Private foundation · New York, NY

The Rockefeller Foundation

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Typical grant size
$997 – $25K – $150K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
2,208
Repeat grantees
1,037
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

DeadlinesSEE STATEMENT 32
ContactOFFICE OF GRANTS MANAGEMENT · 2128528465
MaterialsSEE STATEMENT 32
RestrictionsSEE STATEMENT 32

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Rajeev J Shah
PRESIDENT
$1.7M
Chun Lai
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
$1.1M
Natalye Paquin
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
$887K
Erica Guyer
SVP/CHIEF-LEGAL, ETHICS & GOVERNANCE
$548K
Keith Olson - As of 032024
TREASURER & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
$509K
Irena Dimario - 012024-022024
INTERIM TREASURER & CFO
$291K
James G Stavridis
BOARD CHAIR, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
$11K
Patricia Stonesifer
BUDGET TALENT & IMPACT COMMITTEE CHAIR
$11K
Ravi Venkatesan
TRUSTEESHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR
$11K
Donald Kaberuka
TRUSTEE
$11K
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli
TRUSTEE
$11K
Paul Polman
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR
$11K
Agnes Binagwaho
TRUSTEE
$11K
Gordon Brown As of 032024
TRUSTEE
$11K
Adam Silver
TRUSTEE
$9K
Sharon Percy Rockefeller
TRUSTEE
$9K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
3.6%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
10,015
Total grants awarded
$2.4B
Total amount
$239K
Average grant
$100.0M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$233.2M
381 grants
2023
$275.5M
1029 grants
2022
$199.2M
977 grants
2021
$440.9M
903 grants
2020
$175.1M
784 grants
2019
$146.3M
676 grants
2018
$163.5M
827 grants
2017
$157.7M
979 grants
2016
$150.5M
686 grants
2015
$166.2M
888 grants
2014
$150.3M
973 grants
2013
$137.8M
912 grants

Top recipients

15 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$349.2M
58 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$186.7M
78 grants · DC · ✓ Exact match
$95.4M
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
30 grants
$65.6M
International Finance Corporation
4 grants · DC
$40.0M
4 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$32.0M
23 grants · TX · ✓ Exact match
$31.8M
8 grants · DC · ✓ Exact match
$31.8M
Bellagio Center the Rockefeller Foundation
6 grants
$30.4M
Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis & Malaria
6 grants
$28.0M

