‘Telling Your Story’: A Conversation with Lin-Manuel Miranda The Rockefeller Foundation 2026-09-23 | ‘Telling Your Story’: A Conversation with Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils: Global Solutions for Food Security The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-09-21 | It's Food Day @ #UNGA78! Join us for a livestream discussion with leaders in the food and agriculture about how adaptive crops and soils can help feed the world and fight climate change. #UNGAxRF
Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens - On Presale Now The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-09-18 | This October, Rajiv Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, will publish a new book with stories—from his own career, the 110-year history of the Foundation, and leaders around the world—that reveal it is realistic to be optimistic about our capacity to make large-scale change.Such a bold assertion might surprise you. In the face of climate change and other crises, too few of us can see what’s really possible amid so much distrust and disinformation. Our institutions, including governments and businesses, are also scrambling to keep up with today’s challenges.Shah wrote Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens because he wants to help leaders everywhere, and at every level, reimagine what’s possible. The book reveals the power of the big bet mindset: a belief that seeking to solve problems boldly, rather than settle for incremental improvements, will attract partners with the capacity to achieve transformational change.Order your copy today - simonandschuster.com/books/Big-Bets/Rajiv-Shah/9781668004388
17 Rooms: Forging New Paths to Action The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-09-13 | 17 Rooms is a new approach to growing action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The platform aims to promote collaborative actions and insights within each SDG, while also spurring practical connections across all the goals. Watch this video to learn about what 17 Rooms is, and how it works. In each 17 Rooms process, individual working groups (or “Rooms”), typically one per SDG, are tasked with a common assignment of identifying cooperative actions to take over the subsequent 12-18 months. Emerging ideas are then shared across Rooms to spot opportunities for collaboration. All 17 Rooms processes are defined by three key design principles: 1) All SDGs get a seat at the table, 2) Take a next step, not the perfect step, and 3) Conversations, not presentations.Convened by the Center for Sustainable Development at The Brookings Institution and The Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovation team, the 17 Rooms initiative has evolved along two main tracks: (1) an annual global flagship process, which brings together leading policy experts and practitioners to tackle international-scale SDG challenges; and (2) "17 Rooms-X,” a widely accessible methodology to help local communities take practical next steps toward achieving the SDGs.If you are interested in learning more about the 17 Rooms flagship process or are in hosting a 17 Rooms-X in your local community, please visit https://www.brookings.edu/projects/17-rooms/ or contact 17Rooms@Brookings.edu.
A Wrap on #ACS23 The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-09-07 | And that's a wrap on the #AfricaClimateSummit23 #ACS23. Our teams at The Rockefeller Foundation and The Global Energy Alliance for People & Planet applaud the work of Joseph Nganga, CEO of the Africa Climate Summit as the Summit comes to a close.
What are Carbon Credits? The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-09-05 | What are Carbon Credits and why are we investing in Africa's Carbon Markets? Let's hear from Joseph Curtin on how removing carbon emissions has become at tradable commodity. #ACS23 #AfricaClimatesummit23
Fighting Hunger and Climate Change - How Kenyas Keep IT Cool Works to Solve These Dual Crises. The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-08-30 | Founded in 2019, Keep IT Cool is one of the seven awardees from the first round of the Good Food Innovation Fund, developed with a grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to Intellecorp for Protective Foods SME Innovation Accelerator.The fund’s goal is to support the small and medium-sized businesses that are helping transform the food system, making it sustainable and equitable.Keep IT Cool started out by filling supply chain gaps in the fish market between Lake Victoria and Nairobi. The grant allowed their work to expand to Lake Turkana, an often-underserved area.
#RFBreakthrough | Financing Stronger Forests for Climate Resilience The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-08-23 | #RFBreakthrough | Financing Stronger Forests for Climate Resilience#HappeningNow - Discover how we can create stronger forests through climate finance.Moderated by The Rockefeller Foundation's Carli Roth, panelists from Blue Forest @Luke Carpenter and @Kim Quesnel Seipp, PhD share the impact of their work scaling innovative financing models for ecosystem restoration projects.#ForestFires #ClimateChange #ImpactInvesting #ClimateFinanc
Renewable Energy Solutions and Women Entrepreneurs in Sierra Leone The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-08-07 | The Solar Harnessed Entrepreneurs (SHE) Project is aimed at developing and expanding profitable renewable energy-enabled businesses for women through financing, capacity building, and enhanced market access.The $2.5 million pilot project, implemented by CARE Sierra Leone and supported by The Rockefeller Foundation and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), supports nearly 8,000 women in nine of Sierra Leone’s 16 districts, with the aim of helping them expand their livelihoods through use of renewable energy resources.Read more about the project here: https://rockfound.link/SHEProject
#RFBreakthrough | Truth Be Told: Credible Communication for Climate Action The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-07-27 | #HappeningNow - Learn about the human impact of climate change.Moderated by The Rockefeller Foundation’s Estelle Willie, panelists Melissa Fleming of United Nations, George Mwangala of Purpose, and Patricia Pinho of IPAM Amazon Environmental Resource Institute share insights on how they have inspired #climateaction through their work. #ClimateChange #Communications #Advocacy
Ambition over Aspiration: Dr. Raj Shah and Philanthropys Role in Climate Action The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-06-29 | Dr. Raj Shah, president of The Rockefeller Foundation, addresses world leaders and global finance chiefs at the Paris climate finance summit on June 23, 2023.In his remarks, Dr. Shah emphasizes that is realistic to be optimistic. That when it comes to reversing the effects of Climate Change, we can turn even our biggest ambitions into reality — and transform the lives of billions of people.
