Funder·Founded 1913·New York, NY, USA
“promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world”In its own words: rockefellerfoundation.org
Governance

Large New York-based private foundation, active since 1913. Its AI-safety-relevant giving is small and indirect, for example grants to Georgetown's CSET and earlier funding for Vox's Future Perfect.

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A large US foundation pursuing 'Big Bets' on energy access, food, health and American jobs. It finds grantees itself and does not accept unsolicited proposals, but sometimes runs specific open calls, such as Cities Deliver (with the OpenAI Foundation) on AI for public services.

Says it gives about $1.3B (2020-2024)

On applying “The Rockefeller Foundation does not accept unsolicited grants proposals.” rockefellerfoundation.org

Itemised here $316k in 1 grant

Led by Rajeev J. Shah (President)Its grants page ↗Checked 29 Oct 2026

Money flows

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Applications
Not stated
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Academics, Organisations

Does not accept unsolicited grant proposals.

Biggest recipients

All grants

1 grants totalling $316k, newest first. Recipients link to their own pages; people who received grants without a public profile are shown by number.

Undated 1 grant · $316k
DateRecipientAmountPurpose
Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)~$316kCumulative giving through 2023 per CSET’s “CSET at Five” donor list ($200k–$499,999 tier). Amount is Trace’s estimate at the geometric mean of the tier. Undated: the source gives one total for 2019–2023 and no yearly amounts, so this counts in the all-years view only (no even spl source