While the foundation is noted worldwide for its philanthropy, behind the scenes the Ford Foundation is funding a left-wing agenda that undermines “the system that makes the foundation possible”– free enterprise. [29] These grants continued, and in 1969 the foundation gave US$1 million to the Children's Television Workshop to help create and launch Sesame Street. The foundation was established January 15, 1936 in Michigan by Edsel Ford (president of the Ford Motor Company) and two other executives "to receive and administer funds for scientific, educational and charitable purposes, all for the public welfare." This not the first effort by Mr. Soros or his foundation to target racial inequality, though it is the most expansive. A Washington Post book review by E. Anthony Rotundo, author of "American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the Modern Era," counters that Sommers "persistently misrepresents scholarly debate, [and] ignores evidence that contradicts her assertions" about a gender war against boys and men. National People’s Action is led by George Goehl, a fanatical community organizer who is known for his dangerous tactics. To learn more about the work Ford Fund is doing to strengthen communities and make people’s lives better around the world, view our 2019 Annual Report. And the Labor Community Strategy Center doesn’t want the fight to end there. Apply for Grants. It initially operated in Michigan, USA, and upon the deaths of both Henry and Edsel in the 1940s, the Foundation became the largest philanthropic organization in the world. The Ford Foundation continues to allow Martin Eakes to sit on their Board of Directors despite his dubious involvement in the subprime mortgage crisis. The board of directors decided to diversify the foundation's portfolio and gradually divested itself of its substantial Ford Motor Company stock between 1955 and 1974. Wells Fargo, “expects losses of $36 billion on the loans unless efforts to stem foreclosures help rescue part of the portfolio. Anyone have a problem with that?”. The Center for Responsible Lending was founded by billionaires Herb and Marion Sandler. According to its website, “When we founded the Labor/Community Strategy Center in 1989 it was a dark time in world history. [57], Ford Foundation was caught donating money without being registered as an Foreign Entity to politicians in India, once caught Ford Foundation's president reached out to John Podesta who worked for Chief of Staff for Obama at the time to get Modi to back off. [52], The foundation was accused of being funded by the US government. Part of the original program, the funding of the IRRI was later taken over by the Ford Foundation. The center refers to its campaign as “taking on car supremacy” in the name of “climate justice.”. Using the twitter hashtags #FreeOscarLopez and #Gift4Oscar, the group asked its followers to tweet President Obama demanding that he pardon this convicted terrorist. Fellows represent historically disadvantaged groups from outside the United States. The organization heaps praise upon the incarcerated criminal by referring to him as “the Puerto Rican nation’s shining star,” and a “political prisoner.” Here are some facts about the “shining star” that Latino Justice would like to release back onto the streets: In May of 1981, Oscar Lopez was arrested for his role in numerous FALN attacks. The Knight Foundation… [60] Spanish judge Francisco Serrano Castro [es] made similar claims to Sommers in his 2012 book The Dictatorship of Gender. The Ford Foundation is located in New York City at the Center for Social Justice—a hub for social good and the courageous people who devote their lives to achieving it. The International Rice Research Institute and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center are part of a consortium of agricultural research organizations known as CGIAR . [35] The same year, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund opened with funding from numerous organizations, including the foundation. Ford Foundation Board Member Martin Eakes has been accused of playing a significant role in the ’08 financial crisis. President of the Ford Motor Company and son of company founder Henry Ford, Edsel Ford created the Ford Foundation in 1936 at the age of 43 to “receive and administer funds for scientific, educational and charitable purposes, all for the public welfare.” An auto visionary in his own right, he also had deep interest in the arts and humanities. [58]. