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This report examines the case of community organizing for educational equity and school improvement in New York City, represented by a network of neighborhood and citywide collaboratives. These collaboratives are engaging nonprofit organizations in low-income communities of color to become advocates, policy initiators, watchdogs, and civic constituents for school change.

The Form 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.

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.