Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation is a private philanthropic foundation established in 1913 by John D. Rockefeller and his advisers. It has funded research and programs in public health, agriculture, education, and other fields worldwide.

John D. Rockefeller: An American industrialist who founded Standard Oil and became one of the world's wealthiest philanthropists. His wealth and philanthropic plans supplied the Foundation's endowment and founding impetus.
George W. Beadle: An American geneticist who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on gene function. As Foundation president, he oversaw a period of expanded scientific and agricultural funding.
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center: A Mexico-based international research center that develops improved maize and wheat varieties. Its breeding programs institutionalized research methods first developed with Foundation support in Mexico.
International Fund for Agricultural Development: A United Nations agency that finances agricultural development and rural poverty reduction. Unlike this private foundation, it is an intergovernmental institution funded by member states.
Frederick T. Gates: An American Baptist minister and adviser who helped direct John D. Rockefeller's philanthropy. Gates helped design the institutional structure and priorities of the Foundation.
Chester I. Barnard: An American business executive and organizational theorist who led the Rockefeller Foundation from 1948 to 1952. His presidency coincided with the Foundation's early postwar international programs.
International Rice Research Institute: An international agricultural research institute in the Philippines focused on rice and food systems. The institute extended Foundation-backed agricultural science into Asian rice-growing regions.
Food and Agriculture Organization: A United Nations agency that leads international efforts to end hunger and improve nutrition and agriculture. Its public multilateral mandate contrasts with the Foundation's privately governed grantmaking.
Rockefeller Sanitary Commission: A philanthropic organization founded in 1909 to combat hookworm disease in the southern United States. Its public-health campaign provided a practical precursor to the Foundation's international work.
Warren Weaver: An American scientist and science administrator who directed the Rockefeller Foundation's natural-sciences program for decades. He championed molecular biology and helped shape the Foundation's scientific grantmaking.

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