NonprofitsRockefeller Family Fund Inc

Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Rockefeller Family Fund Inc

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$50.1M

Total expenses

$48.2M

Net assets

$211.3M

Grants received

$121.1M

173 grants

EIN

136257658

Tax year

2024

Mission

Rockefeller family fund is a u.s. Based, family-led public charity that initiates, cultivates, and funds strategic efforts to promote a sustainable, just, free, and participatory society.

Programs

1 program

Other charitable grantmakingthe fund also conducts additional charitable grantmaking to promote a sustainable, just, free, and participatory society.

Expenses: $7.8MGrants: $7.8M

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$48.8M
Program service revenue
Investment income$1.3M
Other revenue
Total revenue$50.1M

Expenses

Grants paid$36.8M
Salaries & benefits$4.3M
Fundraising$279K
Other expenses$7.0M
Total expenses$48.2M
Total assets$216.8M
Net assets$211.3M

People

25 listed

NameRoleCompensation

LEE H WASSERMAN

DIRECTOR & SECRETARY

Board

$732K

50 hrs/wk

LAMIN CEESAY

TREASURER

Board

$94K

22 hrs/wk

MICHAEL LAMBERT

TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

PHEBE PIERSON

TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

ELIZA ROCKEFELLER

TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

LILY ROCKEFELLER

TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

MIRANDA KAISER

PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

Board

4 hrs/wk

FRAN SUSSNER RODGERS

TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

NAOMI WALETZKY

TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

CELENA WANG

TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

ANNA WIENER

TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

VALERIE ROCKEFELLER

TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

LUCIA GILL CASE

VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

PETER GILL CASE

VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

NEVA GOODWIN

VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

TARA ROCKEFELLER

VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

LIAM DRURY-WANG

VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

ALEJANDRO FOUNG

TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

WENDY GORDON

TRUSTEE

Board

3 hrs/wk

JULIE FERNANDES

ASSOC. DIR. FOR DEMOCRACY

Staff

$288K

40 hrs/wk

SARAH A BRENNAN

ASSOC. DIR. FOR OIL AND GAS

Staff

$284K

40 hrs/wk

LISA GUIDE

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Staff

$261K

32 hrs/wk

BAKEYAH NELSON

SENIOR ADVISOR

Staff

$235K

40 hrs/wk

CHRISTOPHER M MEYER

SENIOR ADVISOR

Staff

$232K

40 hrs/wk

SARAH L THOMAS

SENIOR ADVISOR

Staff

$229K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

CERITY PARTNERS OCIO

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

$733K

SOJOURN STRATEGIES LLC

SOCIAL IMPACT SERVICE

$210K

DUPONT CIRCLE COMMUNICATIONS

COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE

$205K

JOY CUSHMAN

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZING SERVICE

$163K

ANNE LIEBERMAN

DEVELOPMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING

$160K

Grants received

Showing 173 of 173

FromAmountPurposeYear
$3.5M
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
2024
$1.5M
CONSERVATION AND CLIMATE
2024
$1.1M
SUPPORT FOR RFF PROGRAMS: ENVIRONMENT, DEMOCRACY, AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$1.0M
General Nonprofit Support
2024
$800K
THE NEW PERENNIALS PROJECT
2024
$750K
RFFs civic engagement and climate work fund
2024
$750K
Democracy & Power Innovation Fund
2024
$250K
DEMOCRACY AND POWER INNOVATION FUND - SUPPORTING HEALTH JUSTICE
2024
$250K
DEMOCRACY & POWER INNOVATION FUND
2024
$250K
Toward efforts to stop the buildout of oil export terminals along the Texas coast
2024
$225K
Environment
2024
$200K
Program support for the Democracy and Power Innovation Fund
2024
$150K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2024
$75K
DEMOCRACY POWER & INNOVATION FUND
2024
$75K
EDUCATIONAL
2024
$50K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSES OF THE DEMOCRACY & POWER INNOVATION FUND.
2024
$25K
DEMOCRACY POWER & INNOVATION FUND
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
General operating support
2024
$6K
PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTARISM & GRANTMAKING FOUNDATIONS
2024
$53.1M
SUPPORT FOR RFF PROGRAMS: ENVIRONMENT, DEMOCRACY, AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$2.7M
To support research, education, and outreach about US energy systems
2023
$1.5M
Environment
2023
$800K
PROJECT SUPPORT: THE NEW PERENNIALS PROJECT
2023
$525K
Promise of an Equitable Future
2023
$500K
FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE IN OIL AND GAS
2023
$500K
DEMOCRACY AND POWER INNOVATION FUND
2023
$500K
ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2023
$300K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2023
$275K
Environment
2023
$250K
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE OF LEARNING
2023
$250K
General Purpose
2023
