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ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC

EIN 13-6257658 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$50,100,215
Expenses 2024
$48,182,224

Program services were 95.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T900
Classification
1000
Street
475 RIVERSIDE DR RM 900

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND IS A U.S. BASED, FAMILY-LED PUBLIC CHARITY THAT INITIATES, CULTIVATES, AND FUNDS STRATEGIC EFFORTS TO PROMOTE A SUSTAINABLE, JUST, FREE, AND PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY.

  • ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND PROGRAMS THE FUND WORKS IN THREE MAIN PROGRAM AREAS: ENVIRONMENT, DEMOCRACY, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR WOMEN. IN EACH OF THESE AREAS, THE FUND DEVELOPS AND MANAGES INITIATIVES IN CONJUNCTION WITH FUNDER PARTNERS, INDIVIDUALS, AND EXISTING NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, TO ADVANCE CRITICAL POLICY OBJECTIVES OR BUILD NECESSARY CAPACITY. ENVIRONMENT: THE FUND FOCUSES ITS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON CLIMATE CHANGE. OUR PROGRAM EMPHASIZES PUBLIC EDUCATION ON THE RISKS OF GLOBAL WARMING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SOUND SOLUTIONS TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION TO A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY. THE FUND DEVELOPS INITIATIVES TO ASSURE THAT FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES DO THE LEAST AMOUNT OF HARM TO COMMUNITY HEALTH AND COMPLY WITH ALL RELEVANT LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS DURING THE EXTRACTION, TRANSPORT, AND EXPORT OF FOSSIL FUELS; MAKE RESPONSIBLE CLIMATE POLLUTERS PAY FOR THE DAMAGE THEY HAVE CAUSED; ENACT POLICIES AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS; BRING NEW VOICES INTO THE CLIMATE DEBATE; AND EXAMINE HOW SPECIAL INTERESTS ARE DISTORTING SCIENCE AND DELAYING CONSTRUCTIVE STEPS TO DEAL WITH THE UNFOLDING CLIMATE CRISIS.DEMOCRACY: THE FUND'S DEMOCRACY PROGRAM USES RESEARCH AND PROGRAM INNOVATION TO SUPPORT STATE-BASED MULTIRACIAL CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR NONPARTISAN WORK TO STRENGTHEN THEIR ORGANIZING STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES, WITH THE GOAL OF HELPING THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BUILD AND ADVANCE POSITIVE CHANGE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.ECONOMIC JUSTICE FOR WOMEN: THE FUND WORKS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC EQUITY FOR WOMEN BY MAKING A FAMILY-FRIENDLY ECONOMIC AGENDA A PRIORITY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS. THE FUND DOES THIS BY SUPPORTING A DIVERSE COALITION OF WOMEN TO WIN POLICY VICTORIES, BUILD WOMEN'S POWER, AND REFRAME OUR NATIONAL NARRATIVE AROUND THE LINK BETWEEN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS AND EQUITY FOR WOMEN.EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: THE FUND ENCOURAGES AND SUPPORTS INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ADVOCACY IN ISSUE AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE FUND'S CURRENT AREAS OF FOCUS, BUT STILL WITHIN THE FUND'S ESTABLISHED PROGRAM AREAS, BY ALLOCATING FUNDS TO SEIZE EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $38,323,773 · Grants $28,988,734

  • OTHER CHARITABLE GRANTMAKINGTHE FUND ALSO CONDUCTS ADDITIONAL CHARITABLE GRANTMAKING TO PROMOTE A SUSTAINABLE, JUST, FREE, AND PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY.

    Expenses $7,841,805 · Grants $7,841,805

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MIRANDA KAISER

    PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 2 related

  • LUCIA GILL CASE

    VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PETER GILL CASE

    VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • NEVA GOODWIN

    VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • TARA ROCKEFELLER

    VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LIAM DRURY-WANG

    VICE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ALEJANDRO FOUNG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • WENDY GORDON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHAEL LAMBERT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PHEBE PIERSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ELIZA ROCKEFELLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LILY ROCKEFELLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • VALERIE ROCKEFELLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • FRAN SUSSNER RODGERS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • NAOMI WALETZKY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CELENA WANG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANNA WIENER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LEE H WASSERMAN

    DIRECTOR & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $849,232
    From this org
    $732,005
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $117,227
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $347,488
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $384,517
    Deferred
    $65,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,027
    Filer's total
    $849,232

  • LAMIN CEESAY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $139,664
    From this org
    $94,010
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,654
    Hours/week
    22

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $93,712
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $298
    Deferred
    $14,693
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,961
    Filer's total
    $139,664

  • LISA GUIDE

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $332,270
    From this org
    $260,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,494
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $256,974
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,802
    Deferred
    $40,431
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,063
    Filer's total
    $332,270

  • JULIE FERNANDES

    ASSOC. DIR. FOR DEMOCRACY

    Total calculated
    $383,297
    From this org
    $288,483
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $94,814
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,728
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,755
    Deferred
    $41,367
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,447
    Filer's total
    $383,297

  • SARAH A BRENNAN

    ASSOC. DIR. FOR OIL AND GAS

    Total calculated
    $355,392
    From this org
    $284,157
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,235
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $282,686
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,471
    Deferred
    $40,869
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,366
    Filer's total
    $355,392

  • BAKEYAH NELSON

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $301,864
    From this org
    $234,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $67,141
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $473
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,141
    Filer's total
    $301,864

  • CHRISTOPHER M MEYER

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $258,505
    From this org
    $231,968
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,537
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,967
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,001
    Deferred
    $15,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,912
    Filer's total
    $258,505

  • SARAH L THOMAS

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $251,602
    From this org
    $228,563
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,039
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $227,893
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $670
    Deferred
    $14,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,789
    Filer's total
    $251,602

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $50,100,215
    Expenses
    $48,182,224
    Contributions
    $48,761,863
    Grants paid
    $36,830,539
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $60,388,887
    Expenses
    $34,529,691
    Contributions
    $75,053,514
    Grants paid
    $24,969,059
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,317,568
    Expenses
    $34,448,035
    Contributions
    $20,537,815
    Grants paid
    $25,665,353

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $59,624,056
    Expenses
    $33,949,094
    Assets (EOY)
    $175,072,856

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $43,772,368
    Expenses
    $33,772,718
    Assets (EOY)
    $156,631,848

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.