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    Grants available for workforce partnerships focused on green skills  Jul 3, 2009
    National Funders for NFWS include The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, The Hitachi Foundation, The U.S. Department of Labor, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Microsoft, and The Prudential Foundation. Additionally, national partnerships have been established with Jobs for the Future and the Council on Foundations. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)

    Nigeria: Country's External Debt Rises to $3.6 Billion  Jul 1, 2009
    Disclosing this yesterday at a two-day workshop on the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007 organised by the Centre for Social Justice with the support of Ford Foundation in Owerri, Imo State, Director General. of Debt Management Office (DMO), Dr. Abraham Nwankwo, noted that it was important that the external debt accounted for about 16 percent and the domestic debt about 84 percent of the total public debt portfolio. (allAfrica.com)

    JIM DOYLE: Effects of Agent Orange carry on  Jun 27, 2009
    On June 2, the Ford Foundation released the results of a lengthy study on the effects of Agent Orange/Dioxin, and confirmed what Vietnam veterans have known for years: This stuff will kill you, or worse, pass to your children and grandchildren and cause a range of disabilities and diseases that will profoundly affect their lives ... The Ford Foundation report calls for improved diagnosis and treatment, and continued study of the environmental and health effects of Agent Orange. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)

    California Immigrant Activist Charged With Vote Fraud...  Jun 26, 2009
    Southern California - this just in From the staff of the Los Angeles Times and. Felony charges have been filed and an arrest warrant issued for a well-known Orange County political activist suspected of committing election and voter registration fraud, the California secretary of State's office announced Wednesday. (The Drudge Report)

    Judge Probing Cheney's CIA Leak Role  Jun 19, 2009
    Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation Journalism Awards luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, June 1, 2009. (AP). (CBS News)

    Ghanaian Engineers and Scientists: Do they have low IQs?  Jun 18, 2009
    Every year DFID, Ford Foundation etc offer scholarships to so called brainy students from Ghanaian institutions to further their education abroad. Well, DFID or Ford Foundation should consider focusing their attention on our artisans like the blacksmiths, wood carvers kente weavers etc. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Cheney's secret briefings defended interrogations  Jun 4, 2009
    Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation Journalism Awards luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, June 1, 2009 ... Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation Journalism Awards luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, June 1, 2009. (Albany Times Union)

    Ford Foundation gives $1 million to Detroit Symphony to aid fundraising efforts  Jun 4, 2009
    DETROIT (AP) The Ford Foundation is boosting the struggling Detroit Symphony Orchestra with a three-year, $1 million grant to help expand its donor base ... Symphony President Anne Parsons tells the Detroit Free Press that Ford foundation officials see the symphony "going in the right direction.". (FOX61, CT)

    Geithner's Asia Background Shows on His China Trip  Jun 2, 2009
    His father Peter was a senior executive running Asia programs for the Ford Foundation, and as a boy Geithner lived in India and Thailand. In college he studied both Mandarin and Japanese, and as he told the students this morning, his two summers in Beijing (he came after his junior year as well) helped convince him that "I wanted to work for my government, and help to shape its policy toward this part of the world." (). (Time.com)

    Cheney: Gitmo holds worst of the worst  Jun 2, 2009
    Former Vice President Dick Cheney at the Ford Foundation Journalism Awards luncheon on Monday. . (MSNBC -- International)

    In China, Geithner calls for closer cooperation  Jun 1, 2009
    In addition to meeting with some of his former professors on Monday, Geithner was scheduled to visit an economist training program set up by his father when the elder Geithner was in charge of Ford Foundation programs in Asia. The Obama administration and China have come out with two massive economic stimulus plans while European countries have resisted Obamas calls to do more. (MSNBC -- Business)

    * Geithner leaves for China visit  Jun 1, 2009
    Geithner will hold an event at a Ford Foundation program in Beijing to support the study of economics in the US. The program was started by his father when the elder -Geithner was based in Asia as a foundation official. That the chief US economic policymaker is going hat-in-hand to the Chinese to explain the soaring deficits shows how much has changed since Bushs treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, met with the Chinese in 2006. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)

    US Treasury said Monday global recession losing force(2nd update)  Jun 1, 2009
    In addition to meeting with some of his former professors on Monday, Geithner was scheduled to visit an economist training program set up by his father when the elder Geithner was in charge of Ford Foundation programs in Asia ... In addition to meeting with some of his former professors on Monday, Geithner was scheduled to visit an economist training program set up by his father when the elder Geithner was in charge of Ford Foundation programs in Asia ... In addition to meeting with some of his... (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Geithner Sees More Durable Stability in Economy  Jun 1, 2009
    He'll also visit the Ford Foundation, a place he has a personal interest in given that his father helped establish the Beijing office of the organization. Experts say the crisis and rising deficits have left Geithner with less maneuverability to push China for immediate, significant economic policy changes. (SmartMoney)

    US Treasury reaches out to China  May 30, 2009
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    `Real Housewives' of D.C. Can't Beat C-SPAN  May 29, 2009
    As for philanthropy, there is no or Ford Foundation. The Rockefeller we have is in the Senate, lives quietly and lets the relatives handle the family fortune. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)

    Girl's guide to Gotham  May 27, 2009
    Head toward the UN, past the Chrysler building and to the Ford Foundation, designed by Kevin Roche. Its indoor garden is a gift to the public its beautiful and serene, a lovely moments pause in this crazy-busy city. (iAfrica.com)

    Gun-Grabbers Undermine U.S. Sovereignty  May 26, 2009
    Its funders include the United Kingdom, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Compton Foundation, Ploughshares Fund. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Samuel Rubin Foundation and Christian Aid. (Human Events Online)

    Gov, 'Gloria' Light Up Fete  May 22, 2009
    Also raising the roof were honoree Lin-Manuel Miranda, Museo Director Julian Zugazagoitia, actor Richard Turley, frockmongers Isabel Toledo and Brian Reyes, and Vogue sub-editor Meredith Burke, who busied herself switching place cards and chitchatting while Ford Foundation President Luis Ubias laid 1 million on the museum. . (New York Post -- Gossip)

    Elton John talks AIDS at BIO convention  May 21, 2009
    We are not endowed like the Ford Foundation or the Gates Foundation, John said, adding that every dollar spent is raised privately. We are the David of non-profits, fighting the Goliath of diseases. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)

    New Economy Initiative Announces $9.25 Million Investment to Assist Automotive Suppliers and Advance Entrepreneurship  May 19, 2009
    the Ford Foundation (New York), the Hudson-Webber Foundation (Detroit), the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Mich. the John S. and James L. (PR Newswire)

    Haiti Hosts Opening Ceremony of the 2009 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial: Worldwide Events Commence With the Announcement of a National HIV Testing Campaign in Haiti  May 17, 2009
    The Ford Foundation and the Abbott Fund are major supporters of the IACM.. The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. (PR Newswire)

    Open forum: Journalism students lead way  May 16, 2009
    org), the school earned a $500,000 grant from the Ford Foundation last year to replicate the digital site for other communities in the Bay Area increasingly neglected by the local media. At a time when the Bay Area print news industry is in a struggle for survival, with audiences and advertising increasingly streaming to the Web, Linjun's remarkable experiences engaging Albany citizens in the news - and similar high-quality local journalism by her 49 fellow students in the class of 2009, who... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)

    Same Old Cuba  May 15, 2009
    Designers like Carolina H 00004000 errera, Francisco Costa and Narciso Rodri guez will also toast Luis Antonio Ubias, the South Bronx Puerto Rican who got an MBA from Harvard and be came president of the Ford Foundation. . (New York Post -- Gossip)

    GM chiefs dump their shares, and investors follow  May 13, 2009
    The public offering of common stock is a first for the 105-year-old Ford Motor Co., which went public when the Ford Foundation liquidated its shares of the company in 1956. Since then, the number of shares has multiplied with employee stock options, stock splits and preferred stock offerings. (Globe and Mail)

    Ford Foundation to Help Buy Up Foreclosures  May 5, 2009
    REALTOR Magazine Online: The real estate professional's business support tool. YOUR INTERACTIVE MAGAZINE REALTOR.ORG/realtormag. (Realtor Magazine Online)

    Bailouts Not Enough — How About Philanthropies?  May 3, 2009
    Private charities like the Ford Foundation are helping people fend off foreclosures in the Atlanta area ... Many of our areas of work focus on the very issues that the crisis has brought to the surface, so we are well-positioned to make useful contributions now and as things continue to unfold, said Ford Foundation spokeswoman Fiona Guthrie ... And in Atlanta, where Consumer Credit Counseling Services is now using the Ford Foundation s grant to create software to prevent foreclosure, they expect... (Fox News)

    Soledad O'Brien, Anthony Romero and Other Latino Leaders Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Hispanics in Philanthropy  May 2, 2009
    The other recipients of the HIP Leadership Award were Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union; Lin-Manual Miranda, star, creator & composer of the Tony-winning Broadway musical In the Heights; Luis Ubinas, president of the Ford Foundation; and Linda Griego, CEO of Griego Enterprises and a trustee of the Packard Foundation. "When Diana started Hispanics in Philanthropy 25 years ago, Hispanics were an invisible minority, unseen and unheard in the philanthropic... (PR Newswire)

