Together, we can emerge stronger.

Covid-19 has infected hundreds of thousands of Americans and affected millions more around the world. Testing is our way out of this crisis. Our National Covid-19 Testing Action Plan lays out the precise steps necessary to enact robust testing, tracing, and coordination to more safely reopen our economy.
Read the Covid-19 National Testing Plan

Solving Global Challenges with Lasting Impact

 

Our Mission

We improve lives and the planet, and unleash human potential, through innovation. We are dedicated to the principle that all men and women – dignified and resilient as they are – have the right to health, food, power and economic mobility. We seek to advance those goals with a better use of science and data and through collaboration with partners and grantees. By identifying and accelerating breakthrough solutions, ideas and conversations, The Rockefeller Foundation works to improve the well-being of people everywhere.

 

Our Commitments

For more consequential outcomes, we channel our resources and expertise into a finite set of endeavors to assure measurable and meaningful impact. Our work is focused on improving access to electricity, food, healthcare and economic opportunity. We do that through creative partnerships and innovative investments to extract more value from data and private capital.

End Energy Poverty We accelerate the delivery of reliable, renewable electricity to hundreds of millions of people in underserved, low-income communities worldwide.
Achieve Health for All We work to advance the fields of public health and medical science to improve outcomes for all people, everywhere.
Nourish the World We are working to create a more nutritious, equitable and regenerative food system.
Seize Upon Emerging Frontiers We aim to accelerate the impact of our programmatic work by applying impact investing, science, technology, and innovation to the greatest inequities in the world.
The way I suffered, depending on other people, I won’t let that happen to anyone else. I believe—and I teach—that a girl can do any business with electricity.
Savitri Devi
Seamstress in Uttar Pradesh, empowered by access to reliable electricity from our grantee Smart Power India
Data is a powerful tool that can help us make life-saving decisions and prevent epidemics before they happen.
Ms. Henrietta Fore
Executive Director Of UNICEF
We are proud to bring energy to millions of people and we look forward to empowering communities across India by creating micro enterprises and opportunities for all people.
Praveer Sinha
CEO, Tata Power
It is about a level playing field. It is about giving folks the tools that they need to not just stay above water, but to actually build something for the long term for themselves and the next generation.
Pedro Morillas
State Campaigns Director, Economic Security Project
We are now sure that if we adopt these new [food loss-preventing] technologies, we will be able to protect the tomato and be able to sell.
Talatu Ichiss
Nigerian tomato farmer

Pioneering New Frontiers for Better Solutions

As COVID-19 impacts the livelihoods of so many across the world, read below for essential information and learn how we are working to save lives in the emergency—and build smarter systems that protect everyone in the future.

FEATURE

The Rockefeller Foundation Commits $50 Million in Funding for Global Coronavirus Response in 2020 Annual Letter: “COVID-19: Meeting This Moment”

NEW YORK – Today, Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, shares his 2020 Annual Letter, …

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Recent Updates

Apr 20 2020
Announcements
The Rockefeller Foundation Launches Covid-19 Action Plan to Reopen Workplaces, Protect Lives
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Apr 07 2020
In The News
How Testing Will Help Us Get Back to Regular Life | The Brian Lehrer Show
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Apr 03 2020
Blog Post
Five COVID-19 Reflections from a Food System Perspective—and How We Could Take Action
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