Rockwood Leadership Institute

Analysis

Rockwood Leadership Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in San Francisco, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Rockwood Leadership Institute reported income of $12.6m and spending of $9.2m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $5.8m to $12.6m (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Rockwood Leadership Institute sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation ($12.6m), Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky Inc ($12.6m) and Community Foundation of Elmira Corning and the Finger Lakes ($12.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $302k (3.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.0m. At year end it held assets of $20.4m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $19.2m. It reported 36 employees.