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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 …

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 …

Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you, Nancy, and thanks to Administrator Shah, USAID, and the United Nations Foundation for partnering with us to organize this event, and for putting resilience at …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …