May 06 2014
Perspective
Today, our new e-book hit the digital shelves, "The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good." This e-book has been in the making since …
Apr 29 2014
Perspective
Over the past several years, there’s been incredible growth in the number of enterprises that intentionally seek financial viability, social impact, and influence. These impact enterprises can improve the wellbeing …
Apr 15 2014
Perspective
Over the last decade, the main driver of economic progress across the African continent has arguably not been Official Development Assistance flows, but growth underpinned by private sector activity. This …
Apr 15 2014
Impact investment is a strategy to align the power of private markets to the social and environmental development needs of society at-large. From 2012-13, The Rockefeller Foundation, through its impact …
Innovative Finance Technology & Innovation
Apr 09 2014
Speeches
It's great to be here with so many leaders who are driving a truly global movement to achieve lasting social change through innovation and entrepreneurship. I want to thank Sankalp, …
Mar 28 2014
Perspective
Seven years ago, The Rockefeller Foundation was beginning to notice a disturbing trend: while the private sector was getting more intentional and strategic about embedding innovation into its operations, the …
Feb 11 2014
Perspective
In September, we announced the launch of the Innovations in Accelerating Impact Enterprises challenge, which aims to scale impact enterprises as a promising, sustainable means of addressing social issues affecting the …
Feb 05 2014
Root Capital is a nonprofit social investment fund that grows rural prosperity in poor, environmentally vulnerable places in Africa and Latin America by lending capital, delivering financial training, and strengthening …
Innovative Finance Technology & Innovation
Jan 27 2014
Perspective
This work was originally detailed in The Rockefeller Foundation 2012 Annual Report. At The Rockefeller Foundation, we talk a lot about the critical importance of unlocking private capital to solve the …
Dec 10 2013
Perspective
We knew when we gave our Centennial year the tagline “Innovation for the Next 100 Years” that we would be asked to define what, exactly, innovation means—and how The Rockefeller …