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In 2007, the term “impact investing” was coined by The Rockefeller Foundation, putting a name to investments made with the intention of generating both financial return and social and/or environmental …

Five months ago, The Rockefeller Foundation teamed up with The Workers Lab to launch a design sprint for social change to address the $1,000 problem with a promise to share …

How are communities tackling poverty and inequity, and improving economic opportunity for all? This is the question posed by our Communities Thrive Challenge, a $10 million Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative …

Although food production worldwide has increased dramatically over the past 50 years, today, some 2 billion people still suffer from hunger, micronutrient deficiencies, and increasingly, obesity. According to the World …

Even as the U.S. economy enjoys one of the longest expansions on record, millions of Americans remain economically vulnerable—one crisis away from economic calamity, unable to access opportunity, and with …

Today, Commonwealth published new research on workers in the United States who are navigating a new employment landscape of traditional and non-traditional work. While traditional work arrangements yield a W-2, …

  This piece is part of our month-long focus on health in the lead up to the 2018 World Health Assembly.  This week, the world’s leading global health policymakers and practitioners gather in …

  This piece is part of our month-long focus on health in the lead up to the 2018 World Health Assembly.  In 2010, Apple trademarked the slogan, “There’s an app for that”, a …

Throughout this country and beyond, we are starting to see tangible effects of climate change in our communities and we know we are not prepared. Resilient by Design | Bay …

  On May 14th, 1913, The Rockefeller Foundation was chartered to fulfill an unprecedented and enduring mission: to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world. Today, as we celebrate our …