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
TOWARD THE COSTS OF LAUNCHING AND OPERATIONALIZING ITS EFFORTS TO HARNESS THE FULL POTENTIAL OF GREEN ENERGY TO CREATE A…
NY · TY 2024
$75.0M
American Heart Association Inc
TOWARD THE COSTS OF GENERATING EVIDENCE TO HELP THE HEALTH SECTOR SCALE FOOD IS MEDICINE INTERVENTIONS TO BENEFIT LOWER-…
TX · TY 2024
$11.8M
Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
TOWARDS THE COSTS OF THE INVEST IN OUR FUTURE FUND TO ACCELERATE EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND THE EQUITABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF…
NY · TY 2024
$10.0M
Co-impact Philanthropic Funds Inc
TOWARD THE COSTS OF THE GENDER FUND TO TRANSFORM HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS TO ENSURE GENDER EQUITABLE AND …
NY · TY 2024
$10.0M
Co-impact Philanthropic Funds Inc
FOR USE BY CO-IMPACT, A GLOBAL COLLABORATIVE FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE, TOWARD THE COSTS OF FUNDING SYSTEMS CHANGE EFFORTS IN H…
NY · TY 2024
$8.5M
Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY IN AFRICA
NY · TY 2024
$7.4M
Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis & Malaria
TOWARD THE COSTS OF A LABORATORY SYSTEMS CATALYTIC FUND TO STRENGTHEN LABORATORY CAPACITY ACROSS LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME …
TY 2024
$7.0M
Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
EXPANDING ACCESS TO AND AFFORDABLILTY OF ELECTRICITY IN AFRICA
NY · TY 2024
$6.4M
World Food Programme
TOWARD THE COSTS OF PRODUCING A SCIENTIFIC UPDATE OF THE EAT-LANCET COMMISSION ON FOOD, PLANET, HEALTH IN ORDER TO INFOR…
TY 2024
$3.9M
American Online Giving Foundation Inc
A MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM THAT MATCHES DONATIONS FROM ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND TRUSTEES TO ELIGIBLE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS…
PA · TY 2024
$3.2M
United Nations Office for Project Service (unops)
ACCELERATING ENERGY ACCESS IN ZAMBIA THROUGH MINI-GRIDS AND RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
TY 2024
$2.5M
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
TOWARDS THE COSTS OF A FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY FUND (FIF) FOR PANDEMIC PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE HOSTED BY TH…
DC · TY 2024
$2.5M
African Field Epidemiology Network
FOR USE BY THE AFRICA CENTRES FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION TOWARD THE COSTS OF STRENGTHENING ITS INSTITUTIONAL FRA…
TY 2024
$2.0M
Hopewell Fund
IN SUPPORT OF A NATIONAL TAX INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT TO ALIGN STATE AND FEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS AROUND A TAX AND REVENUE ST…
DC · TY 2024
$2.0M
Freunde Von Gisaid Ev
IN SUPPORT OF A PATHOGEN DATA SHARING PLATFORM AND TOOLS FOR THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF DATA PRODUCERS TO SHARE DATA FOR RE…
TY 2024
$1.5M
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc
FOR USE BY ITS ADRIENNE ARSHT-ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION RESILIENCE CENTER IN SUPPORT OF IDENTIFYING, IMPLEMENTING, AND SCAL…
DC · TY 2024
$1.5M
Seed to Growth Foundation
IN SUPPORT OF SEEDING AND FORMALIZING THE FORTIFIED WHOLEGRAIN ALLIANCE WITH AN IMMEDIATE FOCUS ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WI…
DE · TY 2024
$1.4M
Brookings Institution
IN SUPPORT OF THE ANNUAL 17 ROOMS PROCESS INCLUDING EVENTS AND RESEARCH FOCUSED ON ADVANCING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT…
DC · TY 2024
$1.3M
Nrel Foundation
IN SUPPORT OF LAUNCHING AND OPERATIONALIZING THE NET ZERO WORLD CLIMATE INITIATIVE IN PRIORITY MARKETS ACROSS ASIA AND A…
CO · TY 2024
$1.3M
Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
EXPANDING RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND SMALL AND UNDERSERVED BUSINESSES IN THE US
NY · TY 2024
$1.3M
University of Massachusetts Amherst
IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPING ANALYTICAL METHODS TO IDENTIFY CONDITIONS THAT AMPLIFY THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF ENERGY ACCESS AND…
MA · TY 2024
$1.1M
African American Alliance of Cdfi Ceos Inc
TOWARD THE COSTS OF CREATING A FUND FOR MEMBER CDFIS TO ORIGINATE CREDIT ENHANCEMENT LOANS FOR DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSIN…
FL · TY 2024
$1.0M
The African Capacity Building Foundation
DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY MODEL IN AFRICA
TY 2024
$1.0M
Economic Policy Institute
TOWARD THE COSTS OF STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH NETWORK (EARN) GROUPS IN KEY STATES TO …
DC · TY 2024
$1.0M
Pasteur Network
