Decade: 1990s

A 1994 meeting moved women’s empowerment front and center for grantmaking in global population.

A new program in the natural sciences increased funding and attention to the life sciences, and coined a new term along the way.

A new organization played an important part in assisting the Rockefeller Foundation by assembling cooperative studies on the issues of the day.

Although known for its work in science, medicine, and health, the Rockefeller Foundation supported a surprising number of performing arts activities.

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

A foundation’s early criticism of the all-male conference panel, before #nomoremanels

Our understanding of the insanity defense relies on a book that was an unintended outcome of a Commonwealth Fund grant.