News

Democratic Practice

Through RBF grantee the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development, the Global Observatory Project offers informed and accessible analysis and commentary.

News & Announcements
China

Hundreds of students, their families, teachers, and neighbors from Nanmen Primary School in Doumen, Guangdong Province, attended an educational workshop on community-based energy efficiency and sustainable development on November 13, 2009.

Publication
Culpeper Arts & Culture

Advancing the Civic and Political Participation of Immigrant Communities presents the rationale for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to focus more attention on advancing the civic and political engagement of New York immigrant communities.

Program Impact
RBF

The 990-PF form provides information on the RBF’s assets, liabilities, revenues, charitable distributions, operating and administrative expenses,excise tax computations, and compensation of officers, trustees or directors.

Sustainable Development

On October 24, 2009, thousands of ordinary citizens around the globe united for an international Day of Action on climate change.

News & Announcements
Western Balkans

On October 2, 2009, citizens from across Belgrade gathered in Pioneers Park to protest growing human rights violations, violence, murder, and safety threats in Serbian society.

Publication
RBF

The RBF is proud to announce it's exhibit featuring: China's Great Wall: The Forgotten Story, by photographer Jonathan Ball and historian David Spindler; and a series of driftwood sculptures based on the great tradition of Chinese scholars rocks by Robert Oxnam.

News & Announcements

With the conclusion of the Charles E. Culpeper Human Advancement program, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund decided to conduct an assessment of its work in South Africa, which was largely housed under Human Advancement.

Program Impact
RBF

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).

Ideas
Sustainable Development

Four youth from RBF grantee Global Kids were part of a delegation of 13 young people selected by UNICEF to participate in the opening and closing sessions of the High Level Summit on Climate Change held in New York City this week.

News & Announcements