Big Bets,Real Results WHO WE ARESince 1913, our commitment to the people we serve hasn't wavered — what's changed is how we and our partners are working for them. Check out our 2025 Impact Report to see how we deployed Frontier Technology, Community-Driven Models, Decisive Data, and Innovative Finance to deliver results reaching 731 million people in the U.S. and around the world. Read the report 2025 Impact ReportExplore The Rockefeller Foundation’s 2025 Impact Report and discover the stories, partnerships, and solutions improving lives across food, energy, health, and jobs. Read the Report Our Current Big Bets1. Universal Energy Abundance:For all of us, electricity powers opportunity, dignity, and security in the 21st century. With 730 million people still living without access to electricity, we are making a big bet with partners to electrify 1 billion people, including 300 million in Africa by 2030. Read More<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"> </span><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"> </span>2. Good Food:We are what we eat. Yet for too many, our diets are not enough to sustain us. In the U.S., chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease affect an estimated 133 million Americans, driving our work with partners on a big bet to scale Food is Medicine programs nationwide. Globally, over 300 million school-aged children lack access to a nutritious meal, despite school meals providing up to a 35x return on investment as the world’s most extensive social safety net. We’re collaborating to help 100 million children get access to nutritious, sustainable school meals. Good food is good for patients, students, farmers, and many more. Read More3. American Jobs:Right now, more than 50 million Americans live in communities where employment lags the national average — and AI will soon upend the economy. With partners and in communities, we are working to help create 1.6 million additional jobs across 250 of America’s most distressed communities. Read More<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"> </span>view our previous big betsOur Results 0MillionMillionpeople reached in 2025across target beneficiary communities $0BillionBillioninvested to improve the livesof people around the world since our founding 0MillionMillionpeople impacted in 2025experiencing a clear, measurable outcome from an intervention that The Rockefeller Foundation supportedStories Behind the Data LowNJXh0EyE ZCl528s0eGk m34bqezIVG4 Stay ConnectedSubscribe to our monthly newsletter to get front-row access to the stories, people, and big bets shaping a better future. Subscribe Recent News May 19 2026 mHUB Announces Energy Tech Accelerator for Novel Technologies at the Compute-Energy Nexus May 19 2026 Statement From Rajiv J. Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, on Ebola Outbreak May 19 2026 The Rockefeller Foundation and Temasek Trust Announce Global Coalition for Nuclear Philanthropy More News Back to Top