$250K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$200K
RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS
2023
$200K
Program support for Democracy & Power Innovation Fund
2023
$167K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$150K
SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
2023
$125K
General support
2023
$125K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$100K
DEMOCRACY - PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$100K
General Nonprofit Support
2023
$75K
EDUCATIONAL
2023
$75K
FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND POWER INNOVATION FUND
2023
$50K
CLIMATE ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
2023
$50K
SUPPORTING THE DEMOCRACY AND POWER INNOVATION FUNDS RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AGENDA, INCLUDING WORK TO EXPAND ITS PARTNERS AND SCALE OF IMPLEMENTATION.
2023
$28K
support of the oil & gas cleanup liabilities initiative
2023
$25K
EDUCATIONAL
2023
$25K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
General operating support
2023
$4K
PROMOTION OF FAMILY PROGRAMS
2023
$3.7M
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$1.7M
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT (HUMAN RIGHTS, EDUCATION, AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES)
2022
$1.7M
TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF CLEAN ENERGY
2022
$1.3M
PROJECT SUPPORT
2022
$1M
PROJECT SUPPORT: THE NEW PERENNIALS PROJECT
2022
$1M
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR FUNDER COLLABORATIVE ON OIL AND GAS
2022
$1M
PROJECT SUPPORT: THE NEW PERENNIALS PROJECT
2022
$1M
TO SUPPORT A FUNDER COLLABORATIVE TO ACCELERATE A MANAGED AND JUST TRANSITION TO NET ZERO
2022
$500K
DEMOCRACY AND POWER INNOVATION FUND
2022
$500K
FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE IN OIL AND GAS
2022
$500K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND POWER INNOVATION FUND TO INCREASE THE POWER AND AGENCY OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES BY BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF STATE-BASED SOCIAL MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS
2022
$473K
General Nonprofit Support
2022
$400K
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE OF LEARNING
2022
$300K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2022
$300K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2022
$250K
General Purpose
2022
$200K
Environment
2022
$125K
General Support
2022
$100K
SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE MOVEMENT BUILDING WORK - EQUATION CAMPAIGN
2022
$75K
EDUCATIONAL
2022
$75K
FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND POWER INNOVATION FUND
2022
$75K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$75K
Toward reforming oil and gas oversight at the Texas Railroad Commission
2022
$35K
TO SUPPORT A COLLABORATIVE ON OIL AND GAS
2022
$30K
support of the Funder Collaborative on Oil & Gas, to fill strategic and capacity gaps in key regions of the country
2022
$28K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$24K
support of the oil & gas cleanup liabilities initiative
2022
$20K
the Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas to support the oil and gas convening
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$4K
PROMOTION OF FAMILY PROGRAMS
2022
$1.5M
STOPPING U.S. LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS EXPORT BOOM IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES AND CONSUMERS
2021
$650K
provide core support for the Democracy Power and Innovation Fund to support learning and innovative programs that explore the connections between organizing, civic engagement, and building progressive power for policy change
2021
$500K
DEMOCRACY AND POWER INNOVATION FUND
2021
$500K
TO SUPPORT A FUNDER COLLABORATIVE TO ACCELERATE A MANAGED AND JUST TRANSITION TO NET-ZERO
2021
$400K
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE OF LEARNING
2021
$250K
in support of the Equation Campaign.
2021
$250K
in support of the Equation Campaign
2021
$125K
General support
2021
$105K
General operating support
2021
$75K
Build Back Better- Women Effect Fund. Support for Funders Collaborative on Oil and Gas, Permitting
2021
$75K
Build Back Better- Women Effect Fund. Support for Funders Collaborative on Oil and Gas, Permitting
2021
$30K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$30K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$4K
PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
2021
$1.6M
General Support
2020
$1.3M
PROJECT SUPPORT
2020
$800K
JUST TRANSITION FUND
2020
$730K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$500K
to support general operations of the Just Transition Fund.
2020
$500K
ENCOURAGING A JUST TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS
2020
$500K
Core support for the Democracy and Power Innovation Fund which seeks to increase the agency of marginalized communities in our democracy by building the capacity of state based social movement organizations
2020
$400K
