African Agriculture & Climate Change
Kenya Farmers' Helpline
Today, in Kenya, a group of farmers, most with plots of land so parched from the frequent droughts and so small that their crops and livestock yield barely enough for their families to survive, are picking up their mobile phones for instant help. These farmers are dialing into a call center where agricultural experts respond immediately (in Swahili and English)
Developing Climate Change Resilience
Urban Leaders Adaptation Initiative
“Adapting to climate change doesn’t require the invention of an amazing silver bullet,” says Josh Foster, manager of climate adaptation at the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP). “It is doing much of what we are already doing, only better.”
Protecting American Workers' Economic Security: Campaign for American Workers
Doorway to Dreams
The figures are in. The new checkbox that appeared on the IRS tax form for the first time this year allowing taxpayers to use their refund to buy bonds has been a success. As of April 17, 2010, over 18,000 taxpayers had checked that little box and saved an impressive $8 million.
Promoting Equitable, Sustainable Transportation
Transportation for America
Transportation policy 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.
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Is this house as affordable as I think? We’ve all pondered the question, but perhaps used faulty calculations to answer it. A new study and mapping tool can help.
Transforming Health Systems
Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)
CHMI works to accelerate the diffusion of health market innovations that lead to better health and financial protection for poor communities.
Advancing Innovation Processes to Solve Social Problems
Villgro
Villgro, formerly Rural Innovations Network, works with smallholder farmers in rural India to develop, field test and commercialize inventions that can help significantly improve the lives of poor and vulnerable people.
Harnessing the Power of Impact Investing
GIIN
GIIN is dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of private, for-profit impact investments. These are investments aimed at solving social and environmental problems while still generating a financial return for investors.
Carbon and Poverty Reduction
Nature Conservation Research Centre
Chocolate companies across the globe depend on Ghana, the world’s second largest cocoa producer. Yet this country’s cocoa farms are being abandoned, jeopardizing the livelihoods of millions. NCRC is exploring a novel solution to the problem.
Sustainable Employment in a Green US Economy
Center for Working Families
An innovative energy efficiency program, developed with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, could reduce energy costs, create good jobs and help our environment.
Innovations for a Metro Nation
Front Seat’s Walk Score
Every year, one out of six Americans relocates to a new residence. Each of these moves provides an opportunity for a household to settle in a neighborhood that encourages walking and has more transportation options—a neighborhood that offers multiple benefits for individuals, the community and our planet.
Smart National Power Grid
Meridian Institute
A revamped electrical system could have a profound impact on the ability of the US to reduce carbon dependence, improve energy efficiency and security, and enhance resilience to climate change.
NYC Cultural Innovation Fund
Nueva York
Joaquin Torres-Garcia
New York Historical Society
A collaboration between New York Historical Society and El Museo del Barrio reveals the powerful role that Latinos and Spanish-speaking countries have played across four centuries to help shape New York into the most culturally vibrant city in the world.
HERE Arts Center
One award winner examines the real-life survival challenges of New York City performing artists.
The Alliance for the Arts
The Rockefeller Foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund supported the Alliance for the Arts’ development and launch of NYC ARTSApps. NYC ARTSApps is an iPhone application and calendar widget that allows people to access arts information on iPhones and third-party Web sites.
Africa
Forum for African Women Educationalists
Underscoring the Foundation’s long-standing commitment to fortifying education across the continent, FAWE has touched the lives of some 12 million African girls.
