The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission—unchanged since 1913—is to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world. Today the Foundation advances new frontiers of science, data, policy, and innovation to solve global challenges related to health, food, power, and economic mobility. As a science-driven philanthropy focused on building collaborative relationships with partners and grantees, The Rockefeller Foundation seeks to inspire and foster large-scale human impact that promotes the well-being of humanity by identifying and accelerating breakthrough solutions, ideas and conversations.
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Richard D. Parsons
Board Chair
Helene D. Gayle
President & CEO, The Chicago Community Trust
Walter Isaacson
Professor of History, Tulane University
Donald Kaberuka
Former President, African Development Bank Group
Martin L. Leibowitz
Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley Research
Yifei Li
Country Chair, Man Group China
Strive Masiyiwa
Executive Chairman, Econet Wireless International
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Former Minister of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria
Sharon Percy Rockefeller
President & CEO, WETA
John W. Rowe, MD
Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
Dr. Rajiv J. Shah
President
Adm. James Stavridis, USN, Ret
Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group & Chair, Board of Counselors, McLarty Associates
Ravi Venkatesan
Special Representative for Young People & Innovation, UNICEF
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Co-Impact Announces $80 Million in Grants Aimed at Improving The Lives of 9 Million People in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America
Co-Impact collaborative includes core partners Richard Chandler, Bill and Melinda Gates, Jeff Skoll, The Rockefeller Foundation, and – most recently – Rohini and Nandan Nilekani.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts In Partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation Announces 2019 Grantees of The Lincoln Center Cultural Innovation Fund
Recipients Receive Support for Innovative Community-Based Cultural Programs in South Bronx and Central Brooklyn NEW YORK, NY (January 10, 2019) — Lincoln Center for the Performing…
African Civil Society Organization (CSO) Excellence Awards Announces Panel of Evaluators
DAKAR, Sénégal, December 11, 2018– EPIC-Africa (www.epic-africa.org), the pan-African organization using innovations in technology to bring greater visibility and transparency to the African philanthropy…
Independent Evaluation Finds 100 Resilient Cities Moving Transformation in Cities Across The Globe
Urban Institute Midterm Evaluation Report Finds 100RC – A Grantee of The Rockefeller Foundation – Is Helping Cities Break Down Internal Silos And Move Toward…
10 Community Organizations Receive $1M Each to Improve Economic Opportunity
With $10M in Funding From The Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Communities Thrive Challenge Grantees From Missoula, MT to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Will…
The Rockefeller Foundation Names David B. Mitchell as New Managing Director for Health Operations
NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Foundation today announced that David B. Mitchell has been named managing director of operations for the Foundation’s Health initiative. Mr. Mitchell comes…
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