Until WWII the Rockefeller Foundation gave away more aid than the US government.
The Rockefeller Foundation supports work that expands opportunity and strengthens resilience to social, economic, health, and environmental challenges—affirming its pioneering philanthropic mission since 1913 to “promote the well-being” of humanity.
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Rockefeller Foundation Funds Landmark Climate Change Documentary
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More Americans Are Financially Insecure Now Than in the Past 25 Years
A record one in five American households is financially insecure, the highest level in the past 25 years, according to a new study establishing the “Economic Security Index” (ESI). This new ESI index, designed to measure the economic well-being of American families, was developed by Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker and a team of researchers, with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Rockefeller Foundation Honors Three New Yorkers' Urban Activism with 2010 Jane Jacobs Medal
Today the Rockefeller Foundation announced the recipients of the 2010 Jane Jacobs Medal – Joshua David and Robert Hammond, Co-Founders of Friends of High Line and Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, longtime and founding President of the Central Park Conservancy and current President of the Foundation for Landscape Studies
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Scaling Innovation: Inaugural Conference of the Social Impact Exchange
There is a growing literature that innovation is not only an exercise in creativity,but also a discipline with an established methodology. And today, social problem solvers are working to systematically adapt these innovation processes and apply them to address economic, health, and environmental challenges.
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