Rockefeller Foundation Starts News Site to Spur Resilience Work
Release Date:
02/15/2017
Rockefeller's new platform, Zilient, wants to expose leaders to solutions that will help cities and countries bounce back from disasters.
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Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More Interesting
Release Date:
02/13/2017
Bloomberg Philanthropies has focused heavily on governance and innovation, with a big focus on data, evidence-based programs, and leadership development.
Supported by Rockefeller, New Report Shows Resilient Cities Require Resilient Food Systems
Release Date:
02/09/2017
Urban resilience planning for natural disasters must include efforts to protect and secure food systems for food-insecure populations, a report from the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and the Rockefeller Foundation warns.
Rockefeller Foundation Initiative to Help Halve Food Loss by 2030
Release Date:
02/07/2017
Local and global stakeholders in the Nigerian tomato value chain met late last year for the first YieldWise partner planning session.
Report Highlights 20 Urban Resilience Strategies In The Rockefeller Foundation-Supported Resilient Cities Network
Release Date:
01/25/2017
While cities committed to building resilience are actively working to boost their capacity to survive, adapt to, and grow despite chronic stresses and acute shocks, service providers and private-sector investors are needed to bridge the gap in...
Rockefeller Foundation Grants $4.6M for Bay Area Resilience by Design Competition
Release Date:
01/23/2017
This innovative challenge is the first-ever to be modeled after the award-winning Rebuild by Design Hurricane Sandy Design Competition , which was pioneered by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development in partnership with The Rockefeller...
Rockefeller and Unreasonable Institute Give $1M to Groups Fighting Urban Poverty
Release Date:
01/12/2017
The Future Cities Accelerator announced 10 $100,000 grants to organizations devoted to improving the lives of the urban poor, with the hope that some will be successful enough to export to other cities.
Video: At Rockefeller, Actor Robin Wright on Negotiating Equal Pay on ‘House of Cards’
Release Date:
05/25/2016
Off-screen, Robin Wright lends her voice for social change, advocating for gender equality and to put a stop to violence against women and children.
Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President
Release Date:
01/05/2017
On Thursday, the Rockefeller Foundation, one of the country’s largest and most influential philanthropies, will name Mr. Shah to succeed Judith Rodin, who has been president for 12 years.
Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns
Release Date:
01/04/2017
Whether you call it gig working, the 1099 economy, or another label, the phenomenon of people driving passengers, doing odd jobs, delivering food from restaurants, walking dogs, or providing many other services has been hot in the media.
Supported by Rockefeller, Study Finds Gig Economy Media Reporting Disconnected from Worker Reality
Release Date:
12/20/2016
Media coverage of America's independent workers leans more positively than the conversation that actual workers have on social media, a new media analysis by Cision has found.
Public-Private Partnership With Ford, Surdna, Niarchos, Bloomberg, Mellon, and Rockefeller Award Placemaking Grants Totaling $11 Million
Release Date:
12/09/2016
ArtPlace America, a public-private partnership that works to position arts and culture as a core sector of comprehensive community planning and development, has announced grants totaling $11 million to twenty-nine creative placemaking projects in...
Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Joins Conversation on Innovative Finance, New Investment Tools and Climate Change
Release Date:
12/08/2016
For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, investment in renewable energy worldwide surpassed that of fossil fuels last year. That economic transformation leaves John Morton feeling optimistic about the worldwide response to climate change.
How Judith Rodin Created A New Model For Philanthropic Funding At The Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
12/07/2016
During her tenure, the outgoing president has created innovative ways to use philanthropic dollars to unlock corporate donations, because—while philanthropy has a lot of money—it's not enough to solve the world's problems on its own.
Rockefeller's Judith Rodin Writes Time Magazine Editorial on Eliminating Waste to Feed The Hungry
Release Date:
12/05/2016
Rockefeller Foundation has invested hundreds of millions of dollars and enlisted partners around the globe—from large corporations to smallholder farmers, from celebrity chefs to supermarkets—to halve food waste globally, through an initiative...
City Outside Monrovia Admitted to 100 Resilient Cities Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation
Release Date:
12/01/2016
The City of Paynesville, outside Monrovia, has been admitted to the group of 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation and dedicated to helping member cities around the world become more resilient to physical, social, and...
Ford, Rockefeller, Atlantic, Pershing Square, Bloomberg and Open Society Named in Forbes' Big Bet Philanthropy
Release Date:
11/30/2016
Who’s going big to change the world? Here are the ten most promising big bets.
Rockefeller Foundation Gives $150K to Leading Disaster Relief Organization
Release Date:
11/23/2016
All Hands Volunteers, the leading disaster relief organization powered by volunteers, has been awarded a grant of $150,000 by the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation to establish a Global Rapid Response Fund.
Invest in Your Brand Endowment for Exponential Returns
Release Date:
11/22/2016
Neill Coleman of Rockefeller and Stonewall Community Foundation says your organization's name, reputation, networks, connections and convening power can magnify the impact of your grant-making.
Rockefeller Continues to Fight Exxon Mobil on Climate Change
Release Date:
11/22/2016
Exxon Mobile, which has been accused of scheming to pay surrogates to deny the threat of climate change, is trying to turn the tables by calling its opponents the real conspirators.