RESETTING AMERICA’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19

The end is in sight. Yet there is a long way to go. We need to continue to ramp up Covid-19 testing and put in place policies that recognize the cascading benefits of getting back to work, going back to school and taking back control of our lives.
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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.
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

MATTER OF IMPACT

Forget the New Normal: Let’s Head to an Inclusive Future

Covid laid bare, once again, deep systemic inequities that create barriers to healthy diets and dignified work, education and even internet access. In a post-Covid world, a sustainable recovery must have justice and parity at its heart, both in the U.S. and globally.

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Recent Updates

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It’s possible to end energy poverty in 10 years, to prevent the next pandemic and improve healthcare for all, to provide living wages to those who work hard, and to prevent 60% of chronic disease by providing affordable, healthy food. It’s possible to reimagine the future.

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