Program areas at Rockwood Leadership Institute
Partner ProgramsRockwood convenes leaders within a given issue area or geographic region in order to catalyze more powerful and engaged learning communities and partnerships. Each program identifies 12-24 influential leaders to engage in intensive training and receive tools in transformational leadership. Rockwood's Partner Programs that were delivered in whole or in part in 2023 served a total of 431 leaders in 22 3-5 day sessions. Multi-session Fellowships included: Building Power for Healthy Communities; Early Care, Learning and Health Leaders; Documentary Leaders; Equity in Philanthropy; Leaders in Early Childhood (Pre-natal to 3) Education; Leaders in Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice. There were also numerous one-session customized trainings with various funders and partners.
Public ProgramsRockwood leads multi-day leadership development retreats for social change leaders from the nonprofit, philanthropic, labor and socially responsible business sectors. This work includes our flagship Art of Leadership training as well as the newer Art of Navigating Change, Growing White Leaders for Racial Equity, and HeArt of Black Leadership. In 2023, Rockwood offered a total of seventeen public trainings, in which 407 individuals participated.
Fiscal SponsorshipsRockwood served as the fiscal sponsor for three independent projects in 2023, including: Coaching for Healing, Justice and Liberation (a professional coaching training program that focuses on building the capacity of BIPOC social justice movement leaders), the BUILD Leadership Transition (leadership transition programming for US-based Ford BUILD grantees); and Desire Mapping Project (workshops for the BLM and Transformative Justice Movements).
Grants made by Rockwood Leadership Institute
Who funds Rockwood Leadership Institute
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
| Grantmaker | Grantmaker tax period | Description | Amount |
|---|
| The Ford Foundation | 2022-12 | General Support and Core Support for Organizational Strengthening | $2,500,000 |
| James Irvine Foundation | 2022-12 | For Healing-Centered Leadership | $1,000,000 |
| Open Society Foundations | 2022-12 | To Provide Capacity and Leadership Development Support To Activists, Advocates, Organizers, and Other Actors in the Racial Justice Field | $600,000 |
| ...and 33 more grants received totalling $8,297,881 |
Personnel at Rockwood Leadership Institute
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Darlene Nipper | Chief Executive Officer | $250,904 | 2024-11-01 |
| Bex Ahuja | Managing Director | $194,836 | 2024-11-01 |
| Jordan A. Parry | Director of Finance and Administration | | 2024-11-01 |
| Julie Besaha | Director Finance and Admin. | $165,197 | 2022-12-31 |
| Beth Rayfield | Director of Institutional Advancement | | 2024-11-01 |
| ...and 21 more key personnel |
Financials for Rockwood Leadership Institute
| Revenues | FYE 12/2023 | FYE 12/2022 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $9,808,339 | $11,215,509 | -12.5% |
| Program services | $2,473,303 | $2,767,361 | -10.6% |
| Investment income and dividends | $316,339 | $11,490 | 2653.2% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $5,434 | -100% |
| Total revenues | $12,597,981 | $13,999,794 | -10% |
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Data update history
November 1, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
October 21, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
October 20, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
August 10, 2024
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $400,000 from The JPB Foundation Nonprofit Types
Employment organizationsPublic sector nonprofitsCharities
Issues
EducationPublic policy
Characteristics
Management and technical assistanceTax deductible donationsFiscal sponsorAccepts online donations
General information
- Address
- 548 Market St PMB 47614
- San Francisco, CA 94104
- Metro area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
- County
- San Francisco County, CA
- Website URL
- rockwoodleadership.org/Â
- Phone
- (510) 251-2500
- Facebook page
- RockwoodLeadersÂ
- Twitter profile
- @rockwoodleadersÂ
IRS details
- EIN
- 72-1552165
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2003
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- W00: Public Policy, Public Services Institutions: General
- NAICS code, primary
- 611430: Professional and Management Development Training
- Parent/child status
- Independent
California AB-488 details
- AB 488 status
- May Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes
- Charity Registration status
- Current
- FTB status revoked
- Not revoked
- AG Registration Number
- 121252
- FTB Entity ID
- 2432877
- AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
- 2024-12-04
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