support the establishment of a learning community of multiracial grassroots organizations and researchers in order to assess innovative power-building efforts and narrative strategies that will build capacity and demonstrate effectiveness of organizing practice by providing core support
2020
$300K
FOR SUPPORT OF THE JUST TRANSITION FUND
2020
$300K
COLLABORATIVE ON OIL AND GAS
2020
$250K
CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND BUILDING RESILIENCE IN COAL COMMUNITIES POST-COVID
2020
$250K
STRATEGIC CONSULTANT IN TX
2020
$224K
EQUATION CAMPAIGN & CLIMATE PROGRESS FUND
2020
$180K
To support the Just Transition Fund and advance economic development in priority coal-affected communities in the Midwest
2020
$180K
To support the Just Transition Fund and advance economic development in priority coal-affected communities in the Midwest
2020
$150K
Reducing Pollution
2020
$150K
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE LOCAL SUPPORT SOLUTIONS CENTER, A PROJECT WITHIN THE ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUNDS, INC., WHICH SEEKS TO COUNTER THE ABUSE AND EXPANSION OF STATE PREEMPTION LAWS AND TO STRENGTHEN THE AUTHORITY AND AUTONOMY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
2020
$150K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2020
$150K
to deliver a "Fossil Free University" online training course to young activists and their parents and to connect their initiatives as part of an online global campaign against the major polluters
2020
$125K
General support
2020
$100K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$100K
FOR THE JUST TRANSITION FUND
2020
$100K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2020
$75K
CIVIL RIGHTS/SOCIAL ACTION/ADVOCACY
2020
$75K
to support Democracy and Power Innovation Fund
2020
$75K
FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND POWER INNOVATION FUND
2020
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$75K
ENERGY TRANSITION/WORKERS PROTECTION
2020
$75K
EDUCATIONAL
2020
$60K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2020
$50K
SUPPORT FOR CLIMATE MOVEMENT BUILDING WORK- EQUATION CAMPAIGN/GINIW COLLECTIVE
2020
$50K
TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
2020
$25K
support for the Funder Collaborative on Oil & Gas
2020
$25K
General support
2020
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$10K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$4K
PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
2020
$1M
General support
2019
$642K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$500K
COLLABORATIVE ON OIL AND GAS
2019
$500K
DEMOCRACY AND POWER INNOVATION FUND
2019
$250K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2019
$250K
support the establishment of a learning community of multiracial grassroots organizations and researchers in order to assess innovative power-building efforts and narrative strategies that will build capacity and demonstrate effectiveness of organizing practice by providing core support
2019
$250K
General Support
2019
$185K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$125K
General support
2019
$100K
TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.
2019
$100K
enhance awareness about the use of preemption as a strategy to inhibit local democracy and perpetuate racial and socioeconomic inequality through legal research, technical assistance, message development and education and outreach
2019
$25K
support of the Funder Collaborative on Oil & Gas
2019
$11K
Support of Funder Alignment on Oil, Gas, Petrochemicals, and Plastics convening in Houston in December 2018
2019
$10K
See TisBest mission.
2019
$1.7M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$1M
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2018
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$25K
OPERATING SUPPORT OF TWO PROGRAMS; WOMEN EFFECT FUND AND CLIMATE PROGRAM
2018
$2.3M
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017
$900K
FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; FURTHERANCE OF RELATED RESEARCH, AWARENESS AND POLICY
2017
$205K
General support
2017
$188K
enhance awareness about the use of preemption as a strategy to inhibit local democracy and perpetuate racial and socioeconomic inequality through legal research, technical assistance, message development and education and outreach
2017
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2017
$20K
SOCIAL SERVICES/SOCIAL BENEFITS
2017
$15K
General Support building
2017
$10K
PUBLIC/SOCIETY BENEFIT
2017

Funded by

$121.1M from 68 funders · 173 grants · 2017–2024

The William B Wiener Jr Foundation

$57.5M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Climate Imperative Foundation

$9.4M · 4 grants · 2021–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$5.6M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$5.0M · 5 grants · 2017–2022

Novo Foundation

$3.9M · 5 grants · 2022–2024

Fiduciary Charitable Foundation

$3.8M · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Climateworks Foundation

$2.5M · 2 grants · 2020–2022

WK Kellogg Foundation

$2.1M · 6 grants · 2017–2023

Details

EIN136257658
NTEE codeT900
Subsection03
Ruling date1968-03
Formed1967
Employees23
Volunteers26
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