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The Rumsfeld Foundation is pleased to announce the 10 professionals selected to participate in the Spring 2022 session of the CAMCA Fellowship Program.

Washington, D.C. — The Rumsfeld Foundation is pleased to release its annual report outlining progress made across its key focus areas in 2021 and important updates that will be guiding its direction in the year ahead. Read the full report here: 2021 Annual Report.

As we come to the close of what has been a uniquely challenging year, we want to express our gratitude for the outpouring of support received since Secretary Rumsfeld’s passing.  It goes without saying that we would not be where we are today without the vision, energy and generosity of our late founder, and of course his co-founder and beloved wife, Joyce. 

Washington, D.C. — The Rumsfeld Foundation is pleased to announce its annual grants to military and veterans organizations.  This year the Foundation, in partnership with the Rumsfeld Family Fund, contributed over a quarter of a million dollars to non-profits supporting service members, veterans and their families. 

Washington, D.C. – On September 23^rd-24^th the Rumsfeld Foundation hosted its ninth annual Graduate Fellowship Conference in Washington, D.C. with network members attending from across the country.

Washington, D.C. – A frequently mentioned Rumsfeld’s Rule from Dwight Eisenhower states that, “Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.”  Always one to immerse himself and his staff in thoughtfully and carefully thinking through future scenarios, the Foundation is fortunate that Secretary Rumsfeld prepared its leadership to provide continuity and guidance in the wake of his passing.  

A man whose lifetime of public service began as a Naval aviator, Donald Rumsfeld died on June 29^th at the age of 88, surrounded by family at his home in Taos, New Mexico. 

In lieu of the annual CAMCA Regional Forum, throughout the week of June 21^st-25^th, the Foundation, in partnership with the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and the CAMCA Network, hosted the 2021 e-CAMCA Forum, a virtual conference for the CAMCA Forum community centered around the theme: “Economic Prospects of the CAMCA Region.”

The Rumsfeld Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2021-22 Graduate Fellows.

From May 17^th-20^th the Rumsfeld Foundation hosted a “Spring Series” comprised of daily virtual events for its Graduate Fellowship Network members across the country.