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building a landmark in 1997. The results of this research indicated "the inadequacy of philanthropic support for Native arts and artists", and related feedback from an unnamed Native leader that "once big foundations put the stuff in place for an Indian program, then it is not usually funded very well. [47] [48], Ranked No. As Inside Philanthropy pointed out, “A philanthropic entity dedicated in large part to helping the world’s downtrodden is spending $100 million a year on people who are not among the downtrodden. [11], The Ford Foundation is one of the primary foundations offering grants that support and maintain diversity in higher education with fellowships for pre-doctoral, dissertation, and post-doctoral scholarship to increase diverse representation among Native Americans, African Americans, Latin Americans, and other under-represented Asian and Latino sub-groups throughout the U.S. academic labor market. The gallery remains closed, all programming will be online. [33], In 1968, the foundation began disbursing $12 million to persuade law schools to make "law school clinics" part of their curriculum. [citation needed], In 1967 and 1968, the foundation provided financial support for decentralization and community control of public schools in New York City. [46], In October 2020, Ford Foundation partnered with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish the Disability Future Fellowship, awarding $50,000 annually to disabled writers, actors, and directors in the fields of creative arts performance. More than 80 percent have completed their studies and are now serving their home communities. At least one family member must continue to serve as an officer or board member of the foundation and as the donor. In the course of 9 years, the FALN would set off nearly 140 bombs. Time for Ford Foundation & CFR to Divest? For instance, Latino Justice calls for the immediate release of convicted terrorist Oscar Lopez. The following day, “FBI agents discovered bomb-making material” in an apartment rented by Lopez. The National Science Foundation funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering. Ahead of the foundation selling its Ford Motor Company holdings, in 1949 Henry Ford II created the Ford Motor Company Fund, a separate corporate foundation which to this day serves as the philanthropic arm of the Ford Motor Company and is not associated with the foundation. [32], Under its "Program for Playwrights", the foundation helped to support writers in professional regional theaters such as San Francisco's Actor's Workshop and offered similar help to Houston's Alley Theatre and Washington's Arena Stage. Oscar Lopez was charged with weapons violations, conspiracy to transport explosives, and “seditious conspiracy.” The U.S. Code defines seditious conspiracy as conspiring, “to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States.”. In light of these damaging revelations, it would be prudent for the Ford Foundation to revisit the words that Henry II wrote in 1977, “Perhaps it is time for the trustees and staff to examine the question of our obligations to our economic system and to consider how the foundation, as one of the system’s most prominent offspring, might act most wisely to strengthen and improve its progenitor.”. Join us. [41], In 1987, the foundation began making grants to fight the AIDS epidemic[42] and in 2010 made grant disbursements totalling US$29,512,312. In October 2008, “Saturday Night Live” parodied the Sandlers in a skit about the financial crisis. The Foundation has been involved in mostly providing grants and scholarships to organizations, institutions and individuals undertaking developmental interventions, research studies in different countries. These grantees used Ford funds (including some grants of over $5 million) to successfully block efforts to check the growth of affirmative action in Michigan and other sta… [25][26], For many years, the foundation topped annual lists compiled by the Foundation Center of US foundations with the most assets and the highest annual giving. Ford Foundation is one of the largest, independent grantmaking organizations in the world, with an extensive presence in many countries of the world. The Center encourages us to, “envision moving towards a 90% reduction in U.S. greenhouse gases by virtually eliminating the auto(mobile) and replacing it with a nationwide system of public transit” instead. 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Not everyone who claims to be with “Black Lives Matter” is a certified member of the group founded by Garza, Cullors, and Tometi. During the final months of the Obama presidency, Ford Foundation gave prominent leaders of the communist Workers World Party (WWP) funding to form the Southern Vision Alliance (SVA), a … Baer’s neighbor, Fortune Magazine writer Nina Easton, reported that the assault on Baer was only one of the group’s targets for the day; Goehl and the rest of the activists then packed into 14 school buses and moved on to repeat their tactics at the home of JP Morgan executive Peter Scher. According to the New York Times, “Wachovia was projecting $26.1 billion of losses” on their Sandler loan portfolio prior to being sold to Wells Fargo. [35] The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund was incorporated in 1967 with a US$2.2 million grant from the foundation. The net proceeds of the bond sale will enable the foundation to pay out more than 10 percent of the value of its total endowment in 2020 and 2021, which is double the level of grantmaking required by law. [1][9] According to the OECD, the Ford Foundation provided US$224.4 million for development in 2018, all of which related to its grant-making activities. [40], Between 1969 and 1978, the foundation