Rockefeller Foundation Addresses Youth Unemployment by Connecting Employers with Untapped Talent Pool
Release Date:
10/24/2014
"Grads for Life" program specifically targets youths ages 16 to 24.
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Innovative Finance and the Search for the Next Big Idea
Release Date:
10/17/2014
Rockefeller Program Associate, Rehana Nathoo, discusses the foundation's social media campaign during the Social Capital Markets Conference.
Rockefeller's Rodin Honored for Urban Development Work
Release Date:
10/16/2014
Rockefeller Foundation President, Judith Rodin, will receive the Urban Land Institute J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development.
At Age 100, Rockefeller Targets Africa's Growing Cities
Release Date:
10/15/2014
Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director for Africa, Mamadou Biteye, discusses why now is the perfect time for the foundation to support development in Africa.
How Institutions Take Risks
Release Date:
10/12/2014
The Atlantic interviews Rockefeller Foundation president, Judith Rodin, about the risks of impact investing, urban resilience and the importance of funding programs in Africa.
Rockefeller Foundation President Profiled in BusinessWeek
Release Date:
10/03/2014
Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin discusses impact investing and some of the foundation's current projects.
“Grads of Life” Builds Capacity for Demand-Driven Solutions to the U.S. Youth Employment Challenge
Release Date:
10/02/2014
Rockefeller Foundation program associate, Alyson Wise, explores the need for programs addressing youth employment for 16-24 year olds.
Rockefeller Foundation Partners with HUD for National Disaster Resilience Competition
Release Date:
09/18/2014
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will award $1 billion to help communities that have been devastated by natural disasters.
Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities Program Combines Private Capital with Public Effort
Release Date:
09/11/2014
The Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities challenge is a $100 million that focuses on building urban resilience in 100 cities worldwide.
Exploring the Intersection of Arts and Culture and Other Funding Areas
Release Date:
09/10/2014
One of our 4 areas of focus this year is arts and culture. Art is important for innumerable reasons, but our focus is for funders using art as a tool for another mission area. Many of the programs we will showcase will explore the intersection...
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute Evaluate Rebuild by Design
Release Date:
09/04/2014
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Urban Institute examine the efficacy of the Rebuild by Design competition.
Rockefeller Foundation Managing Director Robert Garris Heads to Schwarzman Scholars
Release Date:
08/27/2014
Robert Garris, former managing director of the Rockefeller Foundation, is the new Global Director of Admissions at Schwarzman Scholars.
Is There Really a Conflict between the Public Good and Professionalism in the Foundation Sector?
Release Date:
08/26/2014
John E. Craig, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Commonwealth Fund, examines the relationship between intramural spending and grant distribution.
The Next Big Idea for the Next Decade: The Resilience Dividend
Release Date:
08/21/2014
As the world continues to change at a rapid pace, it is important to focus on building resiliency, writes Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, in a post that originally appeared on Medium.com.
Informal But Important: Improving the Lives of Informal Workers
Release Date:
08/19/2014
Some 1.8 billion people work without the protection of regulations or other social nets like health care. The Rockefeller Foundation's Michael Myers offers thoughts on developing effective and durable approaches to serve the growing numbers of...
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Sep
2014
To Convene Or Not to Convene?
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 -
8:45am to 10:30am
Join us for the first of two programs to hear from two grantmaking professionals about the “art of effective convening” and the contemplation that goes into deciding whether convening is the best option.
12
Sep
2014
The Power of Arts and Culture as a Crossover Grantmaking Approach
Friday, September 12, 2014 -
8:45am to 11:00am
When many funders think about arts and culture grantmaking, they put it in a separate box. While promoting the arts and revitalizing culture are important ends in themselves, what would happen if we invested more in arts and cultural approaches to...
Study Cites Rockefeller Foundation Contribution to PRI Evolution
Release Date:
08/04/2014
An evaluation of its Program-Related Investment Fund finds that “the Rockefeller Foundation has contributed to the rapid evolution of the PRI field for the last two decades.”
The Rockefeller Foundation and USAID Launch $100 Million Partnership
Release Date:
08/04/2014
The Rockefeller Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development have announced a $100 million partnership to build resilience to chronic stresses and increasing climate shocks in communities across Africa and Asia.
William Simon President Questions Motives of "Liberal" Foundations Working To Advance Democracy
Release Date:
07/23/2014
Citing efforts dating back to the 1960s, the president of the William E. Simon Foundation argues that major foundations--including Carnegie, Ford and Rockefeller--have pursued "an obvious, politically liberal, ideological agenda" in the name of...