Roche Family Foundation Incorporated
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting various charitable causes. Its mission appears to focus on environmental conservation, education, and cultural initiatives, as evidenced by its grants to organizations involved in ocean cleanup, educational foundations, and arts programs. The foundation serves a diverse range of recipients, including nonprofits that promote environmental sustainability and educational opportunities. While it does not have a specific geographic focus, it has made contributions to organizations across multiple states.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Established charities with clear programmatic alignment to environmental conservation, ocean cleanup, education, or cultural initiatives that match past grantees and are capable of receiving unrestricted operating support in the tens of thousands to low six-figure range.
Good Fit
- • Work in marine conservation, environmental restoration, education, or arts (similar to named past grantees).
- • Track record as a recognized nonprofit with capacity to manage $15K–$100K+ unrestricted grants.
- • Existing relationships or referrals into family-foundation networks or visible partnerships with past grantees.
- • Geographic presence or project relevance in states where past grants were made (CT, NY, MA, CA, DC).
Geography
Observed grants in the latest year went to organizations in five different states, indicating a multi-state (not strictly local) giving footprint.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded five distinct organizations in 2024 across environmental, education, and cultural causes and added multiple new recipients that year, showing a modestly diverse recipient set for a small private foundation.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of recipient turnover is limited but four of five 2024 grantees were new; however the foundation's stated policy is invite-only/preselected and there is no public website, so unsolicited applicants appear unlikely to gain access without referral.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