DEVELOPING OBSERVATORIES TO MONITOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH AND CLIMATE
TY 2024
$1.0M
Results Educational Fund Inc
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$1.0M
New Venture Fund
IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPING AND DISTRIBUTING EPIDEMIC INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE TO HELP ESTABLISH A MORE COHERENT AND WELL-INTE…
DC · TY 2024
$1.0M
Meridian Institute
TOWARD THE COSTS OF DEFINING AND ACCELERATING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE ACROSS GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEMS
CO · TY 2024
$908K
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
GENERAL SUPPORT
DC · TY 2024
$825K
Sustainable Energy for All Verein Fur Nachhaltige Energie
IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPING CARBON MARKET ACTIVATION PLANS IN GHANA, NIGERIA AND RWANDA AS A BASIS FOR ATTRACTING CLIMATE F…
TY 2024
$800K
Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford
IN SUPPORT OF DEVELOPING RIGOROUS AND SCALABLE METHODS TO CHARACTERIZE THE THREAT OF EMERGING PATHOGENS BY INTEGRATING E…
TY 2024
$800K
New Venture Fund
IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRATIZING AND REIMAGINING THE USE OF DATA TO TACKLE SOCIETY?S GREATEST CHALLENGES AND IMPROVE LIVES AC…
DC · TY 2024
$800K
African Climate Foundation Trust
STRENGTHENING ENERGY SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ACROSS AFRICA
TY 2024
$750K
The Energy for Growth Hub
TOWARD THE COSTS OF ANALYTICAL AND ADVOCACY WORK TO INFORM THE EFFORT TO ADDRESS ENERGY POVERTY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
DC · TY 2024
$750K
American Heart Association Inc
IN SUPPORT OF THE CREATION OF GOOD FOOD FELLOWS TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH TO CREATE A NEW PIPELINE OF FOO…
TX · TY 2024
$715K
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
IN SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF RF/PPRS PROOF OF CONCEPT AND EMERGING CO-CREATION STRATEGY FOR PANDEMIC PREVENTION DATA…
TY 2024
$711K
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Inc
ASSISTING CITY OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO EXTEME HEAT IN VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
NY · TY 2024
$700K
Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
BUILDING CAPACITY IN SENEGAL AND UGANDA TO FINANCE ADAPTATION PROJECTS AND STRENGTHEN HEALTH SYSTEMS
NY · TY 2024
$700K
Meridian Institute
SCALING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE TO BENEFIT UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN EAST AFRICA, INDIA, BRAZIL, AND MIDWEST USA.
CO · TY 2024
$700K
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
IN SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY AND PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUES AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS FOR JOURNALISTS.
DC · TY 2024
$700K
Georgetown University
IN SUPPORT OF A NETWORK SUPPORTING NEWLY ELECTED WOMEN HEADS OF STATE AND MINISTERS AND A GLOBAL WOMEN LEADERS RESPONSE …
DC · TY 2024
$667K
United Nations Foundation Inc
IN SUPPORT OF ACCELERATING THE IMPACT OF THE WHO HUB FOR PANDEMIC AND EPIDEMIC INTELLIGENCE, BY DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR …
DC · TY 2024
$600K
Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council Nfp
IN SUPPORT OF IMPLEMENTING CHICAGO'S THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN TO CREATE A HEALTHY FOOD SYSTEM.
IL · TY 2024
$600K
The How Institute for Society
IN SUPPORT OF IMPROVING SOCIAL IMPACT OUTCOMES AND ACCELERATING SYSTEMS CHANGE BY HELPING LEADERS ADOPT MORAL LEADERSHIP…
NY · TY 2024
$530K
Eat Foundation
TOWARD THE COSTS OF PRODUCING A SCIENTIFIC UPDATE OF THE EAT-LANCET COMMISSION ON FOOD, PLANET, HEALTH IN ORDER TO INFOR…
TY 2024
$525K
Dalberg Catalyst
STRENGTHENING AFRICA'S PARTICIPATION IN AND ABILITY TO BENEFIT FROM CARBON MARKETS
DC · TY 2024
$500K
New Venture Fund
EDUCATION ABOUT TAX STRATEGIES THAT BENEFIT LOW INCOME US WORKERS
DC · TY 2024
$500K
Elemental Excelerator Inc
IN SUPPORT OF A NATIONAL FUNDING VEHICLE TO SCALE CRITICAL DECARBONIZATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR CLIMATE AND COMMUNITY BENEFI…
HI · TY 2024
$500K
University of Stellenbosch
IN SUPPORT OF IMPROVING SAMPLING STRATEGIES, EXPANDING SEQUENCING, STREAMLINING BIOINFORMATICS PIPELINES, AND STRENGTHEN…
TY 2024
$500K
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
TOWARDS THE COST OF SUPPORTING SMALLHOLDER FARMERS TO PRODUCE BIOFORTIFIED CROPS IN AFRICA TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY …
TY 2024
$500K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.