Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

12/03/2020

Featuring Musée du Louvre, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Creative Capital and more, by RPA and Upstart Co-Lab includes lessons from first-mover cultural institutions, along with examples of relevant opportunities in the .

Case Studies Highlight How Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Souls Grown Deep Foundation & Community Partnership, Walters Art Museum, and Other Arts & Culture Organizations Are Exploring Benefits of Impact Investing

12/02/2020

Cultural institutions across the country face a growing chorus of questions about how they invest the collective $58 billion held in their endowments. The Guide: what cultural institutions need to know about investing for values and mission, from Upstart Co-Lab and RPA, is the first primer on impact investing specifically for leaders of museums and other cultural institutions. Check it out: upstartco-lab.org/what-cultural-institutions-need-to-know-about-imp-inv

Increasing opportunities for artists as innovators, unleashing more capital for creativity, and enabling sustainable creative lives.

11/24/2020

Funding global health issues through networked and systems approaches offers greater opportunity for impact during the crisis and beyond. https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/covid19-accelerates-positive-change-philanthropy/

11/10/2020

The world’s pressing challenges are becoming more complex, and many philanthropic funders are reflecting on how to create more transformational impact. Dive deep into best practices and lessons learned on here:

Realizing that the world’s pressing challenges are becoming more complex, many philanthropic funders are reflecting on how to create more transformational impact. To help answer that question, the Scaling Solutions toward Shifting Systems initiative was launched in 2016 as an inquiry: Can we encou...

10/28/2020

"Fund work that doesn’t neatly fit into one programme area (e.g., supporting networks and social movements rarely do) – that is often the most impactful work." - and 's Edwin Ou on https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/funders-recognise-systems-change-philanthropy-as-critical-according-to-report/

10/27/2020

"We learned that when things get really difficult at a societal level, funders recognise that, through empowering grantees to navigate through complexity and dynamism, the results are generally better." - RPA's Heather Grady and Skoll Foundation's Edwin Ou on for

How, when, and why do certain solutions achieve system-level shifts? Four years ago, the Skoll, Ford, and Draper Richards Kaplan Foundations, Porticus, and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors set out to explore that question through the Scaling …

10/26/2020

“Funders need to ask this question of the nonprofits they support as well as to themselves: What does , , , and mean in your organization, both at the staff leadership and board levels?” RPA's Berit Ashla

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Women's economic value is being both affirmed and discounted in the COVID economy. We discuss how to bring gender equality to philanthropy.

10/22/2020

There is a growing realization among those who seek to influence society that they can use more of their assets to complement and even accelerate their social impact goals. That's where the Impact Investing Handbook comes in:

In-depth detailed guide for asset owners seeking to align investments with values.

10/06/2020

RPA's Heather Grady gave closing remarks at the launch of the Paper. Listen to the full recording here: RPA's Heather Grady gave closing remarks at the launch of the Paper. Listen to the full recording here:

10/05/2020

Hosting a funder collaborative in a neutral fiscal home is a unique model that helps funders to join forces around a common goal, magnifying their collective impact. Learn how RPA Sponsored Project America's Cultural Treasures is working to do just that:

Since its launch last week, RPA Sponsored Project America’s Cultural Treasures has been working to prove the nimble ability of philanthropy to fill gaps in times of crisis. As a part of this important new initiative, Sixteen Major Donors and Foundations Commited an Unprecedented $156 Million to Su...