News & Announcements

NEW YORK—The Municipal Art Society and The Rockefeller Foundation today announced the winners of the 2013 Wangari Maathai Award for Civic Participation in Sustainability—Alexandra Gumas, a student from Bard High …

NEW YORK—The Guardian, in collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation, has today unveiled a new section of its website—Guardian Cities—to shine a spotlight on the urbanisation of the world, whilst highlighting …

KAMPALA—Pearl Capital Partners has made its fifth investment through the African Agricultural Capital Fund. The fund, which is now two years into its investment phase, has investment commitments of $25 …

NEW YORK—Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that New York has launched the nation's first state-led pay for success project, an initiative to train and employ formerly incarcerated individuals. Private …

Thank you, Folly, and thank you Christiana, for your words, and your leadership. On behalf of our foundation’s President Judith Rodin, and my many colleagues who care passionately about women’s …

NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Foundation today announces the first 33 cities selected to join the 100 Resilient Cities network. The cities were selected from nearly 400 applicants across six continents. In …

BANGKOK—Leaders from The Rockefeller Foundation, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced the launch of a new trust fund designed to scale …

WASHINGTON—U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the project opportunities that will be pursued by each of the ten teams advancing to Stage 3 of the Rebuild …

CHICAGO—The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, with funding from The Rockefeller Foundation, announces a new nine-month fellowship for journalists that will focus on community resilience in times of …

NEW YORK—Today the Dr. Wangari Maathai Award for Civic Participation in Sustainability officially began accepting nominations for 2014. The award for New York City high school students was inaugurated last …