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1. Sponsoring the revolution: illegal immigrants are pawns in a game aimed at fomenting revolution and funded by the nation's major tax-exempt foundations

Author

Behreandt, Dennis

Subjects
Ford Foundation -- Finance, League of United Latin American Citizens -- Management, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund -- Management, Illegal immigrants -- Privileges and immunities, Illegal immigrants -- Demonstrations and protests, Tax exemption -- Forecasts and trends, Company financing, Market trend/market analysis, Company business management
Abstract

April 10, 2006: In the streets of Dallas, Texas, a human tidal wave surged through the streets. The immense crowd carrying the Mexican flag and placards featuring the likeness of […]

Published
2007

2. University of Michigan

Subjects
University of Michigan -- Finance, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Education, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Company financing, Finance
Abstract

The University of Michigan received a grant of $600,000 from the Ford Foundation to support public education, outreach and research related to diversity in higher [...]

Published
2001

3. Grandmont-Rosedale launches housing rehab program

Author

Kaffer, Nancy

Subjects
Community development -- Government finance, Company financing, Business, Business, regional, Ford Foundation -- Finance
Abstract

Byline: NANCY KAFFER With the help of a Ford Foundation adviser, a grant from the Kresge Foundation and an anticipated influx of federal funding, the Grandmont-Rosedale Community Development Corp. is [...]

Published
2010

4. Native-American Group Seeks Funds To Assist In Starting Up Credit Unions

Author

Fogarty, Mark

Subjects
Credit unions -- Finance, Banking industry -- Finance, Native American business enterprises -- Finance, Charitable trusts -- Finance, Banking industry, Company financing, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Ford Foundation -- Finance, National American Indian Housing Council -- Finance
Abstract

The National American Indian Housing Council has applied to the Ford Foundation for a grant to pay for technical assistance for Native groups that want to start credit unions. NAIHC [...]

Published
2003

5. Ford Foundation's $1M gift to help fund area nonprofits

Author

HOBGOOD, CYNTHIA

Subjects
Social services industry -- Finance, Business, Business, regional, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers -- Finance, Consumer Health Foundation -- Finance
Abstract

Greater Washington nonprofits will receive $1.2 million in grants from the Ford Foundation in response to the events of Sept. 11. The Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers will handle the [...]

Published
2001

6. Local governments receive grants for projects

Author

Hargett, Terra

Subjects
Ford Foundation -- Finance, Local government -- Finance -- United States, Business, general, Government, Company financing, Finance
Abstract

For programs ranging from incentives in learning to commuting concepts, local governments are being rewarded. The annual Innovations In American Government Awards, funded by the New York-based Ford Foundation and [...]

Published
2001

7. Landmark Ford Grants Aid Dance, Theatre

Subjects
Dance companies -- Finance, Theater companies -- Finance, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Dance group) -- Finance, Brooklyn Academy of Music -- Finance, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts -- Finance, Steppenwolf Theater Company -- Finance
Abstract

New York's Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre are among first-time recipients of $1 million-plus challenge grants from the [...]

Published
2000

8. Ford Foundation Funds Arts-Technology Symposia

Subjects
Art and technology -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Investment companies -- Finance, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Ford Foundation -- Finance
Abstract

The Ford Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to The Kitchen Center to organize a series of four symposia, to be held between next month and October 2000, to explore [...]

Published
1999

11. Whatever happened to the Negro Ensemble Company?

Author

McCourtie, Cheryl

Subjects
Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Political science, Negro Ensemble Company -- Finance, Theatre Guild (Theater group) -- Finance, Ford Foundation -- Finance
Abstract

The Negro Ensemble Company is compelled to raise $250,000 so thatit may continue with its productions. Supported by the Ford Foundation during its first three years, the company must now solicit benevolent contributions from its alumni in order to come up with the required amount of money. Corporations and businesses are not interested in the theater group and their earnings could hardly offset their production costs. Despite of all the hardships that they are encountering right now, the group is bent on raising the amount.

Published
1992

12. Laying a new foundation for growth; dwindling public allocations and increasing competition for private dollars have forced nonprofit corporations to use the free-enterprise approach to financing

Author

Hazelton, Lynette

Subjects
Black People's Unity Movement Impact Corp. -- Services, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Development Corp. -- Planning, Community development -- Planning, African Americans -- Employment, African American business enterprises -- Finance, Business, Business, general, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Ford Foundation -- Finance
Published
1985

13. Bringing up teenage fathers

Author

Mason, Janet and Lanker, Brian

Subjects
Ford Foundation -- Finance, Fathers -- Services, Infants -- Care and treatment, Teenage parents -- Services, Teenage boys -- Services
Published
1984

14. Wear, tear and the way we were

Author

MacKay, Patricia

Subjects
Architecture -- History, Theaters -- Design and construction, Arts centers -- Design and construction, Arts and entertainment industries, Business, Ford Foundation -- Finance
Published
1987

15. Michigan State University is one of four universities to share a $600,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to strengthen the programs and projects of the Midwest Consortium for Black Studies

Subjects
Michigan State University -- Finance, University of Wisconsin -- Finance, University of Michigan -- Finance, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Carnegie Mellon University -- Finance, Universities and colleges -- Finance -- United States, Education, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Company financing, Finance
Abstract

Michigan State University is one of four universities to share a $600,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to strengthen the programs and projects of the Midwest Consortium for Black Studies. [...]

Published
2006

17. Ford Foundation releases $250,000 to NAACP

Author

Gattuso, Greg

Subjects
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Finance, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, Company financing, Finance
Abstract

Officials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said the recent release of a long-delayed $250,000 grant from the Ford Foundation is the first step in [...]

