{"id":14,"date":"2008-09-01T16:18:27","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T20:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=14"},"modified":"2010-01-04T13:49:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-04T18:49:24","slug":"about-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/about-blueprint-america\/about-funding\/14\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major support for <strong>Blueprint America<\/strong> is provided by the Rockefeller Foundation. Since its establishment in 1913, the Rockefeller Foundation has sought to identify and attack at their source the underlying causes of human suffering. The Foundation pioneered the frontier of global philanthropy and continues to find and fund solutions to many of the world\u2019s most intractable challenges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockfound.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/files\/2008\/09\/ba_thumb_rockfoundlogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a>The Rockefeller Foundation attempts to harness the creative forces of globalization, supporting breakthrough solutions to 21st century challenges. This is smart globalization: ensuring that the opportunities unleashed by globalization are accessible to more people, more fully, in more places \u2014 and that poor and vulnerable people are equipped to seize them.<\/p>\n<p>Additional support is provided by the Surdna Foundation. 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