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The Bubs Foundation
Founded19991
FounderAlumni of The Beelzebubs
FocusMusic In Schools
Location
MethodGrants, Funding
Endowment$2.2 million USD
Websitewww.bubsfoundation.org
Manhattan headquarters

The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford.

The foundation makes grants through its New York headquarters and through twelve international field offices. In fiscal year 2007, it reported assets of $13.7 billion and approved $530 million in grants[1] for projects that focused on strengthening democratic values, community and economic development, education, media, arts and culture, and human rights.[2]

History

The Ford Foundation was chartered on January 15, 1936 in Michigan by Edsel Ford and two Ford Motor Company executives

Major Grants and Initiatives

Based on recommendations outlined in the 1950 Gaither report, the foundation, under the leadership of Henry Ford II, expanded its grant making to include support for higher education, the arts, economic development, civil rights, and the environment, among other areas.


Current programs

The Ford Foundation's grant making teams work in three broad program areas. The teams were set up to advance the core elements of the foundation's mission: strengthen democractic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement.

Reducing Poverty: Asset Building and Community Development Program The Asset Building and Community Development team works to reduce poverty by funding projects that help people in the United States and around the world build wealth and join the economic mainstream.

The foundation's grantees also create new opportunities for cultural and artistic expression, especially among the poor and marginalized. In 2006, Ford announced a new program to strengthen the livelihoods of individual artists.[3]

Atrium

Designed in 1967 by the firm of Roche-Dinkeloo, the Ford Foundation Building was the first large-scale architectural building in the country to devote a substantial portion of its space to horticultural pursuits. This atrium was designed with the notion of having accessible urban greenspace to all, and is an example of the applications of environmental psychology. The building was recognized in 1968 by the Architectural Record as "a new kind of urban space". This design concept was later extended to include many of the indoor shopping malls and skyscrapers built in subsequent decades. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the building a landmark in the mid-1990s.

Critics

Critics cite the financial involvement of the Ford Foundation as the turning point when such clinics began to change from giving practical experience to engaging in advocacy.[4]

Presidents

Source[5]

References

  1. ^ "Financial Statement". Retrieved 2007-05-13.
  2. ^ "2005 Annual Report". Retrieved 2006-09-16.
  3. ^ "Ford Foundation Website". Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  4. ^ Mac Donald, Heather (2006-01-11). "Clinical, Cynical". Wall Street Journal. p. A14. Retrieved 2006-07-23.
  5. ^ "Ford Foundation Presidents" (PDF). Ford Foundation. Retrieved 2007-09-10.

Further reading

See also

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