Dec 03 2013
Press Releases
NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Foundation today announces the first 33 cities selected to join the 100 Resilient Cities network. The cities were selected from nearly 400 applicants across six continents. In …
Dec 02 2013
Perspective
PopTech and The Rockefeller Foundation are proud to announce the 2014 call for nominations for a unique joint Fellows program focused on unconventional collaboration. The Bellagio/PopTech Fellows program brings together five …
Nov 19 2013
Perspective
At last year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, The Rockefeller Foundation and the UN Framework for the Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) launched Momentum for Change: Women for Results, an …
Nov 17 2013
Perspective
63,982 words about philanthropy—representing 78 countries—now form one incredible work of art. Artist Phil Hansen debuted the finished Art of Philanthropy project at our Celebration of American Philanthropy event in …
Nov 17 2013
Perspective
This post originally appeared in The Resilience Blog on November 8th, 2013. Over the last ten years, the number of people living in megacities with over 10 million people has increased …
Nov 14 2013
Perspective
"I Never Thought," a powerful short film commissioned to celebrate our Centennial, explores what American philanthropy has accomplished in communities around the globe in the past 100 years. "In the last …
Nov 13 2013
Perspective
Today I’ll be moderating a panel on scaling community conservation solutions at the World Wildlife Fund’s AnnualKathryn Fuller Symposium. This panel – featuring Dr. Jamie Bechtel from New Course, Jeremy …
Nov 12 2013
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Last week I attended the annual Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Conference and spoke at a session on Leadership in Action. My remarks focused on how to apply the power …
Nov 11 2013
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In September, The Rockefeller Foundation was proud to make our $100 million commitment to resilient cities at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative. During that week, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria moderated a …
Nov 09 2013
Perspective
This year and next, a number of Bellagio projects will explore the importance of new capacities and emerging threats in data science for resilience, development, and human well being. Key …