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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NY

City

NEW YORK

Purpose

CORE SUPPORT TO THE AFRICAN STUDIES CENTRE LEIDEN FOR A RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE HISTORY OF CONCESSIONARY COMPANIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DIGITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH CENTER TO INVESTIGATE THE SOCIAL ROLE OF INTERNET PLATFORMS, AND TO ADVOCATE FOR APPROACHES TO DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES THAT TREAT PLATFORMS AND SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES AS PUBLIC GOODS
1
FOR THE STRENGTHENING PROGRAMMING FOR ADOLESCENT AND YOUTHS THROUGH RESOURCE AND KNOWLEDGE GENERATION AND LINK TO EVIDENCE (SPARKLE) PROJECT
1
FOR THE CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY CHINESE STUDIES TO CONDUCT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ON LOCAL VOICES IN INDONESIA WITH CHINESE INVESTMENT PROJECTS AND TO ORGANIZE A NETWORK OF SCHOLARS AND NGOS FOR SHARING CHINA KNOWLEDGE IN THE ASEAN AND THE PACIFIC RE
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ANALYTICS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (CHAOSS) PROJECT
1
TO SUPPORT THE COLLECTIVE OF RELATIVES OF THE DISAPPEARED IN ACAPULCO IN THE SEARCH AND JUSTICE PROCESSES.
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CENTER FOR STUDIES OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING ADVOCATES AND POLICYMAKERS IN APPLYING A HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK TO INTERNET ISSUES IN LATIN AMERICA
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES RIGHTS TO STUDY THE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN AFRICA
1
FOR A GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF CRITICAL AND ENERGY TRANSITION MINERALS EXTRACTION FOR NATURAL RESOURCE FRONTIERS
1
FOR THE ANNENBERG INCLUSION INITIATIVES MISSING AND MALIGNED: EXPLORING MUSLIM REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA PROJECT WITH THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF FOSTERING A REPRESENTATIVE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT AND COMBATING BIASES FACING MUSLIMS GLOBALLY
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE PAUL WILLIAMS INITIATIVE TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARCHITECT
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CHARLOTTA BASS JOURNALISM AND JUSTICE LAB WHICH TRAINS ANTI-RACIST JOURNALISTS, MANAGES AN ARCHIVE OF BLACK NEWSPAPERS ON THE WEST COAST, SHARES ORAL HISTORIES AND CREATES COMMUNITY JOURNALISM
1
FOR THE BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART'S CURATORIAL STAFF TRAVEL TO PROVIDE CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND ENRICH THE EXHIBITIONS FOR THE PUBLIC
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE SOCIETY, WORK AND POLITICS INSTITUTE TO BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE RESEARCH TEAM TO TAKE FORWARD THE ORGANISATION'S WORK ON INEQUALITY AND JUSTICE
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CENTRE ON AFRICAN PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL INVESTMENT TO CONSOLIDATE ITS TEACHING, TRAINING, RESEARCH AND THE PROMOTION OF PHILANTHROPY IN AFRICA
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE SOUTHERN CENTRE FOR INEQUALITY STUDIES TO STUDY AND ADDRESS INEQUALITY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, AND CORE SUPPORT FOR ITS INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CENTRE FOR JOURNALISM'S AFRICA-CHINA REPORTING PROJECT TO GENERATE AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHINA'S ENGAGEMENTS WITH AFRICAN COUNTRIES THROUGH MEDIA TRAINING, FACILITATION, REPORTING AND CONVENINGS
1
CORE SUPPORT TO THE CENTRE FOR APPLIED LEGAL STUDIES TO ADVANCE AND UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE SOCIETY, WORK AND POLITICS INSTITUTE FOR ITS WORK ON COAL MINING COMMUNITIES AND THE JUST TRANSITION.
1
FOR THE CENTER FOR LEARNING ON EVALUATION AND RESULTS - ANGLIPHONE AFRICA (CLEAR-AA) TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING AND PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT ON EQUITY-CENTERED EVALUATION
1

