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Ford Foundation (FF)
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| Contact: |
Susan
Berresford, President |
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| Address: |
The
Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017, UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA |
| E-mail: |
office-communications@fordfound.org |
| Tel: |
001
212 573 5000 |
| Fax: |
001
212 599 4584 |
| HTTP: |
www.fordfound.org |
| Type: |
Foundation |
| Sector: |
community
and economic development, human rights, governance, education,
media and culture |
| Geography: |
worldwide
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| Activities: |
Funding |
| Budget: |
c.
$715 in 2000 |
| Profile: |
Founded
in 1936, the Ford Foundation operated as a local philanthropy
in the state of Michigan until 1950, when it expanded to become
a national and international foundation. Its mission is to
strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice,
promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. |
| Approach: |
The Ford
Foundation has three major programme areas - Asset Building
and Community Development, Peact and Social Justice, and Education,
Media, Arts and Culture. Although not explicity inolved in capacity-building
projects, the Foundation has funded capacity building work,
including some IDRC capacity-building initiatives (e.g. for
a regional research network on environmental health in the Middle
East). It is also involved in the Partnership to Strengthen
African Universities (a joint programme with the Carnegie Corporation
of New York, the Rockefeller Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation).
Assistance is targeted primarily at institutions and institution-building. |
| Finance: |
Total income in the year 2000 was US$3.5 million. |
| Notes: |
See the web site for more information. |
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| Last Updated:
13 January, 2009
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