was the biggest funder for research into In vitro fertilisation in the United Kingdom, which led to the first baby, Louise Brown born from the technique. Finally, Henry Ford II resigned from his trustee's role in a surprise move in December 1976. From 1960-72, Ford was an empire-builder. Most of America’s big-money philanthropies trace their largesse back to one or two wealthy contributors. “SCLC had received a $230,000 grant from the Ford Foundation that year.” [30] The Corporation for Public Broadcasting replaced NET with the Public Broadcasting Service on October 5, 1970. (The Ford family retained the voting shares. Reverse the MTA fare increases, free student pass, free public transportation, 5,000 zero emission buses, a moratorium on rail and highway expansion, auto free zones, auto free freeways, auto free days, bus only lanes all over L.A.”. Among its grantees were the Regents of the University of Michigan, the Mexican American Legal Defense Education Fund, and the NAACP Legal and Defense Fund. I very much support the work of The Rufford Foundation and especially their Small Grants programme. IFP is entering its concluding phase. It lasts as long as the program officer who had an interest and then goes away" and recommended that an independent endowment be established and that "[n]ative leadership is crucial". [31], The foundation underwrote the Fund for the Republic in the 1950s. Goehl not only endorses these actions, but has led dangerous protests onto the doorsteps of his enemies, targeting them and their families at their own homes. His sentence was later lengthened after he attempted to escape from prison on two separate occasions (the second attempt included plans for violence). Despite the fact that Oscar Lopez has been described as an “unrepentant terrorist,” Latino Justice PDLDEF launched an internet campaign in January of 2015 calling for his immediate release. The amount that WGBH receives in CSG funds accounts for about 9% of our local operating budget, and is used to support our local station operations. According to Forbes, "Ford spends between $500 million and $550 million a year to support social justice work around the world. But last year, it also pledged to plow up to $1 billion of its overall $12.5 billion endowment over the next decade into impact investing via mission-related investments (MRIs) that generate both financial and social returns. [12][13], Since the middle of the 20th century, many of the Ford Foundation's programs have focused on increased under-represented or "minority" group representation in education, science and policy-making. While Henry Ford continues to personify the wealth and innovation that is consistently produced by free markets, the Ford Foundation has deeply betrayed his legacy by promoting an entirely opposing agenda. As for Ford’s separate SCLC funding, an October 1967 memorandum from SCLC “revealed that $27,899 given by Ford to SCLC was used in Cleveland to aid in registering voters, with the hope of electing Stokes mayor,” Rooks writes in White Money/Black Power. The dividends of competitive enterprise make it all possible. The Grameen Bank and its founder Muhammad Yunus were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering microcredit. The Ford Foundation, which was first created by the founders of the Ford Motor Company, added a $2,350,000 donation. That meant the total principal owed would actually grow over time, not shrink as is normally the case.”, Martin Eakes’ company, “Self-Help,” worked to find a market for the Sandler’s risky mortgages. There are no application deadlines. The company bragged that it had, “facilitated the extension of more than $3.6 billion in financing for home mortgages and loans.”  Its generous donors included “The Ford Foundation” as part of their effort to “provide a staggering $50 million to subsidize minority and low-income mortgages.”, The Sandlers have since become two of the most vilified faces of the financial crisis due to the fact that they marketed, “risky loans at the height of the housing bubble.” Housing lawyer William Purdy told the New York Times that Pick-A-Pay “is the most destructive financial weapon ever deployed against the American middle class.”, Prior to the collapse of the housing bubble, the Sandler’s sold their bank (along with subprime mortgage portfolio) to Wachovia. In 1975, the FALN bombed the historic Fraunces Taven in Manhattan. VI. [45], Completed in 1968 by the firm of Roche-Dinkeloo, the Ford Foundation Building in New York City was the first large-scale architectural building in the country to devote a substantial portion of its space to horticultural pursuits. This decision to repatriate a portion of the Ford Foundation's endowment came after self-initiated research into the Ford Foundation's history of support of Native and Indigenous artists and communities. What Do We Fund? Ironically enough, the Ford Foundation gave the Labor Community Strategy Center $1 million over a span of four years even though the organization wants to ban automobiles. [27], In 2012, stating that it is not a research library, the foundation transferred its archives from New York City to the Rockefeller Archive Center in Sleepy Hollow, New York.