Mar 18 2020The Global Commission to End Energy Poverty (GCEEP) is formed to help drive a new agenda to provide electricity to hundreds of millions in pursuit of the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 7.
Mar 18 2020The Rockefeller Foundation and leading global health partners announce Precision Public Health, a $100 million initiative to empower community health systems and frontline health workers with the latest data science innovations and aims to prevent 6 million deaths in 10 countries by 2030.
Mar 18 2020The Food System Vision Prize invites organizations, universities, institutions, companies, cooperatives, and partnerships from around the world to create compelling and progressive visions of the world’s system by 2050. A Prize of $2 million will be distributed among 10 winners.
Mar 18 2020With Tata Power, TP Renewable Microgrid Ltd. is formed to provide clean power to nearly 5 million Indian households, directly impacting the lives of 25 million people over the next decade.
Jan 01 2013The Rockefeller Foundation announces a $1.2 million grant supporting local efforts to establish Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Nashville, and Pittsburgh.
Jan 01 2013Funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, the release of the report “On Norms and Agency: Conversations about Gender Equality with Women and Men in 20 Countries” represents the largest qualitative data set ever collected on the topic of gender norms and their role in development.
Jan 01 2013The Rockefeller Foundation celebrates its centennial year under the banner of the theme “Innovation for the Next 100 Years."
Jan 01 2013The Rebuild by Design competition is initiates to develop ideas capable of dramatically improving the resilience of coastal areas hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy. The Foundation’s $3.5 million in funding leverages nearly a billion in federal funds.
Jan 01 2013100 Resilient Cities is launched to help cities around the world become more resilient to physical, social, and economic challenges.