Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation was founded in 1936 by Edsel Ford and two Ford Motor Company executives.

Mission

For more than a century, the "Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide." The Foundation's stated goals are to:

• Strengthen democratic values
• Reduce poverty and injustice
• Promote international cooperation
• Advance human achievement

As one of the largest mainstream foundations, Ford has been singled out for criticism by conservative groups seeking to 'defund the left'.[1]

Former Presidents

• Edsel Ford (Founder), 1936-1943
• Henry Ford II, 1943-1950
• Paul G. Hoffman, 1950-1953
• H. Rowan Gaither, Jr., 1953-1956
• Henry T. Heald, 1956-1965
• McGeorge Bundy, 1966-1979
• Franklin Thomas, 1979-1996
• Susan V. Berresford, 1996-2007
• Luis A. Ubinas, 2008-present

Trustees (2023)

• Francisco G. Cigarroa (Chair), Darren Walker, Ursula M. Burns, Catalina Devandas, Amy C. Falls, Henry Ford III, Laurene Powell Jobs, Thomas L. Kempner, Jr., Lourdes Lopez, Paula Moreno, Gbenga Oyebode, Ai-jen Poo, Chuck Robbins, Bryan Stevenson, Gabrielle Sulzberger, Richard Verma

Trustees (2020)=

• Francisco G. Cigarroa, Darren Walker, Ursula M. Burns, Amy C. Falls, Henry Ford III, Lourdes Lopez, Paula Moreno, Peter A. Nadosy, Gbenga Oyebode, Ai-jen Poo, Cecile Richards, Chuck Robbins, Bryan Stevenson, Gabrielle Sulzberger

Trustees (2008)

Accessed October 2008:

• Kathryn S. Fuller - Chair (replaced Paul Arthur Allaire in 2004)
• Luis A. Ubiñas
• Kofi Appenteng
• Afsaneh M. Beschloss
• Anke A. Ehrhardt
• Juliet V. García
• Irene Y. Hirano
• J. Clifford Hudson
• Yolanda Kakabadse
• Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
• Richard Moe
• Narayana N.R. Murthy
• W. Richard West, Jr.

Former Trustees

• Paul Arthur Allaire, Chairman of the Board
• Alain J.P. Belda, Chairman/CEO, Alcoa Inc.
  
• Afsaneh M. Beschloss, President/CEO, Carlyle Asset Management Group
  
• Anke A. Ehrhardt, Director, HIV Ctr for Clinical and Behavioral Studies NY State Psychiatric Institute
  
• Kathryn S. Fuller, Ex-President/CEO, World Wildlife Fund (as of 2005), now Director of Alcoa
  
• Juliet V. Garcia, President, University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College
  
• Wilmot G. James, Executive Director, Social Cohesion and Integration Research Programme, Human Sciences Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa
  
• Yolanda Kakabadse, Executive President, Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano, Quito, Ecuador
  
• Wilma P. Mankiller, Former Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation, Park Hill, Oklahoma
  
• Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation
  
• Yolanda T. Moses, President, The American Association for Higher Education
  
• Luis G. Nogales, Managing Partner, Nogales Investors, LLC, Los Angeles, California
  
• Deval L. Patrick, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The Coca-Cola Company
  
• Ratan N. Tata, Chairman, Tata Industries Limited, Mumbai, India
  
• Carl B. Weisbrod, President, Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc.
  
