Getting People The Help They Need Today

Expanded Covid-19 testing. Millions of meals for students and their families. Easier access to government benefits. Collaboration to end pandemics. In multiple ways, our grantees are filling vital gaps to respond to the coronavirus crisis and ensure that we emerge stronger together. Take a moment to see how they're meeting this moment.

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.

Recent Updates

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Three women protesting, with one woman speaking into a megaphone.

The past eight days have been a time of extreme pain, heartbreak, and reflection for our country. My wife and I are both children of immigrants from India, and like every person of color, we each know the exact moment when we first realized we weren’t like everyone else. And even though we have both […]

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Jun 16 2020
Announcements
‘The Rockefeller Foundation Opportunity Collective’ Launches with $10 Million Commitment to Promoting Inclusive Growth in 10 U.S. Cities
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Jun 01 2020
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If We’re All in This Together, Let’s Prove It.
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May 14 2020
Announcements
The Rockefeller Foundation Adds New Members to Testing Solutions Group to Expand Pandemic Testing Across U.S.
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