Issue Area: Housing Grants

The Rockwell Fund, established in 1931, aims to foster positive community change in Greater Houston by providing housing grants. These grants support safe, well-maintained, and affordable housing for low-income residents, focusing on both owner-occupied and rental properties. The fund encourages community ownership models and offers educational programs to promote financial literacy and generational wealth transfer.

NOTE: All new and prior applicants (not currently funded) must first complete an online Letter of Inquiry (LOI). Current Rockwell grantees can continue to Step 2 – Application.
Issue Areas
Our grantmaking priorities focus on tackling issues in a comprehensive and coordinated manner to provide the best outcomes for low-income individuals, families and communities.

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• Grants Issue Area: HOUSING

Rockwell Fund will provide high quality housing that is safe, free from flood risks, well-maintained and accessible to people with diverse needs and incomes is key to a complete community.
Rockwell Fund will make grants that:

• Support the creation and maintenance of owner-occupied housing affordable to SN52 residents earning below 80% AMI.
• Support the creation of single family and multi-family rental properties affordable to SN52 residents earning below 80% AMI.
• Support the utilization of community ownership models that offer longstanding affordability for SN52 residents.
• Support the education and preparation of generational wealth transfer for SN52 residents.

Support programs to educate homeowners and renters on available services, financial assistance, real estate and title maintenance, mortgage financing and other related skills.
Support advocacy for the development and maintenance of affordable housing, rental assistance, protections and resources for renter support, and supportive housing services, including the establishment of a Homestead Preservation District.

Eligibility

Grants are made only to nonprofit, tax-exempt organization or a church/political subdivision that is not required to obtain a Section 501(c)(3) designation.

Ineligibility

As a matter of policy, we do not fund the following:Annual fund drivesCapital projectsDirect mail or other mass solicitationsEndowmentsGrants that impose the exercise of “expenditure responsibility” upon Rockwell Fund; for example, private operating foundations or certain support organizationsHouses of worshipIndividualsMedical or scientific research projects or organizations that target a specific diseaseParochial or private primary and secondary schoolsUnderwriting for benefits, dinners, galas, golf tournaments or other fundraising or special events