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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 foundation was created by Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller ("Senior") and son "Junior", and their primary business advisor, Frederick Taylor Gates, on May 14, 1913, when its charter was granted by New York. [4]
Pages in category "Presidents of the Rockefeller Foundation" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Stephen B. Heintz is an American nonprofit executive and public policy expert. Since 2001, he has served as president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a family foundation with an endowment of approximately $1.2 billion that advances social change for a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. [1]
Jacobs Foundation Switzerland: Zürich: $7.6 billion CHF7 billion 2001 [33] 29 Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung Germany: Bad Homburg: $7 billion €6.2 billion 1983 [34] 30 David and Lucile Packard Foundation United States: Los Altos, California: $6.3 billion 1964 [18] 31 Rockefeller Foundation United States: New York City: $6.3 billion 1913 [35] 32
“Standard (Oil) at $2,014 makes its head a billionaire,” blared The New York Times headline, adding that Standard Oil’s soaring share price “makes John D. Rockefeller, founder and largest ...
Raymond Blaine Fosdick (9 June 1883 - 19 July 1972) was an American lawyer, public administrator and author. He served as the fourth president of the Rockefeller Foundation for twelve years (1936–1948).
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Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York City, c. 1912. Rockefeller created the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913 [127] to continue and expand the scope of the work of the Sanitary Commission, [122] which was closed in 1915. [128] He gave $182 million to the foundation, [115] which focused on public health, medical training, and the ...