A privately funded, non-governmental grantmaking body that funds public health work rather than delivering it directly or conducting it as its own research staff. Belongs here: a health-funding philanthropic foundation. Does not belong here: an institution that conducts research directly with its own staff, grouped under research institutes.
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1. Wikipedia: Rockefeller Foundation
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The foundation was created by Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller ("Senior") and son "Junior", and their primary business advisor, Frederick Taylor Gates, on May 14, 1913, when its charter was granted by New York.
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