U.S. and the Americas Archives

Feb 03 2021

U.S. Covid-19 Response and Recovery

Building the Evidence for Reopening Schools

New evidence from RAND Corporation and Mathematica, commissioned by The Rockefeller Foundation, finds that regular Covid-19 testing in primary and secondary educational settings is critical to getting students and teachers …

Feb 03 2021

Video

A Framework for Inclusive Capitalism

America’s 160-million workers power the largest economy in the world, but the benefits fail to fairly reach all who contribute to it. This isn’t news, but the health, social, and …

Feb 01 2021

Press Releases

The Rockefeller Foundation Opportunity Collective Increases to $15 Million Commitment to Support BIPOC-Owned Businesses

Expanded commitment announced as part of Clinton Global Initiative Action Network NEW YORK – As part of its ongoing effort to promote more inclusive growth in a post-pandemic recovery and over …

Jan 27 2021

2020 Menino Survey of Mayors: Policing and Protests

The murders George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks and so many others, led to protests against police brutality across America’s cities. The country found itself in the midst of a …

U.S. Economic Opportunity U.S. and the Americas

Jan 27 2021

Press Releases

Mayors Largely Support Black Lives Matter Protests, Recognize Racial Disparities in Treatment by Police, But Are Not Embracing Dramatic Change to Policing, According to New Survey

Findings Among Those from the Boston University Initiative on Cities’ Menino Survey of Mayors, Supported by Citi and The Rockefeller Foundation Boston, MA – In spite of months of protests in …

Jan 25 2021

#RFBreakthrough

A Framework for Inclusive Capitalism

America’s 160-million workers power the largest economy in the world, but the benefits fail to fairly reach all who contribute to it. This isn’t news, but the health, social, and …

Jan 25 2021

Press Releases

New Covid-19 Testing Guidance to Protect Seniors and Those Living With Disabilities

Protocols significantly reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission in America’s congregate care facilities Washington, DC— With over two million seniors and Americans with disabilities currently living in nursing homes and other …

Jan 15 2021

Perspective

Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Push for Economic Justice

Sometimes there comes a radical prophet, a woman or a man with a voice that rings with vibrancy and wisdom through the decades, braiding itself into our national dialogue even …

Jan 14 2021

Press Releases

The Rockefeller Foundation Launches $30M Advance Market Commitment with Thermo Fisher Scientific to Ramp Up Procurement and Distribution of Covid-19 Testing

Commitment leverages the purchasing power of the Foundation’s network of 23 U.S. states and territories. NEW YORK — As America’s vaccination efforts get off to a slower than anticipated start, The …

Jan 13 2021

Press Releases

Crush the Curve Idaho Receives $200,000 Grant from The Rockefeller Foundation

Funds from the grant will allow Crush the Curve Idaho to provide nearly 10,000 smart thermometers to Idaho public schools in an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19 MERIDIAN, ID …