Ford Foundation
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-573-5000
Fax: 212-351-3677
Email:
office-secretary@fordfoundation.org
Website:
www.fordfound.org
Private non-operating foundation
| Assets in 1999 |
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$14,659,683,000.00 |
| Grants Awarded in 1999 |
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$652,091,000.00 |
EIN:13-1684331
Founded: 1936, operated as a
local philanthropy in the state of Michigan until 1950, when it
expanded to become a national and inter-national foundation. Since
1836 it has
provided slightly more than $10 billion in grants and loans.
Original source of funding:
The
Ford Foundation's funds began with gifts and bequests of Ford
Motor Company stock by Henry and Edsel Ford. The Foundation no
longer owns Ford Motor Company stock, and its diversified
portfolio is managed to provide a permanent
source of support.
Exempt since: September 1960
Files: Form 990PF
HARMS:
Supports numerous anti-industry projects. Gave $10 million grant to
the Forest Stewardship Council to monopolize and dismantle global
wood sales.
The Ford Foundation is often confused with the
Ford Motor Company Fund. The two
philanthropies are not related. They share no funds and no
directors, officers or staff.
Officers, Directors and Trustees
Note that none of these people are members of the
Ford family or affiliated in any way with the Ford Motor Company
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Chairman |
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Paul A. Allaire |
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Chairman & CEO,
Xerox Corp. |
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Trustee |
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Alain J. P. Belda |
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CEO, Alcoa Inc. |
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President |
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Susan V. Berresford |
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Trustee |
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Anke A. Ehrhardt |
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Director of the
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State
Psychiatric Institute |
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Trustee |
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Frances D. Fergusson |
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President, Vassar
College |
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Trustee |
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Kathryn S. Fuller |
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President & CEO,
World Wildlife Fund; Director, Student Conservation Association |
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Trustee |
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Wilmot G. James |
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Associate Editor,
Independent Newspapers Cape (Cape Town, South Africa) |
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Trustee |
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Yolanda Kakabadse |
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Executive
President, Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano (Quito, Ecuador) |
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Trustee |
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David T. Kearns |
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Former Chairman &
CEO, Xerox Corporation |
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Trustee |
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Wilma P. Mankiller |
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Former Principal
Chief, Cherokee Nation |
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Trustee |
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Richard Moe |
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President, The
National Trust for Historic Preservation |
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Trustee |
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Yolanda T. Moses |
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President,
American Association for Higher Education |
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Trustee |
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Luis G. Nogales |
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President,
Nogales Partners |
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Trustee |
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Deval L. Patrick |
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Executive Vice
President & General Counsel, The Coca-Cola Company |
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Board Member |
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Henry B. Schacht |
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Chairman & CEO,
Lucent Technologies |
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Trustee |
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Ratan N. Tata |
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Chairman, Tata
Industries Limited (Bombay, India) |
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Trustee |
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Carl B. Weisbrod |
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President, The
Alliance for Downtown New York Inc. |
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Trustee |
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W. Richard West |
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Director, The
National Museum of the American Indian |
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