The Rockefeller Foundation has built a reputation as a trailblazer that convenes unlikely partnerships and sparks innovations for transformative change. It advances new frontiers of science, data, policy, and innovation to solve global challenges related to health, food, power, and economic mobility. As a science-driven philanthropy focused on building collaborative relationships with partners and grantees, The Rockefeller Foundation seeks to inspire and foster large-scale human impact that promotes the well-being of humanity throughout the world by identifying and accelerating breakthrough solutions, ideas and conversations.
Programs / Initiatives:
- Health – “Ending millions of preventable deaths through more equitable, effective health systems in communities around the world”
- Food – “Advancing a more nourishing and sustainable food system”
- Power – “Innovating new models to both generate and provide access to clean energy that will foster economic development”
- Jobs – “Expanding opportunity to ensure more American workers have jobs that help build a hopeful future for themselves and their families”
- Resilient Cities – “Helping cities worldwide build better and build back to improve the lives and well-being of urban populations”
- Innovation – “Making big bets on catalytic, early-stage innovations for outsized impact”
- Co-Impact – “A global collaborative for systems change, focused on improving the lives of millions of people around the world”
Projects:
- The Bellagio Center – Has “hosted thousands of artists, policymakers, scholars, authors, practitioners, and scientists from all over the world enabling them time and space to work, to learn from each other, and to turn ideas into action that change the world.”
- Grants – A database of available grants to support students and researchers with their search
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