Value proposition

Healthy environment 🌎 Thriving economy 📈

Resources for the Future improves environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement.

RFF is committed to being the most widely trusted source of research insights and policy solutions leading to a healthy environment and a thriving economy.

RFF is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization that operates according to four core values:
BALANCE: RFF focuses on improving both environmental and economic outcomes.
INDEPENDENCE: RFF is nonpartisan and its research is nonproprietary and publicly available.
RIGOR: RFF adheres to the highest scientific and professional standards.
RESULTS: RFF’s work leads to better decisions.


environmental economics, natural resources policy, and environmental policy