A Rockefeller Plans a Huge Bequest

Nov. 21, 2006: David Rockefeller, the youngest son of John D. Rockefeller Jr., is making a $225 million bequest to the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the foundation he and his four brothers established in 1940 as a way of pooling their philanthropic efforts. It will be used to create the David Rockefeller Global Development Fund, which will complement the foundation’s work in the areas of sustainable...