The "Big Three" private philanthropic foundations which dominated much of the 20th century were the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. From their inception, there has been a revolving door to United States foreign assistance and intelligence agencies. Here's a partial listing: 🔷 Alger Hiss – State Dept/UN architect → later exposed as Soviet spy → led Carnegie Endowment 🔷 Allen Dulles – Managed Rockefeller oil in Turkey → OSS chief → CIA director from Rockefeller Center 🔷 Nelson Rockefeller – State Dept (Latin America) → Rockefeller Foundation dev → later VP under Ford 🔷 John Foster Dulles – CFR founder, Rockefeller/Carnegie boards → Eisenhower’s Secretary of State 🔷 Joseph E. Johnson – State Dept/UN advisor → led Carnegie Endowment after Hiss 🔷 Paul G. Hoffman – Ran Marshall Plan → 1st president of Ford Foundation 🔷 Robert A. Lovett – Sec. of Defense under Truman → Rockefeller Foundation trustee 🔷 Dean Rusk – State Dept → Rockefeller Foundation president → back as JFK/LBJ Secretary of State 🔷 Richard Bissell Jr. – Ford Foundation → CIA deputy director (Bay of Pigs planner) 🔷 John J. McCloy – Assistant Sec. of War → Rockefeller & Ford Foundation chair → CFR chair 🔷 McGeorge Bundy – JFK/LBJ Nat’l Security Advisor → Ford Foundation president 🔷 C. Douglas Dillon – Treasury Secretary → Brookings chair → Rockefeller Foundation chair 🔷 Thomas L. Hughes – State Dept intel chief → Carnegie Endowment president 🔷 Morton Abramowitz – State Dept → led Carnegie Endowment → Nat’l Endowment for Democracy