Oct 15 2014
Press Releases
JOHANNESBURG—Global youth unemployment has become the primary focus of governments. Nowhere has this issue become more pressing than in Africa, a continent with the youngest population in the world with …
Sep 24 2014
Press Releases
The Rockefeller Foundation and African Union Commission Join Hands to Catalyze Development in Africa 
New York—The Rockefeller Foundation and the African Union Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote increased cooperation between them in their efforts towards Africa's progress. The MoU was …
Sep 19 2014
Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Rockefeller Foundation announced a $50 million commitment by the Swedish government to the Global Resilience Partnership and the launch …
Sep 19 2014
Speeches
Good morning. This morning, like many of you, I took a stroll through the innovation marketplace. It struck me that, to understand just how far we've come in terms of the …
Sep 17 2014
Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro today launched a $1 billion National Disaster Resilience Competition. He was joined by Dr. Judith Rodin, president of The …
Sep 16 2014
Press Releases
NEW YORK—Earlier this month, a team of infectious disease experts led by Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance (CORDS), together with the Southern Africa Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance (SACIDS), …
Sep 04 2014
Press Releases
NEW YORK—Today, the Urban Institute and The Rockefeller Foundation released an evaluation of the first phase of Rebuild by Design. The evaluation explores how the Rebuild by Design competition, an …
Sep 04 2014
Press Releases
NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Foundation announced today the honorees of the Innovations in Youth Hiring: Small Business Program, which aims to recognize small businesses throughout the United States that have adopted …
Sep 03 2014
Speeches
I'm thrilled to be back at SOCAP. I last spoke here in 2012, when The Rockefeller Foundation was just preparing to celebrate our Centennial year. Now, we're still recovering from our …
Aug 04 2014
Press Releases
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Rockefeller Foundation announced today a $100 million Global Resilience Partnership that lays out a bold new vision for building resilience to …