    Schedule of Upcoming Luncheons at the National Press Club  May 1, 2009
    Text hiding to spacing. NATIONAL PRESS CLUB LOGO. (PRNewsFoto/NATIONAL PRESS CLUB) WASHINGTON, DC UNITED STATES. (PR Newswire)

    Native Hawaiian named national CEO  Apr 29, 2009
    The Ford Foundation recently donated $10 million, and the Wintun Indians have given another $1. 3 million. (Pacific Business News, HI)

    Big Brother watching  Apr 28, 2009
    They will kill any proposed legislation such as E-Verify, Real ID act, Feds police illegal immigration training law such as 247(g) Any illegal immigration law will be confronted by the corporate wealthy elites, ACLU, US Chamber of Commerce, Ford Foundation and other open border entities, who have no intention of stopping the estimated 13 to 20 million illegal alien invasion or the drug trade. Nobody works for the public good in Washington anymore. (Helena Independent Record)

    India's politicos dangle US$1 trillion hope  Apr 28, 2009
    Individuals and 25 foundations, including the Ford Foundation, give it donations. 2. (Asia Times Online)

    Indigenous peoples at world summit to share climate change observations, coping techniques  Apr 20, 2009
    Public release date: 19-Apr-2009. Contact: Terry Collins. (EurekAlert!)

    Fund raiser planned to aid Ambos Nogales  Apr 18, 2009
    SCCF has received a two-year Ford Foundation grant to help agencies address the epidemic of diabetes in the border region. Funds raised will help the foundation provide technical assistance to local non-profits. (Nogales International, AZ)

    Hilton Als: How Katherine Anne Porter perfected herself.  Apr 14, 2009
    Enameled Lady: A Critic at Large: The New Yorker (New Yorker)

    Eight Cities Selected to Promote Financial Stability Through Bank On Cities Campaign  Apr 13, 2009
    NLC's Bank On Cities Campaign is supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Ford Foundation. In 2008, the YEF Institute's Bank On Cities Campaign provided technical assistance to ten cities, many of which have already launched successful programs to reach the unbanked. (PR Newswire)

    Sundance exec director steps down  Apr 11, 2009
    He also attacted grants from the Ford Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Doris Duke Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Annenberg Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. "I have completed my work in building an outstanding leadership team," he said in a statement. (Variety)

    San Joaquin Delta College campus may host new high school (5)  Apr 2, 2009
    The Early College High School Initiative is sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Source: California Department of Education. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)

    Arts leader Peter F. Donnelly dies  Mar 30, 2009
    Donnelly arrived at the in 1964 as a Ford Foundation intern, and rose through the ranks to become head of the theater. He joined ArtsFund, then known as the Corporate Council for the Arts, in 1989. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

    A Closer Look At Treasury Sec. Geithner  Mar 29, 2009
    With a father who worked abroad for the U.S. Agency for International Development and then the Ford Foundation, Geithner lived in Zambia and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) as a child ... As it happens, Geithner's father, Peter, at one point oversaw a program developed by Obama's mother, Ann Dunham Soetoro, when she worked for the Ford Foundation in Indonesia. (CBS News)

    Against the Odds, New Public Radio International Documentary Series Debuts Monday April 6th with Hour-Long Feature on Rwanda Timed to 15th Anniversary of Genocide and Holocaust Awareness Month This April  Mar 27, 2009
    AGAINST THE ODDS is supported by The Ford Foundation, the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Fund, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and The Goldman Sachs Foundation. AGAINST THE ODDS is a production of Ellis Cose, Incorporated. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Art, students and community spirit join in Laton  Mar 19, 2009
    Encouraging student involvement is a key part of the Otis project, which is partially funded by a Ford Foundation grant. Otis student Faith Purvey, for example, is guiding a group of Laton High School students in creating sculptures, which will be on display Saturday at the celebration. (Fresno Bee)

    ROBERT BRUCE SMITH:Beethoven rolls on!  Mar 17, 2009
    The American composer Joseph Schwantners Chasing Light opened the program, commissioned by the TSO and other U.S. orchestras under a Made in America grant from the Ford Foundation. Next came the world premiere of Polish composer Bartek Chajdeckis ethereal Hymn, a choral tribute to Pope John Paul II.. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)

    Who's who in the battle to save journalism  Mar 14, 2009
    Drawing on grant money from the Ford Foundation, this website operated out of the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism is trying to find a business model for community news. It does investigative journalism at a community level and attempts to cover issues that larger papers don't, such as micro-economic trends. (Globe and Mail)

