Funding search · The David Rockefeller Fund · grants
The David Rockefeller Fund: all 258 grants
Largest first · $12.4M across 2022–2024 · back to the overview
- $50,000
Poder · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
To educate arizona communities about civic engagement and opportunities to advance their health and safety at the local and state level.
- $50,000
Protect Our Winters · Boulder, CO · 2024
To mobilize the outdoor sport enthusiast community to take action in support of climate and clean energy solutions.
- $50,000
Restoreher · Fayetteville, GA · 2024
National network advocating for improved conditions of confinement and justice system transformation in the u.s. South and beyond.
- $50,000
State Democracy Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
For organized power in numbers project's efforts to engage in knowlege sharing and collaboration to advance community-owned micro-grid infrastructure projects.
- $50,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Mass liberation fund - training and support to organizations working to advance decarceration nationwide.
- $50,000
Urban Bush Women · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To promote dance programming that deepens and expands community organizing.
- $50,000
Border Workers United · El Paso, TX · 2023
Vecinos por el bienestar por la comunidad costera project, a community effort to protect public and environmental health by limiting fossil fuel expansion in the rio grande valley.
- $50,000
Casa · Hyattsville, MD · 2023
To provide education on climate justice issues in pennsylvania.
- $50,000
Commission Shift · Laredo, TX · 2023
To reform oil and gas oversight by building public support to hold the railroad commission of texas (rrc) accountable to its mission in a shifting energy landscape.
- $50,000
Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To engage young people in civic engagement and climate justice activism through storytelling and hip hop culture.
- $50,000
Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Re-amp network's campaign to educate the public about equitable farm bill implementation.
- $50,000
Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Beyond dirty fuels campaign - coordination of regional and national advocacy efforts against the line 5 pipeline's operations.
- $50,000
Bay Mills Indian Community · Brimley, MI · 2022
Campaign to coordinate indigenous communities against the line 5 pipelines and tunnel projects in the straits of mackinac, great lakes, and surrounding region.
- $50,000
Brooklyn Arts Exchange · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Continued national expansion of emergenyc, a support network for emerging artist-activists.
- $50,000
Center for Cultural Power · Oakland, CA · 2022
Artist-driven civic engagement and democracy program engaging bipoc youth in critical movements for social justice.
- $50,000
Chapel & York Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Climate clock artistic installation to focus the publics attention on the scale and speed of transformation needed to stay under dangerous levels of global warming.
- $50,000
Commission Shift · Laredo, TX · 2022
Reform oil and gas oversight by building public support to hold the railroad commission of texas accountable to its mission.
- $50,000
Dream Corps · Oakland, CA · 2022
Canary impact fund participatory grantmaking committee
- $50,000
Forum for the Future US · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Growing our future collaborative initiative to support a socially just and racially equitable transition to a regenerative agriculture system in the u.s.
- $50,000
Gamaliel Faith and Democracy Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2022
Scale up the transformational justice in action campaign's in-prison outreach program.
- $50,000
Gen-Z for Change · Dover, DE · 2022
To educate and engage gen-z activists leveraging the power of social media to drive bold u.s. Climate strategy.
- $50,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Republicen project mobilizing the eco-right on climate change.
- $50,000
Hi-Arts · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support to expand hi-arts civic engagement programs.
- $50,000
Lucha · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Educating undocumented, low-income, and young people about local economic and social issues.
- $50,000
Nextgen Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Educate, empower, and encourage civic engagement and community leadership among young adults.
- $50,000
One for Democracy · New York, NY · 2022
Strengthen the infrastructure needed for democracy, and ultimately communities, to thrive.
- $50,000
Protect Our Winters · Boulder, CO · 2022
Mobilizing the outdoor sports enthusiast community to take action against climate change.
- $50,000
Restoreher Usamerica · Fayetteville, GA · 2022
National network of directly impacted women of color advocating for improved conditions of confinement and justice system transformation in the u.s. South and beyond.
- $50,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
Equation campaign support frontline community-led place-based efforts, and the grassroots movement ecosystem in which they operate, to block new oil and gas infrastructure and advance racial and environmental justice.
