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List of major gifts given by John D. Rockefeller by the time of his death in 1937.
 
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, New York City                                        $6,845,688.52
American Baptist Home Mission Society, New York City                                           $6,994,831.62
American Baptist Missionary Society, Dayton, Ohio                                                   $1,902,132.58
General Education Board                                                                                             $129,209,167.10
Laura Spelmen Rockefeller Memorial, New York                                                       $73,985,313.77
Minister and Missionaries Benefit Board of Northern Baptists Convention          $7,090,579.06
Rockefeller Foundation, New York                                                                            $182,851,480.90
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research                                                                $59,931,891.62
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois                                                                      $34,708,375.28
Yale University, New Haven                                                                                           $1,001,000.00
Y.M.C.A., International Committee                                                                               $2,295,580.73
 
                                                                                                                        [TOTAL: $506,816,041.73]
New York Times, May 24, 1937
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  • Mrs. Dreiss's History Weebly
    • Global History >
      • Ancient Greece >
        • Philosophy
        • Athenian Democracy
        • Greek Literature
        • The Olympics
        • Art & Architecture
        • Math, Science, & Medicine
      • Ancient Rome >
        • Roman Geography & The Republic
        • From Republic to Empire
      • Medieval European Countries >
        • England
        • Spain
        • The Ottoman Empire
    • U.S. History >
      • George Washington >
        • The Cabinet
        • The Whiskey Rebellion
        • Hamilton's Financial Plan
        • Diplomacy
        • Farewell Address
        • Primary Sources >
          • PS: Cabinet Letter
          • PS: Whiskey Rebellion
          • PS: Diplomacy
          • PS: Washington DC
          • PS: Farewell Address
      • The Marshall Court >
        • Marbury v. Madison
        • McCulloch v. Maryland
        • Gibbons v. Ogden
      • Andrew Jackson >
        • Jackson Day 1 >
          • The Corrupt Bargain
          • County Election Painting
          • Jacksonian Democracy
          • "The People's Day" - Inauguration Day
        • Jackson Day 2 >
          • Tariffs & The Nullification Crisis
          • The Bank Veto
          • King Andrew
          • History vs. Jackson
      • Reform Movements >
        • Introduction
        • Early Women's Suffrage
        • Abolitionist Movement
      • Manifest Destiny >
        • Manifest Destiny
        • James K. Polk
        • Florida & Oregon
        • Texas Independence
        • Mexican American War
      • Reconstruction >
        • Lincoln's Plan
        • Johnson's Plan
        • Radical Republicans' Plan
        • Impeachment of Johnson
      • The Industrialists >
        • Robber Barons or Captains of Industry
        • Political Cartoons
        • Andrew Carnegie Biography >
          • Steel Production
          • Homestead Steel Mill Strike
          • Carnegie's Wealth & Philanthropy
        • John D. Rockefeller Biography >
          • Oil Production
          • Matthew Josephson Reading
          • George Rice Reading
          • Ida Tarbell Reading
          • Rockefeller's Wealth & Philanthropy
      • The Gilded Age >
        • Gilded Age Politics
        • Unions
      • Politics of the 1920s >
        • Warren G. Harding
        • Calvin Coolidge
      • Vietnam War >
        • Vietnam War Causes
        • Vietnam War Major Events
        • Vietnam War Protests & Resistance
        • Vietnam War End & Effects