How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Lexi Fisher
475 Riverside Drive Suite 900
New York, NY 10115
(212) 812-4300
[email protected] - Form and materials
- The david rockefeller fund website states 1-2 page letter of intent should be submitted to [email protected]
- Deadlines
- The david rockefeller fund accepts unsolicited requests on a rolling basis.
- Restrictions
- The david rockefeller fund only accepts unsolicited requests that fit its three key program areas (arts, justice and climate)
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$3,279,650
- Grants listed
- 83
- Assets, end of year
- $65,358,301
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Tax year 2023
$4,262,391
- Grants listed
- 82
- Assets, end of year
- $63,250,282
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Tax year 2022
$4,826,000
- Grants listed
- 94
- Assets, end of year
- $59,951,339
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Tax year 2021
$4,491,750
- Grants listed
- 85
- Assets, end of year
- $76,948,270
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Tax year 2020
$10,752,105
- Grants listed
- 154
- Assets, end of year
- $66,044,643
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return.
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Georgia Alliance Education FundAtlanta, GA
To support a statewide coalition of community organizing and civic engagement initiatives in georgia.
$250,000 -
Private Equity Stakeholder ProjectChicago, IL
To monitor and draw attention to private equity investments in fossil fuel assets.
$150,000 -
Action for Safety and JusticeOakland, CA
To educate the public on public safety solutions for reducing mass criminalization and incarceration.
$100,000 -
Croatan InstituteDurham, NC
For rural beacon initiative's free union farm regenerative sustainability hub and seed sanctuary project.
$100,000 -
IlluminativeWashington, DC
Illuminative's native artists and storytellers fund
$100,000 -
League of Conservation VotersWashington, DC
To support the chispa program's efforts to advance climate solutions and environmental justice.
$100,000 -
Michigan Civic Action FundMadison HTS, MI
To provide education about civic engagement opportunities and public policy issues in michigan, and provide technical assistance infrastructure for state-based movement partner organizations.
$100,000 -
The Years ProjectBrooklyn, NY
To produce multi-media digital communications in collaboration with the beyond petrochemicals campaign.
$80,000 -
Windward FundWashington, DC
Hive fund for climate and gender justice - invests in the expertise and long-term success of organizations building power to address intersecting climate, gender, and racial justice crises.
$80,000 -
Center for Artistic ActivismLeeds, NY
Unstoppable voters a training and mentoring program that educates artists and activists on research-based tools to design and implement effective civic engagement creative campaigns.
$75,000 -
Climate Emergency AdvocatesBoston, MA
To support strategic communications and digital media campaigns to advance climate advocacy for renewable energy solutions.
$75,000 -
Global ImpactWashington, DC
Galaxy gives' galaxy leader fellowship project - support for directly-impacted, visionary leaders working to end mass incarceration in the united states.
$75,000 -
Latino Community FoundationSan Francisco, CA
Poderarte - participatory grantmaking initiative supporting the use of art and culture strategies to increase public awareness, civic engagement, and social justice.
$75,000 -
Progressive Multiplier Action FundWashington, DC
To support nonprofit voter engagement and climate justice groups in the implementation of independent, scalable revenue generation techniques.
$75,000 -
Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA
Formerly incarcerated, convicted people and families movement - national network of civil and human rights organizations working to end mass incarceration.
$75,000 -
Tides AdvocacyW Hollywood, CA
Resilient democracy action fund - effort to build the technological capacity of civic engagement organizations.
$75,000 -
Uscan (US Climate Action Network)Washington, DC
To support climate and environmental organizations engaged in local, national, and global climate policy advocacy toward a just transition and related civic engagement.
$75,000 -
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA
The movement institute - a platform to scale technological and inter-organizational infrastructure in support of movement groups.
$70,000 -
A Blade of GrassLong Island City, NY
To facilitate a learning community of funders supporting socially engaged art.
$50,000 -
A Climate to ThriveMount Desert, ME
To engage in knowlege sharing and collaboration to advance community-owned micro-grid infrastructure projects.
