Since its establishment in 1913, the Rockefeller Foundation's work has sought to identify and address at their source the underlying causes of human suffering. The Foundation pioneered the frontier of global philanthropy and continues to find and fund solutions to many of the world's most intractable challenges.

Today, the Foundation supports work around the world to expand opportunities for poor and vulnerable people and to help ensure that globalization's benefits are more widely shared.

With assets of more than $4 billion, the Rockefeller Foundation operates both within the United States and around the world. The Foundation's efforts are overseen by an independent board of trustees and managed by its president through a staff drawn from scholarly, scientific, and professional disciplines.