How to apply
The david rockefeller fund website states 1-2 page letter of intent should be submitted to loi@drfund.org Contact: Lexi Fisher, 475 Riverside Drive Suite 900, New York, Ny, 2128124300, LOI@DRFUND.ORG Deadlines: The david rockefeller fund accepts unsolicited requests on a rolling basis. Restrictions: The david rockefeller fund only accepts unsolicited requests that fit its three key program areas (arts, justice and climate)
Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2024 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.
Grants paid in 2024
Top 60 of 83 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV. Part XV itemizes $3.3M; Part I reports $3.7M in contributions paid
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Alliance Education FundAtlanta, GA | To support a statewide coalition of community organizing and civic engagement initiatives in georgia. | $250K |
| Private Equity Stakeholder ProjectChicago, IL | To monitor and draw attention to private equity investments in fossil fuel assets. | $150K |
| Action for Safety and JusticeSacramento, CA | To educate the public on public safety solutions for reducing mass criminalization and incarceration. | $100K |
| Croatan InstituteDurham, NC | For rural beacon initiative's free union farm regenerative sustainability hub and seed sanctuary project. | $100K |
| IlluminativeWashington, DC | Illuminative's native artists and storytellers fund | $100K |
| League of Conservation VotersWashington, DC | To support the chispa program's efforts to advance climate solutions and environmental justice. | $100K |
| Michigan Civic Action FundMadison Heights, MI | To provide education about civic engagement opportunities and public policy issues in michigan, and provide technical assistance infrastruc… | $100K |
| The Years ProjectBrooklyn, NY | To produce multi-media digital communications in collaboration with the beyond petrochemicals campaign. | $80K |
| Windward FundWashington, DC | Hive fund for climate and gender justice - invests in the expertise and long-term success of organizations building power to address inters… | $80K |
| Center for Artistic ActivismLeeds, NY | Unstoppable voters a training and mentoring program that educates artists and activists on research-based tools to design and implement eff… | $75K |
| Climate Emergency AdvocatesCharlestown, MA | To support strategic communications and digital media campaigns to advance climate advocacy for renewable energy solutions. | $75K |
| Global ImpactAlexandria, VA | Galaxy gives' galaxy leader fellowship project - support for directly-impacted, visionary leaders working to end mass incarceration in the… | $75K |
| Latino Community FoundationSan Francisco, CA | Poderarte - participatory grantmaking initiative supporting the use of art and culture strategies to increase public awareness, civic engag… | $75K |
| Progressive Multiplier Action FundWashington, DC | To support nonprofit voter engagement and climate justice groups in the implementation of independent, scalable revenue generation techniqu… | $75K |
| Social and Environmental EntrepreneursCalabasas, CA | Formerly incarcerated, convicted people and families movement - national network of civil and human rights organizations working to end mas… | $75K |
| Tides AdvocacySan Francisco, CA | Resilient democracy action fund - effort to build the technological capacity of civic engagement organizations. | $75K |
| Uscan (US Climate Action Network)Washington, DC | To support climate and environmental organizations engaged in local, national, and global climate policy advocacy toward a just transition… | $75K |
| Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA | The movement institute - a platform to scale technological and inter-organizational infrastructure in support of movement groups. | $70K |
| A Blade of GrassLong Island City, NY | To facilitate a learning community of funders supporting socially engaged art. | $50K |
| A Climate to ThriveMount Desert, ME | To engage in knowlege sharing and collaboration to advance community-owned micro-grid infrastructure projects. | $50K |
| Brooklyn Arts ExchangeBrooklyn, NY | To expand and replicate the emergenyc incubator and support network for emerging artist-activists. | $50K |
| Business Capacity Development AllianceBrooklyn, NY | For canary impact participatory grantmaking committee. | $50K |
| CASA IncHyattsville, MD | To provide education on climate justice issues in pennsylvania. | $50K |
| Commission ShiftLaredo, TX | To support education and research on oil and gas regulatory compliance aimed at ensuring the railroad commission of texas is responsive to… | $50K |
| DreamorgOakland, CA | Empathy network - provide issue education to state and federal policymakers with the goal of bringing about powerful changes to the justice… | $50K |
| Fair CountAtlanta, GA | To build civic power for an equitable electorate and climate movement in the state of georgia. | $50K |
| ImpactassetsBethesda, MD | To support the upstart co-lab inclusive creative economy strategy, the first ever national impact investing vehicle to support creative ind… | $50K |
| LuchaPhoenix, AZ | To educate communities in arizona about local economic and social issues. | $50K |
| New Left AcceleratorAlameda, CA | Empower & protect arizona - an equity-informed capacity-building program providing technical assistance to arizona-based organizations enga… | $50K |
| Nextgen Education FundSan Francisco, CA | To educate, empower, and encourage civic engagement and community leadership among young adults and cultivate youth organizing in support o… | $50K |
| One for DemocracyNew York, NY | To strengthen the infrastructure needed for democracy, and ultimately communities, to thrive. | $50K |
| PoderPhoenix, AZ | To educate arizona communities about civic engagement and opportunities to advance their health and safety at the local and state level. | $50K |