$50,000 -
Brooklyn Arts ExchangeBrooklyn, NY
To expand and replicate the emergenyc incubator and support network for emerging artist-activists.
$50,000 -
Business Capacity Development AllianceBrooklyn, NY
For canary impact participatory grantmaking committee.
$50,000 -
Casa IncHyattsville, MD
To provide education on climate justice issues in pennsylvania.
$50,000 -
Commission ShiftLaredo, TX
To support education and research on oil and gas regulatory compliance aimed at ensuring the railroad commission of texas is responsive to its mandate in a changing energy landscape.
$50,000 -
DreamorgOakland, CA
Empathy network - provide issue education to state and federal policymakers with the goal of bringing about powerful changes to the justice system.
$50,000 -
Fair CountAtlanta, GA
To build civic power for an equitable electorate and climate movement in the state of georgia.
$50,000 -
ImpactassetsBethesda, MD
To support the upstart co-lab inclusive creative economy strategy, the first ever national impact investing vehicle to support creative industries within the united states.
$50,000 -
LuchaPhoenix, AZ
To educate communities in arizona about local economic and social issues.
$50,000 -
New Left AcceleratorAlameda, CA
Empower & protect arizona - an equity-informed capacity-building program providing technical assistance to arizona-based organizations engaged in power-building work.
$50,000 -
Nextgen Education FundSan Francisco, CA
To educate, empower, and encourage civic engagement and community leadership among young adults and cultivate youth organizing in support of climate justice.
$50,000 -
One for DemocracyNew York, NY
To strengthen the infrastructure needed for democracy, and ultimately communities, to thrive.
$50,000 -
PoderPhoenix, AZ
To educate arizona communities about civic engagement and opportunities to advance their health and safety at the local and state level.
$50,000 -
Protect Our WintersBoulder, CO
To mobilize the outdoor sport enthusiast community to take action in support of climate and clean energy solutions.
$50,000 -
RestoreherFayetteville, GA
National network advocating for improved conditions of confinement and justice system transformation in the u.s. South and beyond.
$50,000 -
State Democracy ProjectBrooklyn, NY
For organized power in numbers project's efforts to engage in knowlege sharing and collaboration to advance community-owned micro-grid infrastructure projects.
$50,000 -
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA
Mass liberation fund - training and support to organizations working to advance decarceration nationwide.
$50,000 -
Urban Bush WomenBrooklyn, NY
To promote dance programming that deepens and expands community organizing.
$50,000 -
Movement Strategy CenterOakland, CA
Equitable intermediary project - building the capacity of equity-focused fiscal sponsors to provide effective services to sponsored organizations that are working to accelerate a just transition and address racial, gender, economic, and environmental inequities.
$40,000 -
Momentum CommunityLong Beach, CA
To support relationship-building and collaboration among leaders working at the intersections of the climate, justice, labor, democracy, and racial justice movements.
$27,500 -
Confluence PhilanthropyNew York, NY
To support educational programming for foundations and other values-aligned investors, and the transparency compact's efforts to cultivate more transparent sector-wide practices for investing in decarbonization and climate solutions.
$25,500 -
Abbe MuseumBar Harbor, ME
To plan for the sustainability and reach of the dawnland festival of arts & ideas, an initiative dedicated to catalyzing deeper understanding of how indigenous worldviews can offer solutions for the most pressing issues of our time.
$25,000 -
Center for Cultural PowerOakland, CA
To engage young people in movements using arts and culture for social justice at the national, state, and local levels.
$25,000 -
Climate Emergency AdvocatesBoston, MA
To support strategic communications and digital media campaigns to advance climate advocacy for renewable energy solutions.
$25,000 -
Common Defense Education FundNew York, NY
Veterans for climate justice a national campaign of u.s. Military veterans working to raise public awareness of the climate crisis and build public support for clean renewable energy.
$25,000 -
In Our Backyards (ioby)Brooklyn, NY
To support ioby's leadership transition and strategic planning initiatives.
$25,000 -
Texas Prisons Community Advocates IncFulton, TX
To support texas prisons community advocates' learning and collaboration with hadanou collective via its intensive boot camp program for nonprofit leaders.
