Fours black female dancers in shiny spandex put on a show for an outdoor audience.

Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk, courtesy of The Shed.

Ebony Noelle Golden performs as part of The Shed's Open Call, a large-scale commissioning program for emerging NYC-based artists.

News

Sep 9, 2009

Democratic Practice

The Fund Releases Youth Civic Engagement Report

In July 2008, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund undertook a review of its youth civic engagement grantmaking with the help of two consultants, Brigette Rouson and Hilary Binder-Aviles, from Mosaica: The Center for Nonprofit Development and Pluralism.

Program Impact

Mar 2, 2007

Culpeper Arts & Culture

Making a Difference: Collaborative Organizing for School Improvement in New York City

This report examines the case of community organizing for educational equity and school improvement in New York City, represented by a network of neighborhood and citywide collaboratives. These collaboratives are engaging nonprofit organizations in low-income communities of color to become advocates, policy initiators, watchdogs, and civic constituents for school change.

Program Impact

Jul 25, 2005

RBF

2005 Grantee Perception Report

In the fall of 2004, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund decided it was time to hear in depth from the grantee community—to systematically gather data about grantee perceptions of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) and their experiences working with us. To ensure objectivity, we engaged the Center for Effective Philanthropy to conduct confidential third-party surveys of our current grantees.

Program Impact

Jun 8, 2001

A Frog, A Wooden House, A Stream and A Trail: Ten Years of Community Revitalization in Central Europe

A report by Roberta Brandes Gratz for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in cooperation with the Conservation fund.

Program Impact