Rockefeller Foundation

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The Rockefeller Foundation is a major U.S. philanthropic organization formed in 1913. It is significantly associated with the start of funding for formal medical research programs. [1] It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.

Its current work focuses on five interrelated initiatives: [2]

1. Basic Survival Safeguards: Secure food, water, housing and infrastructure
2. Global Health: Accessible, affordable and equitable health services and systems
3. Climate & Environment: Sustainable growth and resilience to climate change
4. Urbanization: Solutions for fast-growing cities
5. Social & Economic Security: Stronger safety nets, reinvigorated citizenship, re-imagined policy frameworks

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1. ↑ John Barry, The Great Influenza
2. ↑ Our Focus, Rockefeller Foundation