$25,000 -
The Hadanou CollectiveDenver, CO
To support the full costs of texas prisons community advocates' participation in the hadanou collective's boot camp program.
$25,000 -
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA
The movement institute - a platform to scale technological and inter-organizational infrastructure in support of movement groups.
$25,000 -
Center for Justice and Human DignityTempe, AZ
To support collaborative efforts to improve conditions of confinement in correctional facilities and foster correctional cultures that advance human dignity.
$20,000 -
ConnectiveHouston, TX
To support hurricane beryl disaster recovery response and long-term resilience efforts in the greater houston, texas area.
$20,000 -
LOOK2JUSTICETacoma, WA
To engage in collaborative effforts to address the complex trauma, justice, and healing needs within communities affected by violence and mass incarceration through events that advance restorative justice approaches.
$20,000 -
RVC SeattleSeattle, WA
Collective justice - supporting efforts to engage in collaborative effforts to address the complex trauma, justice, and healing needs within communities affected by violence and mass incarceration through events that advance restorative justice approaches.
$20,000 -
StartempowermentAustin, TX
To support the development of a climate and environmental justice educational curriculum tailored to the lived experiences of frontline youth communities in texas.
$20,000 -
Texas Campaign for the Environment FundAustin, TX
To support the facilitation of the texas environmental justice, energy, and democracy coalition.
$20,000 -
Uscan (US Climate Action Network)Washington, DC
To support climate and environmental organizations engaged in local, national, and global climate policy advocacy toward a just transition and related civic engagement.
$20,000 -
PoderPhoenix, AZ
To educate arizona communities about civic engagement and opportunities to advance their health and safety at the local and state level.
$18,000 -
Broadway Advocacy CoalitionNew York, NY
To support collaborations with justice-focused advocacy organizations participating in the theater of change program.
$15,000 -
Brooklyn Arts ExchangeBrooklyn, NY
To support brooklyn arts exchange's organizational leadership transition.
$15,000 -
New World FoundationNew York, NY
Eclipse fund project - multi-issue learning and funding community supporting education on environmental, economic, racial justice, and democracy issues.
$15,000 -
New World FoundationNew York, NY
Eclipse fund project - multi-issue learning and funding community supporting education on environmental, economic, racial justice, and democracy issues.
$15,000 -
Center for Justice at Columbia UniversityNew York, NY
To support collaborative efforts to strengthen ties between academics, social work practitioners, advocates, and directly impacted communities to improve the conditions faced by incarcerated women and end solitary confinement.
$10,000 -
National Religious Campaign Against TortureWashington, DC
Social workers and allies against solitary confinement - engaging in collaborative efforts to strengthen ties between academics, social work practitioners, advocates, and directly impacted communities to improve the conditions faced by incarcerated women and end solitary confinement.
$10,000 -
People's Theatre ProjectNew York, NY
To support collaborative efforts to inform new york city's cultural advocacy priorities.
$10,000 -
Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA
National alianza for opportunity - supporting the implementation of the alianza's newly developed strategic plan, which strengthens its infrastructure, fundraising, communications, community engagement, and research capabilities.
$10,000 -
The Gathering for JusticeNew York, NY
General operating support for an organization working to conduct intersectional cultural organizing and advocacy toward justice system transformation while it undergoes an executive leadership transition.
$7,500 -
Environmental Grantmakers AssociationNew York, NY
Membership association of foundations and giving programs that promotes effective environmental philanthropy.
$7,000 -
Grantmakers in the ArtsNew York, NY
To provide operating support for network of donors committed to effective arts philanthropy.
$5,000 -
Racial Justice NowSilver Spring, MD
To sustain the organization's ongoing community organizing efforts during its executive director's sabbatical.
$5,000 -
RestoreherFayetteville, GA
Program symposium and retreat.
$5,000 -
Tamizdat Project IncAstoria, NY
To support educational expenses of students displaced by war or repression in their home countries that are pursuing college studies within the united states.
$5,000 -
Wayfarer FoundationWilmette, IL
To support travel expenses for a convening of nonprofit leaders centering ceremony, community, and capacity building.
