Jul 26 2021
Press Releases
July 6, 2021 – SINGAPORE – Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)’s Women’s Livelihood BondTM 1 (WLB1), the world’s first gender lens and impact investing instrument to be listed on a stock exchange (the Singapore …
Jul 21 2021
Through an eight-week program, entrepreneurs become business leaders who approve loans to one another based on peer trust, and hold each other accountable.
Jul 16 2021
Perspective
Last summer, following George Floyd’s murder and Black Lives Matter protests nationwide American corporations committed $50 billion toward advancing racial equity. And yet, as Fortune reported last month, a year later only $250 million has in fact …
Jul 15 2021
Statements
The first federal Child Tax Credit (CTC) payments under the newly expanded policy will begin to reach millions of U.S. households today, marking a significant moment for low-income families who …
Jul 07 2021
#RFBreakthrough
Decade after decade studies have shown that women in the workplace are overworked and underpaid in comparison to their male counterparts; they are not eligible for sick and maternity leave; …
Jun 23 2021
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Video
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 …
Jun 23 2021
Perspective
Albert Einstein once famously said if he were given an hour to solve a problem, he’d spend 55 minutes understanding it, and then take just five minutes developing solutions. That formula …
Jun 17 2021
Video
Former Senior Vice President of the Economic Equity Initiative Otis Rolley shares his take on what equity means to him.
Jun 16 2021
With the passing of the American Rescue Plan in March, more than 5 million children are projected to be lifted out of poverty this year, cutting child poverty by more …
Jun 11 2021
It took 25 years. But Misouri's Working Families Tax Credit helps children and builds equity.