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From our initial grant to the American Red Cross a century ago, The Rockefeller Foundation’s history is marked by bold initiatives, breakthroughs, and unique partnerships, driving transformative change over the past 110 years.
The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. [3]
The Rockefeller Foundation’s mission—unchanged since 1913—is to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world. Today the Foundation advances new frontiers of science, data, policy, and innovation to solve global challenges related to health, food, power, and economic mobility.
From our very first grant—to the American Red Cross more than a century ago—through to today’s vast array of initiatives, The Rockefeller Foundation has built a reputation as a trailblazer that convenes unlikely partnerships and sparks innovations for transformative change.
Since 1913, The Rockefeller Foundation has pursued our mission to promote the well-being of humanity around the world by breaking down the barriers that limit who can be healthy, empowered, nourished, well off, secure, and free.
Rockefeller Foundation, U.S. philanthropic organization. It was endowed by John D. Rockefeller of the famed Rockefeller family and chartered in 1913 to alleviate human suffering worldwide.
Since our founding, The Rockefeller Foundation has brought people together around the globe to try to solve the world’s most challenging problems and promote the well-being of humanity.
Jan 4, 2022 · The agriculture program that the Rockefeller Foundation operated in Mexico beginning in 1943 had been designed to transfer to other regions around the world. India was not the first country to take up the new seeds and methods developed in Mexico, but the story of India’s adoption of them is dramatic.
Nov 28, 2023 · The Rockefeller Foundation, established in 1913 by Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, announced Tuesday that it aims to make its $6 billion endowment net zero emissions by 2050....
Jan 12, 2022 · The quick and unprecedented rise of industrial capitalism created both a vast underclass of low-paid workers and a new middle class that was educated, confident, and more cosmopolitan. By the time of the Rockefeller Foundation’s founding in 1913, this middle class had become increasingly professionalized.