$5,000 -
Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA
Funders for justice - membership association of donors committed to criminal legal system transformation.
$2,500 -
University of OrangeOrange, NJ
To support the root shock 20 convening of community members, artists, and community organizers.
$2,500 -
Puerto Rican Folkloric DanceAustin, TX
Staff matching grant to be used for general operating support.
$2,000 -
In Our Backyards (ioby)Brooklyn, NY
Staff matching grant to be used for hike the heights project.
$500 -
Montclair Early Childhood CorporationMontclair, NJ
Staff matching grant to be used for lulu's fund.
$300 -
Amalgamated Charitable FoundationWashington, DC
Staff matching grant to be used for organizing resilience project's maui just recovery fund.
$250 -
Center for Disaster PhilanthropyWashington, DC
Staff matching grant to be used for israel and gaza relief & recovery fund.
$250 -
Naral Pro-Choice America FoundationWashington, DC
Staff matching grant to be used for general operating support.
$250 -
Montclair Early Childhood CorporationMontclair, NJ
Staff matching grant to be used for lulu's fund.
$200 -
Puerto Rican Folkloric DanceAustin, TX
Staff matching grant to be used for general operating support.
$200 -
AllgoAustin, TX
Staff matching grant to be used for general operating support.
$100 -
Pancreatic Cancer Action NetworkEl Segundo, CA
Staff matching gift to be used toward purplestride program.
$100
Approved for future payment
Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.
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Action for Safety and JusticeOakland, CA
To educate the public on public safety solutions for reducing mass criminalization and incarceration.
$100,000 -
Formerly Incarcerated Convicted People and Families Movement IncWindermere, FL
Supporting a national network of civil and human rights organizations working to end mass incarceration.
$75,000 -
Global ImpactWashington, DC
Galaxy gives' galaxy leader fellowship project - support for directly-impacted, visionary leaders working to end mass incarceration in the united states.
$75,000 -
Progressive Multiplier Action FundWashington, DC
To support nonprofit voter engagement and climate justice groups in the implementation of independent, scalable revenue generation techniques.
$75,000 -
Uscan (US Climate Action Network)Washington, DC
To support climate and environmental organizations engaged in local, national, and global climate policy advocacy toward a just transition and related civic engagement.
$75,000 -
Uscan (US Climate Action Network)Washington, DC
To support climate and environmental organizations engaged in local, national, and global climate policy advocacy toward a just transition and related civic engagement.
$75,000 -
Brooklyn Arts ExchangeBrooklyn, NY
To expand and replicate the emergenyc incubator and support network for emerging artist-activists.
$50,000 -
Business Capacity Development AllianceBrooklyn, NY
For canary impact participatory grantmaking committee.
$50,000 -
Business Capacity Development AllianceBrooklyn, NY
For canary impact participatory grantmaking committee.
$50,000 -
Business Capacity Development AllianceBrooklyn, NY
For canary impact participatory grantmaking committee.
$50,000 -
Business Capacity Development AllianceBrooklyn, NY
For canary impact participatory grantmaking committee.
$50,000 -
Center for Artistic ActivismLeeds, NY
Unstoppable voters a training and mentoring program that educates artists and activists on research-based tools to design and implement effective civic engagement creative campaigns.
$50,000 -
Climate Emergency AdvocatesBoston, MA
To support strategic communications and digital media campaigns to advance climate advocacy for renewable energy solutions.
$50,000 -
Croatan InstituteDurham, NC
For rural beacon initiative's free union farm regenerative sustainability hub and seed sanctuary project.
$50,000 -
Croatan InstituteDurham, NC
For rural beacon initiative's free union farm regenerative sustainability hub and seed sanctuary project.
$50,000 -
Croatan InstituteDurham, NC
For rural beacon initiative's free union farm regenerative sustainability hub and seed sanctuary project.
$50,000 -
LuchaPhoenix, AZ
To educate communities in arizona about local economic and social issues.
