The Rockefeller Family Fund's staff of issue experts and strategists work across three program areas to develop and implement initiatives and make grants in partnership with national and state-based organizations, leaders, experts, and other funders.
We are directly and publicly fighting to slow the production of oil and gas and hold the industry accountable for climate damages.
We help research, develop and test strategies to build and sustain a multiracial democracy in the United States.
We are making a family-friendly economic agenda a reality by supporting a diverse coalition of women.
The Rockefeller Family Fund mourns the recent passing of Anne Bartley, who served on the board of RFF for more than twenty years, including three as its board chair. In a retrospective prepared for the 50th anniversary of the RFF, Anne said she was heavily influenced by her board service with RFF and its founding director Robert Scrivner. “RFF was innovative, entrepreneurial, and...
Across the country, communities are crossing political divides and uniting against the oil and gas industry. The Funder Collaborative’s new series in the Stanford Social Innovation Review shares stories of those who are fighting to hold the industry accountable, ideas for how we can nurture this growing social movement, and insights for repairing our civic life.
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Earlier this week, suit was filed against seven oil and gas companies for their responsibility in the wrongful death of Juliana Leon. The claim, brought by Ms. Leon's daughter with support from RFF grantee, the Center for Climate Integrity, alleges that the oil and gas companies failed to warn the public of the dangers of the planet-warming emissions produced by their products.
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