Serving Hot Breakfasts and Lunches in Kenya’s Schools The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-06-28 | School feeding programs in Kenya have become especially important as drought increases food insecurity, and the meals are helping disrupt generational poverty.
Celebrating Pride Month The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-06-27 | "We celebrate pride for those who can't... or are not ready to celebrate their pride" - Harmonica Sunbeam, @dragstoryhour. #PrideMonth?
Why we celebrate pride 🌈 The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-06-02 | Why does The Rockefeller Foundation celebrate #PrideMonth?Senior Vice President Eileen O’Connor describes The Rockefeller Foundation's solidary with LGBTQI+ human rights and equality. Stay tuned throughout the month to learn more about work with the community. #GayRights
#RFis110: NYC Mayor Eric Adams The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-31 | 🗽 Mayor Eric Adams delivered a proclamation that May 24th, 2023 is The Rockefeller Foundation Anniversary Day in NYC.
#RFis110: Luis Miranda and EduHam The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-31 | 🎵 Luis Miranda (policy, philanthropy, and community leader) introduced student #EduHam performances and highlighted the importance of creativity in innovation and society.
#RFis110: Sec. John Kerry and Sen. Chris Coons - Funding Climate Action The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-30 | ♻ David Westin (Bloomberg TV -@markets) interviewed Senator Chris Coons (Delaware) and Secretary John Kerry (White House Special Presidential Envoy for Climate) about the climate crisis as a health emergency and how to reduce fossil fuel emissions.
#RFis110: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-30 | 📜 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (@KirstenEGillibrand) interviewed by Molly Ball (@Time) talked to us about climate action, civil rights, and the benefits of #FoodisMedicine.
#RFis110: Rebecca Dixon and Ai-jen Poo - Equitable Access to Good Jobs The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-30 | ⚖ Rebecca Dixon (CEO and President, National Employment Law Project) and Ai-jen Poo (President, @domestic workers – virtual) spoke to David Gelles (@nytimes) about the resilience of domestic workers and how we can support them.
#RFis110: Sara Menker and Nobel Prize Winner Paul Romer - A.I. and Innovation for Food Security The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-30 | 🌽 Ryan Heath (@axios) interviewed Sara Menker (@gro.intelligence) and Paul Romer on the role of innovation and #AI in driving economic growth, food security, and equity.
#RFis110: Cornelius Eady and Charlie Rauh - Art in Times of Crisis The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-30 | 🎤 Poet, author, and musician Cornelius Eady performed beautiful #prose about Covid-19 and brought us some sunshine with Charlie Rauh on guitar.
#RFis110: Dr. Ashish Jha - Innovations in Public Health The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-30 | 💉 Betsy McKay (@wsj) got the scoop on #pandemic response, lockdowns, and disinformation from Dr. Ashish Jha (White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator).
#RFis110: Oscar Winner Jeff Reichert and Tony Winner Anika Larsen - Art and Climate Action The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-30 | 🎬 Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jeff Reichert and Tony Award-nominated actor Anika Larsen discuss the power of storytelling, specifically about climate change. And Anika Larsen performed a song with Charlie Rauh. Session moderated by Chief Operating Officer of The Rockefeller Foundation Natalye Paquin.
#RFis110: Masha Gessen - Geopolitical Competition in an Age of Uncertainty The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-30 | 📓 RF VP of Communications, Policy, and Advocacy Eileen O’Connor joined @newyorker staff writer Masha Gessen for an electric discussion on the state of journalism and geopolitics in 2023
#RFis110: Dr. Rajiv Shah on Making Big Bets for Humanity The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-30 | The Rockefeller Foundation is celebrating its 110th year of promoting the well-being of humanity and the grand reopening of its global headquarters in New York City. To celebrate these milestones, we are hosting a one-day event on May 24, 2023 titled “RF110: Making Big Bets for Humanity” to showcase some of our most impactful programmatic and institutional achievements, and to stimulate conversation on important issues facing our world today.
