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

GENERAL SUPPORT
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CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DESTINOS THEATER FESTIVAL, WHERE LATINO STORIES AND EXPERIENCES ARE REPRESENTED, CELEBRATED AND AMPLIFIED, AND DEMONSTRATES THAT CHICAGO IS A CENTER FOR DIVERSE, QUALITY THEATER
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE FUND FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN CRISIS
1
FOR THE RESOURCE HUBS INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH A NETWORK DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING DIVERSE TYPES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND MOVEMENTS, BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DIVERSE SUPPORT PROGRAMS
1
FOR THE ACADEMY OF GLOBAL FOOD ECONOMICS AND POLICY TO DEVELOP A PLATFORM FOR SHARING CHINA KNOWLEDGE WITH AFRICAN SCHOLARS AND CSOS THROUGH NETWORKING, WORKSHOPS AND VISITORS' PROGRAMS
1
GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING
1
FOR RESEARCH TO ELABORATE NEW CHINESE SOCIAL POLICY TOOLS UNDER THE RUBRIC OF COMMON PROSPERITY AND FOR RESEARCH TO DEVELOP A TAXONOMY FOR A PILOT ON SOCIAL BONDS
1
TO PREPARE AND PUBLISH A BOOK ON CHINA'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES FOR REDUCING INEQUALITY IN THE LAST THREE TO FOUR DECADES FROM THE LENS OF CHINA DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR A CONCERT TO BE HELD IN SHANGHAI TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S VISIT TO CHINA AND THE SINGING OF THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR BUFU TO CREATE AND SHARE NEW MEDIA AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART, EMERGING MEDIA, AND TECHNOLOGY
1
FOR THE INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH TO EXAMINE CHINAS INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR BLACK FUTURES LAB'S WORK TO DEEPEN AND EXPAND BLACK CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOP PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS AIMED AT PROMOTING STATE AND LOCAL POLICIES RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF BLACK COMMUNITIES
1
PROJECT SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC YOUTH PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS AND MENTAL WELLBEING
1
FOR PRODUCTION AND PUBLIC ACTIVATION OF BEFORE THE WAR, AN ANIMATION FILM THAT EXPLORES THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SHIFTS CATALYZED BY THE CURRENT PANDEMIC ENVIRONMENT AND THE POLITICALLY POLARIZING YEARS PRECEDING COVID-19
1
FOR PRODUCTION OF FREE CHOL SOO LEE, A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT A KOREAN AMERICAN MAN, WHO WAS WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED FOR MURDER IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE FOCUS OF AN ASIAN-AMERICAN LED SOCIAL MOVEMENT TO FREE HIM IN THE 1970S
1
FOR A FELLOWSHIP UNDER THE FORD FOUNDATION GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, A PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO IDENTIFY AND CONNECT EMERGING LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE WHO ARE ADVANCING INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS TO COMBAT INEQUALITY
1
FOR THE PRISMATIC GROUND FILM FESTIVAL THAT CENTERS ON EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY AND AVANT-GARDE FILM MAKING AND SCREENING
1
TO SUPPORT THE REOPENING OF IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING, FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTATION OF COVID-19 SAFETY STANDARDS, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE VISITORS AND BRING TOGETHER HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO TELL THEIR STORIES
1