$50,000 -
New Left AcceleratorAlameda, CA
Empower & protect arizona -- an equity-informed capacity-building program providing technical assistance to arizona-based organizations engaged in power-building work.
$50,000 -
Nextgen Education FundSan Francisco, CA
To educate, empower, and encourage civic engagement and community leadership among young adults and cultivate youth organizing in support of climate justice.
$50,000 -
PoderPhoenix, AZ
To educate arizona communities about civic engagement and opportunities to advance their health and safety at the local and state level.
$50,000 -
RestoreherFayetteville, GA
National network advocating for improved conditions of confinement and justice system transformation in the u.s. South and beyond.
$50,000 -
RestoreherFayetteville, GA
National network advocating for improved conditions of confinement and justice system transformation in the u.s. South and beyond.
$50,000 -
Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA
Mass liberation fund - training and support to organizations working to advance decarceration nationwide.
$50,000 -
Urban Bush WomenBrooklyn, NY
To promote dance programming that deepens and expands community organizing.
$50,000 -
Common Defense Education FundNew York, NY
Veterans for climate justice a national campaign of u.s. Military veterans working to raise public awareness of the climate crisis and build public support for clean renewable energy.
$25,000 -
Texas Campaign for the Environment FundAustin, TX
To support the facilitation of the texas environmental justice, energy, and democracy coalition.
$20,000 -
Texas Campaign for the Environment FundAustin, TX
To support the facilitation of the texas environmental justice, energy, and democracy coalition.
$20,000 -
Texas Campaign for the Environment FundAustin, TX
To support the facilitation of the texas environmental justice, energy, and democracy coalition.
$20,000 -
Texas Campaign for the Environment FundAustin, TX
To support the facilitation of the texas environmental justice, energy, and democracy coalition.
$20,000 -
Grantmakers in the ArtsNew York, NY
To provide operating support for network of donors committed to effective arts philanthropy.
$5,000 -
Grantmakers in the ArtsNew York, NY
To provide operating support for network of donors committed to effective arts philanthropy.
$5,000 -
Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA
Funders for justice - membership association of donors committed to criminal legal system transformation.
$2,500 -
Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA
Funders for justice - membership association of donors committed to criminal legal system transformation.
$2,500
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Environment12 grants $574,50023% of the total
- Civil rights9 grants $403,10016% of the total
- Community development6 grants $312,50013% of the total
- Education5 grants $303,00012% of the total
- Philanthropy and grantmaking10 grants $295,75012% of the total
- Human services4 grants $197,5008% of the total
- 8 other causes16 grants $367,55015% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- California16 grants $725,100
- New York22 grants $635,500
- District of Columbia10 grants $460,750
- Georgia4 grants $355,000
- Illinois2 grants $155,000
- Arizona4 grants $138,000
- Texas8 grants $137,300
- Maryland3 grants $105,000
- Massachusetts2 grants $100,000
- Michigan1 grant $100,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Jamie BennettDIRECTOR Hours 2.5Pay $2,000
- Chris LindstromDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- Mindy FulliloveDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $2,000
- Kaytura FelixDIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $2,000
- Adam GrowaldDIRECTOR Hours 1.5Pay $0
- Christine HeenanDIRECTOR Hours 1.5Pay $2,000
- Michael LambertDIRECTOR Hours 1.5Pay $0
- Max MillerDIRECTOR Hours 1.5Pay $0
- Michael QuattroneDIRECTOR Hours 2.5Pay $0
- Ariana RockefellerDIRECTOR Hours 1.5Pay $0
- Clay RockefellerDIRECTOR Hours 3Pay $0
- Susan RockefellerDIRECTOR Hours 1.5Pay $0
- Camilla RockefellerDIRECTOR/CHAIR Hours 2Pay $0
- Neva GoodwinDIRECTOR Hours 1.5Pay $0
- Tamara LarsenDIRECTOR (FROM 1/1/2024) Hours 2Pay $2,000
- Lourdes RodriguezCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Hours 40Pay $234,000
- Lexi FisherSECRETARY/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Hours 40Pay $176,392
- Leah D'angeloTREASURER Hours 1Pay $5,882
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