{"id":135,"date":"2025-03-10T19:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T16:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/?p=135"},"modified":"2026-01-08T21:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:15:38","slug":"ford-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/charitable-foundations\/ford-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-sm-12 text-center\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-address-1 field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">Address:\u00a0320 E 43rd St\u00a0New York, NY 10017\u00a0USA<\/div>\n<div>Phone: (+1) 212-573-5000<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-contact-phone field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">About the Ford Foundation<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4435\" src=\"http:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Fordify-Banner_.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Fordify-Banner_.webp 768w, https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Fordify-Banner_-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Fordify-Banner_-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-intro-variant\"><span class=\"grey-darkest\">We believe in the inherent dignity of all people. But around the world, too many people are excluded from the political, economic, and social institutions that shape their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"grey-darkest\">Across eight decades, our mission has sought to reduce poverty and injustice, strengthen democratic values, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"grey-darkest\">Learn more about our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/about\/about-ford\/mission\/\">mission, our values and culture<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/work\/challenging-inequality\/\">how we approach our work<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ford Foundation is not connected to the Ford Motor Company. The Ford Foundation and Ford Motor Company are two separate and legally unrelated entities whose operations are completely independent and have been for more than 50 years. There is not any financial authority, decision making nor funding relationship between the two organizations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4437\" src=\"http:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/officers-fordmeeting-1952-december_job-43_box-p-4_1_henryfordii_paulhoffman_chesterdaview_roberthutchins_hrowangaither-1-edited.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/officers-fordmeeting-1952-december_job-43_box-p-4_1_henryfordii_paulhoffman_chesterdaview_roberthutchins_hrowangaither-1-edited.webp 600w, https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/officers-fordmeeting-1952-december_job-43_box-p-4_1_henryfordii_paulhoffman_chesterdaview_roberthutchins_hrowangaither-1-edited-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/officers-fordmeeting-1952-december_job-43_box-p-4_1_henryfordii_paulhoffman_chesterdaview_roberthutchins_hrowangaither-1-edited-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading has-h3-variant\"><strong>Our history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Over the past 80 years we have invested in innovative ideas, visionary individuals, and frontline institutions advancing human dignity around the world. Our social justice mission and vision have guided us through transformations in the foundation, the communities we serve, and the world at large.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-subtitle-variant\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/about\/about-ford\/a-legacy-of-social-justice\/\">Explore our legacy of social justice<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/about\/about-ford\/our-origins\/\">Learn about our origins<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/work\/challenging-inequality\/civic-engagement-and-government\/u-s-strategy\/#Detroit\">Learn about our commitment to Detroit<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4436\" src=\"http:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Heather_Gerken_headshot_2_2025.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Heather_Gerken_headshot_2_2025.webp 600w, https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Heather_Gerken_headshot_2_2025-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/Heather_Gerken_headshot_2_2025-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading has-h3-variant\"><strong>Our leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The foundation is governed by a distinguished and diverse Board of Trustees, which includes our president. Our grant making is led by directors and regional representatives with expertise in their fields and a profound commitment to social change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 text-center\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12 text-center\">\n<p><strong>Information and photos taken from the site: www.fordfoundation.org<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address:\u00a0320 E 43rd St\u00a0New York, NY 10017\u00a0USA Phone: (+1) 212-573-5000 About the Ford Foundation &nbsp; We believe in the inherent dignity of all people. But around the world, too many people are excluded from the political, economic, and social institutions that shape their lives. Across eight decades, our mission has sought to reduce poverty and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charitable-foundations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4439,"href":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions\/4439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.camegone.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}