The David Rockefeller Fund Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-3533359. Reported 344 grants totalling $16.9M to 179 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The David Rockefeller Fund Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $65,000; the smallest was $40 and the largest $255,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Alliance Education Fund | Atlanta, GA | $1,005,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Michigan Civic Action Fund | Madison Heights, MI | $855,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mighty Earth | Washington, DC | $750,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Private Equity Stakeholder Project | Chicago, IL | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| League of Conservation Voters | Washington, DC | $380,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $375,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $355,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | New York, NY | $340,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Sixteen Thirty Fund | Washington, DC | $325,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Action for Safety and Justice | Sacramento, CA | $305,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Climate Emergency Advocates | Charlestown, MA | $305,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Progressive Multiplier Action Fund | Washington, DC | $305,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Uscan (us Climate Action Network) | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Advocacy | San Francisco, CA | $280,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $277,500 | 9 | 3 | 2024 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $260,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Civil Rights Project | Austin, TX | $250,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Arts Exchange | Brooklyn, NY | $230,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Global Greengrants Fund | Boulder, CO | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Artistic Activism | Leeds, NY | $220,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dream Corps | Oakland, CA | $207,500 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lucha | Phoenix, AZ | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| One for Democracy | New York, NY | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Protect Our Winters | Boulder, CO | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Urban Bush Women | Brooklyn, NY | $205,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Commission Shift | Laredo, TX | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Croatan Institute | Durham, NC | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Unkitawa | Kent, WA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Critical Resistance | Oakland, CA | $190,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Cultural Power | Oakland, CA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gamaliel Faith and Democracy Campaign | Chicago, IL | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| George Mason University Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hi-Arts | New York, NY | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York Foundation | New York, NY | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nextgen Education Fund | San Francisco, CA | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| W Haywood Burns Institute | Oakland, CA | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Air Alliance Houston | Houston, TX | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Az Poder | Phoenix, AZ | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Council on Strategic Risks | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Greengrants | Boulder, CO | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hip Hop Caucus Action Fund | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Poder | Phoenix, AZ | $148,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fair Count | Atlanta, GA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $135,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Climate Equity Action Fund | Washington, DC | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Research Foundation of CUNY | New York, NY | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Bemidji, MN | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Left Accelerator | Alameda, CA | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dreamorg | Oakland, CA | $112,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Restoreher | Fayetteville, GA | $110,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Business Capacity Development Alliance | Brooklyn, NY | $106,800 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| 350ORG | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Institute of Integral Studies | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA Inc | Hyattsville, MD | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Climate Emergency Advocates | Boulder, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Forum for the Future US | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Illuminative | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salzburg Global Seminar | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Worth Rises | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Common Defense Education Fund | New York, NY | $85,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Years Project | Brooklyn, NY | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Impact | Alexandria, VA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latino Community Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Way of Life | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| US Climate Action Network | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia Investor Action Fund Inc | Atlanta, GA | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| A Climate to Thrive | Mount Desert, ME | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chicago Freedom School | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| A Blade of Grass | Long Island City, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amplifier | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bay Mills Indian Community | Brimley, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Beautiful Trouble | New York City, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Border Workers United | El Paso, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brave New Films Action Fund | Culver City, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chapel & York Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Environmental Integrity Project | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gen-Z for Change | Dover, DE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Impactassets | Bethesda, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute on Science for Global Policy | Tucson, AZ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Minneapolis Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Promise of Justice Initiative | New Orleans, LA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Public Policy and Education Fund of New York | Albany, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Restoreher Usamerica Inc | Fayetteville, GA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| State Democracy Project | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban Justice Center | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vera Institute of Justice | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CASA De Maryland | Hyattsville, MD | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| REGISTER2VOTE Fund | Austin, TX | $41,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Washington, DC | $40,750 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| In Our Backyards (ioby) | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Movement Strategy Center | Oakland, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | Ny, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Confluence Philanthropy | New York, NY | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Texas Prisons Community Advocates Inc | Fulton, TX | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Solar Responders | New York, NY | $33,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brave New Films | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs | Jackson, WY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New World Foundation | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | New York, NY | $27,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Momentum