Through grantmaking, the Rockefeller Foundation works to spread the benefits of globalization to more people in more places around the world. The Foundation is a proactive grantmaker. We seek out opportunities to fund work that addresses the Foundation’s areas of focus and contributes to one or more of our initiatives, rather than simply reacting to unsolicited proposals. Only proposals that fall within the Foundation’s initiatives are considered.
The Rockefeller Foundation does not give or lend money for personal aid to individuals, or, except in rare cases, provide general institutional funding, contribute to endowments, or support building or operating funds.
If you have reviewed the descriptions of our work and have a project that fits within one or more of our initiatives, you are welcome to submit a funding inquiry here.
Please do not send a written proposal by mail or email unless you have been invited to do so by a member of our staff in response to your query submitted via the funding inquiry form.
