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The Peacebuilding program team took inspiration from a wide range of peacebuilders. Some are internationally acclaimed figures, others are the less well-known but equally inspiring partners whom the Peacebuilding staff is privileged to work with and learn from.

The RBF will allocate additional $48 million over five years to advance racial justice, democracy, and equitable low-carbon capitalism.

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship, co-chaired by Rockefeller Brothers Fund President Stephen Heintz, launched its final report with recommendations to reinvent U.S. democracy to be more representative, responsive, and effective.

The killing of George Floyd is the latest painful chapter in a brutal history America too often tries to dismiss and for too long has failed to overcome. We must act together to protect our common humanity.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund turned its back on the source of family wealth—and reaped the returns.

Corporate Knights magazine celebrates companies that catalyzed green solutions in the 50 years since the first Earth Day.

A collection of resources, including details on the U.S. CARES Act, tailored specifically to nonprofits navigating the crisis.

As part of the RBF's efforts to better align our investment practices with our mission, we have set a goal to invest 25 percent of our endowment with firms majority-owned by people of color and women.

We at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund are leveraging our resources to the fullest extent possible to support these efforts to respond to the health, social, and economic impacts of the coronavirus spread in our community and around the world. We urge other funders—and all others who are able—to join us in supporting nonprofits who are rising to the occasion during this once-in-a-generation crisis.

The movement leaders we met with emphasized the need for long-term investment in a vision of a post-patriarchal, pluralistic democracy to advance the goals of economic, racial, and environmental justice.