    New look at sentencing guidelines for cocaine  Mar 8, 2009
    Her reporting was supported by the Justice and Journalism Fund, established by USC Annenberg's Institute for Justice and Journalism with Ford Foundation funding. This article appeared on page H - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)

    Helping language teachers in testing times  Mar 4, 2009
    He worked in Thailand for six years as a project specialist for the Ford Foundation, where he directed an intensive English program and conducted research into the assessment of language proficiency. He also spent three years at Teheran University in Iran developing an ESP reading curriculum. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)

    Nkrumah Already Has March Six!  Mar 4, 2009
    Now, let him get the following into his clinical numbskull: Mr. Mprah, I have read and written extensively about most of the King Literature, and was even once, while a Ford Foundation Undergraduate Fellow at the City College of New York, short-listed among the ranks of potential editorial assistants for the King Papers Project by Stanford University; and nowhere, absolutely nowhere, does the kind of guff that you are retailing appears. In any case, it was not for any woeful lack of leadership... (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    The New Economy Initiative Announces Support for Michigan's Economic Transition  Mar 2, 2009
    NEI includes $100 million in funding commitments from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (Detroit), the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation (Southfield, Michigan), the Ford Foundation (New York), the Hudson-Webber Foundation (Detroit), the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Battle Creek, Michigan), the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Miami), The Kresge Foundation (Troy, Michigan), the McGregor Fund (Detroit), the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation (Flint, Michigan), and the Skillman... (PR Newswire)

    Indian-American profile up, from politics to film  Mar 1, 2009
    Brittanicus wrote on Feb 28, 2009 4:22 PM:" For THE PEOPLE, who are patriots first and want to know the grade score of politicians at NUMBERSUSA who have ignored their oath of office and in collusion with corporate hierarchy and appeasing corrupt foreign governments. You need to read the immigration grade scores for our elected officials. For instance Rep. flake has a grand (F)! Those who have been complicit in eroding E-Verify, like Sen. Reid, who must be a puppet of the the US Chamber of... (The Pantagraph newspaper)

    PRI's 'The World' Probes Relationship of Oscar Wins, Poverty, Philanthropy  Feb 27, 2009
    Support for PRI's "The World" comes from Merck, the Medtronic Foundation and the Capital Group Companies; by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Science Foundation; and by the PRI Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. About Public Radio International. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Walter E. Williams  Feb 11, 2009
    These include the National Fellow at the Hoover Institute of War, Revolution, and Peace; the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship; the National Service Award from the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies; and the George Washington Medal of Honor from the Valley Forge Freedom Foundation. In 1984-1985, he received the Faculty Member of the Year Award from the George Mason University Alumni. (Townhall.com)

    EXCLUSIVE: World Bank Cover-Up After Town Razed  Feb 10, 2009
    Indeed, the panel's chairman, Werner Kiene a former U.N. World Food Program investigator and Ford Foundation official took what he called "the unprecedented step" of sending the board a six-page personal memo chastising the bank's management and staff for having "hampered" and obstructed the probe. "The Inspection Panel could not have imagined when it recommended an investigation to the board ... that this was going to become one of the most difficult investigations in its 14 years of... (Fox News)

    ACT: The Long Run  Feb 7, 2009
    "I was working on 'Oliver' in Chicago as production manager. We'd closed on Broadway and moved to Chicago. And Bill (Ball) called and said, 'I have a great plan. I'm on my way to Milwaukee (to meet with Ford Foundation officials) and I want to stop in Chicago and talk to you about it. ... This was, I think, January, maybe December. Anyway we sat up all night in Chicago and talked about how to do this theater ... "About a week later he called me back and said, 'We'll change this paragraph or that... (San Francisco Chronicle)

    You, Reporting Live: Citizen Journalism Relies On Audience  Mar 30, 2008
    The J-Lab report, "Citizen Media: Fad or the Future of News," was funded by the Ford Foundation. J-Lab also runs Knight Citizen News Network, a Web site that advises citizens and traditional journalists on how to launch and operate community news and information sites. (Investors Business Daily)

    Should Prostitution Be Legalized?  Mar 30, 2008
    In a 5-country study on sex trafficking done by the Coalitition Against Trafficking in Women and funded by the Ford Foundation, most of the 146 women interviewed strongly stated that prostitution should not be legalized and considered legitimate work , warning that legalization would create more risks and harm for women from already violent customer and pimps (Raymond et al, 2002). No way. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Celebrates Golden Anniversary  Mar 28, 2008
    AAADT received major gifts of $1 million or more from the Allisons and the following: Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault; The Ford Foundation; Guido Goldman; The Prudential Foundation; John Schaefer and Pamela Zilly; and the Judy and Fred Wilpon Family Foundation. A $6 million pledge from Los Angeles-based dance enthusiast Glorya Kaufman pushed the endowment to $55 million, and over its initial goal. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Study: N.C. family needs $42,841 a year  Mar 26, 2008
    Its study was paid for by grants from the Ford Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Working Poor Families Project, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation and individual donors. Latest News. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

