Our Grantmaking Philosophy

At Rockwell Fund, we believe that foundations are in a position to tackle core issues by utilizing strategies other than making grants. We invest in our grantees by strategically employing one or more of the following approaches:

Seek out and support grantees that pursue INNOVATION by:

• Providing seed grants to test new ideas or models that show promise.
• Serving as an early investor in emerging areas and fields.

Increase the INFLUENCE of grantees by:

• Funding intermediaries that advance the work of our grantees through creating networks and other opportunities that individual grantees otherwise would not have.
• Funding advocacy and public policy efforts that increase awareness, dialogue and new knowledge within the issue area.

LEVERAGE our investment of individual grantees and causes by:

• Encouraging collaboration among grantees, and between grantees and funders, and supporting those collaborations through funding and technical assistance.
• Developing partnerships with other funders in order to learn from, and encourage support for, our grantees and issue areas.

Help grantees achieve greater IMPACT through:

• Planning and evaluation grants that allow grantees to better track and communicate the outcomes of their work.
• Capacity building and infrastructure development grants to build high-functioning nonprofits better equipped to tackle their missions.