Zero Gap Fund

Overview

The Zero Gap Fund deploys flexible, patient, and risk-tolerant capital to catalyze private investment into strategies that address the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

It is an impact investing collaboration between The Rockefeller Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and its Catalytic Capital Consortium.

The Fund’s mandate is to support innovative products and structures that are replicable and scalable, and demonstrate how new solutions may drive needed financing for global good.

We pioneer catalytic capital investments and help our investees attract the additional financing and traction required to reach scale and self-sufficiency.

Why it Matters

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annual financing gap for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
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in catalytic capital committed towards financing the Sustainable Development Goals through the Zero Gap Fund
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capital mobilized across 12 investments

Report
Zero Gap Fund: State of the Portfolio 2022
Four years ago, The Rockefeller Foundation set out to invest in bold and innovative financing products and solutions to catalyze new capital to help meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our ambition resulted in the development of the Zero Gap Fund (ZGF or the Fund).
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Zero Gap Fund: State of the Portfolio 2021
Today’s global environment presents a complex array of challenges. The impacts of Covid-19, war in Ukraine, climate change, and, recently, economic volatility only add to the task of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, doubling down on the SDGs also presents one of the most powerful drivers for enabling more inclusive global growth and […]
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What Gets Measured Gets Financed: Climate Finance Funding Flows and Opportunities
Climate change poses a singular threat to humanity, and to The Rockefeller Foundation’s 109-year mission of promoting its well-being throughout the world. To meet our mission today, we must directly confront climate change. One of the biggest obstacles to achieving net zero emissions globally by 2050 is the lack of financing from public and private […]
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