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Rockefeller Brothers Fund

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$177.6M
in grants paid
1,827
grants
849
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $4.5M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    For its trust for civic life project

  • $700,000

    Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs · 2024

    For general support

  • $600,000

    China Environmental Protection Foundation · 2024

    For its platform on environmental governance and biodiversity protection

  • $600,000

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    For its energy transition fund

  • $500,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    For the georgetown climate center

  • $500,000

    Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    For the richard rockefeller fellowship at columbia global

  • $500,000

    Beijing Friends of Nature Charity Foundation · 2024

    For general support

  • $500,000

    Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown · Johnstown, PA · 2024

    For its ohio river valley regional climate action project

  • $500,000

    Beijing Chaoyang District Yongxu Global Environmental Institute · 2024

    For general support

  • $500,000

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024

    For its state energy boost project

  • $450,000

    Bri International Green Development Coalition · 2024

    For its green development investment and finance partnership

  • $400,000

    China Africa Project · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024

    For its project on sustainable and responsible investment in the global south

  • $400,000

    Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024

    For its project, earth insight

  • $400,000

    Beijing Entrepreneur Environmental Protection Foundation · 2024

    For general support

  • $400,000

    Guangdong Harmony Foundation · 2024

    For general support

  • $400,000

    The Ecology Trust · 2024

    For its funders for fair trade initiative's work on trade and environmental policy

  • $350,000

    China Council for International Cooperation On Environment and Development · 2024

    For general support

  • $350,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    For its project, the partnership funds

  • $350,000

    Hainan Zhiyu Sustainability Science and Technology Development Research Cen · 2024

    For general support

  • $350,000

    2030 · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    For general support

  • $350,000

    Rock Environment and Energy Institute · 2024

    For general support

  • $325,000

    Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense · Novato, CA · 2024

    For general support

  • $300,000

    Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities Center · 2024

    For its china office

  • $300,000

    Choose Love · New York, NY · 2024

    For its project the collective for refugee leadership in mena

  • $300,000

    Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024

    For its global china initiative

  • $300,000

    Shenzhen Zero Waste Environmental Public Welfare Undertakings Development C · 2024

    For general support

  • $300,000

    Dialogue Earth · 2024

    For general support

  • $300,000

    The New School · New York, NY · 2024

    For its project, the institute on race, power and political economy

  • $300,000

    Oxfam America · Boston, MA · 2024

    For its project on strengthening democratic governance and public institutional capacity in guatemala

  • $300,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    For its trusted elections fund

  • $275,000

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    For its congressional program

  • $263,423

    World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    For its climate and nature convening

  • $252,000

    Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2024

    For the rockefeller brothers fund's global travel and learning fund

  • $250,000

    Rise Education Fund · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024

    For its work to educate young voters

  • $250,000

    Reclaim Finance · 2024

    For work on accountability in the financial sector

  • $250,000

    Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development · Washington, DC · 2024

    For its climate program

  • $250,000

    Climate Jobs National Resource Center · New York, NY · 2024

    For general support

  • $250,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    For rebuild by design, a project of its institute for public knowledge

  • $250,000

    Stand · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    For general support

  • $250,000

    Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    For its special initiative on offshore wind project

  • $250,000

    United Nations · New York, NY · 2024

    For its program the united nations office for project services' accelerated partnership for renewables in africa project

  • $250,000

    Meliore · 2024

    For its global strategic climate communications program

  • $250,000

    Latino Theater Company · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    For its latinx theater initiative

  • $250,000

    Beijing Haidian District Shan Shui Conservation Center · 2024

    For general support

  • $240,000

    Greenfaith · New York, NY · 2024

    For general support

  • $231,421

    Associacao Sumauma Organizacao De Comunicacao E Projetos Sociais · 2024

    For general support

  • $225,000

    Laudato Si' Movement · Washington, DC · 2024

    For its work decarbonizing finance

  • $225,000

    Woodwell Climate Research Center · Falmouth, MA · 2024

    For its financial taskforce for tropical forests project

  • $220,000

    Tracker Group Limited · 2024

    For general support

  • $220,000

    Li Foundation Limited · 2024

    For enhancing the capacity of emergent philanthropy in asia

  • $215,000

    Chulalongkorn University · 2024

    For its center for social development studies regional fellowship program for sustainable development in asia