• W. Richard West, Director, National Museum of the American Indian
  
• Susan V. Berresford, President, The Ford Foundation
  

Issue Directors

Accessed March 2010:

Democracy, Rights and Justice - headed by Maya L. Harris,

• Democratic and Accountable Government John Kowal]]
• Human Rights Sara Ríos and Martín Abregú
• Social Justice Philanthropy Suzanne Siskel

Economic Opportunity and Assets - headed by Pablo J. Faraas

• Economic Fairness Frank DeGiovanni and Helen Neuborne
• Metropolitan Opportunity George McCarthy
• Sustainable Development David Kaimowitz

Education, Creativity and Free Expression - headed by Alison R. Bernstein

• Educational Opportunity and Scholarship Jeannie Oakes
• Freedom of Expression Orlando Bagwell
• Sexuality and Reproductive Health and Rights Margaret Hempel

Education, Media, Arts and Culture Team in 1999 Annual Report

Office of the Vice President

• Alison R. Bernstein, vice president
• L. Steven Zwerling, senior director ((not present in 2000 AR)
• Njabulo Ndebele, resident scholar (not present in 2000 AR)
• Lori Matia, senior grants administrator
• Alsie J. Falconer, executive assistant

Footnotes - Kenneth B. Wilson becomes senior director on July 2, 2000.

Media, Arts and Culture

• Pamela M. Meyer, director (In 2000, replaced by Margaret B. Wilkerson
• Christine J. Vincent, deputy director
• Jon Funabiki, program officer
• Damien M. Pwono, program officer
• John P. Santos, program officer
• Ann E. Garvin, grants administrator

Source

In 2000, the following two are added to the board

• Gigi Sohn, project specialist
• David Mazzoli, grants administrator

Source

Projects Funded by the Ford Foundation

To view details of some of the projects funded by the Ford Foundation see Ford Foundation/Projects supported by the Ford Foundation.

Contact

Ford Foundation
(Headquarters)
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017 USA
Phone: (212) 573-5000
Fax: (212) 351-3677
Website: http://www.fordfound.org/

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch articles

• Conservatives target the Ford Foundation
• Bernard Bereleson
• Council on Foundations
• think tank
• Lisa Jordan
• Future of Music Coalition
• Francis Sutton
• Robert H. Edwards - Pakistan representative
• Howard Dressner
• TrustAfrica
• LogoLink
• Mark Clapson
• David Romeyn Hunter
• Mark Sidel
• David E. Bell
• Robert S. Kaplan - former trustee
• Cecile Richards - trustee as of Feb 2010
• John J. McCloy - former chair
• Darren Walker
• Alan Jenkins (Opportunity Agenda) - former human rights director
• Radhika Balakrishnan - former program officer
• Barbara Klugman - former program officer
• Pamela Meyer - former Media Director
• Haskell Sears-Ward - Former Africa specialist
• Peter Riggs - program officer
• Eric Rusten - program officer, East Africa
• Carla Sutherland - Africa
• Sarah Costa - former program officer
• Peggy Clark - Women's Program
• Joseph Schull - former Deputy Director of the International Affairs Program
• Taryn Higashi - former immigration person
• Alta Starr - program officer US Civil Society
• Lisa Russ - sex research
• Ekaterini Myrivili

External links

• Energy Policy Project Reports, Index by year, Ford Foundation Ebook, During the energy crisis years 1974 to 1977 the Ford Foundation published a series of reports under the Energy Policy Project which culminated in it's final energy policy report, A Time to Choose: America's Energy Future and later supporting studies. A considerable amount of information for these reports was produced by the National Petroleum Council [2]
• "Ford Foundation to keep chairman despite fraud allegations," Associated Press, July 8, 2003: "The Ford Foundation will retain Paul Allaire as its chairman despite allegations by federal regulators that he committed accounting fraud while at the helm of Xerox Corp."
• Edward Berman, The Ideology of Philanthropy: The Influence of the Carnegie, Ford, and Rockefeller Foundations on American Foreign Policy, (SUNY Press, 1983)
• Lorne Manly and Elizabeth Jensen, "Public TV and Radio to Receive Big Grants", New York Times, May 10, 2005.
• Michael Barker, "Do Capitalists Fund Revolutions?" (Part 1, Part 2), Znet, September 2007. (A summary of critiques of liberal philanthropy.)
• Walter Edward Ashley, "Philanthropy and Government: A Study of the Ford Foundation's Overseas Activities." New York University, Ph.D. diss, 1970.