#RFis110: 110 Years of Making Big Bets for Humanity The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-25 | The Rockefeller Foundation is celebrating its 110th year of promoting the well-being of humanity and the grand reopening of its global headquarters in New York City. To celebrate these milestones, we are hosting a one-day event on May 24, 2023 titled “RF110: Making Big Bets for Humanity” to showcase some of our most impactful programmatic and institutional achievements, and to stimulate conversation on important issues facing our world today.
#RFis110: Ayisha Siddiqa - Voices of Climate Action The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-25 | 🌍Youth climate activist Ayisha Siddiqa shared inspired audiences about the reality of climate change’s impact on island countries and recommendations on how to stay hopeful during the fight against the climate crisis.
LIVE - RF110: Making Big Bets for Humanity The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-24 | #HappeningNow - Tune in to the LIVE all-day event, RF110: Making Big Bets for Humanity, a celebration of our 110th birthday and grand headquarters reopening! #RFis110
The Rockefeller Foundation: A Legacy of Making Opportunity Universal The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-05 | From our very first grant—to the American Red Cross more than a century ago—through to today’s vast array of initiatives, The Rockefeller Foundation has built a reputation as a trailblazer that convenes unlikely partnerships and sparks innovations for transformative change. Our list of greatest achievements is long. We founded the modern field of public health, developed a vaccine to help control yellow fever, and worked to combat hookworm in the U.S. and malaria in Italy, funded urban visionary Jane Jacobs, and catalyzed a Green Revolution.The Foundation is focused on four core commitments: to end energy poverty, achieve health for all, nourish the world, and expand economic opportunity. We are pursuing these goals through innovative partnerships and through impact investments that find new ways to leverage private capital for social good.The Rockefeller Foundation is among the most respected and deep-rooted of American philanthropies. And yet we have retained our fleet-footedness, as seen by The Foundation’s swift response to the Covid-19 crisis. As from its earliest days more than a century ago, The Rockefeller Foundation is serving as a crucial catalyst, convener, and innovator, helping the private sector and government do more to ease the pain of the pandemic.All told, the Foundation has given more than $22 billion in current dollars to support thousands of organizations and individuals worldwide.For more information, visit: www.rockefellerfoundation.org
#RFBreakthrough | Climate Data for Community Action The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-05-04 | #HappeningNow Tune in to the LIVE #RFBreakthrough: Climate Data for Community Action to hear experts from DataKind, Ecological Citizen's Project & Initiative for Energy Justice discuss solutions using data to combat unequal access to energy, from grassroots to the policy level.
Produce Prescriptions The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-04-28 | 🍊 This is what produce prescriptions can look like: The Hunger and Health Coalition shows us how they prepare nutritionally tailored meals for people battling chronic disease. #FoodisMedicine
Food is Medicine | President Biden Announces Partnership with AHA and Kroger The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-04-18 | President Biden highlights The Rockefeller Foundation's commitment with the American Heart association and Kroger to expand #FoodIsMedicine research to help scale critical solutions as a part of the health care system. We’re committed to ending hunger by expanding access to #GoodFood4All!
Quick Bites: How buying local can improve health and opportunity The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-04-03 | The Rockefeller Foundation Presents: Quick BitesBuying local can be good for a community's health, the economy, and the climate. The Rockefeller Foundation's grantee, the Common Market, makes this happen every day by connecting small producers and farms to schools, hospitals, and other large institutions. Doing this helps change the thinking around our food system in large chunks, not small nibbles. Supporting local farms also supports good paying jobs, and buying nearby minimizes carbon emissions from long shipping trips.That's the power of procurement, and it's one way our grantees make Opportunity Universal and Sustainable.More info: www.rockefellerfoundation.org/foodwww.thecommonmarket.org
Promoting Equity for Atlantas Entrepreneurs of Color The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-04-03 | ACE | Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs has a simple mission, to help diverse small business owners achieve their dreams. The organization provides funding to enterprises that are often overlooked by traditional lenders. ACE also supports their clients with their ecosystem of business advisors.The Rockefeller Foundation has expanded its support of small businesses in metro Atlanta by awarding a $5 million grant to Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc. (ACE) in support of its Recovery and Resilience Program. This grant serves as the largest philanthropic foundation gift in ACE’s history.The Rockefeller Foundation is proud to support ACE and their work for entrepreneurs in Georgia.
#RFBreakthrough | The Key to Fighting Climate Change Lies in the Developing World The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-03-10 | #HappeningNow Tune in to the #RFBreakthrough: The Key to Fighting Climate Change Lies in the Developing World to hear The Rockefeller Foundation's President Raj Shah speak with Rice University's Baker Institute about opportunities & challenges of using renewable energy as a way to tackle #ClimateChange.
