Limit Climate Change & Hold Polluters Accountable
We are directly and publicly fighting to slow the production of oil and gas and hold the industry accountable for climate damages.
A Generational Vision to Tackle our Biggest Challenges
Who We Are
The Rockefeller Family Fund's staff of issue experts and strategists work across three program areas to develop and implement initiatives and make grants in partnership with national and state-based organizations, leaders, experts, and other funders.
Build & Sustain Multiracial Democracy in the United States
We help research, develop and test strategies to build and sustain a multiracial democracy in the United States.
Achieve Economic Equity for Women
We are making a family-friendly economic agenda a reality by supporting a diverse coalition of women.
RFF works at multiple levels to drive social change – identifying necessary transformative steps, galvanizing the right organizations and individuals to lead, providing seed funding, working as strategic partners, and recruiting other funders and allies to help our efforts grow.
News & Updates
Climate
From Veto to Victory: RENEW Act Becomes Law in Maryland
Climate Accountability InitiativeOn December 16, the Maryland legislature voted to override the veto of the Responding to Emergency Needs from Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act, making it law. Just days earlier, Governor Moore signaled a shift from veto to full-fledged support when he announced that he would advance 270,000ドル to jump-start the study. The law authorizes state agencies to assess the costs that climate change has...
Democracy
Hahrie Han, DPI Partner and Collaborator, receives MacArthur Genius Grant
Hahrie Han, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins University and longtime collaborator of the Democracy and Power Innovation Fund, has been named one of 22 recipients of a 2025 MacArthur Fellowship, among the nation's most prestigious and significant recognitions.
Over the past 20 years, Hahrie has led groundbreaking research to demonstrate that base-building organizing provides the...
Climate
Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas Launches Six-Part Series in the Stanford Social Innovation Review
Funder Collaborative on Oil and GasAcross the country, communities are crossing political divides and uniting against the oil and gas industry. The Funder Collaborative’s new series in the Stanford Social Innovation Review shares stories of those who are fighting to hold the industry accountable, ideas for how we can nurture this growing social movement, and insights for repairing our civic life.
The first...