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Across eight decades, our mission has sought to reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. Learn more about our mission, our values and culture, and how we approach our work.
The Ford Foundation is the one of the largest private foundations in the United States, with an endowment of $16 billion. We use our financial resources to help our grantees achieve the greatest possible impact. But what does that mean, exactly? In this series of videos, we explain how our funding fuels social change.
Across eight decades, our mission has been to reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.
Jun 28, 2021 · 28 June 2021. Grants from proceeds of Ford’s historic social bond offering will fortify organizations advancing justice. NEW YORK (June 28, 2021) – Today, the Ford Foundation announced an additional $75 million commitment to nonprofit and advocacy organizations across the US South.
Apr 7, 2021 · 7 April 2021. NEW YORK (April 7, 2021) – The Ford Foundation announced today the extension of the 2015 Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD) initiative, which had provided $1 billion dollars in flexible funding to social justice organizations around the world to help them more effectively achieve their core goals and build their ...
The foundation is an independent organization, led by a distinguished board of trustees whose 16 members hail from four continents and bring leadership and expertise in a wide range of disciplines. Today we are stewards of a $16 billion endowment, making $500 million in grants around the world every year.
Jul 8, 2014 · Each year, the Ford Foundation issues about 1,400 grants to organizations fighting injustice around the globe. The foundation, through its endowment, awards these grants to individuals and institutions with bold ideas that will help us achieve our mission of building a truly equitable world.