- $50,000
Salzburg Global Seminar · Washington, DC · 2022
Global innovations for youth justice & safety convening and research
- $50,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Mass liberation fund training and support to organizations led by formerly incarcerated and directly impacted people to dismantle the criminal legal system.
- $50,000
Urban Bush Women · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating support to deepen and expand community organizing and engagement dance-based initiatives.
- $50,000
W Haywood Burns Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
Data-driven work to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice negatively impacting first nation tribes and communities.
- $50,000
Worth Rises · New York, NY · 2022
Dismantling the prison industry and ending the exploitation of those it touches.
- $45,000
Fair Count · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To build civic power for an equitable electorate and climate movement in the state of georgia.
- $45,000
Casa De Maryland · Hyattsville, MD · 2022
Engage immigrant and latinx voters in education around climate justice in pennsylvania.
- $40,000
Movement Strategy Center · Oakland, CA · 2024
Equitable intermediary project - building the capacity of equity-focused fiscal sponsors to provide effective services to sponsored organizations that are working to accelerate a just transition and address racial, gend… read allEquitable intermediary project - building the capacity of equity-focused fiscal sponsors to provide effective services to sponsored organizations that are working to accelerate a just transition and address racial, gender, economic, and environmental inequities. less
- $40,000
Fair Count · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Building civic power for an equitable electorate and climate movement.
- $35,000
New Left Accelerator · Alameda, CA · 2023
Empower & protect arizona, an equity-informed capacity-building program providing technical assistance to arizona-based organizations engaged in power-building work.
- $33,000
Common Defense Education Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Veterans for climate justice, a national campaign of u.s. Military veterans working to raise public awareness of the climate crisis and build public support for clean renewable energy.
- $30,000
Brave New Films · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To create and distribute short documentary films focused on civic engagement.
- $30,000
Chicago Freedom School · Chicago, IL · 2022
Project nia advocacy, organizing, education, research, and capacity-building center with the goal of ending youth incarceration.
- $30,000
New Left Accelerator · Alameda, CA · 2022
Empower & protect arizona an equity-informed capacity-building program providing compliance, financial, and operational technical assistance to arizona-based organizations engaged in power-building work.
- $27,500
Momentum Community · Long Beach, CA · 2024
To support relationship-building and collaboration among leaders working at the intersections of the climate, justice, labor, democracy, and racial justice movements.
- $27,500
Common Defense Education Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Veterans for climate justice's a national campaign of u.s. Military veterans working to raise public awareness of the climate crisis and build public support for clean renewable energy.
- $25,500
Confluence Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
To support educational programming for foundations and other values-aligned investors, and the transparency compact's efforts to cultivate more transparent sector-wide practices for investing in decarbonization and clim… read allTo support educational programming for foundations and other values-aligned investors, and the transparency compact's efforts to cultivate more transparent sector-wide practices for investing in decarbonization and climate solutions. less
- $25,000
Abbe Museum · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024
To plan for the sustainability and reach of the dawnland festival of arts & ideas, an initiative dedicated to catalyzing deeper understanding of how indigenous worldviews can offer solutions for the most pressing issues… read allTo plan for the sustainability and reach of the dawnland festival of arts & ideas, an initiative dedicated to catalyzing deeper understanding of how indigenous worldviews can offer solutions for the most pressing issues of our time. less
- $25,000
Center for Cultural Power · Oakland, CA · 2024
To engage young people in movements using arts and culture for social justice at the national, state, and local levels.
- $25,000
Climate Emergency Advocates · Charlestown, MA · 2024
To support strategic communications and digital media campaigns to advance climate advocacy for renewable energy solutions.
- $25,000
Common Defense Education Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Veterans for climate justice a national campaign of u.s. Military veterans working to raise public awareness of the climate crisis and build public support for clean renewable energy.
- $25,000
In Our Backyards (Ioby) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support ioby's leadership transition and strategic planning initiatives.
- $25,000
Texas Prisons Community Advocates · Fulton, TX · 2024
To support texas prisons community advocates' learning and collaboration with hadanou collective via its intensive boot camp program for nonprofit leaders.
- $25,000
The Hadanou Collective · Denver, CO · 2024
To support the full costs of texas prisons community advocates' participation in the hadanou collective's boot camp program.
