Sep 26 2012
Press Releases
NEW YORK—The Rockefeller Foundation today awarded a grant to the United Nations Climate Change secretariat to launch Momentum for Change: Women for Results, an initiative to showcase the active role …
Sep 25 2012
Press Releases
NEW YORK—Today, as the United Nations General Assembly is underway, The Rockefeller Foundation, USAID, and the United Nations Foundation hosted a high level event highlighting the new international commitment to …
Sep 12 2012
Press Releases
NEW YORK—Every year 100 million people are pushed into poverty because they have to pay for health services directly. With support from The Rockefeller Foundation, Results for Development Institute has …
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 11 2012
Press Releases
NEW YORK—Dr. Judith Rodin, president of The Rockefeller Foundation, today announced that Neill Coleman has been appointed vice president, global communications, effective August 13. Coleman comes to The Rockefeller Foundation from …
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 22 2012
Press Releases
NEW YORK—On Sunday, May 20th in Geneva, Switzerland, days before the World Health Organization’s annual World Health Assembly, The Rockefeller Foundation funded and co-hosted a planning meeting with France, Mexico, Thailand and …
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 …