Jan 01 2006The Foundation makes a $3.5 million grant to support a unified planning process to help the revitalization of 73 neighborhoods devastated by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, setting the stage for the city to receive significant federal funds.
Jan 01 2006Japan establishes the Dr. Hideyo Noguchi prize to be awarded every five years for contributions to the fight against disease in Africa. Dr. Noguchi joined the Rockefeller Institute in 1904. He researched diseases until his death from yellow fever in 1928.
Jan 01 2005The Foundation commits $8 million to accelerate the development and availability of safe and effective microbicides for use by women in developing countries to prevent HIV transmission.
Jan 01 2005The Foundation commits $3 million for housing and economic redevelopment in response to Hurricane Katrina.
Jan 01 2005Judith Rodin becomes president of The Rockefeller Foundation, the first woman to hold the position in the history of the institution.
Jan 01 2003The Foundation convenes a Joint Learning Initiative on Human Resources for Health (JLI-HRH), which brought the crisis of HRH in developing countries and the international brain drain of doctors and nurses to the top of the international agenda.
Jan 01 2001The Foundation funds Living Cities, a partnership of foundations, financial institutions, government agencies, and local community development corporations to assist in the redevelopment of inner-city neighborhoods, including affordable housing, in 23 cities across the United States.
Jan 01 2001The Foundation convenes several foundations to support integrated AIDS care for mothers and their families in Africa. The initiative, called MTCT Plus, was launched by the Secretary General of the United Nations and helped catalyzed WHO’s call to treat millions of people living with AIDS in poor countries.
Jan 01 2000The Foundation joins the Carnegie Corporation, the Ford Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in supporting the improvement of higher-education institutions in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries.
