Jan 01 2011The Innovation Forum’s fist Innovation Awards are presented to Dr. Sania Nishtar of Pakistan, Jane Weru of Kenya, the global organization Kiva Kids, and President Bill Clinton.
Jan 01 2011The annual Innovation Forum is launched to gather some of the most creative and inventive minds to bear on challenges facing poor and vulnerable people around the world.
Jan 01 2010In partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is launched to address food insecurity in Africa. New seed varieties, innovative water management, and a Market Access Program increase crop production and income for farming families.
Jan 01 2010The Rockefeller Foundation invests $22 million in its Disease Surveillance Networks Initiative to help contain the spread of infectious diseases and pandemics by strengthening national, regional and global disease surveillance and response systems.
Jan 01 2010The Transforming Health Systems initiative awards more than $17.5 million in grants to engage local entrepreneurs, public and private organizations, and global health experts to focus on strengthening approaches to health systems stewardship, e- and mobile health approaches, and private sector integration.
Jan 01 2010The Transportation Initiative achieves a major milestone when a Foundation-supported campaign to reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulted in the California Air Resources Board approving aggressive standards for the state.
Jan 01 2010Support for researchers at Yale University led to the development of the Economic Security Index (ESI), a key to unlocking a better understanding of economic security and addressing the problems workers face.