Published
1995

18. Eiteljorg lands large grant

Subjects
Art museums -- Finance, Company financing, Business, Business, regional, Ford Foundation -- Finance
Abstract

The Ford Foundation has awarded Indianapolis' Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art $250,000 to strengthen a fellowship program for American Indian artists and to help the museum increase [...]

Published
2006

19. Renowned civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize (1987) is receiving much needed funding for rebroadcast and DVD release

Subjects
Public Broadcasting Service -- Licensing, certification and accreditation, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Documentary films -- Finance, Arts, visual and performing, Mass communications, Motion pictures, Company financing, Finance, Licensing, certification and accreditation
Abstract

Renowned civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize (1987) is receiving much needed funding for rebroadcast and DVD release. Copyright and licensing obstructions have limited the availability of what the [...]

Published
2005

20. Joint center assesses CRA. (News & Notes)

Subjects
Architecture and design industries, Real estate industry, Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, Joint Center for Housing Studies -- Reports, Ford Foundation -- Finance
Abstract

Cambridge, Mass.--Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies released a study providing a comprehensive assessment of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The two-year study, The 25th Anniversary of the Community Reinvestment [...]

Published
2002

21. Ink from blood. (The Manley Arts)

Author

Manley, Will

Subjects
Sherman, William Tecumseh, Grant, Ulysses S., Library of America -- Product information -- Finance, United States. National Endowment for the Humanities -- Finance, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Publishing industry -- Product information -- Finance, Generals -- Product information, Business, Publishing industry, Company financing, Finance, Product information
Abstract

A couple of decades ago, a major publishing project was undertaken in this country, but it garnered very little notice among librarians. Today, 20 years later, this project still goes [...]

Published
2001

23. Eye on publishing

Author

Bailey, Carl

Subjects
United States. National Endowment for the Humanities -- Finance, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Authors, American literature, Societe Europeenne des Satellitesxxxxxzzzz (Luxembourg)
Published
1983

25. $1 million in grants to aid 5 Pittsburgh areas

Subjects
East Liberty Development Inc. -- Finance, Homewood-Brushton Revitalization and Development Corp. -- Finance, Manchester Citizens Corp. -- Finance, Oakland Planning and Development Corp. -- Finance, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Community development corporations -- Finance
Published
1983

30. Turn welfare in a new direction

Subjects
Manpower Development Research Corp. -- Innovations, United States. Department of Labor -- Finance, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Welfare -- Innovations, Minorities -- Social aspects, Family policy -- Innovations, Poor -- Services, Teenage mothers -- Services, African Americans -- Social aspects
Published
1983

31. Ford grants of $773,000 to aid desegregation

Subjects
Tennessee. Higher Education Commission -- Finance, American Council on Education -- Finance, Morgan State University -- Finance, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Institute for Services to Education -- Finance, School integration -- Finance
Published
1981

33. Polish intellectuals stranded in U.S. to get foundation aid

Author

Teltsch, Kathleen

Subjects
Ford Foundation -- Finance, Rockefeller Foundation -- Finance, Rockefeller Brothers Fund -- Finance, Students, Foreign -- Finance, Poles in the United States -- Finance, Polish students -- Foreign countries
Published
1982

35. Twenty-five finalists named in Ford Foundation-Kennedy School innovation program; will contend for $100,000 grants

Subjects
Business, Business, general, Harvard University. John F. Kennedy School of Government -- Public relations, Ford Foundation -- Finance
Abstract

/CAUTION -- ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AYEMS FRIDAY, JUNE 22/ TWENTY-FIVE FINALISTS NAMED IN FORD FOUNDATION-KENNEDY SCHOOL INNOVATIONS PROGRAM; WILL CONTEND FOR $100,000 GRANTS /ADVANCE/NEW YORK, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-five [...]

Published
1990

36. National Commission on Testing and Public Policy announces findings of three-year nationwide study of standardized testing

Subjects
United States. National Commission on Testing and Public Policy -- Social policy, Business, Business, general, Ford Foundation -- Finance
Abstract

/ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 9:30 A.M. EDT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23/ NATIONAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES FINDINGS OF THREE-YEAR NATIONWIDE STUDY OF STANDARDIZED TESTING /ADVANCE/WASHINGTON, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Commission on [...]

Published
1990

37. Awards to recognize leaders in communities

Subjects
Advocacy Institute -- Finance, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Social justice -- Services
Abstract

The Ford Foundation, in partnership with the Advocacy Institute and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, is seeking nominations of community leaders who [...]

Published
2001

38. Ecolabeling Organization to Review Its Strategic Objectives

Subjects
TerraChoice Environmental Services -- Officials and employees, Environmental associations -- Officials and employees, Business, Environmental services industry, Global Ecolabelling Network -- Officials and employees, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Japan Environment Association -- Officials and employees
Abstract

John Polak has been elected as the new chair of the Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN). Polak is president of TerraChoice Environmental Services, which is licensed by Environment Canada to run [...]

Published
2001

40. University of Buffalo School of Law

Subjects
Business, Business, regional, Ford Foundation -- Finance
Abstract

University at Buffalo School of Law received a two-year, $95,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to support the public international law program. The grant will provide research fellowships and internships [...]

Published
1990

48. New cooperative strategies help arts survive and grow

Author

Reiss, Alvin H.

Subjects
United States. National Endowment for the Arts -- Finance, Arts fund raising -- Analysis, Arts -- Finance, Advertising, marketing and public relations, Business, American Federation of Arts -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Art Museum Association of America -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Ford Foundation -- Finance
Published
1987

49. NEH, Ford Foundation fund controversial series

Author

Saks, Judith Brody

Subjects
United States. National Endowment for the Humanities -- Economic aspects, Ford Foundation -- Finance, Literary Classics of the United States Inc. -- Contracts
Published
1979

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