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Stephen Heintz, president of the RBF, delivered this year's lecture as part of Adelphi University's Hagedorn Lecture Series on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

The Campaign Legal Center, Inc., the League of Women Voters, and Americans for Redistricting Reform released a "Statement of Essential Principles on Redistricting" in August.

The 2008 Audited Financial Statement presents the financial position of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund as of December 31, 2008 and 2007.

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.

How are campaign dollars from the banking industry or energy sectors affecting decisions made in Congress?

Current and former Rockefeller Brothers Fund grantees, Ma Jun of The ADM Capital Foundation Limited and Yu Xiaogang of Yunnan Participatory Watershed Management Research and Promotion Center, have been granted the 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Award for their human development work in Asia.

RBF grantee Center for Public Integrity was recently awarded a prestigious Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism.

Edwin Rekosh, human rights lawyer and founder and executive director of the Public Interest Law Institute (PILI), an RBF grantee, is this year's recipient of the International Human Rights Award from the American Bar Association Section of Litigation.

The Connect U.S. Fund, a project of RBF grantee Tides Foundation, has been featured in The Chronicle of Philanthropy for fostering engagement among foundations that advocate a progressive, internationally cooperative American foreign policy agenda.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), in collaboration with Cave Canem Foundation, has selected by lottery Cave Canem fellow Christopher Stackhouse to receive a residency at the historic Marcel Breuer House at the Pocantico Center.