Mar 19 2020The New York State legislature passes an act incorporating The Rockefeller Foundation; John D. Rockefeller makes initial gifts totaling $35 million, followed by $65 million a year later.
Mar 19 2020Funds first meeting on artificial intelligence at Dartmouth, the first time the words artificial and intelligence appear together.
Mar 19 2020The Rockefeller Foundation convenes U.S. and foreign experts to develop a plan to eradicate hunger in the world.
Mar 19 2020The Rockefeller Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Pew Charitable Trusts commit $100 million over 10 years to create the Energy Foundation, aimed at making energy generation and consumption in the United States more efficient and sustainable.
Mar 19 2020Bellagio Center convenes 40 global investors to discuss what it would take for the newly emerging impact investing industry to solve more social and environmental challenges with greater efficiency. The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) launches and organizes behind multiple initiatives.
Mar 19 2020The Rockefeller Foundation commits $3 million for housing and economic redevelopment in response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The Foundation commits to more than $23 million in grants through 2017 to support resilience, redevelopment, and recovery.
Mar 19 2020Smart Power for Rural Development Initiative launches, bringing access to reliable energy from green sources to 1 million Indians in 1,000 villages in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to promote economic development in rural areas.
Mar 19 2020The Rockefeller Foundation partners with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History to create the Hamilton Education Initiative, based on the Broadway musical Hamilton. By 2019, the five-year partnership allowed 250,000 underprivileged high school students to participate in educational programs that integrate the arts with American history and to attend a performance of Hamilton.
Mar 19 2020The Rockefeller Foundation commits $20 million in Covid-19 assistance to strengthen global pandemic preparedness and support vulnerable communities.
Mar 18 2020Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) joins The Rockefeller Foundation as its thirteenth president.