- $25,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
The movement institute - a platform to scale technological and inter-organizational infrastructure in support of movement groups.
- $25,000
Commission Shift Action · Laredo, TX · 2023
To develop the organizational infrastructure and communications capacity necessary to advance the goal of building public support to hold the railroad commission of texas (rrc) accountable to its mission in a shifting e… read allTo develop the organizational infrastructure and communications capacity necessary to advance the goal of building public support to hold the railroad commission of texas (rrc) accountable to its mission in a shifting energy landscape. less
- $25,000
Florida Rights Restoration Coalition · Orlando, FL · 2023
To engage in a strategic planning process to strengthen operations.
- $25,000
Brave New Films Action Fund · Culver City, CA · 2022
Create and distribute short documentary films focused on civic engagement.
- $25,000
Harness · Marina Del Rey, CA · 2022
Ride to the polls, a culturally responsive art campaign to engage bipoc youth voters.
- $25,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Community resource hub for safety & accountability's defundpolice.org website, a tool to promote police accountability.
- $25,000
Promise of Justice Initiative · New Orleans, LA · 2022
End plantation prisons project prioritize rehabilitation, skills training, and a focus on reentry instead of viewing forced labor as a punishment.
- $25,000
Struggle for Miami'S Affordable and Sustainable Housing · Miami, FL · 2022
Dignity power's a national initiative to build power among incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, girls, and transgender and non-binary persons toward justice system transformation.
- $25,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
In our backyards initiative national movement to end mass incarceration and mass criminalization in our nation's smaller cities and rural communities.
- $20,000
Center for Justice and Human Dignity · Tempe, AZ · 2024
To support collaborative efforts to improve conditions of confinement in correctional facilities and foster correctional cultures that advance human dignity.
- $20,000
Connective · Houston, TX · 2024
To support hurricane beryl disaster recovery response and long-term resilience efforts in the greater houston, texas area.
- $20,000
Look2justice · Tacoma, WA · 2024
To engage in collaborative effforts to address the complex trauma, justice, and healing needs within communities affected by violence and mass incarceration through events that advance restorative justice approaches.
- $20,000
Rvc Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024
Collective justice - supporting efforts to engage in collaborative effforts to address the complex trauma, justice, and healing needs within communities affected by violence and mass incarceration through events that ad… read allCollective justice - supporting efforts to engage in collaborative effforts to address the complex trauma, justice, and healing needs within communities affected by violence and mass incarceration through events that advance restorative justice approaches. less
- $20,000
Startempowerment · Austin, TX · 2024
To support the development of a climate and environmental justice educational curriculum tailored to the lived experiences of frontline youth communities in texas.
- $20,000
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund · Austin, TX · 2024
To support the facilitation of the texas environmental justice, energy, and democracy coalition.
- $20,000
Uscan (US Climate Action Network) · Washington, DC · 2024
To support climate and environmental organizations engaged in local, national, and global climate policy advocacy toward a just transition and related civic engagement.
- $20,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Democracy alliance pooled fund, a network of donors committed to democracy reform.
- $20,000
Ekvn-Yefolecv · Weogufka, AL · 2023
Ecovillage that advances the implementation of regenerative ecological practices.
- $20,000
La Pea · Austin, TX · 2023
Uvalde love project - a trauma-informed art therapy initiative intended to cultivate community care and healing.
- $20,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
National alianza for latinx youth justice - an intergenerational network that builds the leadership capacity of those who have been impacted by mass incarceration.
- $20,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Democracy alliance pooled fund, a network of donors committed to democracy reform.
- $20,000
Pen American Center · New York, NY · 2022
Emergency fund for ukrainian artists and their families.
- $18,000
Poder · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
To educate arizona communities about civic engagement and opportunities to advance their health and safety at the local and state level.
- $15,000
Broadway Advocacy Coalition · New York, NY · 2024
To support collaborations with justice-focused advocacy organizations participating in the theater of change program.
- $15,000
Brooklyn Arts Exchange · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support brooklyn arts exchange's organizational leadership transition.
- $15,000
New World Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Eclipse fund project - multi-issue learning and funding community supporting education on environmental, economic, racial justice, and democracy issues.
- $15,000
Theatre of the Oppressed Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
General operating grant to sustain theatrical activities and artistic practice to engage local new york city communities in social change.
