Topic: Climate Change

Black and white image of "agronomistos", harvesting rice in a field.

Timeline: American Philanthropy, Agriculture, and the Challenges of Feeding the World

From demonstration farms launched when farming was still unmechanized to confronting climate change in the twenty-first century, American philanthropy has played a key role in shaping and supporting efforts to lift rural communities out of poverty through agriculture.

1960s 1970s

The Rockefeller Foundation Makes its First Foray into Environmentalism

A short-lived environmental research program in the 1970s was an early foray into climate change funding.