About the Bellagio Center

Who We Are

For over 60 years, The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center has brought together a diverse, multifaceted group of residents and conveners from around the globe to share their knowledge, ideas, and strategies. Their combined vision, ingenuity, and experience can transform ideas into action that define our present and shape our future.

Every year, the Bellagio Center provides approximately 100 leaders from around the world with month-long residencies to advance their specific breakthrough projects while engaging with a globally diverse community. Former residents include: Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, renowned authors Maya Angelou and Michael Ondaatji, and international policy makers such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Mary Robinson, and Montek Ahluwalia.

The Bellagio Center also hosts approximately 60 week-long convenings annually for groups working collaboratively to create and implement breakthrough solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. Bellagio convenings have launched landmark initiatives that have transformed our energy, food, health, and financing systems, such as the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the CGIAR and the Global Impact Investing Network. Learn more about the history of the Bellagio Center here.

Because of Bellagio

Reflections on how Bellagio unites people to create meaningful change

The Bellagio Center brings together diverse changemakers to spark collaboration and turn bold ideas into lasting impact.

Program Offerings

Bellagio includes individual residency and group convening programs.

Individual Residency

Bellagio residencies provide individual leaders with four weeks of dedicated time to advance a breakthrough solution or project while building meaningful connections with a diverse group of fellow changemakers from around the world ― all in a serene setting conducive to focused, goal-oriented work.

Learn about individual residencies

Group Convenings

Bellagio convenings unite leaders to share diverse perspectives, forge partnerships, and drive action. They spark dialogue, strengthen solutions, and form coalitions that address global challenges and reimagine longstanding issues.

Learn about group convenings

Bellagio News and Stories

Get inspired by the stories of the extraordinary people who have taken part in Bellagio Center programs and the work they've accomplished as a result.