storymobile Literacy Programming | Pittsburgh, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clemente Society - the Clemente Museum | Pittsburgh, PA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 2021 Maximum Impact Project - Givewell | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Afrorack LLC | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Captains for Clean Water | Fort Myers, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Fl | Tallahassee, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peal - Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership | Pittsburgh, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation | Homestead, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trout Unlimited Inc | Arlington, VA | $9,984 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eco Defense Group | Park City, UT | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Assemble | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beverly's Birthday | North Huntingdon, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Beyond Differences | San Rafael, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cancer Bridges | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cancer Bridges (formally Our Clubhouse) | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crisis Center North | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fillet for Friends | Boca Raton, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| For Good Pgh - Covid 19 | Braddock, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fox Families Care | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hands Across the Sea | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heroes Never Alone Inc | S Ligonier, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Homes for Our Troops | Taunton, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Indifly - Makhangoa Community Solar Project | Saint Paul, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Innocence Project Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lightfield Visuals Inc | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Menikanaehkem Inc | Gresham, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pittsburgh Emergency Medicine Foundation - W David Kerr Sporting Clay Shoo | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pivot a Turning Point for Youth | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safespace Inc | Louisburg, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Second Harvest | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic Project | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Lily House | Wellfleet, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Open Doorway Ptsa | West Palm Beach, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trade Institute of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yellowstone to Yukon | Bozeman, MT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Winchester Thurston | Pittsburgh, PA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Kiski School | Saltsburg, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| For Good Pgh | Braddock, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Advancement | Benton, AR | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
25 of 74 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 27%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Robert Morris University
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What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 56 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41 | $803,719 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 39 | $4,865,300 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 22 | $4,495,500 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 10 | $4,942,500 | $55,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. S Kent Rockwell Foundation Inc has 1 of them, worth $25,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Fisher House Foundation | Rockville, MD | $25,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 92% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from S Kent Rockwell Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 960 Penn Avenue Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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