Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-1760106. Reported 2,397 grants totalling $231.9M to 1,000 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$60,000median grant
$231.9Mgranted, 2021-2024
1,000organizations funded
62%of grantees funded again the next year
$1.4Bassets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $60,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $40,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $40 and the largest $4,500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 1,000 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $11.8M | 24 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $5,057,464 | 33 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | Boulder, CO | $2,550,758 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $2,501,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $2,298,931 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $2,196,600 | 22 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $2,175,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| 2030 Inc | Santa Fe, NM | $2,100,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Power Shift Africa | Nairobi | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $1,970,178 | 25 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Boston University | Boston, MA | $1,890,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Policylink | Oakland, CA | $1,756,600 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beijing Entrepreneur Environmental Protection Foundation | Beijing, Chaoyang District | $1,620,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| China Environmental Protection Foundation | Beijing, Dongcheng Distric | $1,600,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Guangdong Harmony Foundation | Guangzhou | $1,550,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beijing Friends of Nature Charity Foundation | Beijing, Xicheng District | $1,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Climate Jobs National Resource Center Inc | New York, NY | $1,500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beijing Chaoyang District Yongxu Global Environmental Institute | Beijing | $1,470,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shenzhen Goalblue Low Carbon Development Promoting Center | Beijing, Chaoyang District | $1,380,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs | Beijing, Chaoyang District | $1,300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The New York Community Trust | New York, NY | $1,300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs | Beijing | $1,265,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $1,262,010 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development | Beijing | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beijing Greenovation Institute for Public Welfare Development | Beijing, Dongcheng Distric | $1,150,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Frontline AIDS | Brighton | $1,150,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $1,150,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Seattle International Foundation | Seattle, WA | $1,138,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Regents of the University of California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,102,000 | 9 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown | Johnstown, PA | $1,100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute for State Effectiveness | Washington, DC | $1,087,870 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| The New School | New York, NY | $1,075,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stand | San Francisco, CA | $1,050,500 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities Center Inc | Pasig City, Ncr | $1,050,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rock Environment and Energy Institute | Beijing, Shunyi District | $1,050,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Institute of International Education Inc | New York, NY | $1,037,100 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Cambridge, MA | $1,002,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ceres Inc | Boston, MA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Potential Energy Coalition Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Boston, MA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability | Beijing, Tongzhou District | $960,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oil Change International | Washington, DC | $950,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | Beijing | $930,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | $925,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Choose Love Inc | New York, NY | $916,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Resources Legacy Fund | Sacramento, CA | $900,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greenfaith | New York, NY | $897,039 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | Amherst, MA | $894,500 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Stichting Transnational Institute | Amsterdam | $890,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Washington, DC | $885,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Democracy Works Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $875,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| China Dialogue Trust | London | $850,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Conservative Energy Network | Lansing, MI | $850,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hainan Zhiyu Sustainability Science and Technology Development Research Cen | Haikou | $850,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| New World Foundation | New York, NY | $847,400 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lost Light Projects Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $825,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $825,000 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| William J Brennan JR Center for Justice Inc | New York, NY | $825,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Inc | Lakewood, OH | $820,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Latindadd Red Latinoamericana Por Justicia Economica Y Social | Lima | $807,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shenzhen Zero Waste Environmental Public Welfare Undertakings Development C | Shenzhen, Nanshan District | $800,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colorofchangeorg Education Fund Inc | Oakland, CA | $775,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft | Washington, DC | $764,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Latino Theater Company | Los Angeles, CA | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Conference on Citizenship | Washington, DC | $735,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development Inc | Washington, DC | $706,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pachamama Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $705,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd | New York, NY | $701,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Council on Clean Transportation | Washington, DC | $700,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Atlantic Council of the US Inc | Washington, DC | $690,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Middle East Policy Network | New York, NY | $681,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | $650,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Laudato Si' Movement | Washington, DC | $635,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ploughshares Fund Inc | San Francisco, CA | $635,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cristosal Inc | Burlington, VT | $625,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Global Exchange | San Francisco, CA | $625,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pesticide Eco-Alternatives Center Yunnan Thoughtful Action | Kunming, Yunnan Yingxiang | $625,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Community Change | Washington, DC | $620,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Sustainability Directors Network | Sanford, NC | $605,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| China Africa Project | Grand Rapids, MI | $600,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Higher Heights Leadership Fund | Brooklyn, NY | $600,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| The African American Policy Forum | New York, NY | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Roosevelt Institute | New York, NY | $600,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beijing Heyi Green Foundation | Beijing, Haidian District | $590,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for International Policy Inc | Washington, DC | $555,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Creatura Promotora Del Pensamiento Critico Sociedad Civil | Mexico City | $555,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Beijing Haidian District Shan Shui Conservation Center | Beijing, Haidian District | $550,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Adm Capital Foundation Limited | Hong Kong | $550,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Third World Network Berhad | Penang | $550,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Balkan Green Foundation | Pristina | $525,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Policy Studies | Washington, DC | $525,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tracker Group Limited | London | $520,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women Cross Dmz | Honolulu, HI | $520,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $515,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | Berkeley, CA | $510,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Impact Hub | Vashon, WA | $510,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $510,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Beijing Chaoyang District Yongxu Global Environmental Institute | Beijing, Chaoyang District | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Calstart Inc | Pasadena, CA | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha | Minneapolis, MN | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chinese Progressive Association | Oakland, CA | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reclaim Finance | Paris | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Delaware | Newark, DE | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Voterunlead | Hartsdale, NY | $500,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Balkan Investigative Reporting Regional Network | Sarajevo | $480,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $480,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Henry L Stimson Center | Washington, DC | $480,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stichting European Climate Foundation | The Hague | $478,750 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Makesense | Paris | $477,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $475,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $475,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Innovation Network for Communities | Tamworth, NH | $474,061 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mozaik Foundation | Sarajevo | $470,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fundacion Cejil Mesoamerica | San Jose | $455,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bri International Green Development Coalition | Beijing | $450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brightline Defense Project | San Francisco, CA | $450,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Building Decarbonization Coalition | Petaluma, CA | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Refugee Assistance Project Inc | New York, NY | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jobs With Justice Education Fund | Washington, DC | $450,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | $442,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Just Vision Inc | Washington, DC | $435,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | $435,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | New York, NY | $425,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Foundation for a Civil Society Ltd | New York, NY | $425,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Voices Project USA Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $425,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Nations Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $425,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Civic Exchange | Hong Kong | $420,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center of Study for Democracy | Tegucigalpa | $410,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| European Leadership Network | London | $410,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $408,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $405,652 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Economic Liberties Project | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Breaking the Silence | Tel Aviv | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Technology and Civic Life | Chicago, IL | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Citizen University | Seattle, WA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foreign Environmental Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Env | Beijing | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Nature | Beijing, Xicheng District | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Journalism Development Network Inc | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | New York, NY | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North China Electric Power University | Beijing | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Partners Albania for Change and Development | Tirana | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Polylat | Geneva | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Southern Coalition for Social Justice | Durham, NC | $400,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Balkan Forum | Pristina | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Ecology Trust | Reading | $400,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Foundation for the Arts Inc | New York, NY | $395,000 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Social Change Nest Cic | London | $390,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trag Fondacija | Belgradevracar | $390,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| J Street Education Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $385,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fund for Global Human Rights | Washington, DC | $375,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Georgia Project Inc | Atlanta, GA | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nine Seven Two-Advancement of Citizen Journalism | Tel Aviv | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Protect Democracy Project | Washington, DC | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Notre Affaire a Tous | Paris | $360,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $360,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Civil Society Action Network Inc | Washington, DC | $355,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Crisis Group | Washington, DC | $352,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pen American Center Inc | New York, NY | $351,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Asociacion Civil Dialogos | Guatemala City | $350,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Washington Office on Latin America Inc | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wellbeing Economy Alliance | Barnstaple | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York Immigration Coalition Inc | New York, NY | $339,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $338,423 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cedenma | Quito | $335,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asia Society | New York, NY | $330,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (nimd) | Guatemala City | $330,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense | Novato, CA | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| European Council on Foreign Relations | London | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oxfam America Inc | Boston, MA | $325,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safety and Risk Mitigation Organization | London | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Third World Network-Africa | Accra | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc | Newton, MA | $325,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Win Without War Education Fund | Washington, DC | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center | Falmouth, MA | $325,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beijing Sheqi Social Organization Development and Promotion Center | Beijing, Haidian District | $320,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Slavko Curuvija Foundation | Belgrade | $320,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy | Washington, DC | $320,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mina's List Inc | Boston, MA | $317,160 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Council for Inclusive Governance | Newtown, PA | $315,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | $315,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Nations | New York, NY | $310,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Afghanistan Analysts Network | Berlin | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Broadway Advocacy Coalition Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chashama Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Civic Association Crta-Center for Research Transparency & Accountability | Belgrade | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cmi - Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation SR | Helsinki | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dialogue Earth | London | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emerald Cities Collaborative Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Financial Services Stakeholder Project Nfp | Chicago, IL | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation Lighthouse Reports | Utrecht | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Free Press | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Free Press | Florence, MA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Geneva Headquarters of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies | Geneva | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| George Washington University | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement | Tel Avivjaffa | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grassroots Jerusalem Ltd (cc) | Jerusalem | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Inclusive Development International | Asheville, NC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Instituto 25A | Guatemala City | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mzc Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Native American Rights Fund | Boulder, CO | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New York Communities Organizing Fund Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Power Shift Network | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Race Forward | New York, NY | $300,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sachamama | Pompano Beach, FL | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Stichting Foundation for International Law for the Environment | Amsterdam | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Niskanen Center Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Project on Middle East Democracy Inc | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Universidad Rafael Landivar | Guatemala City | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| We the People Mi | Detroit, MI | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fundacion Propaz (ong) | Guatemala City | $289,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Institute for Middle East Understanding | Tustin, CA | $285,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Inside Climate News | Brooklyn, NY | $283,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Opensecrets | Washington, DC | $281,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Katonah Museum of Art Inc | Katonah, NY | $280,180 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Res Foundation | Belgrade | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Youth Initiative for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Avocats Sans Frontieres Quebec | Quebec | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Responsive Politics | Washington, DC | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| European Council on Refugees and Exiles | Brussels | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Health Justice Initiative | Cape Town | $275,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sawa for Development and Aid | Beirut | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc | New York, NY | $272,500 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Campaign Legal Center Inc | Washington, DC | $272,018 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization | Edmonton | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stand | Bellingham, WA | $270,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Jewish Voice for Peace Inc | Berkeley, CA | $265,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United States Artists Inc | Chicago, IL | $260,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asociacion Centro Latinoamericano De Investigacion Periodistica | Nicoya | $255,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Consejo Nacional Anticorrupcion | Tegucigalpa | $255,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Urban Sustainability Directors Network | Washington, DC | $255,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Who Profits (ra) | Haifa | $255,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Asociacion Bufete Juridico De Derechos Humanos | Guatemala City | $253,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences | Brooklyn, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food & Water Watch | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humanitarian Law Center | Belgrade | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| International Renewable Energy Agency | Abu Dhabi | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Meliore | Brussels | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Millennial Action Project | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mozilla Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New England Aquarium Corporation | Boston, MA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Refugee Trauma Initiative Hellas - Civil Law Non-Profit Company | Thessaloniki | $250,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rise Education Fund | Sherman Oaks, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shenzhen Paradise International Foundation | Beijing | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
506 of 1,000 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
Plus 3 grants to individuals totalling $76,000 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
FOR ITS TRUST FOR CIVIC LIFE PROJECT - Tides Foundation
FOR ITS PROJECT, THE GREEN NEW DEAL NETWORK - Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
FOR ITS DEMOCRACY FRONTLINES FUND - Power Shift Africa
FOR ITS AFRICA CLIMATE ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - Ceres Inc
FOR ITS ACCELERATOR FOR SUSTAINABLE CAPITAL MARKETS - Potential Energy Coalition Inc
FOR ITS SCIENCE MOMS PROJECT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1,323 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 568 | $54.2M | $55,000 |
| 2022 | 606 | $61.2M | $75,000 |
| 2023 | 578 | $56.1M | $75,000 |
| 2024 | 645 | $60.4M | $60,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc has 788 of them, worth $88.0M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs | Beijing, Chaoyang District | $1,400,000 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $1,000,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | $650,000 |
| Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs | Beijing | $600,000 |
| Community Foundation of Greater Johnstown | Johnstown, PA | $500,000 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $500,000 |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | Boulder, CO | $500,000 |
| Beijing Chaoyang District Yongxu Global Environmental Institute | Beijing, Chaoyang District | $500,000 |
| Beijing Friends of Nature Charity Foundation | Beijing, Xicheng District | $500,000 |
| Beijing Chaoyang District Yongxu Global Environmental Institute | Beijing | $500,000 |
| Beijing Friends of Nature Charity Foundation | Beijing, Xicheng District | $500,000 |
| Latino Theater Company | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 |
| Multiplier | San Francisco, CA | $500,000 |
| Power Shift Africa | Nairobi | $500,000 |
| The New York Community Trust | New York, NY | $500,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 33% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $60,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 475 Riverside Drive 900, New York, NY, 10115. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 13-1760106 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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