Decade: 1970s

The mid-20th century was an era influenced by mass communications, and a handful of philanthropic programs sought to tap into the possibilities of film and radio.

India was not the first country to take up the new seeds and methods developed by the Rockefeller Foundation, but the story of India’s adoption of them in the 1960s is dramatic.

In the 1980s, critics argued that some groups had been left behind by the Green Revolution.

Using new technology to save threatened world resources and keep free inquiry alive under threat of fascist destruction.

When the restrictive military regime that had taken power in Brazil in 1964 became even more repressive by 1969, staffers at the Ford Foundation found themselves facing a conundrum.

A story recounting many accusations, from rigged elections to the meddling of big private money in grassroots organizing.

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

Moving scholarship by and about women from margin to center.

What began as an attempt to find more job opportunities for historians went further and launched a new field.

Philanthropy helped carve out a public space for the expression of race, culture, and critical perspectives.