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The Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is an independent nonprofit grant-making organization.We make grants in all 50 U.S.states and in many countries around the world.
The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide.Our goals are to:
Strengthen democratic values,
Reduce poverty and injustice,
Promote international cooperation and
Advance human achievement
This has been our purpose for than half a century.
Created with gifts and bequests by Edsel and Henry Ford,the Foundation is an independent organization,with its own board,and is entirely separate from the Ford Motor Company.
A fundamental challenge facing every society is to create political,economic and social systems that promote peace,human welfare and the sustainability of the environment on which life depends.We believe that the best way to meet this challenge is to encourage initiatives by those living and working closest to where problems are located;to promote collaboration among the nonprofit,government and business sectors;and to ensure participation by men and women from diverse communities and at all levels of society.In our experience,such activities help build common understanding,enhance excellence,enable people to improve their lives and reinforce their commitment to society.
The Ford Foundation is one source of support for these activities.We work mainly by making grants or loans that build knowledge and strengthen organizations and networks.Since our financial resources are modest in comparison with societal needs,we focus on a limited number of problem areas and program strategies within our broad goals.
Since its inception it has been an independent,nonprofit,nongovernmental organization.The trustees of the foundation set policy and delegate authority to the president and senior staff for the foundation’s grant making and operations.Program officers in the United States,Africa,the Middle East,Asia,Latin America and Russia explore opportunities to pursue the foundation’s goals,formulate strategies and recommend proposals for funding.
The Ford Foundation was chartered on January 15 th,1936 by Edsel Ford and two Ford Motor Company executives“to receive and administer funds for scientific,educational and charitable purposes,all for the public welfare.”During its early years,the foundation operated in Michigan under the leadership of Ford family members and their associates.
After the deaths of Edsel Ford in 1943 and Henry Ford in 1947,it became clear that the non-voting stock of the Ford Motor Company they bequeathed to the Ford Foundation would create the largest philanthropy in the world.In response,the foundation’s board of trustees,led by the chairman,Henry Ford II,commissioned studies to chart the institution’s future.
The Gaither Study Committee,headed by future president H.Rowan Gaither,was convened in this process and produced the report the board ultimately embraced.After thorough board review and discussion of the report in 1949,a summary was published and distributed to the public in 1950.It recommended support for activities worldwide that:
1.Promise significant contributions to world peace and the establishment of a world order of law and justice;2.Secure greater allegiance to the basic principles of freedom and democracy in the solution of the insistent problems of an ever-changing society;3.Advance the economic well being of people everywhere and improve economic institutions for the better realization of democratic goals;4.Strengthen,expand and improve educational facilities and methods to enable individuals fully to realize their intellectual,civic,and spiritual potentialities;to promote greater equality of educational opportunity;and to conserve and increase knowledge and enrich our culture;and
5.Through scientific work,increase knowledge of factors which influence or determine human conduct,and extend such knowledge for the maximum benefit of individuals and society.
The report also recommended that the foundation operate under the general guidance of the trustees,with the president and staff officers h**ing a high degree of discretion and the flexibility necessary to respond to unforeseen issues and new opportunities.
In 1953,the trustees decided to locate the foundation in New York.The foundation leased space in the city until 1967,when construction of a new headquarters building was completed.Diversification of the foundation’s portfolio was discussed as early as 1949 and divestment of the Ford Motor Company stock occurred between 1955 and 1974.Three Ford family members served as foundation trustees at different times,the last le**ing the board in 1976.
Today the foundation remains a national and international foundation with headquarters in New York City and offices in Asia,Africa,the Middle East,Latin America and Russia.The foundation’s trustees,drawn from the United States,Africa,Asia,and Latin America,bring experience in business,government and the civic sector.Grants and program-related investments support activities in the United States and approximately 50 other countries.To this day,the program areas of the foundation advance the goals outlined in the Gaither Committee report.