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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.

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Through grantmaking, the Rockefeller Foundation works to spread the benefits of globalization to more people in more places around the world. 

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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. philanthropy
    Location: 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
     
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Advancing Innovation Processes to Solve Social Problems
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Villgro, formerly Rural Innovations Network, works with small-holder farmers in rural India to develop, field test and commercialize inventions that can help significantly improve the lives of poor and vulnerable people. 

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NYC Opportunities Fund
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MoMA's "Rising Currents"

 

Climate change isn't just a problem—it's also an opportunity. Consider New York City today with Venice-style canals and protective oyster reefs. Fresh urban visions like these, designed to thwart damage from rising sea levels and increasingly frequent storms, could have big payoffs in the future.

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Transforming Health Systems
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OpenMRS is improving health care in developing countries by providing the technical and medical experts, training and tools necessary to build open-source electronic medical record systems (EMRS).

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Promoting Equitable, Sustainable Transportation
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Transportation policy is not a matter for policy wonks only. It can affect every aspect of Americans’ daily lives—from how much we have to spend on getting to work to whether our families can walk and ride the streets safely.

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