A Private Foundation located in NEW YORK, NY



Latest data derived from the private foundation e-Filings updated by the IRS

IRS Form 990 PF

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2022 Tax Year

About this Private Foundation: 389329


This private foundation is located in New York and provides grants for general support and project activities focused on various social justice issues, including disability rights, environmental advocacy, and youth fellowship programs. It supports initiatives that address human rights impacts, fiscal austerity, and systemic inequality. The foundation also engages in charitable activities that foster institutional effectiveness and promote innovative solutions to combat inequity. By funding community and environmental rights projects, it aims to create a more equitable society and empower emerging leaders to drive positive change globally.

Foundation Profile


In the realm of philanthropic endeavors, one prominent private foundation stands out for its unwavering commitment to social justice and equity. With total assets exceeding $16.3 billion in the 2023 tax year, this foundation has strategically allocated nearly $965 million in grants, emphasizing its dedication to fostering positive change across diverse communities. The foundation's mission centers on addressing systemic inequalities and empowering marginalized populations. Its grantmaking focus encompasses a wide array of initiatives, from general support for social justice organizations to project-specific funding aimed at commemorating significant milestones, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act. This foundation also champions cultural projects that explore the intricate relationships between communities and industries, such as the restaurant sector, while simultaneously promoting environmental and community rights in vulnerable regions. Geographically, the foundation's reach extends from the bustling streets of New York City to the far corners of Eastern Ghana, reflecting its commitment to both local and global challenges. Its funding priorities include institutional strengthening, human rights advocacy, and innovative fellowship programs designed to connect emerging leaders who are tackling issues of inequality and injustice. Notably, the foundation supports initiatives that promote art as a means of social change, aiming to reshape narratives around critical issues such as mass incarceration. Eligibility criteria for potential grantees are designed to ensure that funding aligns with the foundation's mission and values. Organizations that demonstrate a commitment to advancing social equity and justice, particularly those that engage historically marginalized communities, are encouraged to apply. For those who are passionate about driving meaningful change and meet the eligibility requirements, this foundation presents a remarkable opportunity for collaboration. Explore the funding possibilities available through The Grant Portal and take the next step toward making a significant impact in your community.
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THE FORD FOUNDATION

NEW YORK, NY

Summary

Assets

$16.3b

Distributions

$964.9m

Contributions

$0

Grant Median

$211.1k

Count

3.6k

Grant Max

$16.8m
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Latest Tax e-Filing

2022

Published by IRS

2023

People

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# Name Title Hours / Wk Comp ($)
1 ERIC W DOPPSTADT VP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER 45.00 4454586

Charitable Activities

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$4272626

BUILD PROGRAM YIELDS LEARNING FOR GRANTEES & GRANTMAKERS ALIKE, IN DEVELOPING SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGS & NETWORKS FOSTERING GREATER INST. EFF. TO DISMANTLE INEQUALITY

$4310533

THE GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IDENTIFIES AND CONNECTS EMERGING LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE WHO ARE ADVANCING INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS TO COMBAT INEQUITY

$2579187

ART FOR JUSTICE IS FOCUSED ON SAFELY REDUCING THE PRISON POPULATION, PROMOTING JUSTICE REINVESTMENT AND CREATING ART THAT CHANGES NARRATIVE AROUND MASS INCARCERATION

$1494962

FOR PROJECTS THAT COMMUNICATE THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION AND PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE.

Grants

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State

NY

City

NEW YORK

Purpose

CORE SUPPORT FOR THE IRA A. LIPMAN CENTER FOR JOURNALISM AND CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT THE VITAL ROLE OF JOURNALISM IN DEMOCRACY
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE'S HUMAN RIGHTS RESILIENCE PROJECT TO BUILD RESILIENT SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL HEALTH JUSTICE AND GOVERNANCE PROGRAM'S RESEARCH PROJECT ON SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE FUNDING STREAMS FOCUSING ON MULTILATERAL, BILATERAL AND SMALL DONOR STANDARDS AND REPORTED EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS AND IMPACT
1
FOR PUBLICATIONS RESULTING FROM THE INSTITUTE OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES' CONFERENCE ON SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATIONS, POLITICAL REACTIONS, AND INSTITUTIONAL IMPASSES
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR COLUMBIA WORLD PROJECTS TO ASSIST FEDERAL EXECUTIVE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE THEIR RACIAL EQUITY PRACTICES
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT PROJECT AT COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE LOGIC FOUNDATION TO RELAUNCH LOGIC(S) WITH A FOCUS ON FIELDS TRADITIONALLY OUTSIDE OF TECH DISCOURSE THAT EMPLOY ALTERNATIVE METHODS AND TOOLS TO EVALUATE THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND DATA COLLECTION
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE FINAL WRITING, PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF A BOOK ON HOW COMMUNITY-CONNECTED EDUCATION ADVANCES RACIAL JUSTICE AND COUNTERS INEQUALITY
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE FOR SOCIAL POLICY (AISP), AN INITIATIVE OF THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL POLICY AND PRACTICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THEIR EQUITY IN PRACTICE LEARNING COLLABORATIVE DATA EQUITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORK
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND RESEARCH ON CIVIC LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT TO STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS AND YOUTH-LED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGNS
1
GENERAL SUPPORT
2
FOR SUPPORT FOR THE NEW ORLEANS BOOK FESTIVAL FOR EVENTS TO HONOR AND SUPPORT AUTHOR PARTICIPATION
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION'S GREENWOOD RISING INITIATIVE
1
DEMOCRATIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND PUBLIC DEBATE FOR WIDER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND EQUITABLE RESOURCES IN TUNISIA
1
GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING
1
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF A DOCUMENTARY FILM AND INTERACTIVE ONLINE TIMELINE THAT CHRONICLE THE HISTORY OF JAZZ MUSICIAN WYNTON MARSALIS
1
CORE SUPPORT TO DEVELOP TOOLS AND FRAMEWORKS FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT DATA SHARING AND DATA-DRIVEN INNOVATION
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR NEW MONUMENTS, AN EFFORT TO ELEVATE THE VOICES OF ARTISTS IN NEW ORLEANS, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL DIALOGUES AROUND THE FUTURE OF MONUMENTS.
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE OFFICE OF ART IN EMBASSIES' DEMOCRACY COLLECTION TO SUPPORT ACQUISITION OF WORKS OF ART CENTERING THEMES OF DEMOCRACY
1

