Jan 01 1992The Population Sciences program initiates a 10-year program to make quality family planning and reproductive health available to every couple in the world who wants it.
Jan 01 1991The Foundation joins with the United Nations Development Programme, UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank to form the Children’s Vaccine Initiative (CVI) to protect the world’s children against viral and bacterial diseases. CVI’s goal is to vaccinate every child in the world against these common, preventable childhood illnesses.
Jan 01 1991The Foundation brings together a number of foundations, federal governments and financial institutions to help rebuild and revitalize inner cities in the United States. This collaboration becomes known as the National Community Development Initiative (NCDI).
Jan 01 1991With Foundation funding, scientists at Cornell University create a detailed molecular genetic map of rice and disseminate to rice breeders worldwide to facilitate the creation of improved varieties.
Jan 01 1991Working with other organizations, the Foundation launches a program to identify, train, and support the next generation of leaders in ecologically sound development. Each year, Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) helps identify 15 associates from each of nine major countries and three regions to participate.
Jan 01 1990With several national conferences organized by scholars at the University of Houston, the Foundation launches a long-term research, preservation, and publishing project to recover the Hispanic literary heritage of the United States.
Jan 01 1989The Foundation launches three initiatives: a global environmental program, a domestic program of school reform, and a program in international security.
Jan 01 1989The exhibition “Facing History: The Black Image in American Art, 1710-1940,” organized by the Corcoran Gallery and supported through the Rockefeller Foundation Museums Program, is the first comprehensive and historical examination of how America’s leading artists have portrayed African-Americans.
Jan 01 1988Building on the success of the Great Neglected Diseases program, the Foundation inaugurates a tropical disease research program in cooperation with the World Health Organization.
Jan 01 1988The Foundation introduces a plan to examine the market for cassava—a shrubby plant grown for its edible root—in nine Sub-Saharan countries. The study is conceived as a parallel to biotechnology research and is aimed at ensuring that research and development matches the actual needs of the farmers and consumers who depend on cassava.