A Closer Look Through the Years
2024
Rockefeller Foundation Launches Big Bets for America Program
The Foundation, which has invested in American health, education, economic opportunity, and other initiatives since its founding in 1913, is deepening its engagement in the United States with innovative approaches, such as BlueConduit’s work providing communities access to safe drinking water; a convening in Appalachia to help end the overdose epidemic; Jobs to Move America’s campaign in nine states to positively impact worker well-being through community benefits agreements in the clean-tech manufacturing sector; as well as a new fellowship for aspiring U.S.-based changemakers.
2024
The Rockefeller Foundation announced that it will establish a Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Bogotá, Colombia, its first in two decades, as part of its mission to make opportunity universal and sustainable.
2024
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), and The Rockefeller Foundation announced support for Mission 300, a World Bank and AfDB initiative aimed at providing reliable electricity access to 300 million Africans by 2030.
2023
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits Over USD 1 Billion To Advance Climate Solutions
The Foundation invests more than $1 billion and dedicates the whole enterprise to address climate change.
Launches new Good Food Strategy, which will invest USD 105 million over three years to increase access to healthy and sustainable foods for 40 million underserved people around the globe.
2022
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits USD 105M to Making Healthy and Sustainable Foods More Accessible Around the World
Announced at COP27 in Sharm El Sheik, the groups announced support to design an Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) with the potential to catalyze private capital for the clean energy transition in emerging and developing economies.
2022
The Rockefeller Foundation, US State Dept, and Bezos Earth Fund Join Forces to Accelerate Transition to Renewable Energy
2021
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Divesting from Fossil Fuels
2021
The Rockefeller Foundation to Issue Taxable Bonds to Help End the Covid-19 Pandemic and Invest in Renewable Energy to Lift Millions Out of Poverty
Securing “Aaa/AAA” ratings for its $700 million of Series 2020 Taxable Bonds by Moody’s and S&P.
2021
The Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Financing Roadmap to End Pandemic by End of 2022
Calls for $44 billion in SDRs through IMF to achieve 70% vaccination rate in LMICs. Recommends an allocation of $650 billion in SDRs to catalyze a sustainable global recovery.
2021
Historic Alliance Launches at COP26 to Accelerate a Transition to Renewable Energy, Access to Energy for All, and Jobs
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet aims to unlock USD100 billion in public and private financing in order to reach 1 billion underserved people with reliable, renewable power; avoid and avert 4 billion tons of carbon emissions; and drive economic growth, with 150+ million jobs created, enabled, or improved.
2020
The Rockefeller Foundation commits $20 million in Covid-19 assistance to strengthen global pandemic preparedness and support vulnerable communities.
2020
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Rockefeller Foundation announces data.org as a platform for partnerships that will continue to build the field of data science for social impact.
2020
The Rockefeller Foundation launches the $36.5 million U.S. Equity and Economic Opportunity Initiative to transform economic stability and mobility for nearly 5 million low-wage workers in America and leverage over $1 billion in private capital by 2025.
2020
The Rockefeller Foundation Launches Covid-19 Action Plan to Reopen Workplaces, Protect Lives
2020
The Rockefeller Foundation Launches New Covid-19 Testing Strategy to Keep U.S. Economy Open
This was the single largest commitment in the Foundation’s 108-year history, which has distributed more than $22 billion since its inception.
2020
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits USD1 billion to Catalyze a Green Recovery from Pandemic
2024
Rockefeller Foundation Launches Big Bets for America Program
The Foundation, which has invested in American health, education, economic opportunity, and other initiatives since its founding in 1913, is deepening its engagement in the United States with innovative approaches, such as BlueConduit’s work providing communities access to safe drinking water; a convening in Appalachia to help end the overdose epidemic; Jobs to Move America’s campaign in nine states to positively impact worker well-being through community benefits agreements in the clean-tech manufacturing sector; as well as a new fellowship for aspiring U.S.-based changemakers.
2024
The Rockefeller Foundation announced that it will establish a Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Bogotá, Colombia, its first in two decades, as part of its mission to make opportunity universal and sustainable.
2024
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), and The Rockefeller Foundation announced support for Mission 300, a World Bank and AfDB initiative aimed at providing reliable electricity access to 300 million Africans by 2030.
2023
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits Over USD 1 Billion To Advance Climate Solutions
The Foundation invests more than $1 billion and dedicates the whole enterprise to address climate change.
2022
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits USD 105M to Making Healthy and Sustainable Foods More Accessible Around the World
Launches new Good Food Strategy, which will invest USD 105 million over three years to increase access to healthy and sustainable foods for 40 million underserved people around the globe.
2022
The Rockefeller Foundation, US State Dept, and Bezos Earth Fund Join Forces to Accelerate Transition to Renewable Energy
Announced at COP27 in Sharm El Sheik, the groups announced support to design an Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) with the potential to catalyze private capital for the clean energy transition in emerging and developing economies.
2021
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits to Divesting from Fossil Fuels
2021
The Rockefeller Foundation to Issue Taxable Bonds to Help End the Covid-19 Pandemic and Invest in Renewable Energy to Lift Millions Out of Poverty
Securing “Aaa/AAA” ratings for its $700 million of Series 2020 Taxable Bonds by Moody’s and S&P.
2021
The Rockefeller Foundation Releases New Financing Roadmap to End Pandemic by End of 2022
Calls for $44 billion in SDRs through IMF to achieve 70% vaccination rate in LMICs. Recommends an allocation of $650 billion in SDRs to catalyze a sustainable global recovery.
2021
Historic Alliance Launches at COP26 to Accelerate a Transition to Renewable Energy, Access to Energy for All, and Jobs
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet aims to unlock USD100 billion in public and private financing in order to reach 1 billion underserved people with reliable, renewable power; avoid and avert 4 billion tons of carbon emissions; and drive economic growth, with 150+ million jobs created, enabled, or improved.
2020
The Rockefeller Foundation commits $20 million in Covid-19 assistance to strengthen global pandemic preparedness and support vulnerable communities.
2020
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Rockefeller Foundation announces data.org as a platform for partnerships that will continue to build the field of data science for social impact.
2020
The Rockefeller Foundation launches the $36.5 million U.S. Equity and Economic Opportunity Initiative to transform economic stability and mobility for nearly 5 million low-wage workers in America and leverage over $1 billion in private capital by 2025.
2020
The Rockefeller Foundation Launches Covid-19 Action Plan to Reopen Workplaces, Protect Lives
2020
The Rockefeller Foundation Launches New Covid-19 Testing Strategy to Keep U.S. Economy Open
2020
The Rockefeller Foundation Commits USD1 billion to Catalyze a Green Recovery from Pandemic
This was the single largest commitment in the Foundation’s 108-year history, which has distributed more than $22 billion since its inception.
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, […]