Interest

Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

10647 results

Amount Name Purpose Location Year
$ 250,000 TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK CORE SUPPORT FOR THE IRA A. LIPMAN CENTER FOR JOURNALISM AND CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT THE VITAL ROLE OF JOURNALISM IN DEMOCRACY NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 300,000 TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK CORE SUPPORT FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE'S HUMAN RIGHTS RESILIENCE PROJECT TO BUILD RESILIENT SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 200,000 TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK CORE SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL HEALTH JUSTICE AND GOVERNANCE PROGRAM'S RESEARCH PROJECT ON SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE FUNDING STREAMS FOCUSING ON MULTILATERAL, BILATERAL AND SMALL DONOR STANDARDS AND REPORTED EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS AND IMPACT NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 25,000 TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR PUBLICATIONS RESULTING FROM THE INSTITUTE OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES' CONFERENCE ON SOCIETAL TRANSFORMATIONS, POLITICAL REACTIONS, AND INSTITUTIONAL IMPASSES NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 110,000 TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK CORE SUPPORT FOR COLUMBIA WORLD PROJECTS TO ASSIST FEDERAL EXECUTIVE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE THEIR RACIAL EQUITY PRACTICES NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 50,000 TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK CORE SUPPORT FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT PROJECT AT COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 100,000 TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK CORE SUPPORT FOR THE LOGIC FOUNDATION TO RELAUNCH LOGIC(S) WITH A FOCUS ON FIELDS TRADITIONALLY OUTSIDE OF TECH DISCOURSE THAT EMPLOY ALTERNATIVE METHODS AND TOOLS TO EVALUATE THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND DATA COLLECTION NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 20,000 TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CORE SUPPORT FOR THE FINAL WRITING, PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF A BOOK ON HOW COMMUNITY-CONNECTED EDUCATION ADVANCES RACIAL JUSTICE AND COUNTERS INEQUALITY PHILADELPHIA, PA 2022
$ 327,827 TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CORE SUPPORT FOR ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE FOR SOCIAL POLICY (AISP), AN INITIATIVE OF THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL POLICY AND PRACTICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THEIR EQUITY IN PRACTICE LEARNING COLLABORATIVE DATA EQUITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WORK PHILADELPHIA, PA 2022
$ 200,000 TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND RESEARCH ON CIVIC LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT TO STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS AND YOUTH-LED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGNS MEDFORD, MA 2022
$ 75,000 TSHWARANANG LEGAL ADVOCACY CENTRE TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN GENERAL SUPPORT , 2022
$ 30,000 TUDOR CITY GREENS INC GENERAL SUPPORT NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 24,280 TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA FOR SUPPORT FOR THE NEW ORLEANS BOOK FESTIVAL FOR EVENTS TO HONOR AND SUPPORT AUTHOR PARTICIPATION NEW ORLEANS, LA 2022
$ 250,000 TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CORE SUPPORT FOR THE 1921 TULSA RACE MASSACRE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION'S GREENWOOD RISING INITIATIVE TULSA, OK 2022
$ 101,000 TUNISIAN OBSERVATORY OF THE ECONOMY DEMOCRATIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND PUBLIC DEBATE FOR WIDER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND EQUITABLE RESOURCES IN TUNISIA , 2022
$ 260,000 TWAWEZA EAST AFRICA LIMITED GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING , 2022
$ 250,000 TWELVE BAR LLC FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF A DOCUMENTARY FILM AND INTERACTIVE ONLINE TIMELINE THAT CHRONICLE THE HISTORY OF JAZZ MUSICIAN WYNTON MARSALIS FAIRFIELD, CT 2022
$ 525,000 TWIN CITIES INNOVATION ALLIANCE CORE SUPPORT TO DEVELOP TOOLS AND FRAMEWORKS FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT DATA SHARING AND DATA-DRIVEN INNOVATION MINNEAPOLIS, MN 2022
$ 125,000 US BIENNIAL INC CORE SUPPORT FOR NEW MONUMENTS, AN EFFORT TO ELEVATE THE VOICES OF ARTISTS IN NEW ORLEANS, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL DIALOGUES AROUND THE FUTURE OF MONUMENTS. NEW ORLEANS, LA 2022
$ 150,000 US DEPARTMENT OF STATE CORE SUPPORT FOR THE OFFICE OF ART IN EMBASSIES' DEMOCRACY COLLECTION TO SUPPORT ACQUISITION OF WORKS OF ART CENTERING THEMES OF DEMOCRACY WASHINGTON, DC 2022
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Deadlines

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Restrictions

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Contact

THE FORD FOUNDATION
320 EAST 43RD STREET
NEW YORK,NY,10017
2125735000

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