Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
The Rockefeller Family Fund is a U.S.-based, family-led public charity incorporated in 1967 in New York. Located at 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 900 in New York City, the organization initiates, cultivates, and funds strategic efforts to promote a sustainable, just, free, and participatory society. The Fund operates with a staff of 17 issue experts and strategists who work across multiple program areas to drive social change at national and state levels.
Financial Overview
From 2024 IRS Form 990-PF · View filing
Total Assets
$216.8M
+8.2% YoY
Annual Giving
$36.7M
+47.6% YoY
Grant Count
203
+2.0% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$181K
+44.7% YoY
Mission & Focus Areas
The Rockefeller Family Fund's mission is to initiate, cultivate, and fund strategic efforts to promote a sustainable, just, free, and participatory society.
The organization works across three primary program areas:
Environment: The Fund focuses its environment program almost exclusively on climate change. The program emphasizes public education on the risks of global warming and implementation of sound solutions to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy. RFF develops initiatives to wind down the life cycle of fossil fuels from extraction to transportation to exporting; make climate polluters responsible and pay for the damage they have caused; enact effective policies at the state and national levels to reduce carbon emissions; bring diverse new voices into the climate debate; and examine how special interests are distorting science and delaying constructive steps to address this global crisis.
Democracy: The Fund helps research, develop, and test strategies to build and sustain a multiracial democracy in the United States.
Economic Justice for Women: The organization is making a family-friendly economic agenda a reality by supporting a diverse coalition of women to achieve economic equity.
Grantmaking
The Rockefeller Family Fund works at multiple levels to drive social change by identifying transformative steps that aren't being taken, galvanizing the right players to take the lead, providing seed funding, working as strategic partners, and recruiting other funders and allies to help efforts grow.
Average Grant
amount: Data available in recent filings
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
As of 2023:
- Total assets: $200,315,945
- Total revenues: $60,388,887
- Total expenses: $34,529,691
As of 2024:
- Total assets: $217,000,000
- Total revenues: $50,100,000
- Total expenses: $48,200,000
- Total liabilities: $5,460,000
The organization maintains a donor-advised fund through which donors can direct the distribution or investment of funds.
| Metric | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $216,778,910 | $200,315,945 | $138,586,920 |
| Revenue | $50,100,215 | $60,388,887 | $10,317,568 |
| Expenses | $48,182,224 | $34,529,691 | $34,448,035 |
| Qualifying Distributions | — | — | — |
| Net Investment Income | $1,338,352 | $-14,665,366 | $-10,310,466 |
| Distributable Amount | — | — | — |
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
Grant Size Distribution
250 grants across all recorded years
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
No grants recorded for .
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Lee Wasserman is listed as the Principal Officer of the organization.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
From 2024 filing
| Name | Title | Hours | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIRANDA KAISER | PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | 4 | — |
| LUCIA GILL CASE | VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| PETER GILL CASE | VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| NEVA GOODWIN | VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| TARA ROCKEFELLER | VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| LIAM DRURY-WANG | VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| ALEJANDRO FOUNG | TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| WENDY GORDON | TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| MICHAEL LAMBERT | TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| PHEBE PIERSON | TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| ELIZA ROCKEFELLER | TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| LILY ROCKEFELLER | TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| VALERIE ROCKEFELLER | TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| FRAN SUSSNER RODGERS | TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| NAOMI WALETZKY | TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| CELENA WANG | TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| ANNA WIENER | TRUSTEE | 3 | — |
| LEE H WASSERMAN | DIRECTOR & SECRETARY | 50 | $732,005 |
| LAMIN CEESAY | TREASURER | 22 | $94,010 |
| LISA GUIDE | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR | 32 | $260,776 |
| JULIE FERNANDES | ASSOC. DIR. FOR DEMOCRACY | 40 | $288,483 |
| SARAH A BRENNAN | ASSOC. DIR. FOR OIL AND GAS | 40 | $284,157 |
| BAKEYAH NELSON | SENIOR ADVISOR | 40 | $234,723 |
| CHRISTOPHER M MEYER | SENIOR ADVISOR | 40 | $231,968 |
| SARAH L THOMAS | SENIOR ADVISOR | 40 | $228,563 |
Recent News & Activity
Recent developments and announcements
**Climate Accountability Initiative:** In December, the Maryland legislature voted to override the veto of the Responding to Emergency Needs from Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act, making it law. Governor Moore announced that he would advance $270,000 to jump-start the study. The law authorizes state agencies to assess the costs that climate change has imposed on the state.
Subject Areas
Focus areas based on grantmaking activity
Data last updated April 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated April 2026.
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