| Protect Our WintersBoulder, CO | To mobilize the outdoor sport enthusiast community to take action in support of climate and clean energy solutions. | $50K |
| RestoreherFayetteville, GA | National network advocating for improved conditions of confinement and justice system transformation in the u.s. south and beyond. | $50K |
| State Democracy ProjectBrooklyn, NY | For organized power in numbers project's efforts to engage in knowlege sharing and collaboration to advance community-owned micro-grid infr… | $50K |
| Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA | Mass liberation fund - training and support to organizations working to advance decarceration nationwide. | $50K |
| Urban Bush WomenBrooklyn, NY | To promote dance programming that deepens and expands community organizing. | $50K |
| Movement Strategy CenterOakland, CA | Equitable intermediary project - building the capacity of equity-focused fiscal sponsors to provide effective services to sponsored organiz… | $40K |
| Momentum CommunityLong Beach, CA | To support relationship-building and collaboration among leaders working at the intersections of the climate, justice, labor, democracy, an… | $28K |
| Confluence PhilanthropyNew York, NY | To support educational programming for foundations and other values-aligned investors, and the transparency compact's efforts to cultivate… | $26K |
| Abbe MuseumBar Harbor, ME | To plan for the sustainability and reach of the dawnland festival of arts & ideas, an initiative dedicated to catalyzing deeper understandi… | $25K |
| Center for Cultural PowerOakland, CA | To engage young people in movements using arts and culture for social justice at the national, state, and local levels. | $25K |
| Climate Emergency AdvocatesCharlestown, MA | To support strategic communications and digital media campaigns to advance climate advocacy for renewable energy solutions. | $25K |
| Common Defense Education FundNew York, NY | Veterans for climate justice a national campaign of u.s. military veterans working to raise public awareness of the climate crisis and buil… | $25K |
| In Our Backyards (ioby)Brooklyn, NY | To support ioby's leadership transition and strategic planning initiatives. | $25K |
| Texas Prisons Community Advocates IncFulton, TX | To support texas prisons community advocates' learning and collaboration with hadanou collective via its intensive boot camp program for no… | $25K |
| The Hadanou CollectiveDenver, CO | To support the full costs of texas prisons community advocates' participation in the hadanou collective's boot camp program. | $25K |
| Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CA | The movement institute - a platform to scale technological and inter-organizational infrastructure in support of movement groups. | $25K |
| Center for Justice and Human DignityTempe, AZ | To support collaborative efforts to improve conditions of confinement in correctional facilities and foster correctional cultures that adva… | $20K |
| ConnectiveHouston, TX | To support hurricane beryl disaster recovery response and long-term resilience efforts in the greater houston, texas area. | $20K |
| Look2justiceTacoma, WA | To engage in collaborative effforts to address the complex trauma, justice, and healing needs within communities affected by violence and m… | $20K |
| Rvc SeattleSeattle, WA | Collective justice - supporting efforts to engage in collaborative effforts to address the complex trauma, justice, and healing needs withi… | $20K |
| StartempowermentAustin, TX | To support the development of a climate and environmental justice educational curriculum tailored to the lived experiences of frontline you… | $20K |
| Texas Campaign for the Environment FundAustin, TX | To support the facilitation of the texas environmental justice, energy, and democracy coalition. | $20K |
| Uscan (US Climate Action Network)Washington, DC | To support climate and environmental organizations engaged in local, national, and global climate policy advocacy toward a just transition… | $20K |
| PoderPhoenix, AZ | To educate arizona communities about civic engagement and opportunities to advance their health and safety at the local and state level. | $18K |
| Broadway Advocacy CoalitionNew York, NY | To support collaborations with justice-focused advocacy organizations participating in the theater of change program. | $15K |
| Brooklyn Arts ExchangeBrooklyn, NY | To support brooklyn arts exchange's organizational leadership transition. | $15K |
| New World FoundationNew York, NY | Eclipse fund project - multi-issue learning and funding community supporting education on environmental, economic, racial justice, and demo… | $15K |
| New World FoundationNew York, NY | Eclipse fund project - multi-issue learning and funding community supporting education on environmental, economic, racial justice, and demo… | $15K |
By state: California 16 · New York 22 · District of Columbia 10 · Georgia 4 · Illinois 2 · Arizona 4
About this foundation
The David Rockefeller Fund Inc is a private grantmaking foundation in New York, New York, tax-exempt since 1989. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.
Does The David Rockefeller Fund Inc accept grant applications?
Yes. On its 2024 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. The david rockefeller fund website states 1-2 page letter of intent should be submitted to loi@drfund.org Deadlines: The david rockefeller fund accepts unsolicited requests on a rolling basis..
How much does The David Rockefeller Fund Inc give each year?
In tax year 2024 it paid $3.3M across 83 grants, a median of $25K.
Where does The David Rockefeller Fund Inc give?
California (16 grants), New York (22 grants), District of Columbia (10 grants) and elsewhere, per its latest filing.
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