Institution: Rockefeller Foundation

What might appear to be a simple publication project came to fruition only after a decade of political upheaval, cultural repression, war, and Rockefeller Foundation support.

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.

Grant makers and grantees cooperated to craft a unique program in dance.

A hundred years ago, hookworm disease was an epidemic across the US South. Northern philanthropy tried to help.

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

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

What does it take to control the outbreak of a deadly disease?

The inside story of the study that first questioned binary sexuality and spurred outcry and controversy.

How a charismatic community activist from Watts challenged a foundation’s civil rights strategy through a jobs training program.