Rockefeller Foundation Launches $100 Million “Good Jobs for America” Strategy

The Rockefeller Foundation launched a new three-year, $100 million commitment to help communities across the country connect more people to good jobs and adapt to rapid economic and technological change. This Big Bet on Good Jobs for America will focus on places where too many people are out of work—or at risk of falling out of the labor market—including communities vulnerable to disruption from artificial intelligence and other structural shifts in the economy. Over time, the strategy aims to enable the creation of approximately 1.6 million additional good jobs nationally and lift up roughly one-quarter of America’s most distressed communities, about 250 places, and benefit 10 to 20 million people nationwide through stronger local economies, more stable employment, and renewed confidence in the future. The strategy will focus on sectors where demand for workers is strong and where the foundation has deep expertise, including healthcare and the care economy, energy transition, food systems, and AI-enabled industries. The Rockefeller Foundation will collaborate with employers and public, private, and philanthropic funders to leverage more in aligned capital. This announcement is part of the 113-year-old philanthropic organization’s broader $300 million commitment since 2023 to America’s future.