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The Rockefeller Foundation for the 21st Century


*A Half Century of Voices & Visions* THE BELLAGIO CENTER TURNS 50

     Globalization is the major trend of our time, the foremost driver of change in the world today, with consequences both beneficial and burdensome.
     The Rockefeller Foundation attempts to harness the creative forces of globalization, supporting breakthrough solutions to 21st century challenges. This is smart globalization: ensuring that the opportunities unleashed by globalization are accessible to more people, more fully, in more places — and that poor and vulnerable people are equipped to seize them.
     We broker partnerships, helping people and institutions with diverse perspectives unite in meaningful, collaborative alliances.
     We nurture innovation, ideas that change the way we approach problems and resolutions.
     We develop and support fresh policy ideas, new products and services, and better research data to help inform and influence public discourse.
     And in everything the Rockefeller Foundation does, we maintain a singular focus on impact — enabling individuals, institutions, and communities to build better lives and futures. Learn more

Rockefeller Foundation Activities

Transforming Health Systems -Press release; Remarks
RF in Africa; Recent activities

Damaris Reyes, Richard Kahan Awarded
2009 Jane Jacobs Medals
June 24, 2009; Press release

Transforming our Transportation System
Remarks by Judith Rodin

RF, InnoCentive Renew Partnership
June 23, 2009; Press release; RF/Innocentive page

The Lancet to Assess Asian Public Health
June 12, 2009; Press release

Now Is No Time to Skimp on Retirement Plans
June 5, 2009, WSJ op-ed by Janice M. Nittoli

Interview with Dr Ariel Pablos-Mendez
Global Health Council Conference in Washington

Climate Change Adaptation Emerges as Key
May 26 2009; Yale Environment 360
The Rockefeller plan is aimed at a major adaptation issue: poorer nations may well be hit hardest.

Speech transcript: Judith Rodin
Innovation--Not Just a Product, a Process
We now have tools that revolutionize how knowledge is produced and shared. Stanford Social Innovation Review

Eliminating Gender Disparities in Africa
With the support of the Foundation, FAWE was launched in 1992.
Philanthropy New York; by Rachel Christmas Derrick

When the Markets Thaw
Beyond Profit by Antony Bugg-Levine; Impact Investing

Asian Cities to Prepare for Climate Change
Press release; ACCCRN home; speech transcript