Featured Grantee

Here’s one of the biggest challenges in philanthropy today—there’s just not enough money. Even if you put together what all the governments and all the philanthropies in the world spend to help poor and vulnerable people, the financial resources would not be enough to solve the fundamental problems. It will take much more—and more will have to come from private investment capital.
What We Fund
Through grantmaking, the Rockefeller Foundation works to spread the benefits of globalization to more people in more places around the world.
Resources for Grantseekers
We understand how hard it can be to find funding for your work, so you may find the resources we have provided useful in your search.
Recent Grants
Recent Grants
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Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest
toward the costs of its Transportation Reform Project, a multi-pronged effort that aims to inform the national transportation...Location: Chicago, IL
Initiative: Transportation
Region Served: United States
Approval Date: May 10, 2010
Amount: $300,000 -
City Futures, Inc.
for use by its Center for an Urban Future in support of convening New York City's real estate and art communities to consider mutually...Location: New York, NY
Initiative: NYC Opportunities Fund
Region Served: New York City
Approval Date: May 6, 2010
Amount: $50,000 -
The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (McGill University)
for use by its McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence to convene a meeting on the intersections of the business sector...Location: Montreal
Initiative: Disease Surveillance Networks
Region Served: Global
Approval Date: May 6, 2010
Amount: $161,000 -
Resources Legacy Fund
toward the costs of technical, communications and coalition building activities aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, shifting...Location: Sacramento, CA
Initiative: Transportation
Region Served: California
Approval Date: May 6, 2010
Amount: $550,000 -
Cornell University
for use by its Global Labor Institute in support of launching the Transportation Policy Working Group to encourage dialogues between high...Location: Ithaca, NY
Initiative: Transportation
Region Served: United States
Approval Date: April 30, 2010
Amount: $100,000 -
Mosaic Films, Inc.
in support of planning, coordinating and producing a screening tour of the PBS documentary "Beyond the Motor City" in select aging...Location: New York, NY
Initiative: Transportation
Region Served: United States
Approval Date: April 29, 2010
Amount: $59,600 -
El Barrio's Operation Fightback, Inc.
toward the costs of the pre-development phase of acquiring and developing a former public school in the East Harlem area of New York City...Location: New York, NY
Initiative: NYC Opportunities Fund
Region Served: New York City
Approval Date: April 29, 2010
Amount: $100,000 -
Foundation Center
in general support of its mission to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropyLocation: New York, NY
Initiative: Philanthropic Sector
Region Served: United States
Approval Date: April 29, 2010
Amount: $55,000 -
Microfinance Information Exchange, Inc.
in support of collaborating with the Global Impact Investing Network to develop a data-sharing platform that will enable the exchange of...Location: Washington, DC
Initiative: Impact Investing
Region Served: Global
Approval Date: April 28, 2010
Amount: $187,600 -
Carleton University
for use by its Centre for Trade Policy and Law toward the costs of a project to strengthen the emerging Global Health Diplomacy Network...Location: Ottawa
Initiative: Disease Surveillance Networks
Region Served: Global
Approval Date: April 28, 2010
Amount: $218,950


