The Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation is a pioneering, 113-year-old global philanthropic organization dedicated to a singular, enduring mission: promoting the well-being of humanity throughout the world. Operating at the intersection of science, data, and innovative financing, the Foundation focuses on solving some of the world's most complex, systemic challenges. By forging unlikely partnerships with governments, multilateral institutions, and the private sector, the organization aims to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to be hopeful, healthy, empowered, and prosperous.

The Foundation approaches its philanthropic work by making "Big Bets"—large-scale, highly targeted investments across four core pillars: energy, food, health, and economic opportunity. Internationally, the organization is a major driving force behind initiatives like Mission 300, a massive collaborative effort alongside the World Bank and African Development Bank aimed at connecting 300 million people in Africa to electricity by 2030. Domestically, the Foundation heavily champions the "Food is Medicine" movement, working to expand access to medically tailored meals and produce prescriptions while simultaneously boosting revenue for local family farms. Across all its efforts, The Rockefeller Foundation increasingly leverages artificial intelligence and frontier technologies to maximize measurable impact and optimize the deployment of its capital.

Currently guided by President Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, the Foundation has been highly active in responding to urgent global and domestic shifts throughout early 2026. In April 2026, in response to the rapid evolution of the U.S. labor market, the organization launched a $100 million "Good Jobs for America" strategy. This initiative is specifically designed to protect and transition workers in distressed communities who are most vulnerable to disruption from AI and broader structural changes. Simultaneously, on the global stage, the Foundation recently issued an urgent call to action following deeply concerning OECD data that showed a record 23% decline in official development assistance (ODA), aggressively rallying donor governments and private institutions to prevent devastating humanitarian consequences in lower-income nations.