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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Name: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

3,481
grants reported: $767.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $75,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

social advocacy action civil rights environment building capacity

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Climate, oceans, and conservation advocacy at national and global scale
Civil rights and immigrant justice litigation and organizing
Education reform, workforce pathways, and competency-based learning
Regenerative agriculture, food systems, and land access
Fiscal sponsors and intermediaries regranting to field networks
Reproductive health, care work, and women's economic security

Typical grant

Median grant is $75,000, with the middle half between $25,000 and $225,000, so most of the 3,481 grants are modest project or general support checks. The seven-figure awards go to large environmental institutions (World Resources Institute at $4.3M, Ocean Conservancy at $3.1M, Wildlife Conservation Society at $3.0M) and to single-purpose vehicles like Invest In Our Land LLC at $9.2M. With 3,481 grants to 2,442 recipients, repeat giving is common: large environmental grantees like World Wildlife Fund and Earth Island Institute show a dozen separate grants apiece, meaning multiple donor advisors funding the same organization.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“ENVIRONMENT”
“CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY”
“COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT & CAPACITY BUILDING”
“AGRICULTURE & FOOD”
“EMPLOYMENT & FINANCIAL INCLUSION”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame research as climate or ocean work with an advocacy output, the largest and most repeated category here.
Ask $75,000 to $225,000 for a first approach; seven-figure asks go to established national institutions.
Pair an environment frame with agriculture, youth development, or civil rights, mirroring their multi-category grants.
University asks land in the $700K to $2M range: cite Johns Hopkins, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Colorado as precedent.

Worth knowing: RPA is an advisory intermediary, not a foundation with its own program, so these grants reflect many separate donors' choices routed through one filer; access is relationship-driven through an advisor rather than through any published priority. Money concentrates hard in NY, CA, and DC (1,524 of 2,442 recipients), and a large share flows to fiscal sponsors like New Venture Fund, Tides Center, Multiplier, and NEO Philanthropy, which then regrant.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Tides Center3 grants · $12.5M
Sustainable Markets Foundation3 grants · $11.4M
Climate Leadership Initiative1 grant · $10.2M
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives3 grants · $9.7M
Invest in Our Land Llc1 grant · $9.2M
Climate Breakthrough2 grants · $9.1M
Wildlife Conservation Society3 grants · $8.2M
World Resources Institute3 grants · $7.4M
Climate Arc2 grants · $7.2M
New Venture Fund3 grants · $6.5M

Giving over time

$203.3M

2022

$289.3M

2023

$275.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 3,481 grants.

