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RBF president, Stephen Heintz, presents "The Democracy Crisis" at the Alliance for Children and Families' 2006 National Conference in St. Louis.

The 2005 Audited Financial Statement presents the financial position of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund as of December 31, 2005 and 2004.

Earth is running a fever. We have measured it. We know the cause: the carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases that we are pumping into the atmosphere. We also know if nothing changes, Earth's fever will continue to rise and things will get much worse. And yet there is a cure; in fact, there is an array of real and executable remedies.  Read more

The Japanese Garden on the hillside southwest of Kykuit was first designed during a time when there was great interest in the East, as well as a tremendous influx of new botanical material, especially from Asia, inviting experimentation in garden design.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund's annual Statistical Review provides information on the Fund's investment performance and rate of spending, as well as an overview of program spending, grantmaking, Pocantico activities, human resources data, and an analysis of program spending.

RBF president, Stephen Heintz, discusses "The Role of NGOs in Modern Societies and Increasingly Interdependent World" at the Annual Conference of the Institute for Civil Society Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, China.

The Proxy Voting Guidelines are a core component of the RBF approach to responsible investing. The RBF has developed the Guidelines with the understanding that the voting rights that come with common stock ownership are economic assets of the foundation.

Stephen Heintz, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, speaks at the New America Foundation's forum, "Terrorism, Security and America's Purpose: Towards a More Comprehensive Strategy" in Washington, D.C.

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.

Stephen Heintz, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, speaks at the Jewish Funders Network 2005 Annual Conference in Baltimore, April 5.