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In different administrative and organizational forms, the Food for Peace program of the United States has provided food assistance around the world for more than 50 years. Approximately 3 billion people in 150 countries have benefited directly from U.S. food assistance [1] . The Office of Food for Peace within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the U.S. Government's largest provider of overseas food assistance. The food assistance programming is funded primarily through the Food for Peace Act. The Office of Food for Peace also receives International Disaster Assistance Funds through the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) that can be used in emergency settings (more information below). While U.S. food aid started out in the 1950s as a means to donate surplus U.S. commodities, the U.S. government moved away from this decades ago, and now purchases food from American farmers through a competitive process. The Office of Food for Peace donates food based ...

American philanthropic organization The Rockefeller Foundation Founded May 14, 1913 ; 105 years ago  ( 1913-05-14 ) Founders John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller Jr. Frederick Taylor Gates Type Non-operating private foundation (IRS exemption status): 501(c)(3) [1] Location 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York, U.S. Method Endowment Key people Rajiv Shah (President) Endowment $4.1 billion (2016) [2] Website www.rockefellerfoundation.org The Rockefeller Foundation is a private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. [4] It was established by the six-generation Rockefeller family. The Foundation was started by Standard Oil owner John D. Rockefeller ("Senior"), along with his son John D. Rockefeller Jr. ("Junior"), and Senior's principal oil and gas business and philanthropic advisor, Frederick Taylor Gates, in New York State on May 14, 1913, when its charter was formally accepted by the New Y...