Community | Long Beach, CA | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Abbe Museum | Bar Harbor, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Americans for the Arts Action Fund | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arizona Center for Empowerment | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bold Education Fund | Hastings, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Commission Shift Action | Laredo, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Florida Rights Restoration Coalition Inc | Orlando, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Harness | Marina Del Rey, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| People's Theatre Project | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Struggle for Miami's Affordable and Sustainable Housing | Miami, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Hadanou Collective | Denver, CO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Broadway Advocacy Coalition | New York, NY | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Justice and Human Dignity | Tempe, AZ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connective | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ekvn-Yefolecv | Weogufka, AL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grantmakers in the Arts | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Just Detention International | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Pea Inc | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| LOOK2JUSTICE | Tacoma, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Meridian Institute | Dillon, CO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pen American Center Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rvc Seattle | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Startempowerment | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Synergos Institute | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Philanthropy New York | New York, NY | $17,700 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Gathering for Justice | New York, NY | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Montclair Early Childhood Corporation | Montclair, NJ | $17,290 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alternate Roots | Atlanta, GA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Biodiversity Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Drug Policy Alliance | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Theatre of the Oppressed Nyc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alliance of Families for Justice | New York, NY | $12,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Justice at Columbia University | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Found Sound Nation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Nation Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legal Action Center of the City of New York | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Louisiana Bucket Brigade | New Orleans, LA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| More Art | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Religious Campaign Against Torture | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Hour for Women and Children Li Inc | Brentwood, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Not An Alternative | Vashon, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Our Climate Education Fund | Bethesda, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pioneer Works | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Poetry Society of America | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Recidiviz | Provo, UT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reentry Rocks | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Advent School | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tides Center | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (vocal - Ny) | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neo Philanthropy | New York, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Stage Performing Arts Center | Great Barrington, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Racial Justice Now | Silver Spring, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tamizdat Project Inc | Astoria, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wayfarer Foundation | Wilmette, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Orange | Orange, NJ | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance | Austin, TX | $2,200 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peak Grantmaking | Washington, DC | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Naral Pro-Choice America Foundation | Washington, DC | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Women for Afghan Women | Fresh Meadows, NY | $600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Center for Disaster Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $450 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Be the Match Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $310 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Brooklyn Latin School | Brooklyn, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation | Yardville, NJ | $226 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Texans Care for Children | Austin, TX | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Allgo | Austin, TX | $140 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges | Livingston, NJ | $125 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Austin Community Foundation | Austin, TX | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Tech Alumni Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hispanic Federation | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pancreatic Cancer Action Network | Manhattan Beach, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
78 of 179 (44%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 52%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Georgia Alliance Education Fund
STATEWIDE COALITION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES. - Michigan Civic Action Fund
TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES IN MICHIGAN, AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR STATE-BASED MOVEMENT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. - Mighty Earth
TO TRANSFORM GLOBAL MARKETS TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS AND ELIMINATE COMMODITY-DRIVEN DEFORESTATION. - Rockefeller Family Fund
LIMITING OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT IN TEXAS - Sixteen Thirty Fund
CLIMATE EQUITY ACTION FUND - ADVANCES EQUITABLE CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS - Private Equity Stakeholder Project
TO MONITOR AND DRAW ATTENTION TO PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN FOSSIL FUEL ASSETS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 269 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 85 | $4,491,750 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 94 | $4,826,000 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 82 | $4,262,391 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 83 | $3,279,650 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The David Rockefeller Fund Inc has 89 of them, worth $5,139,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Mighty Earth | Washington, DC | $250,000 |
| Georgia Alliance Education Fund | Atlanta, GA | $250,000 |
| Michigan Civic Action Fund | Madison Heights, MI | $250,000 |
| One for Democracy | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| Sixteen Thirty Fund | Washington, DC | $125,000 |
| Critical Resistance | Oakland, CA | $120,000 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| Action for Safety and Justice | Sacramento, CA | $100,000 |
| Action for Safety and Justice | Sacramento, CA | $100,000 |
| One for Democracy | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
| California Institute of Integral Studies | San Francisco, CA | $90,000 |
| Windward Fund | Washington, DC | $80,000 |
| Center for Artistic Activism | Leeds, NY | $75,000 |
| Climate Emergency Advocates | Charlestown, MA | $75,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 22% of this one's giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $50,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in District of Columbia.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The David Rockefeller Fund Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 475 Riverside Drive 900, New York, NY, 10115. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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