Rockwood Charitable Foundation
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting a variety of charitable causes. Its mission reflects a commitment to community service, education, health, and support for individuals with disabilities. The foundation provides funding to organizations that focus on general community needs, scholarships, health-related initiatives, and faith-based programs. It serves a diverse range of recipients, including educational institutions, health charities, and community service organizations. The foundation primarily operates in Rhode Island but also supports initiatives in several other states.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A small-to-midsize nonprofit with demonstrated alignment to community service, education, faith-based, or health/human-services work and an existing relationship or credible referral into the foundation’s trustee network.
Good Fit
- • An existing personal or organizational connection to a trustee, current grantee, or intermediary.
- • Programs matching the foundation’s observed interests (community service, education/scholarships, faith-based initiatives, health-related gifts).
- • Geographic presence or projects in the foundation’s frequent states (notably New York and Rhode Island).
- • Capacity to manage grants in the foundation’s typical award range (roughly $5K–$78K).
- • A track record of prior grants or referrals from organizations the foundation already funds.
Geography
Giving is multi-state in the observed years, with grants across about ten states in the latest year and a dominant share concentrated in one state (about 37%).
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows a broad recipient set (28 distinct grantees) and the foundation funds many independent organizations rather than a single beneficiary, despite some dollar concentration among the top recipients.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of turnover exists (several new grantees each year), but the foundation documents an invitation-only approach and there is no public website or submission route, so unfamiliar applicants are unlikely to access funding without a referral.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