  • $210,000

    Civic Exchange · 2024

    For general support

  • $210,000

    Katonah Museum of Art · Katonah, NY · 2024

    For its artejuntos/arttogether program and shen wei: transference, a journey, exhibition

  • $200,758

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024

    For its china office's rural energy transition project

  • $200,000

    2030 · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

    For its sustainable design program in china and asia

  • $200,000

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024

    For its racial equity governing agenda project

  • $200,000

    Shenzhen Goalblue Low Carbon Development Promoting Center · 2024

    For general support

  • $200,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    For its center for human rights and global justice

  • $200,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    For its project, social and economic justice leaders

  • $200,000

    Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024

    For its environmental and climate governance capacity building project

  • $200,000

    Democracy Works · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For general support

  • $200,000

    Inside Climate News · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    For general support

  • $200,000

    President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    For its project, the guinier project

  • $200,000

    Mzc Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    For its row solar project

  • $200,000

    Urban Sustainability Directors Network · Sanford, NC · 2024

    For general support

  • $200,000

    Ginkgo Foundation · 2024

    For its climate fellowship project

  • $195,000

    Stichting Transnational Institute · 2024

    For its work on trade and investment

  • $190,000

    Beijing Heyi Green Foundation · 2024

    For general support

  • $180,000

    Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024

    For its project to mainstream biodiversity risk and impact management in global investment

  • $180,000

    Chinese Academy of Sciences · 2024

    For its guangzhou institute of energy conversion's research program

  • $180,000

    Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability · 2024

    For general support

  • $175,000

    Colorofchangeorg Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2024

    For general support

  • $175,000

    Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd · New York, NY · 2024

    For general support

  • $175,000

    Ballet Theatre Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    For creation of new choreography and a performance at the david rockefeller creative arts center

  • $160,000

    Center for Economic and Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024

    For its project on investor-state dispute settlement

  • $155,000

    Center for International Policy · Washington, DC · 2024

    For general support

  • $155,000

    Makesense · 2024

    For building capacity

  • $151,400

    New World Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    For its project amazon, energy, and alternatives

  • $150,000

    Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

    For its project, betanyc

  • $150,000

    Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft · Washington, DC · 2024

    For general support

  • $150,000

    Free Press · Washington, DC · 2024

    For general support

  • $150,000

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024

    For its project, liberation ventures

  • $150,000

    European Council On Refugees and Exiles · 2024

    For general support

  • $150,000

    Ploughshares Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    For general support

  • $150,000

    Pachamama Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    For its project the global alliance for the rights of nature

  • $150,000

    Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis · Lakewood, OH · 2024

    For general support

  • $150,000

    The Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024

    For its track 2 dialogue on u.s.-china relations

  • $150,000

    Third World Network Berhad · 2024

    For general support

  • $150,000

    New York Immigration Coalition · New York, NY · 2024

    For general support

  • $150,000

    Oil Change International · Washington, DC · 2024

    For general support

  • $150,000

    Beijing Greenovation Institute for Public Welfare Development · 2024

    For general support

  • $150,000

    Oil Change International · Washington, DC · 2024

    For its africa program

  • $150,000

    Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024

    For its project, more equitable democracy

  • $150,000

    Calstart · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    For its drive to zero: northeast project

  • $150,000

    Building Decarbonization Coalition · Petaluma, CA · 2024

    For general support

  • $150,000

    Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2024

    For its work in central america

  • $150,000

    Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    For its project on just transitions and rights of nature in latin america

  • $150,000

    The Social Change Nest Cic · 2024

    For its project campaign collective

  • $150,000

    Brightline Defense Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    For general support

  • $150,000

    Foundation Lighthouse Reports · 2024

    For its war winners project

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