Decade: 1920s

A massive program in nursing education extended to 53 schools across the globe. But it never became a top priority of the foundation that supported it.

Programs designed to build public health infrastructure, eradicate disease, and increase access to healthcare have formed the core of more than a hundred years of one foundation’s strategy.

In the early 20th century, the General Education Board was devoted to the cause of improving education throughout the United States, without distinction of race, sex, or creed.

A foundation set on eradicating mosquito-born diseases had to accept that disease control was good enough.

As the scarcity of global resources became increasingly worrisome in the 20th century, these organizations more boldly approached work in population and family planning.

In the aftermath, Foundation staff struggled to rectify their organization’s involvement with this weapon of mass destruction.

Applying a vast fortune to the American race problem, but with decades of false assumptions and well-intended approaches that fell short.

Funding on levels large and small helped this new area of scientific research grow and evolve.

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller’s passion for modern art influenced her children, especially her son Nelson Rockefeller, and continues to reach the public through the museum she co-founded.

How an American philanthropist’s love of medieval art created an immersive Old World experience at The Cloisters museum in New York City.