$10.2M
Climate Leadership Initiative · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$9.2M
Invest in Our Land Llc · Dover, DE · 2024
Agriculture & food, civil rights, social action & advocacy, community improvement & capacity building
$9.2M
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$7.8M
Climate Breakthrough · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General
$6.6M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General
$6.5M
Omega Institute · Rhinebeck, NY · 2024
Education, human services
$5.1M
Climate Arc · Dover Kent County, DE · 2023
General
$4.5M
Groundswell Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$4.3M
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Social science, environment, science & technology, environment, science & technology, social science, environment, environment, environment, agriculture & food, environment, environment, environment
$3.9M
Oil Change International · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$3.8M
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General
$3.5M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$3.4M
National Network of Abortion Funds · Beaverton, OR · 2022
General
$3.2M
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services · New York, NY · 2024
Youth development
$3.1M
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2024
Environment
$3.1M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Environment, youth development
$3.1M
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General
$3.0M
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2024
Animal-related, environment
$3.0M
National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
General
$3.0M
Bankable Frontier Associates Llc · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General
$3.0M
The Art and Advocacy Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General
$2.9M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$2.8M
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2023
General
$2.8M
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Environment
$2.8M
Standearth · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$2.8M
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2023
General
$2.7M
Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Civil rights, social action & advocacy, environment, agriculture & food, environment, environment
$2.6M
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
General
$2.5M
Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2023
General
$2.5M
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
General
$2.5M
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2024
Environment, environment, agriculture & food
$2.4M
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General
$2.4M
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
General
$2.3M
Michigan Civic Education Fund · Madison Heights, MI · 2023
General
$2.2M
Council for Watershed Health · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Environment
$2.2M
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2.2M
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$2.2M
Radio Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Arts, culture & humanities, information and communications
$2.2M
The Pew Charitable Trusts · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$2.1M
Climate Arc · Kent County, DE · 2024
Environment
$2.1M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education, environment, youth development
$2.0M
National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General
$2.0M
Community Reinvestment Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Community improvement & capacity building, education
$1.9M
The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2024
Education
$1.9M
Kashif Incubator · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Arts, culture & humanities
$1.9M
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1.9M
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1.8M
National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Civil rights, social action & advocacy, community improvement & capacity building, civil rights, social action & advocacy, community improvement & capacity building, civil rights, social action & advocacy, community imp… read allCivil rights, social action & advocacy, community improvement & capacity building, civil rights, social action & advocacy, community improvement & capacity building, civil rights, social action & advocacy, community improvement & capacity building, civil rights, social action & advocacy, human services, civil rights, social action & advocacy, civil rights, social action & advocacy less
$1.8M
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$1.8M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Environment, agriculture & food, environment, environment, environment, environment, animal-related, environment, environment, environment, environment, environment
$1.7M
Caring Across Generations · New York, NY · 2024
Arts, culture & humanities, community improvement & capacity building, civil rights, social action & advocacy, civil rights, social action & advocacy, health care, community improvement & capacity building, health care,… read allArts, culture & humanities, community improvement & capacity building, civil rights, social action & advocacy, civil rights, social action & advocacy, health care, community improvement & capacity building, health care, public & societal benefit, information and communications, education, health care, civil rights, social action & advocacy less
$1.7M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1.7M
Carnegie Learning · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Education, science & technology
$1.7M
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Education
$1.7M
United We Dream Network · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1.7M
The Pew Charitable Trusts · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1.7M
Global Fishing Watch · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1.7M
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
Agriculture & food, environment, environment, animal-related, environment
$1.6M
Corporation To Develop Communities of Tampa · Tampa, FL · 2022
General
$1.6M
Sustainable Markets Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1.6M
Center for International Environmental Law · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1.6M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$1.6M
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2024
Environment
$1.6M
West Side Clt · Charlotte, NC · 2023
General
$1.6M
Carnegie Learning · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General
$1.6M
Schoolhouseworld · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
General
$1.6M
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
General
$1.6M
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Agriculture & food, environment, environment, environment, environment, environment, youth development
$1.6M
Global Energy Monitor · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$1.6M
Catholics for Choice · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$1.5M
Los Angeles Waterkeeper · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General
$1.5M
Thomas G Labrecque Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General
$1.5M
Environmental Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1.5M
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Environment
$1.5M
Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Education, philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations, education
$1.5M
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1.5M
Center for Economic Research and Social Change · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1.5M
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2022
General
$1.5M
Rewild · Austin, TX · 2023
General
$1.5M
Standearth · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General
$1.4M
International Peace Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Environment
$1.4M
Global Fishing Watch · Washington, DC · 2024
Agriculture & food
$1.4M
The Oo Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1.4M
Colorado Succeeds · Denver, CO · 2024
Education
$1.4M
Competency-Based Education Network · Franklin, TN · 2024
Civil rights, social action & advocacy
$1.4M
Montana Technology Enterprise Center · Missoula, MT · 2024
Employment & financial inclusion
$1.4M
Feedback Labs · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1.4M
Aspyr · Columbus, OH · 2024
Employment & financial inclusion
$1.4M
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General
$1.4M
Natural Resource Governance Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1.3M
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Environment
$1.3M
Wild Earth Allies · Washington, DC · 2024
Environment, agriculture & food
$1.3M
Worth Rises · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1.3M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Civil rights, social action & advocacy, crime & legal-related, education, civil rights, social action & advocacy, social science, education, philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations, youth development, arts, … read allCivil rights, social action & advocacy, crime & legal-related, education, civil rights, social action & advocacy, social science, education, philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations, youth development, arts, culture & humanities, civil rights, social action & advocacy, education, philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations, philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations, environment, philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations less
$1.3M
Climate Breakthrough · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Environment
$1.3M
Standearth · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Environment
$1.3M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
Environment, science & technology, environment
$1.3M
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
General
$1.3M
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Civil rights, social action & advocacy, philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations, public & societal benefit, health care, civil rights, social action & advocacy, health care, health care, health care, communi… read allCivil rights, social action & advocacy, philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations, public & societal benefit, health care, civil rights, social action & advocacy, health care, health care, health care, community improvement & capacity building, philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking foundations, civil rights, social action & advocacy, human services, public & societal benefit less
$1.3M
Cleveland Public Library Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General

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