Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
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Use of DataThe Ford Foundation, launched in 1936 through a bequest from the estate of Edsel Ford (Son of Ford Motor Company founder, Henry Ford), grants money to a variety of U.S. and worldwide interests on the subjects of civic engagement and government, creativity and free expression, disability rights, future of work(ers), national resources and climate change, gender- racial- ethnic-justice, international cooperation, technology and society, and gender, racial, and ethnic justice.
The foundation, over eight decades, opened and has operated offices in the Andean region, Brazil, China, East Africa, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Mexico & Central America, the Middle East & North Africa, Southern Africa, United States, and West Africa, working to reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.
To the Ford Foundation, social movement requires a combination of leadership, strong institutions, innovation and possibly high-risk ideas.
Ford Foundation funds around 1,500 grants to institutions that align with their programmatic work to address the issues and movements that drive inequality in the world. Limited grants, aiming at building leadership, are awarded individuals nominated to this program.
