Matter of Impact Quarterly
In this quarterly series, we cast a close eye on a single topic or issue with short features, video, and impact stories
- Latest edition
Trailblazing Tomorrow: Shaping the Future with Innovation
Bold innovations shaping a sustainable future through ingenuity and action
Features from this Edition
Grantee Impact StoryAI Meets Motherhood to Bridge the Information Gap in Africa
Three million women in Kenya have turned to an AI-enabled text messaging service in Swahili that empowers them to access essential care from pregnancy to postpartum. 
Grantee Impact StoryHelping Communities Thrive with Resilient Food Systems The Amana Project is creating a transformative financial system to support smallholder farmers provide more nutritious food to schools while restoring soil health and safeguarding biodiversity. 
Grantee Impact StoryA Nonprofit Creates Disaster-Ready Shelters with Solar Power Reducing municipal costs, easing the burden on emergency services, and providing the community with the power to endure and recover.
Food is Medicine
The Rockefeller Foundation is investing $100 million in Food-is-Medicine to combat diet-related diseases, cut $1.1 trillion in healthcare costs, and drive research, programs, and partnerships for better health.
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Historical Impact and Contributions
From our initial grant to the American Red Cross a century ago, The Rockefeller Foundation’s history is marked by bold initiatives, breakthroughs, and unique partnerships, driving transformative change over the past 111 years.
Big Bets: How Large-Scale Change Really Happens
A new playbook by Dr. Rajiv J. Shah with stories that show you it is realistic to be optimistic about our capacity to make large-scale change.
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