Interpretive framework

Beyond Charity

A century of Rockefeller philanthropic innovation, read as a design history — the interpretive frame behind this site’s structure.

Why an old memo structures a new site

Jerome Greene’s 1913 “principles and policies” memo separated impulse from institution. Our Policies page plays the same role: rules first, in the open.

Chapter-per-program

The book’s program chapters (medicine, agriculture, education) parallel our own Public Projects structure — art, farming, education — deliberately.

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Spatial companion

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