The Rockefeller Foundation
John D. Rockefeller took $250 million of his own personal fortune and set it aside to establish the Rockefeller Foundation in 1913, with its charter centering its work in public health areas, education, public housing, and medical professional training. The Rockefeller Foundation subsequently endowed the School of Hygiene and Public Health at John Hopkins University.
John D. Rockefeller Sr. is getting into a Ford automobile circa 1925. Photo by Granger / Shutterstock
Rockefeller Foundation money was essential in relief efforts when it came to Europe after World War One. The Foundation also donated a large chunk of money for research into the Spanish Flu Pandemic, which emerged towards the end of the war and spread like wildfire in its aftermath.