For more than three decades, the Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF) has worked at the cutting edge of advocacy in such areas as environmental protection, advancing the economic rights of women, and helping citizens hold public and private institutions accountable for their actions. The Fund is best known for its creative and leveraged grantmaking, its role as a catalyst in the nonprofit as well as the funding communities, and its record of public policy innovation.
EHEJ Interest:
The Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF) works to help create a community of philanthropic leaders working collaboratively and strategically to help advocates reduce U.S. dependence on coal. As part of its work, RFF also works as a strategist with advocates on coal issues— from mining to combustion to exports—and occupies a unique, on-the-ground role in the community.
Foundation Strategies:
We begin by defining health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Guided by its mission, the Foundation pursues the following goals through its grantmaking: to address the particular health needs of traditionally underserved populations, including low-income individuals, people of color, youth and residents of rural areas; to support and strengthen nonprofit organizations that seek to improve the health of underserved populations; to recognize and encourage leaders who are working to increase health and wellness within their communities; and to inform policymakers and opinion leaders about important wellness and health care issues.
Location:
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 900
New York, NY 10115
Issue Area:
Civic Engagement Health Social & Environmental Justice; Climate Change/Energy Environment
Geographic Focus:
- National