Nov 21 2024Through the New School for Social Research, the Foundation grants $10,000 to writer and neighborhood activist Jane Jacobs for research into the relationship between function and design in urban environments.She receives another grant the following year for $8,000. The book resulting from that research, Jacobs’ masterpiece, "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," is published in 1961.
Nov 21 2024The Population Council receives the first of many grants, spanning 39 years and totaling more than $40 million.