Interest

Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

10647 results

Amount Name Purpose Location Year
$ 100,000 CHICAGO ABORTION FUND GENERAL SUPPORT CHICAGO, IL 2022
$ 100,000 CHICAGO LATINO THEATER ALLIANCE CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DESTINOS THEATER FESTIVAL, WHERE LATINO STORIES AND EXPERIENCES ARE REPRESENTED, CELEBRATED AND AMPLIFIED, AND DEMONSTRATES THAT CHICAGO IS A CENTER FOR DIVERSE, QUALITY THEATER CHICAGO, IL 2022
$ 50,000 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN GROWTH THROUGH ART & MUSEUM EXPERIENCE INC CORE SUPPORT FOR THE FUND FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN CRISIS NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 100,000 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN GROWTH THROUGH ART & MUSEUM EXPERIENCE INC GENERAL SUPPORT NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 100,000 CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF MANHATTAN GROWTH THROUGH ART & MUSEUM EXPERIENCE INC GENERAL SUPPORT NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 125,000 CHILDREN'S RADIO FOUNDATION FOR THE RESOURCE HUBS INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP AND ESTABLISH A NETWORK DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING DIVERSE TYPES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND MOVEMENTS, BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DIVERSE SUPPORT PROGRAMS NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 150,000 CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY FOR THE ACADEMY OF GLOBAL FOOD ECONOMICS AND POLICY TO DEVELOP A PLATFORM FOR SHARING CHINA KNOWLEDGE WITH AFRICAN SCHOLARS AND CSOS THROUGH NETWORKING, WORKSHOPS AND VISITORS' PROGRAMS , 2022
$ 250,000 CHINA ASSOCIATION FOR NGO COOPERATION GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING , 2022
$ 213,000 CHINA DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH TO ELABORATE NEW CHINESE SOCIAL POLICY TOOLS UNDER THE RUBRIC OF COMMON PROSPERITY AND FOR RESEARCH TO DEVELOP A TAXONOMY FOR A PILOT ON SOCIAL BONDS , 2022
$ 100,000 CHINA DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION TO PREPARE AND PUBLISH A BOOK ON CHINA'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGES FOR REDUCING INEQUALITY IN THE LAST THREE TO FOUR DECADES FROM THE LENS OF CHINA DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FOUNDATION , 2022
$ 320,000 CHINA FRIENDSHIP FOUNDATION FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT CORE SUPPORT FOR A CONCERT TO BE HELD IN SHANGHAI TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON'S VISIT TO CHINA AND THE SINGING OF THE SHANGHAI COMMUNIQUE , 2022
$ 17,000 CHINA RESIDENCIES INC CORE SUPPORT FOR BUFU TO CREATE AND SHARE NEW MEDIA AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART, EMERGING MEDIA, AND TECHNOLOGY OCALA, FL 2022
$ 70,000 CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR THE INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH TO EXAMINE CHINAS INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE , 2022
$ 125,000 CHINESE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION CORE SUPPORT FOR BLACK FUTURES LAB'S WORK TO DEEPEN AND EXPAND BLACK CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOP PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS AIMED AT PROMOTING STATE AND LOCAL POLICIES RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF BLACK COMMUNITIES SAN FRANCISCO, CA 2022
$ 50,000 CHISENHALE GALLERY PROJECT SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC YOUTH PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS AND MENTAL WELLBEING , 2022
$ 30,000 CHITRA GANESH FOR PRODUCTION AND PUBLIC ACTIVATION OF BEFORE THE WAR, AN ANIMATION FILM THAT EXPLORES THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SHIFTS CATALYZED BY THE CURRENT PANDEMIC ENVIRONMENT AND THE POLITICALLY POLARIZING YEARS PRECEDING COVID-19 BROOKLYN, NY 2022
$ 16,000 CHOL SOO LEE DOCUMENTARY LLC FOR PRODUCTION OF FREE CHOL SOO LEE, A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT A KOREAN AMERICAN MAN, WHO WAS WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED FOR MURDER IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE FOCUS OF AN ASIAN-AMERICAN LED SOCIAL MOVEMENT TO FREE HIM IN THE 1970S TORRANCE, CA 2022
$ 15,750 CHRISTIANTO SENDA FOR A FELLOWSHIP UNDER THE FORD FOUNDATION GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, A PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO IDENTIFY AND CONNECT EMERGING LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE WHO ARE ADVANCING INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND SOLUTIONS TO COMBAT INEQUALITY , 2022
$ 26,250 CINEMA LAMONT FOR THE PRISMATIC GROUND FILM FESTIVAL THAT CENTERS ON EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY AND AVANT-GARDE FILM MAKING AND SCREENING OAK PARK, MI 2022
$ 20,000 CINEMA NOSSO TO SUPPORT THE REOPENING OF IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING, FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTATION OF COVID-19 SAFETY STANDARDS, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE VISITORS AND BRING TOGETHER HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO TELL THEIR STORIES , 2022
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PROPOSALS SHOULD SET FORTH A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED WORK; HOW THE WORK WILL BE CONDUCTED; THE NAMES AND CURRICULUM VITAE OF THOSE ENGAGED IN THE PROJECT; A DETAILED BUDGET, THE PROJECT'S PRESENT MEANS OF SUPPORT, THE PROJECT'S STATUS OF APPLICATIONS TO OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, AND THE PROJECT'S LEGAL AND TAX STATUS.

Deadlines

N/A

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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Private Foundation Grants of $211.1k Available in NEW YORK, NY