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The Rock Foundation

Name: The Rock Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

313
grants reported: $10.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $6,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educational conservation education eduational

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Basic Fund3 grants · $1.4M
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund1 grant · $1.0M
Syracuse University3 grants · $575,000
St Anthony Foundation2 grants · $400,000
Meals On Wheels of San Francisco1 grant · $400,000
Commonwealth Club of Ca4 grants · $350,000
Oakland School for the Arts4 grants · $300,000
Human Rights First1 grant · $300,000
Center for Investigative Reporting3 grants · $300,000
50can1 grant · $300,000

Giving over time

$2.4M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$2.8M

2024

$3.7M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 313 grants.

$1.0M
Basic Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024
Educational
$1.0M
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$500,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2025
Charitable
$400,000
Meals On Wheels of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$300,000
Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$300,000
50can · Washington, DC · 2023
Educational
$239,625
Basic Fund · Oakland, CA · 2022
Educational
$200,000
St Anthony Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$200,000
St Anthony Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$178,000
Basic Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Educational
$150,000
Community Resources for Science · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Charitable
$150,000
Issue One · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$130,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$125,000
Commonwealth Club of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$125,000
World Jewish Congress Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Go Public Schools · Sacramento, CA · 2025
Charitable
$100,000
Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$100,000
Tndc - (Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation) · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$100,000
United Way Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$100,000
Center for Investigative Reporting · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Immigrants Rising (Community Initiatives) · Oakland, CA · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
United Way Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$100,000
Center for Investigative Reporting · Emeryville, CA · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Commonlit · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Edsource · Oakland, CA · 2023
Educational
$100,000
Immigrants Rising (Community Initiatives) · Oakland, CA · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Center for Investigative Reporting · Emeryville, CA · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Community Resources for Science · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
Edsource · Oakland, CA · 2022
Educational
$100,000
Modern Classrooms Project · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$100,000
United Way Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
Arcs Foundation Scholarship(Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$75,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$75,000
Oakland School for the Arts · Oakland, CA · 2025
Educational
$75,000
Arcs Foundation Inc Ncc (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
Commonwealth Club of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$75,000
Oakland School for the Arts · Oakland, CA · 2024
Educational
$75,000
Commonwealth Club of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$75,000
Oakland School for the Arts · Oakland, CA · 2023
Educational
$75,000
Commonwealth Club of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$75,000
Oakland School for the Arts · Oakland, CA · 2022
Educational
$50,000
Clinic By the Bay (Volunteers in Medicine - San Francisco) · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
Theatre Communications Group · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
University of Washington Law School · Seattle, WA · 2025
Education
$50,000
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Giants Community Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Theatre Communications Group · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$50,000
Arcs Foundation Inc Ncc (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Collegespring · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023
Educational
$50,000
Giants Community Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling Service · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Theatre Communications Group · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Arcs Foundation Inc Ncc (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Collegespring · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022
Educational
$50,000
Commonlit · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Giants Community Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Immigrants Rising (Community Initiatives) · Oakland, CA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling Service · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Kqed · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$50,000
Our Turn · New York, NY · 2022
Educational
$50,000
Theatre Communications Group · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$35,000
Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Glide Memorial (Glide Foundation) · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
San Francisco Free Clinic · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area · Oakland, CA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Jewish Family & Childrens Services · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
San Francisco Free Clinic · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Greenbelt Alliance (People for Open Space Inc) · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable
$25,000
San Francisco Study Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Educational
$25,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Immigrant Legal Resource Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2022
Charitable
$20,000
Litquake Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$20,000
Nfte Bay Area (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) · New York, NY · 2025
Educational
$20,000
Nfte Bay Area (Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship) · New York, NY · 2024
Educational
$20,000
Tndc - (Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation) · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable
$20,000
University of Washington Law School · Seattle, WA · 2024
Education
$20,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2023
Charitable

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.