Private foundation · EIN 13-1684331 · New York, NY · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where The Ford Foundation's grants went
It reported $736M in grants paid across 3,718 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 64.6% of those dollars to 1,390 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $475M 2,244 lines
- No confident match $48.9M 304
- Individuals, not shown $3.3M 105
- Outside the US $208M 1,061
- Not itemized $467K 4
What its filing says about applications
It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”
- Form of application
- PROPOSALS SHOULD SET FORTH A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED WORK; HOW THE WORK WILL BE CONDUCTED; THE NAMES AND CURRICULUM VITAE OF THOSE ENGAGED IN THE PROJECT; A DETAILED BUDGET, THE PROJECT'S PRESENT MEANS OF SUPPORT, THE PROJECT'S STATUS OF APPLICATIONS TO OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, AND THE PROJECT'S LEGAL AND TAX STATUS.
- Deadlines
- N/A
- Restrictions
- ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED BY FOUNDATION GRANTS MUST BE CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL OR SCIENTIFIC UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE TREASURY REGULATIONS.
- Website on filing
- WWW.FORDFOUNDATION.ORG
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 3,327 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Meridian Partners New York, NY · EIN 81-5086187 | $18,664,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE JUSTICE AND MOBILITY FUND TO ACCELERATE ECONOMIC MOBILITY THROUGH CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS FOR PEOPLE WITH CONVICTIONS… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Foundation for Detroit's Future Detroit, MI · EIN 46-4873153 | $8,333,333 | FOR THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS SETTLEMENT PROJECT TO EXPEDITE DETROIT'S BANKRUPTCY SETTLEMENT, ASSIST IN HONORING [name withheld] | Same address 1.00 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY · EIN 13-3615533 | $5,000,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE COLLABORATIVE FOR GENDER AND REPRODUCTIVE EQUITY | Same city 1.00 |
| Henry Ford Health System Detroit, MI · EIN 38-1357020 | $3,400,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same street 1.00 |
| Global Fund for Women San Francisco, CA · EIN 77-0155782 | $3,000,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE LAUNCH OF THE BLACK FEMINIST FUND, AN UNPRECEDENTED PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVE BRIDGING BLACK FEMINIST RESOURCES TO BLAC… | Same street 1.00 |
| Equality Fund Ottawa, CA · outside the US | $3,000,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Foreign |
| Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism Alameda, CA · EIN 03-0419743 | $2,588,330 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE SISTER FUNDS COLLECTIVE CARE PROGRAM TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE AND SCALABLE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURES THAT SUPPOR… | Same street 1.00 |
| B Lab Company Philadelphia, PA · EIN 20-5958773 | $2,500,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND FOR CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Exact name 1.00 |
| Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Winston Salem, NC · EIN 56-0690140 | $2,370,000 | FOR THE DEEP SOUTH/EMERGING SOCIAL JUSTICE INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGIC GRANTMAKING PROGRAM | Same address 1.00 |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Washington, DC · EIN 52-1234565 | $2,110,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Same address 1.00 |
| International Trade Union Confederation Brussel, BE · outside the US | $2,072,000 | TO PROMOTE EQUAL AND EQUITABLE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND EQUITY SEEKING GROUPS IN LEADERSHIP, AND IN ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CIVIC AND CULTURAL LIFE | Foreign |
| Borealis Philanthropy Minneapolis, MN · EIN 46-4598642 | $2,000,000 | CORE SUPPORT TO THE RACIAL EQUITY IN JOURNALISM FUND, A DONOR COLLABORATIVE TO ASSIST AND STRENGTHEN PEOPLE OF COLOR-LED AND -SERVING MEDIA… | Same city 1.00 |
| Borealis Philanthropy Minneapolis, MN · EIN 46-4598642 | $2,000,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE RACIAL EQUITY IN PHILANTHROPY FUND TO ENSURE FUNDERS ARE PROVIDED WITH THE INCENTIVE AND MEANS TO EMBRACE RACIAL EQUIT… | Same city 1.00 |
| Center for Popular Democracy Washington, DC · EIN 45-3813436 | $2,000,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Exact name 1.00 |
| Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation Washington, DC · EIN 52-1847010 | $2,000,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Hopewell Fund Washington, DC · EIN 47-3681860 | $2,000,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CIVIC (RE)SOLVE EDUCATION FUND, TO CENTER PUBLIC INTEREST TECHNOLOGY AS AN APPROACH ACROSS THE F… | Same address 1.00 |
| Internationella Insamlingsstiftelsen for Land Och Skogsrattigheter Kungsholmen, SW · outside the US | $2,000,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Foreign |
| Neo Philanthropy New York, NY · EIN 13-3191113 | $1,920,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE FOUR FREEDOMS FUND TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF THE IMMIGRANT JUSTICE MOVEMENT TO ENSURE ALL IMMIGRANTS, REGARDLESS O… | Same address 1.00 |
| International Labor Rights Forum Washington, DC · EIN 52-1497461 | $1,750,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| National Immigration Law Center Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-4539765 | $1,750,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND FOR CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Same street 1.00 |
| Enterprise Community Partners Columbia, MD · EIN 52-1231931 | $1,700,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CDO FUND FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE IN ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZING, RESIDE… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Way to Rise Washington, DC · EIN 88-3300694 | $1,700,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE VALIENTE FUND TO GENERATE AND ORGANIZE DONORS, BUILD YEAR-ROUND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON PEOPLE OF COLOR,… | Same city 1.00 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors New York, NY · EIN 13-3615533 | $1,650,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE COLLECTIVE FUTURE FUND TO CREATE A FUTURE WHERE ALL GIRLS AND WOMEN, CIS, TRANSGENDER, AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING, CAN… | Same city 1.00 |
