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 BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE LEGACY INITIATIVE TO PLAN AND REALIZE FUTURE PROGRAMMING FOR THIS MOVEMENT-BASED PERFORMANCE CENTER
1
FOR THE HEADWAY JOURNALISM INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS WAYS TO BUILD EQUITABLE PLACES AND THE OBSTACLES TO PROGRESS
1
FOR A NEW DISABILITY JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP, WITH A FOCUS ON FIELD-FACING LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO REPORT ON DISABILITY
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR NEW LATINX INITIATIVE TO ADVANCE LATINX ART AND CULTURE SCHOLARSHIP AND CURATION
1
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMANCE STUDIES AFRO-ATLANTIC FUTURES CONFERENCE, TO BRING TOGETHER AFRO-BRAZILIAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS, CURATORS, SCHOLARS AND OTHER SPECIALISTS DURING THE AFRO-ATLANTIC HISTORIES EXHIBITION
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM ON INEQUALITY, PRIVATIZATION AND PUBLIC GOODS (AT THE CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLOBAL JUSTICE-NYU LAW) TO SPUR NEW THINKING ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC POLICIES, INEQUALITY, POVERTY, EXCLUSION AND HUMAN RIGHT
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE WORLD RECORDS JOURNAL, A BIANNUAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ON DOCUMENTARY CRITICISM AND WRITING PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER FOR MEDIA, CULTURE, AND HISTORY
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY POWER AT THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL CENTER ON RACE, INEQUALITY, AND THE LAW
1
TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE LANDSCAPE SCAN TO INFORM GRANTMAKING IN DISABILITY JUSTICE IN NEW YORK STATE
1
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE JUSTICE FUND TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN THE ECOSYSTEM OF ORGANIZATIONS IN NYC WORKING TO TRANSFORM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, PERMANENTLY CLOSE RIKERS, AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE NYCS RELIANCE ON THE USE OF INCARCERATION
1
GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INCUBATING THE FUNDACION DE MUJERES EN PUERTO RICO (FMNPR)
1
GENERAL SUPPORT
1
TO FACILITATE BROADER STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACTIVE SECTOR GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA
1
FOR A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES TO STRENGTHEN CIVIL SOCIETY VOICES ON CLIMATE JUSTICE ACTION IN NIGERIA
1
FOR A PROJECT TO CONDUCT A DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF NIGERIA'S MINERAL SECTOR
1
FOR EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AND CONVENING ON RESOURCE-BACKED CHINESE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN NIGERIA
1
GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING
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
2
FOR A FEMINIST LEARNING PLATFORM TO DISSEMINATE CRITICAL BILINGUAL MATERIALS ON PREVENTING PUBLIC SPACE VIOLENCE USING NARRATIVES, STORIES, ART AND ALTERNATIVE PEDAGOGIES TO CONNECT RURAL, REGIONAL, URBAN AND TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXTS AND FOR COVID RELI
1

Interest

Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

10647 results

Amount Name Purpose Location Year
$ 250,000 NEW YORK LIVE ARTS INC CORE SUPPORT FOR BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE LEGACY INITIATIVE TO PLAN AND REALIZE FUTURE PROGRAMMING FOR THIS MOVEMENT-BASED PERFORMANCE CENTER NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 500,000 NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY FOR THE HEADWAY JOURNALISM INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS WAYS TO BUILD EQUITABLE PLACES AND THE OBSTACLES TO PROGRESS NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 75,000 NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY FOR A NEW DISABILITY JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP, WITH A FOCUS ON FIELD-FACING LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO REPORT ON DISABILITY NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 250,000 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CORE SUPPORT FOR NEW LATINX INITIATIVE TO ADVANCE LATINX ART AND CULTURE SCHOLARSHIP AND CURATION NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 200,000 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMANCE STUDIES AFRO-ATLANTIC FUTURES CONFERENCE, TO BRING TOGETHER AFRO-BRAZILIAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS, CURATORS, SCHOLARS AND OTHER SPECIALISTS DURING THE AFRO-ATLANTIC HISTORIES EXHIBITION NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 250,000 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CORE SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM ON INEQUALITY, PRIVATIZATION AND PUBLIC GOODS (AT THE CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLOBAL JUSTICE-NYU LAW) TO SPUR NEW THINKING ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC POLICIES, INEQUALITY, POVERTY, EXCLUSION AND HUMAN RIGHT NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 100,000 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CORE SUPPORT FOR THE WORLD RECORDS JOURNAL, A BIANNUAL PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ON DOCUMENTARY CRITICISM AND WRITING PUBLISHED BY THE CENTER FOR MEDIA, CULTURE, AND HISTORY NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 125,000 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CORE SUPPORT FOR THE INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY POWER AT THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL CENTER ON RACE, INEQUALITY, AND THE LAW NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 25,000 NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE LANDSCAPE SCAN TO INFORM GRANTMAKING IN DISABILITY JUSTICE IN NEW YORK STATE NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 750,000 NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION CORE SUPPORT FOR THE JUSTICE FUND TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN THE ECOSYSTEM OF ORGANIZATIONS IN NYC WORKING TO TRANSFORM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, PERMANENTLY CLOSE RIKERS, AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE NYCS RELIANCE ON THE USE OF INCARCERATION NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 25,000 NEW YORK WOMEN'S FOUNDATION GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INCUBATING THE FUNDACION DE MUJERES EN PUERTO RICO (FMNPR) NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 225,000 NEXT HARM REDUCTION INC GENERAL SUPPORT NEW YORK, NY 2022
$ 50,000 NIGERIA EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE TO FACILITATE BROADER STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION IN EXTRACTIVE SECTOR GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA , 2022
$ 80,000 NIGERIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION FOR A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES TO STRENGTHEN CIVIL SOCIETY VOICES ON CLIMATE JUSTICE ACTION IN NIGERIA , 2022
$ 50,000 NIGERIAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT GROUP FOR A PROJECT TO CONDUCT A DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF NIGERIA'S MINERAL SECTOR , 2022
$ 50,000 NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FOR EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AND CONVENING ON RESOURCE-BACKED CHINESE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN NIGERIA , 2022
$ 440,000 NIGERIAN WOMEN TRUST FUND LTDGTE GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING , 2022
$ 8,250 NINA SISA GUAMAN 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
$ 248,098 NIRANTAR TRUST FOR A FEMINIST LEARNING PLATFORM TO DISSEMINATE CRITICAL BILINGUAL MATERIALS ON PREVENTING PUBLIC SPACE VIOLENCE USING NARRATIVES, STORIES, ART AND ALTERNATIVE PEDAGOGIES TO CONNECT RURAL, REGIONAL, URBAN AND TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXTS AND FOR COVID RELI , 2022
$ 8,250 NKOSIKHONA SWAARTBOOI 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
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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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