Interest

Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

10647 results

Amount Name Purpose Location Year
$ 61,000 UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN CORE SUPPORT TO THE AFRICAN STUDIES CENTRE LEIDEN FOR A RESEARCH PROJECT ON THE HISTORY OF CONCESSIONARY COMPANIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA , 2022
$ 329,000 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DIGITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH CENTER TO INVESTIGATE THE SOCIAL ROLE OF INTERNET PLATFORMS, AND TO ADVOCATE FOR APPROACHES TO DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES THAT TREAT PLATFORMS AND SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES AS PUBLIC GOODS HADLEY, MA 2022
$ 75,000 UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES FOR THE STRENGTHENING PROGRAMMING FOR ADOLESCENT AND YOUTHS THROUGH RESOURCE AND KNOWLEDGE GENERATION AND LINK TO EVIDENCE (SPARKLE) PROJECT , 2022
$ 50,000 UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE FOR THE CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY CHINESE STUDIES TO CONDUCT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ON LOCAL VOICES IN INDONESIA WITH CHINESE INVESTMENT PROJECTS AND TO ORGANIZE A NETWORK OF SCHOLARS AND NGOS FOR SHARING CHINA KNOWLEDGE IN THE ASEAN AND THE PACIFIC RE , 2022
$ 67,000 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA OMAHA CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAM AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ANALYTICS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (CHAOSS) PROJECT OMAHA, NE 2022
$ 50,000 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC TO SUPPORT THE COLLECTIVE OF RELATIVES OF THE DISAPPEARED IN ACAPULCO IN THE SEARCH AND JUSTICE PROCESSES. NOTRE DAME, IN 2022
$ 53,850 UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO FOUNDATION CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CENTER FOR STUDIES OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING ADVOCATES AND POLICYMAKERS IN APPLYING A HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK TO INTERNET ISSUES IN LATIN AMERICA , 2022
$ 100,000 UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA CORE SUPPORT FOR THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES RIGHTS TO STUDY THE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN AFRICA , 2022
$ 105,000 UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FOR A GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF CRITICAL AND ENERGY TRANSITION MINERALS EXTRACTION FOR NATURAL RESOURCE FRONTIERS , 2022
$ 200,000 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE ANNENBERG INCLUSION INITIATIVES MISSING AND MALIGNED: EXPLORING MUSLIM REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA PROJECT WITH THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF FOSTERING A REPRESENTATIVE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT AND COMBATING BIASES FACING MUSLIMS GLOBALLY LOS ANGELES, CA 2022
$ 50,000 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CORE SUPPORT FOR THE PAUL WILLIAMS INITIATIVE TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARCHITECT LOS ANGELES, CA 2022
$ 200,000 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CHARLOTTA BASS JOURNALISM AND JUSTICE LAB WHICH TRAINS ANTI-RACIST JOURNALISTS, MANAGES AN ARCHIVE OF BLACK NEWSPAPERS ON THE WEST COAST, SHARES ORAL HISTORIES AND CREATES COMMUNITY JOURNALISM LOS ANGELES, CA 2022
$ 10,000 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION FOR THE BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART'S CURATORIAL STAFF TRAVEL TO PROVIDE CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND ENRICH THE EXHIBITIONS FOR THE PUBLIC AUSTIN, TX 2022
$ 40,000 UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND CORE SUPPORT FOR THE SOCIETY, WORK AND POLITICS INSTITUTE TO BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE RESEARCH TEAM TO TAKE FORWARD THE ORGANISATION'S WORK ON INEQUALITY AND JUSTICE , 2022
$ 287,500 UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CENTRE ON AFRICAN PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL INVESTMENT TO CONSOLIDATE ITS TEACHING, TRAINING, RESEARCH AND THE PROMOTION OF PHILANTHROPY IN AFRICA , 2022
$ 654,211 UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND CORE SUPPORT FOR THE SOUTHERN CENTRE FOR INEQUALITY STUDIES TO STUDY AND ADDRESS INEQUALITY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH, AND CORE SUPPORT FOR ITS INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING , 2022
$ 360,000 UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CENTRE FOR JOURNALISM'S AFRICA-CHINA REPORTING PROJECT TO GENERATE AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT CHINA'S ENGAGEMENTS WITH AFRICAN COUNTRIES THROUGH MEDIA TRAINING, FACILITATION, REPORTING AND CONVENINGS , 2022
$ 150,000 UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND CORE SUPPORT TO THE CENTRE FOR APPLIED LEGAL STUDIES TO ADVANCE AND UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA. , 2022
$ 150,000 UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND CORE SUPPORT FOR THE SOCIETY, WORK AND POLITICS INSTITUTE FOR ITS WORK ON COAL MINING COMMUNITIES AND THE JUST TRANSITION. , 2022
$ 200,000 UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND FOR THE CENTER FOR LEARNING ON EVALUATION AND RESULTS - ANGLIPHONE AFRICA (CLEAR-AA) TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE-BUILDING AND PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT ON EQUITY-CENTERED EVALUATION , 2022
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Restrictions

ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED BY FOUNDATION GRANTS MUST BE CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE TREASURY REGULATIONS.

Contact

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

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