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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) announced it would award its annual Pocantico Prize for Visual Artists to Chie Fueki. Drawing on her experience as a Japanese-born artist growing up in Brazil and later practicing in the United States, Fueki’s work embraces the visual language of these three distinct cultures. 

A statement from leading impact investing foundations on the defections of several major financial institutions from Climate Action 100+

Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Janai Nelson, Robin Strawbridge, and Henry Timms have been elected to the RBF's Board of Trustees.

On this episode of Haptic and Hue, Katrina London discusses Jacqueline de la Baume Durrbach's 20 year journey weaving Picasso's paintings into tapestries, which now hang at Kykuit. 

The program will retire its strategy focused on indigenous philanthropy and add a new strategy to build the capacity of Chinese partners in support of China’s constructive role in global climate and environmental governance. 

Together with the RBF Investment Committee and our OCIO, Agility, we shared the first  assessment of our ESG and impact managers in 2018 and provided updates in 2021. In 2023, we expanded our efforts to measure the nonfinancial returns of ESG and impact investment portfolios. 

The Trust will support local efforts that bring residents together to solve the challenges they decide are most critical for their community to thrive. 

Twenty foundations are speeding grants to protect voting and elections. 

In the context of the National Day of Racial Healing, the RBF pauses to reflect on the journey toward anti-racism and anti-sexism to which we committed in 2020. 

A key component of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund's commitment to transparency is regularly participating in the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) Grantee Perception Report and publishing the results.