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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]
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund was established in 1940 by the five sons of John D. Rockefeller Jr. The five Rockefeller brothers served as the Fund's first five trustees. In 1951, the Fund grew substantially when it received a $58 million endowment from John D. Rockefeller Jr. [6] In 1999, the Fund merged with the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation. [6]
Founded by John D. Rockefeller III in 1963, ACC has invested over $100 million in grants to artists and arts professionals representing 16 fields and 26 countries through over 6,000 exchanges. [1] ACC supports $1.4 million in grants annually for individuals and organizations. [2]
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that currently advises on and manages more than $200 million in annual charitable giving. Its headquarters are in New York City , with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Ann Rockefeller Roberts (May 12, 1934 – December 18, 2024) was a Native American activist. She was the eldest daughter of Nelson A. Rockefeller , the 49th governor of New York and the 41st vice president of the United States .
Near the top of the tower is the church's main feature, a 74-bell carillon—the heaviest in the world—dedicated to Rockefeller Jr.'s mother Laura Spelman Rockefeller. A seven-story wing was built to the south of the original building in 1959 to a design by Collens, Willis & Beckonert, and was renamed for Martin Luther King Jr. in 1985.
Rockefeller gave it $180 million starting in 1903. Its head Frederick Gates envisioned "The Country School of To-Morrow," wherein "young and old will be taught in practicable ways how to make rural life beautiful, intelligent, fruitful, recreative, healthful, and joyous." [33] By 1934 the Board was making grants of $5.5 million a year. It spent ...
Michael Dell – established the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, which focuses on grants, urban education, childhood health, and family economic stability Michael Jackson – donated more than US$500 million to various foundations and won numerous awards for his humanitarianism ; founded the Heal the World Foundation [ 40 ] [ 41 ]