Ford Foundation
Private American foundation
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| October 2023 | Ford Foundation announced it would no longer provide grants to Alliance for Global Justice following allegations of terrorism ties, which were later proven false. |
| 2022 | 20 additional Disability Futures Fellows received awards from the Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. |
| 2022 | Ford Foundation announced the sunsetting of its Fellowship Program after over four decades of supporting academic diversity. |
| October 2020 | Ford Foundation partnered with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish the Disability Future Fellowship, providing $50,000 annual awards to disabled writers, actors, and directors in creative arts performance. |
| June 2020 | Ford Foundation announced a plan to raise $1 billion through 30 and 50-year bonds to support nonprofits impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | According to the OECD, the Ford Foundation provides $194 million for development through its grant-making activities. |
| February 2019 | Henry Ford III was elected to the Foundation's Board of Trustees, becoming the first Ford family member to serve on the board since his grandfather's resignation in 1976. |
| 2018 | The Ford Foundation pledged to invest up to $1 billion of its $12.5 billion endowment over the next decade into mission-related investments (MRIs) that generate both financial and social returns. |
| 2018 | Ford Foundation was ranked No. 24 on the Forbes World's Most Innovative Companies list, signaling a shift in its philanthropic approach towards innovative and sustainable change leadership. |
| 2014 | The Ford Foundation reports assets of $12.4 billion and approves $507.9 million in grants for the fiscal year. |
| 2012 | The foundation transferred its archives from New York City to the Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, New York. |
| 2011 | Right-wing Israeli politicians and organizations like NGO Monitor and Im Tirtzu claimed that NIF and other Ford Foundation grant recipients were supporting the delegitimization of Israel. |
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