The Rockefeller Foundation
Invitation OnlyNew York, New York · EIN 13-1659629 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2024)$233.2M
Organizations funded381
Typical grant$170,914
Total assets$6.4B
Half of its grants to organizations were between $50,000 and $297,500.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2024 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
77% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2024
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc | New York, NY | Toward the costs of launching and operationalizing its efforts to harness the full potential of green energy to create a more sustainable… | $75,000,000 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | Toward the costs of generating evidence to help the health sector scale food is medicine interventions to benefit lower-income,… | $11,800,000 |
| Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc | New York, NY | Toward the costs of the gender fund to transform health, education, and economic systems to ensure gender equitable and inclusive outcomes… | $10,000,000 |
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc | New York, NY | Towards the costs of the invest in our future fund to accelerate emissions reduction and the equitable implementation of federal funding | $10,000,000 |
| Co-Impact Philanthropic Funds Inc | New York, NY | For use by co-impact, a global collaborative for systems change, toward the costs of funding systems change efforts in health, education… | $8,500,000 |
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc | New York, NY | Building local capacity to increase access to electricity in africa | $7,384,000 |
| Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis & Malaria | Geneva, SZ | Toward the costs of a laboratory systems catalytic fund to strengthen laboratory capacity across low- and middle-income countries for… | $7,000,000 |
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc | New York, NY | Expanding access to and affordablilty of electricity in africa | $6,417,744 |
| World Food Programme | IT | Toward the costs of producing a scientific update of the eat-lancet commission on food, planet, health in order to inform shifts towards… | $3,901,164 |
| American Online Giving Foundation Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | A matching gift program that matches donations from eligible employees and trustees to eligible charitable organizations. | $3,152,963 |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | Washington, DC | Towards the costs of a financial intermediary fund (fif) for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response hosted by the world bank | $2,500,000 |
| United Nations Office for Project Service (Unops) | Vernier, SZ | Accelerating energy access in zambia through mini-grids and rural electrification | $2,500,000 |
| African Field Epidemiology Network | Kampala, UG | For use by the africa centres for disease control and prevention toward the costs of strengthening its institutional framework, core… | $2,000,000 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | In support of a national tax infrastructure project to align state and federal organizations around a tax and revenue strategy that… | $2,000,000 |
| Freunde Von Gisaid Ev | Munich, GM | In support of a pathogen data sharing platform and tools for the global community of data producers to share data for real-time development… | $1,547,316 |
| Atlantic Council of the United States Inc | Washington, DC | For use by its adrienne arsht-rockefeller foundation resilience center in support of identifying, implementing, and scaling solutions to… | $1,500,000 |
| Seed to Growth Foundation | Dover, DE | In support of seeding and formalizing the fortified wholegrain alliance with an immediate focus on sub-saharan africa with the goal of… | $1,400,000 |
| Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | In support of the annual 17 rooms process including events and research focused on advancing the sustainable development goals. | $1,342,173 |
| Nrel Foundation | Golden, CO | In support of launching and operationalizing the net zero world climate initiative in priority markets across asia and africa | $1,250,000 |
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc | New York, NY | Expanding resources for community development organizations and small and underserved businesses in the US | $1,250,000 |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Hadley, MA | In support of developing analytical methods to identify conditions that amplify the positive impact of energy access and consumption and,… | $1,102,733 |
| African American Alliance of Cdfi Ceos Inc | Orlando, FL | Toward the costs of creating a fund for member cdfis to originate credit enhancement loans for disadvantaged small businesses in low-to… | $1,000,000 |
| Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | Toward the costs of strengthening the capacity of economic analysis and research network (earn) groups in key states to advance a… | $1,000,000 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | In support of developing and distributing epidemic intelligence software to help establish a more coherent and well-integrated… | $1,000,000 |
| Pasteur Network | Paris, FR | Developing observatories to monitor the relationship between health and climate | $1,000,000 |
| Results Educational Fund Inc | Washington, DC | General support | $1,000,000 |
| The African Capacity Building Foundation | Harare, ZI | Development of a sustainable energy model in africa | $1,000,000 |
| Meridian Institute | Dillon, CO | Toward the costs of defining and accelerating regenerative agriculture across global food systems | $908,422 |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Washington, DC | General support | $825,000 |
| Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford, UK | In support of developing rigorous and scalable methods to characterize the threat of emerging pathogens by integrating epidemiological,… | $800,000 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | In support of democratizing and reimagining the use of data to tackle society?s greatest challenges and improve lives across the globe. | $800,000 |
| Sustainable Energy for All Verein Fur Nachhaltige Energie | Vienna, AU | In support of developing carbon market activation plans in ghana, nigeria and rwanda as a basis for attracting climate finance for economic… | $800,000 |
| African Climate Foundation Trust | Cape Town, SF | Strengthening energy systems research and analysis across africa | $750,000 |
| The Energy for Growth Hub | Washington, DC | Toward the costs of analytical and advocacy work to inform the effort to address energy poverty and climate change | $750,000 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | In support of the creation of good food fellows training fellowships in the global south to create a new pipeline of food scientists in… | $714,845 |
| Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz | Rio de Janeiro, BR | In support of the development of rf/pprs proof of concept and emerging co-creation strategy for pandemic prevention data insight… | $710,520 |
| C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc | New York, NY | Assisting city official response to exteme heat in vulnerable populations | $700,000 |
| Meridian Institute | Dillon, CO | Scaling regenerative agriculture to benefit underserved populations in east africa, india, brazil, and midwest USA. | $700,000 |
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc | New York, NY | Building capacity in senegal and uganda to finance adaptation projects and strengthen health systems | $700,000 |
| The German Marshall Fund of the United States | Washington, DC | In support of government, civil society and private sector dialogues and educational efforts for journalists. | $700,000 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | In support of a network supporting newly elected women heads of state and ministers and a global women leaders response network that will… | $666,890 |
| Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council NFP | Chicago, IL | In support of implementing chicago's three-year strategic plan to create a healthy food system. | $600,000 |
| United Nations Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | In support of accelerating the impact of the who hub for pandemic and epidemic intelligence, by developing programs for genomics and… | $600,000 |
| The How Institute for Society | New York, NY | In support of improving social impact outcomes and accelerating systems change by helping leaders adopt moral leadership ideas and… | $529,816 |
| Eat Foundation | Oslo, NO | Toward the costs of producing a scientific update of the eat-lancet commission on food, planet, health in order to inform shifts towards… | $525,000 |
| Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa | Nairobi, KE | Towards the cost of supporting smallholder farmers to produce biofortified crops in africa to increase the availability and accessibility… | $500,000 |
| Center for Climate Energy Solutions Inc | Washington, DC | Advancing a clean energy transition in developing and emerging economies | $500,000 |
| Dalberg Catalyst | Washington, DC | Strengthening africa's participation in and ability to benefit from carbon markets | $500,000 |
| Elemental Excelerator Inc | Honolulu, HI | In support of a national funding vehicle to scale critical decarbonization technologies for climate and community benefit in the u.s. | $500,000 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | Education about tax strategies that benefit low income US workers | $500,000 |
| Topos Research Partnership LLC | Providence, RI | Toward the costs of developing narratives that will benefit advocates, policy experts and strategists who are working to advance proworker… | $500,000 |
| University of Stellenbosch | Stellenbosch, SF | In support of improving sampling strategies, expanding sequencing, streamlining bioinformatics pipelines, and strengthening the scientific… | $500,000 |
| Education Development Center | Waltham, MA | Toward the costs of mapping financial instruments for governments in kenya, rwanda, and benin to expand school meals for low-income learners | $476,111 |
| Rocky Mountain Institutermi | Boulder, CO | In support of testing, developing, and piloting a scalable solution that would result in the decarbonization of coal-fired power plants in… | $475,000 |
| Rocky Mountain Institutermi | Boulder, CO | Accelerating energy transitions globally to create economic opportunities for impacted communities | $450,000 |
| Vanguard Economics Ltd | Kigali, RW | In support of scaling up the fortified whole grain initiative in rwanda to provide more nutritious meals for schoolchildren and to catalyze… | $438,508 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | General support | $425,000 |
| Digital Green Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Launching online regenerative agricultural resources for impoverished farmers in bihar, india | $419,245 |
| Atlas Ai Pbc | Palo Alto, CA | In support of using its human and economic atlas platform to create an index to measure community-level vulnerability to climate change to… | $400,000 |
| Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | Convenings to stimulate global collaboration on sustainable development | $400,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 381 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc | New York, NY | Expanding access to and affordablilty of electricity in africa | $3,846,086 |
| The African Capacity Building Foundation | Harare, | Development of a sustainable energy model in africa | $2,000,000 |
| Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | Convenings to stimulate global collaboration on sustainable development | $1,100,000 |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Washington, DC | General support | $825,000 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Convening US leaders and public policy experts to foster civil discourse and encourage collaboration | $750,000 |
| NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc | Baltimore, MD | General support | $700,000 |
| 4P Foods Inc Pbc | Elkwood, VA | Researching and coordinating delivery of locally-grown food to low-income families in the mid-atlantic region of the US | $553,121 |
| Center for Climate Energy Solutions Inc | Washington, DC | Advancing a clean energy transition in developing and emerging economies | $500,000 |
| Center for US Global Leadership | Washington, DC | General support | $500,000 |
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc | New York, NY | Expanding resources for community development organizations and small and underserved businesses in the US | $446,744 |
| American Policy Ventures Inc | Washington, DC | Educating the public and policy leaders about tax strategies that benefit low income US workers and reduce partisan polarization | $300,000 |
| Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | New York, NY | Educating students about american history and civic engagement through art programming | $300,000 |
| International Foundation for Electoral Systems | Arlington, VA | Developing a global learning hub to assist local-level electoral stakeholders respond to digital threats | $300,000 |
| Research and Information System for Developing Countries | New Delhi, | Increasing research and collaboration on climate solutions for vulnerable populations in the global south | $300,000 |
| The Equity Alliance LLC | New York, NY | Measuring the investment performance of companies led by underrepresented groups | $300,000 |
