Latest Grantee Impact Stories

The Media Science Cafés debuted in their sixth African country this summer, building trust between journalists and researchers while bringing critical information to a potential audience of 230 million people.

One Sunday in June 1882, at a Baptist church in Cleveland, Ohio, John D. Rockefeller, his wife Laura Spelman Rockefeller, and a visionary educator began a collaboration that would reach through the generations.

On Longhaul Farm in Garrison, New York, Jason Angell and Jocelyn Apicello believe countering global warming is urgent—but also not enough. They are at the forefront of a movement to promote community-owned solar power.

Hawa Jalloh’s family survived Sierra Leone’s civil war. But they couldn’t outlast Ebola, which killed her husband and four of her children. Now a flagship project unites gender empowerment with climate justice to help her care for her family.

A driver-owned cooperative gives essential gig workers access to statistics through an app that help them maximize their earnings--putting the power of data directly in their hands.

Spurred by the changing climate, livestock-raising pastoralists are slowly embracing commercial fishing, with the help of a Rockefeller Foundation grantee.

Want to know what climate change looks and sounds like? Visit Josephine Kadenyi Karani’s home at dinner time.

Rosaline Gitau grew up never having enough to eat. Her daughter faced the same challenge--until a school lunch program disrupted generational poverty.

Extreme weather coupled with misinformation fuels the worst cholera outbreaks in Malawi’s history.

One year since Russia invaded Ukraine, efforts continue to help find missing children, and help educators continue to bring lessons to an often-traumatized society.