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Mar 05 2014
Perspective
How Social Innovation Labs Design And Scale Impact
As our Centennial drew to a close in 2013, we reflected on some of the groundbreaking innovations The Rockefeller Foundation has supported in the last 100 years, and challenged ourselves …
Feb 25 2014
Perspective
Voices of Africa: Human Capital & Development
At the launch of The Rockefeller Foundation publication Shared Journey: The Rockefeller Foundation, Human Capital and Development in Africa, Rockefeller staff, partners and grantees came together to celebrate a lasting …
Feb 18 2014
Perspective
Go Ahead... Murmurate
A murmuration of starlings dances in waves across the screen at the front of the auditorium. In a dazzling display, thousands of the birds come together in chromatic choreography. The …
Feb 12 2014
Perspective
Ocean Health As a Wicked Problem
The world's oceans cover 70 percent of our planet and provide countless benefits to people and societies—food, jobs, recreation, shipping, tourism, natural resources, and climate regulation in addition to their …
Feb 11 2014
Perspective
How 5 Organizations Plan to Scale Social Enterprises
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
Perspective
The Case for Social and Environmental Awareness in Finance
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 …
Jan 27 2014
Perspective
The Five People You Meet in Impact Investing
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 …