Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Overview

An RPA Sponsored Project that provides grant capital and mentoring to early-stage startups focused on impact and innovation.

Program Structure: Operates through cohort-based model with investees receiving support simultaneously

Support Provided:

  • Grant capital to portfolio companies
  • Mentoring and advisory support

Example Investees (First Cohort):

  • PayGo Energy
  • WorldCover
  • Atikus
  • ESCALA

What Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
1,186
Total given
$292.78M
Median grant
$100K
Range
$5,024–$9.21M
  • By dollars: New York 22%, District of Columbia 15%, California 15%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA.
  • <1% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 45% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Invest in Our Land LLC · Dover, DE

    Agriculture & food, civil rights, social action & advocacy, community improvement &…

    $9.21M

  • Omega Institute · Rhinebeck, NY

    Education, human services

    $6.5M

  • Church World Service Inc · New York, NY

    Agriculture & food, civil rights, social action & advocacy, human services, religion

    $5.05M

  • International Rescue Committee Inc · New York, NY

    Human services, science & technology

    $4.85M

  • World Resources Institute · Washington, DC

    Social science, environment, science & technology, environment, science & technology,…

    $4.32M

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Startups
  • Technology

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