[28]. Herb and Marion Sandler are credited with inventing “Pick-A-Pay Loans,” which “allowed homeowners to make monthly mortgage payments that were so small they did not cover their interest charges. In the last 10 years, the Ford Foundation’s overhead has totaled over a billion dollars. James Armsey oversaw the formation of educational television at the Foundation in the 1950s and 1960s. In 2005, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox began a probe of the foundation. IFP has identified nearly 4,350 emerging leaders. Ford Fund Grants: How to Apply. Although Henry Ford II viewed the organization as a “creature of capitalism,” the Ford Foundation has significantly strayed from its free market roots. [35][37] In 1974, the foundation contributed funds to the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project[38] and the Latino Institute. Under the leadership of Goehl, NPA has focused on intimidating its opponents. Between 2009 and 2012 the Ford Foundation donated a total of $1 million to the “Labor Community Strategy Center.” This organization openly promotes the communist ideology, as well as a radical green agenda. National People’s Action is led by George Goehl, a fanatical community organizer who is known for his dangerous tactics. In 1961, Kofi Annan received an educational grant from the foundation to finish his studies at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. The losses caused analysts and others to reassess the Sandlers’ legacy.”. Foundation’s History: On 15 January 1936 Edsel Ford, the son of Henry Ford established the Ford Foundation with a $25,000 gift. [7]) Between 1955 and 1974, the foundation sold its Ford Motor Company holdings and now plays no role in the automobile company. Conservative critic Heather Mac Donald contends that the financial involvement of the foundation instead changed the clinics' focus from giving students practical experience to engaging in leftwing advocacy. Spencer Foundation. What Ford Fund Supports. About the center. [35] In the same year, the foundation funded the establishment of the Southwest Council of La Raza, the predecessor of the National Council of La Raza. As of May 4, 2013, the foundation was second in terms of assets[1] and tenth in terms of annual grant giving. The Black-Led Movement Fund (BLMF), led by Borealis Philanthropy, is a collaborative and pooled donor fund established by the Ford Foundation and Anonymous Donors. The foundation was established January 15, 1936[3] in Michigan by Edsel Ford (president of the Ford Motor Company) and two other executives "to receive and administer funds for scientific, educational and charitable purposes, all for the public welfare." But CRL’s relationships with its credit union and lending affiliates—as well as several of its donors with vested interests in the financial industry—paint a much different picture. Revealed: How Ford Foundation Got the Modi Government to Back Off From Its Expulsion Move. This design concept was used by others for many of the indoor shopping malls and skyscrapers built in subsequent decades. Feel free to contact us with factual corrections and comments. [51] The Ford Foundation seeks to address "the underlying causes that perpetuate human suffering" to grapple with and intervene in "how and why" inequality persists. [23][24] In 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 resigned in 1976. In most cases, the donors’ descendants manage and inve… After the deaths of Edsel Ford in 1943 and Henry Ford in 1947, the presidency of the foundation fell to Edsel's eldest son, Henry Ford II. It shows that since 2010, CIMI has received $739,269 from the Ford Foundation, but it is not clear where the funds were spent. Google Summer of Code. The Ford Foundation makes grants through its headquarters and ten international field offices. [59] Sommers alleged that the Ford Foundation funded feminist ideologies that marginalize boys and men. With generous support from groups like the Ford Foundation, Latino Justice has the financial resources to promote its extreme agenda to the public. The Council on Foundations defines a family foundation as one whose funds come from members of a single family. In partnership with donors and activists, the BLMF aims to support philanthropic and field-building activities that strengthen the next generation of social justice leaders. Ford Motor Company Fund supports initiatives and nonprofit organizations in three areas: education, community life and driving safely. Ford will be the first nonprofit foundation in history to offer a labeled Social Bond in the U.S. taxable corporate bond market. [3] By 1947, after the death of the two founders, the foundation owned 90% of the non-voting shares of the Ford Motor Company. Upon conviction, Lopez declared, “I am an enemy of the United States government” and was sentenced to 55 years in prison. [62], The foundation's partnership with the New Israel Fund, which began in 2003, was frequently criticized regarding its choice of mostly liberal grantees and causes.
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