Oct 04 2012
Speeches
Thank you, John. Good morning everyone, and welcome to this forum on scaling capital markets for impact. I’m delighted to join so many investing pioneers and leaders, to kick off what …
Oct 03 2012
Press Releases
Omidyar Network, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today a collaboration to promote impact investing by supporting research, outreach, and other field-building activities …
Sep 04 2012
Based on the premise that international aid and public spending will never be enough to adequately fund and scale solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, the Rockefeller Foundation has, since 2008, …
Innovative Finance Technology & Innovation
Aug 27 2012
Press Releases
NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Foundation through its impact investing initiative is funding research in five sub-Saharan African countries which will contribute to two overarching goals: understanding the policy barriers and enabling …
Jul 10 2012
Press Releases
NEW YORK—Today The Rockefeller Foundation’s President Dr. Judith Rodin announced the 16 winners of the Foundation’s 2012 New York City Cultural Innovation Fund competition—and with it nearly $3 million in …
Jul 07 2012
Accelerating Impact, a report prepared by E.T. Jackson and Associates and commissioned by The Rockefeller Foundation as part of a third-party evaluation of our Impact Investing initiative, provides one of …
Innovative Finance Technology & Innovation
Jun 26 2012
Press Releases
NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Foundation, celebrating 100 years of global innovation, today unveiled the names of the individuals that have been chosen as the winners of the Foundation’s 2012 Innovation Challenges. …
Jun 25 2012
Press Releases
NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Foundation, celebrating 100 years of innovation, announces that it will be hosting its annual Innovation Forum tomorrow in New York City as part of its Centennial initiative …
Jun 17 2012
Press Releases
NEW YORK—A new Framework for Action launched today offers investors, large corporations and governments a valuable resource for engaging with and supporting an escalating global business trend—the rising number of …
May 10 2012
Speeches
Thank you, Sam, for those wonderful insights. It is so powerful to recognize and appreciate that the development community is still developing itself, changing and challenging us in new ways as …