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The Rockefeller Brothers Fund advances social change that contributes to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world.
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Networks that bind local communities play a critical role in shaping Americansâ trust in government, institutions & one another Zeenat, Stephen Heintz RockBrosFund, Michael D. Smith & Whitney Kimball Coe Rural Assembly discuss returning to grassroots youtube.com/live/rthO7A04gâŠ

âCivic life is ready for a renaissance, and rural America is leading the way.â Launching soon, the Trust for Civic Life will mobilize funders to tackle Americaâs crisis of polarization. rbf.org/news/new-phila⊠Omidyar Network Stand Together Walmart.org Carnegie Corporation of New York Packard Foundation

âWe have to be focused on what we call the exhausted majority â thatâs 65 percent of Americans.â The Trust for Civic Life, backed by the RBF, Stand Together, and others, will award its 1st grants for local efforts to rebuild community and democracy. nytimes.com/2024/06/16/us/âŠ



A new report written by RockBrosFund president and CEO Stephen Heintz during his sabbatical as a Robert Bosch Academy fellow proposes a reformed international system to better meet the challenges of this century. rbf.org/logic-for-futuâŠ


A report from RockBrosFundâReleased ahead of the United Nations Summit of the Futureâcalls for urgent action on unprecedented global challenges to address an âage of turbulence.â bit.ly/3RTso7Y

âOur legacy must not be one of inattention to the rising tides of crisis. Our children deserve to inherit a world structured with a logic that is relevant to their futures.â RockBrosFund report calls for urgent action to address an âage of turbulence.â bit.ly/3RTso7Y



âWe need a hope and a vision for democracy that is larger than our politicsâand more robust than our political imaginations currently allow." Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE)' Democracy Futures Project expands funders capacity to think longer-term about American Democracy pacefunders.org/futures/

âThe greatest danger in times of turbulence is not turbulence itself; rather, it is âacting with yesterdayâs logic.'â In a recent report written whilst a Robert Bosch Academy fellow, The Fund's president Stephen Heintz argues for a reformed international system. rbf.org/logic-for-futuâŠ

Recognizing the Bronxâs contributions to the City's arts & culture scene, the RBF announced grants to growing Bronx organizations Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education, Bronx Children's Museum, BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Literary Freedom Project and DreamYard Project. These organizations embody the power of arts to transform lives.



In April this year RBF Grantees Boston University Global Development Policy Center, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), Transnational Institute,GRAIN Friends of the Earth Europeđ, EU Climate Action, and others successfully pressured the EU to exit the Energy Charter Treaty, which insulated fossil fuel companies from accountability. friendsoftheearth.eu/press-release/âŠ