Wogging for Health and Climate The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-03-06 | It’s day one of the #AHAIC2023 conference on #HealthAndClimate, and delegates kicked off the conference by “wogging” (a combo of walking and jogging) 5km in Kigali’s twice-monthly Car Free Day. Kigali began Car Free Days in 2016 as part of efforts to go greener, become more sustainable, and help fight climate change. We know climate change is making us sicker, but how, why, and what to do next, are rarely discussed. This conference will help change that. We are proud to support AMREF in working towards #HealthForAll. #AfricaHealth2023
A Life in Two Worlds The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-02-24 | Hadi Ghaemi leads an organization called the Center for Human Rights in Iran, documenting human rights violations in Iran and building international coalitions to support human rights. Hadi last visited the land of his birth in February 2004 and cannot safely return now. His work remains critical - all done during a time of heightened tension.
Nathaniel Smith on Community Support The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-02-15 | "No community needs to be saved." Nathaniel Smith on the need to partner and co-create solutions with the communities we support. #RFBreakthrough
Mayor Bibb on Climate Justice The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-02-12 | Climate justice in US cities: Mayor Justin Bibb of Cleveland says we need to ground good public policy in the lived experiences of the residents.
Mayors on Climate Action The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-02-11 | Katie Kienbaum on the role cities play in developing programs for under-resourced communities. #RFBreakthrough
Nathaniel Smith on Equity The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-02-10 | How do we ensure that our resources truly advance equity? Learn more from Nathaniel Smith in our recent #RFBreakthrough.
Black History Month - Part 2 The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-02-09 | Part 2 of our #BlackHistoryMonth Partner and Grantee spotlights. Meet Apis & Heritage and ACEEE! #BlackHistoryMonth #EnergyEquity #EquityIsOpportunity
Black History Month 2023 The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-02-01 | This Black History Month, and every month, we’re showing our gratitude to our partners and grantees who are uplifting Black communities across the US. Today, we’re highlighting Black Ambition Prize and Common Market! Check back this month to learn more about our stellar partners and grantees. #BlackHistoryMonth #EquityIsOpportunity
#RFBreakthrough | Implementing Climate Action in America’s Cities The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-02-01 | #HappeningNow - Tune in for our latest #RFBreakthrough: Implementing Climate Action in America’s Cities, a conversation with local experts on climate justice and how the Inflation Reduction Act might transform front-line communities. Moderated by The Rockefeller Foundation’s Rachel Isacoff, panelists Nathaniel Smith of Partnership for Southern Equity, Justin Bibb, 58th Mayor of Cleveland Ohio, and Katie Kienbaum of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance share insights on insights from the "2022 Menino Survey of Mayors: Mayors and the Climate Crisis"! With special introductory remarks from the Boston University Initiative on Cities.
EITC - Earned Income Tax Credit The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-01-27 | This #EITC Awareness Day, learn about how the Earned Income Tax Credit is helping working families achieve economic equity.
A Look at EITC: Don’t Leave Your Money on the Table The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-01-20 | An exploration of what the Earned Income Tax is, and what it isn’t.
Food is Medicine | Produce Rx The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-01-17 | Food is Medicine. Learn about prescription produce from our grantee, Reinvestment Partners.
The Promise of Regenerative Agriculture #Shorts The Rockefeller Foundation 2023-01-05 | By listening to each other, Indigenous leaders, and modern-day farmers, we can build a better future for food sustainability, shares Rockefeller Foundation’s Elizabeth Yee, Executive Vice President of Programs.Regen10's global network of food producers is a step in the right direction. More on Regen10 here: rockefellerfoundation.org/news/the-rockefeller-foundation-announces-ten-grants-at-cop27-to-scale-indigenous-and-regenerative-agriculture-practices-globally/?utm_campaign=Food&utm_content=1672933021&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=youtube
Food is Medicine | GRRO The Rockefeller Foundation 2022-12-09 | What we eat is a critical part of our health care. Meet GRRO, using technology, micro farms, and prescription produce programs to serve their community in North Carolina and bring “rural solutions to rural problems.”
What Gets Measured, Gets Financed The Rockefeller Foundation 2022-11-16 | During #COP27, Maria Kozloski, Senior Vice President of The Rockefeller Foundation's Innovative Finance portfolio joins Veronica Chau from Boston Consulting Group to discuss the state of climate finance and the latest report "What Gets Measured, Gets Financed." Read the report: rockefellerfoundation.org/report/what-gets-measured-gets-financed-climate-finance-funding-flows-and-opportunities
Ethiopia DREAM Launch (GEAPP) The Rockefeller Foundation 2022-11-09 | In Ethiopia, where agriculture is at the heart of the economy, GEAPP and its partners are replacing diesel-generated irrigation systems all with solar- and minigrid-powered irrigation in what we call the DREAM project.