| United Nations Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | Increasing access to affordable alternative sources of cooking fuel for kenyan households | $300,000 |
| C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc | New York, NY | Assisting city official response to exteme heat in vulnerable populations | $299,220 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | Expanding access to nutritious food to improve heath outcomes for low income US families. | $268,203 |
| World Economic Forum | Geneva, | Analysis of the private sector's role in mitigating health impacts of climate change on poor and at risk populations | $253,643 |
| Dasra | Houston, TX | General support | $250,000 |
| Gfi Pmo Ltd | London, | Development of tools to address business impact on nature and vulnerable communities | $250,000 |
| Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator | Los Angeles, CA | Increasing zero-emission transportation options in high-polution, low-wage urban communities | $250,000 |
| Science for Africa Foundation | Nairobi, | Promoting community-led solutions that address the intersecting impacts of climate change and health on vulnerable populations in… | $245,000 |
| Missouri Budget Project | St Louis, MO | General support | $225,000 |
| World Health Organization | Geneva, | Educating policy stakeholders on intersecting heath and climate impacts on vulnerable popluations globally | $223,010 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | Application of ai to analyze biolmolecular composition of food and its links to agricultural practices | $210,000 |
| Hawaii Good Food Alliance | Honolulu, HI | Improving food security and health outcomes for low-income communities in hawaii | $200,000 |
| Icvcm Limited | London, | Development of energy market practices that benefit vulnerable local communities globally | $200,000 |
| International Development Research Centre | Ottawa, | Researching the impact of regenerative agriculture in east africa | $200,000 |
| The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc | Cambridge, MA | General support | $200,000 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Boston, MA | Studying the local economic and health impacts of sustainable agricultural practices in mississippi | $184,404 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | Developing a roadmap for achieving a net zero economy that promotes global health | $175,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Researching land management practices on the environment and climate | $175,000 |
| Amref Health Africa Inc | New York, NY | Developing research for global leaders to demonstrate the the health impacts of climate on vulnerable african populations | $174,339 |
| Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine | London, | General support | $166,667 |
| Community Servings Inc | Jamaica Plain, MA | Improving food security and health outcomes for low-income communities in massachusetts | $154,544 |
| Pan American Health Organization | Washington, DC | Increasing awareness of the impact of climate change on health inequity | $154,316 |
| Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical | Palmira, | Studying the biolmolecular composition of food and its links to agricultural practices | $150,000 |
| County of Alameda | San Leandro, CA | Studying the impact of regenerative agriculture on underserved communities in alameda county, ca | $150,000 |
| Digital Green Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Development of an ai tool to improve the agricultural and economic outcomes for vulnerable communities in brazil | $150,000 |
| Global Off-Grid Lighting Association | Amsterdam Zuidoost, | Increasing access to electricity and renewable energy sources in africa and asia | $150,000 |
| Resourced Inc | Mahomet, IL | Studying affordable, sustainable methods to improve nutrition for malnourished african populations | $150,000 |
| World Health Organization | Geneva, | Support for a global network to monitor and mitigate pathogens in wastewater | $150,000 |
| Path | Seattle, WA | Developing a hub to integrate climate and heath data | $149,999 |
| Instituto Welight de Inovacao Socioambiental | Rio de Janeiro, | Integrating economic development and regenerative agriculture in the brazilian amazon | $148,229 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | Expanding a data repository on biolmolecular composition of food to increase heath outcomes globally | $140,000 |
| Adelante Mujeres | Forest Grove, OR | Expanding food programs in oregon to improve health outcomes of vulnerable immigrant communities | $125,000 |
| The Windward Fund | Washington, DC | Coordinating a coalition of US policy stakeholders to address hunger and safe food production in the US | $125,000 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | Technical assistance for underserved rural regions and mid-sized cities to attract federal economic opportunity funding | $100,000 |
| International Food Policy Research Institute | Washington, DC | Research on the impacts of school meals programs | $100,000 |
| Investor Leadership Network | Toronto, | General support | $100,000 |
| Stichting Democracynext | The Hague, | General support | $100,000 |
| Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform | Geneva, | Expanding regenerative agriculture to enhance economic resilience of vulnerable farmers | $100,000 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Boston, MA | Integration of climate forcasting into health systems to better protect the most vulnerable populations globally | $100,000 |
| Universidad Icesi | Cali, | Developing a predictive model to prevent dengue fever in cali, colombia | $100,000 |
| Daranetwork Inc | Seattle, WA | Developing ai resources to assist charitable organizations more effectively implement their work | $87,141 |
| Flower Hill Institute | Jemez Pueblo, NM | Strenghtening regenerative agriculture practices and food access for indigenous communities in the US midwest | $75,000 |
| Fundacion Universidad de San Andres | Victoria, | Developing guidelines for the responsible use of ai by latin america judiciaries | $75,000 |
| Meridian Prime Inc | Dillon, CO | Coordinating resources to support regenerative food systems | $61,582 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | Technical assistance for nepalese government to integrate early warning of extreme heat into their heath systems | $50,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $233,227,602 | 456 |
| 2023 | $275,477,614 | 1,122 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2024, filed Nov 14, 2025 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202533189349104643
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-1659629
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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