- $15,000
People'S Theatre Project · Bronx, NY · 2022
Social justice-driven theatre and educational programming for youth to amplify the experiences and civic leadership of latino, black, and immigrant communities in the united states.
- $14,500
In Our Backyards (Ioby) · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Accessible platform providing tools and supports to facilitate neighborhood-level civic participation in communities nationwide.
- $10,000
Center for Justice at Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
To support collaborative efforts to strengthen ties between academics, social work practitioners, advocates, and directly impacted communities to improve the conditions faced by incarcerated women and end solitary confi… read allTo support collaborative efforts to strengthen ties between academics, social work practitioners, advocates, and directly impacted communities to improve the conditions faced by incarcerated women and end solitary confinement. less
- $10,000
National Religious Campaign Against Torture · Washington, DC · 2024
Social workers and allies against solitary confinement - engaging in collaborative efforts to strengthen ties between academics, social work practitioners, advocates, and directly impacted communities to improve the con… read allSocial workers and allies against solitary confinement - engaging in collaborative efforts to strengthen ties between academics, social work practitioners, advocates, and directly impacted communities to improve the conditions faced by incarcerated women and end solitary confinement. less
- $10,000
People'S Theatre Project · New York, NY · 2024
To support collaborative efforts to inform new york city's cultural advocacy priorities.
- $10,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
National alianza for opportunity - supporting the implementation of the alianza's newly developed strategic plan, which strengthens its infrastructure, fundraising, communications, community engagement, and research cap… read allNational alianza for opportunity - supporting the implementation of the alianza's newly developed strategic plan, which strengthens its infrastructure, fundraising, communications, community engagement, and research capabilities. less
- $10,000
Alliance of Families for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
#shutdownattica campaign, which seeks to advocate for the permanent closure of the attica correctional facility; educate the broader public about the conditions and human rights abuses in new york state prisons and jail… read all#shutdownattica campaign, which seeks to advocate for the permanent closure of the attica correctional facility; educate the broader public about the conditions and human rights abuses in new york state prisons and jails; and advocate for broader decarceration goals and improved conditions of confinement. less
- $10,000
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights · Oakland, CA · 2023
To build collaborative strategies to advance justice system reform and increase police accountability.
- $10,000
Grantmakers in the Arts · Bronx, NY · 2023
To support operating and conference for network of donors committed to effective arts philanthropy.
- $10,000
Texas Prisons Community Advocates · Fulton, TX · 2023
Advocacy network dedicated to advancing safe and humane conditions within texas prisons.
- $10,000
The Gathering for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
To conduct intersectional cultural organizing and advocacy toward justice system transformation, and engage in collaborations to benefit the broader national justice advocacy field.
- $10,000
Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Community justice exchange project's national bail fund network.
- $10,000
A Climate To Thrive · Mount Desert, ME · 2022
Local leads the way, a community-based, solutions-focused climate action initiative that operates across the state of maine.
- $10,000
Brooklyn Arts Exchange · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Design a learning circles program to convene cohorts of artists and activists toward the creation of innovative cultural strategies.
- $10,000
California Institute of Integral Studies · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Initiative to support degree completion of low-income, bipoc integral counseling psychology students.
- $10,000
Center for Constitutional Rights · New York, NY · 2022
Law for black lives conference, convening a growing national network of lawyers, law students, legal workers, and ex-jailhouse lawyers around shared efforts to provide the movement for black lives with legal services an… read allLaw for black lives conference, convening a growing national network of lawyers, law students, legal workers, and ex-jailhouse lawyers around shared efforts to provide the movement for black lives with legal services and supports. less
- $10,000
Dream Corps · Oakland, CA · 2022
Issue education on drug-related sentencing disparities with the goal of improving racial justice within the federal criminal legal system.
- $10,000
Montclair Early Childhood Corporation · Montclair, NJ · 2022
Provide scholarships to pre-k students.
- $10,000
More Art · New York, NY · 2022
Mind forged manacles/manacles forged mind artistic installation.
- $10,000
New Hour for Women and Children Li · Brentwood, NY · 2022
Long island social justice action network, an effort to encourage support for decarceration in new york state.

