Objective I & II

Objective I: To establish the accountability of economic, social or governmental institutions, especially corporations, for the consequences and effects of their activities on the environment, and on people, their health, wellbeing, cultures, and communities.

Objective II: To address these social, political, economic, environmental, cultural or health issues in an integrated way by:

  • bringing together groups—often separated by narrow issue interests and by race, religion, gender, class, ethnicity, and national origin—into crosscutting constituencies based on common economic, social, and ethical concerns; and

  • creating both the possibilities and the demand for development of more systematic solutions to these issues, as well as the social basis needed for their implementation.


List of Grants that fall under this Objective and Strategy:

Association of Black Foundation Executives, Inc./General Support

Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies/Petroleum Impact Mitigation and Transit Funding Project

Common Assets Defense Fund/Apollo Project

Communications Consortium Media Center/Strategic Communications and Advocacy Campaign to Improve the Lives of Workers in Low-Wage Jobs

Council on Foundations/General Support

Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc./Taking On Corporate Agriculture

The Focus Project, Inc./Estate Tax Research and Education Project (Presidential Authority Grant)

Foundation Center/General Support

Front Range Economic Strategy Center/General Support

Health Care Without Harm/General Support

Independent Media Institute/SPIN Project and AlterNet.org

Independent Sector/General Support

Institute for America’s Future, Inc./New Growth Initiative/Apollo Project

Institute of Public Life/Solidarity Works

Jobs with Justice Education Fund/Building a Multi-Constituency Movement for Healthcare for All

La Union Del Pueblo Entero/The California Project: Community Organizing in Farm Worker Communities

Land Stewardship Project/Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy/California Partnership for Working Families

Maine Citizen Leadership Fund/Rx Express

National Health Law Program, Inc./Health Activist Court Watch Project

National Women’s Law Center/Tax Policy Analysis and Communications Project

Neighborhood Funders Group/General Support

New York Foundation for the Arts/Guerrilla News Network, True Lies

New York Regional Association of Grantmakers/General Support

Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, Inc./General Support

Pesticide Action Network North American Regional Center/Californians for Pesticide Reform –Pesticide Drift Campaign

Public Health Institute, Inc./General Support

Public Knowledge/Empowering Creators in the Digital Age

Redefining Progress/General Support

Rockefeller Family Fund, Inc./Grants Manager Network

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc./Carbon Disclosure Project

Tides Center/General Support

Union of American Hebrew Congregations/Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

USAction Education Fund/Pharmaceutical Industry Accountability Campaign

Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Fund/Campaign for Clean Energy and Responsible Development

William J. Brennan Jr. Center for Justice, Inc./Access to Justice

Women & Philanthropy, Inc./General Support