About the Foundation | What You Should Know | Grant History |
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In 2016 The Ford Foundation restructured its grantmaking strategies and has placed a high priority on alleviating inequality, with primary interests in government transparency, racial, ethnic and gender equity environmentally equitable urban and rural communities. Faculty may want to consider the Ford Foundation funding for these program domains:
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This program funded the work of journalist Curt Guyette, hired by the Michigan ACLU to investigate how the decisions of emergency managers were impacting financially strapped Michigan communities – which have been largely reserved for cities with majority-black populations. Guyette's work brought him to Flint and helped uncover Flint's water crisis. Here is the link to the Ford Foundation's blog: The crisis in Flint is about more than poisoned water |
Harvard University, Saguaro Seminar for Civic Engagement, $400,000 (2015) Duke University, AIDS Legal Project on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, $200,000 (2014) |
Kellogg Foundation's interests include Race and Equity. Faculty may want to consider The Kellogg Foundation funding for these program domains:
Application information: You will improve your chances of success if you are able to contact a Kellogg program officer prior to submitting. If you don’t know a program officer, you can reach out to Foundation Relations. |
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Wayne State University, issues of structural racism in Detroit, $1,300,000 (2014) University of Mississippi Medical Center, Health Care Equity & Leadership Institute to improve racial and ethnic disparities in the health care profession & education, $150,000 (2013) |
Its U.S. programs general interests are promoting an inclusive, just society. Faculty may want to consideOpen Society funding for these program domains:
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• It is important to express how your work can help to make change on the ground.
• The focus of Open Society Foundations’ grantmaking is social change. Use language of impact more than research.
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Harvard University, to develop a baseline of skills for emerging community advocacy leaders, $51,159 (2014) Ohio State University Foundation, Kirwin Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, $200,000 (2014) |
The Kresge Foundation’s general interests are improving the quality of city life, particularly for low income populations. Application: Contact Maureen Martin or Joseph Sutkowi at Foundation Relations. |
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Virginia Commonwealth University, Center on Society and Health. Grant to study and support the incorporation of innovative public health practices into the planning phase for a mixed-income housing redevelopment project in the city. $110,000 (2014) University of California, Berkeley,Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, $200,000 (2013) |