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Danielle Goonan

Vice PresidentU.S. Program and Policy, The Rockefeller Foundation

Danielle Goonan is the Vice President, U.S. Economic Opportunity. She joined the Foundation in 2019. In this role, Danielle is responsible for leading the U.S. Economic Opportunity team, strategy development and grantmaking.

Authored Content

  • May 17 2023
    Perspective A Wave of Child Tax Credits Is Building in the States In the midst of the current economic challenges Americans face, The Rockefeller Foundation (Foundation) has had the privilege to see glimmers of hope through our support for organizations working to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC). This movement took a big step forward in 2021 with the passage of […] Adam Ruben, Danielle Goonan
  • Dec 17 2021
    Perspective U.S. Tax Policy and Race: A Conversation with Professor Dorothy Brown How do you know tax policies are not discriminatory if the IRS doesn’t collect data on race? This question triggered curiosity in Dr. Dorothy Brown, professor of law and author of The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans and How We Can Fix It. Dr. Brown recently sat down with Danielle […] Danielle Goonan