| Groundswell Fund San Francisco, CA · EIN 47-4003615 | $1,625,000 | FOR STRENGTHENING TRANS AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LED BY WOMEN OF COLOR, LOW-INCOME WOMEN, AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE TO… | Same address 1.00 |
| Asian Law Caucus San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-2176139 | $1,615,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN JUSTICE AFFILIATION | Same address 1.00 |
| Florida Rising Together Miami, FL · EIN 45-3956785 | $1,603,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Same address 1.00 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation Chicago, IL · EIN 46-4950751 | $1,600,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | Same city 1.00 |
| Fund for Global Human Rights Washington, DC · EIN 75-3029336 | $1,600,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Same address 1.00 |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund New York, NY · EIN 13-1655255 | $1,600,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| Powerswitch Action Oakland, CA · EIN 71-0914032 | $1,600,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States Washington, DC · EIN 53-0210807 | $1,500,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE ACTION FUND TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC PLACES OF BLACK ACTIVISM, A… | Same address 1.00 |
| Neo Philanthropy New York, NY · EIN 13-3191113 | $1,500,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE FOUR FREEDOMS FUND TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF THE IMMIGRANT JUSTICE MOVEMENT TO ENSURE ALL IMMIGRANTS, REGARDLESS O… | Same address 1.00 |
| New Venture Fund Washington, DC · EIN 20-5806345 | $1,500,000 | FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE FUND, TO CONTINUE CROSS-FOUNDATION STRATEGIC COLLABORATION AND GRAN… | Same address 1.00 |
| Power Coalition for Equity and Justice New Orleans, LA · EIN 83-2511340 | $1,500,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Same city 1.00 |
| The Chronicle of Philanthropy Washington, DC · EIN 87-2037668 | $1,500,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same street 1.00 |
| Tides Center San Francisco, CA · no confident EIN match | $1,500,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE MARIA FUND TO STRENGTHEN A POWERFUL AND ALIGNED ECOSYSTEM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE BUILDING COMMUNITY POWER IN PUERTO RICO | Unmatched Help match |
| People's Action Institute Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2755109 | $1,450,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Same address 1.00 |
| Global Greengrants Fund Boulder, CO · EIN 84-1612422 | $1,380,000 | TO HELP ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY OF GLOBAL GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND MOVEMENTS AS THEY RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC AND CHALLENGE THE ROOT CAU… | Same city 1.00 |
| New Venture Fund Washington, DC · EIN 20-5806345 | $1,370,498 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE SAGE FUND TO ADMINISTER AN RFP AND GRANTMAKING AND TO DEEPEN LEARNING ON STRENGTHENING CARE WORK GLOBALLY | Same address 1.00 |
| National Women's Law Center Washington, DC · EIN 52-1213010 | $1,360,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Same address 1.00 |
| New America Foundation Washington, DC · EIN 52-2096845 | $1,333,333 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL POLITY PROGRAM TO CATALYZE MORE EQUITABLE MULTILATERAL PROCESSES AND SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL PROBLEMS | Same address 1.00 |
| Color of Changeorg Education Fund New York, NY · EIN 45-5569879 | $1,325,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Exact name 1.00 |
| Forest Peoples Programme Moretoninmarsh, UK · outside the US | $1,322,600 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Foreign |
| National Women's Law Center Washington, DC · EIN 52-1213010 | $1,300,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same address 1.00 |
| United We Dream Network Washington, DC · EIN 46-2216565 | $1,300,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND CORE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights New York, NY · EIN 13-3669731 | $1,275,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT | Same street 1.00 |
| Poise Foundation Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 25-1393426 | $1,265,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR SEED FUNDING FOR PITTSBURGH'S CULTURAL TREASURES INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Global Poverty Project New York, NY · EIN 42-1772557 | $1,250,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE CAMPAIGN ON PROTECTION OF CIVIC SPACE TO CONVENE AND EMPOWER CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS AND VOICES THROUGH INCREASED VISI… | Same street 0.83 |
| Windward Fund Washington, DC · EIN 47-3522162 | $1,250,000 | CORE SUPPORT FOR THE HEARTLAND FUND | Same address 1.00 |
| Movement Alliance Project Philadelphia, PA · EIN 26-0307123 | $1,215,000 | GENERAL SUPPORT AND PROJECT SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING | Same address 1.00 |
The page lists the 2,000 largest of 3,327 published lines. The CSV release has every line.
282 more lines ($49.8M) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
Foundations that fund the same organizations
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308 recipients in common - Jpmorgan Chase Foundation New York, NY
298 recipients in common - The Pfizer Foundation New York, NY
250 recipients in common - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
221 recipients in common - The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
214 recipients in common - John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
212 recipients in common - WK Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, MI
192 recipients in common
Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.