    S.F. Ballet: 1963-1972  Mar 23, 2008
    THE DRIVE IS THERE: The Ballet is one of seven dance companies to receive a grant from the Ford Foundation. The company receives almost $650,000 from the program implemented in 1963. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Indonesia left deep imprint on Obama family  Mar 23, 2008
    This included spells for USAID and in the Jakarta office of the Ford Foundation from 1981-84, where much of her work revolved around women's livelihoods and women's rights. As an anthropologist, she also wrote a research paper when at the Unversity of Hawaii on cottage industries such as blacksmithing and weaving in Java. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Women make headway as chief investment officers  Mar 22, 2008
    In the nonprofit world, the Ford Foundation, for example, has an endowment of $13. 5 billion run by Linda Strumpf. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)

    A Feast on Solecism  Mar 22, 2008
    He has been a Ford Foundation undergraduate scholar and is listed in the Whos Who in America for 2008-9. E-mail: okoampaahoofe@aol. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

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    The Ford Foundation had a number of internships. It gave us law students the chance to work in the San Francisco court system, he said. (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)

    The art of the print (5)  Mar 20, 2008
    "Tamarind Institute is approaching its 50th anniversary and Wayne believes Los Angeles should celebrate this history."When I started Tamarind, I paid a heavy price," she said. "In the 50s, women were supposed to know their place and, worse, I came from La La Land, so everyone's attitude was that I earned the millions we were granted by the Ford Foundation on my back. I should have been a lot more tired. (Malibu Times, CA)

    Is Brown the New Black?  Mar 18, 2008
    Latinos now have a full complement of civil-rights organizations, such as the National Council of La Raza (The Race), modeled on the black prototypes and usually well-subsidized by establishment heavyweights such as the Ford Foundation. Still, copying the black grievance machine hasn t quite paid off as well as Latino activists had hoped. (The American Conservative)

    PBS does a body good  Mar 16, 2008
    PBS chief exec Paula Kerger not long ago discussed its strengths and perceived weaknesses in a Ford Foundation interview, saying of public TV's evolving demographics, "We have a very large audience under 5, and we have a very large audience that's over 50. ... But we're somehow missing the 5 to 50 group.". Yet that is how things should be, with one exception: serious news. (Variety)

    A mother's unconventional life is reflected within Obama  Mar 15, 2008
    Then she married an Indonesian, moved to Jakarta, became an anthropologist, wrote an 800-page dissertation on peasant blacksmithing in Java, worked for the Ford Foundation, championed women's work, helped bring microcredit to the world's poor. She had high expectations for her children. (International Herald Tribune)

    Young, rich and socially active  Mar 15, 2008
    " Schweser gave the bulk of his trust fund to small nonprofit groups like Critical Resistance, which tries to prevent the construction of new prisons. He also helped start the Gulf South Allied Funders, which helps areas devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Some philanthropy experts argue that this kind of giving is important because it does not demand guaranteed success. "Social change takes a long time," said Joe Voeller, a spokesman for the Ford Foundation, which has given Resource... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Obama's mother - an unconventional life  Mar 15, 2008
    " But neither description begins to capture the unconventional life of Stanley Ann Dunham Soetoro, the parent who most shaped Obama. Kansas was merely a way station in her childhood, wheeling westward in the slipstream of her furniture-salesman father. In Hawaii, she married an African student at age 18. Then she married an Indonesian, moved to Jakarta, became an anthropologist, wrote a dissertation on peasant blacksmithing in Java, worked for the Ford Foundation, championed women's work and... (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Budget surplus should be put in special reserve account  Mar 8, 2008
    Organizations ranging from the Ford Foundation to Yale University and the local Rasmuson Foundation use it to ensure long-term cash flow. While these groups use the money for various purposes, the state would use its income stream for state services, to be determined year to year by the Legislature. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Tea Leoni tackles Agent Orange  Mar 7, 2008
    The money raised in the new awareness drive, with help from the Ford Foundation, will help collate data and boost services for tens of thousands of disabled children, linked to Agent Orange or not, Morch said. AFP. (iAfrica.com)

    Obituaries for Friday, March 7, 2008  Mar 7, 2008
    He was one of about 30 undergraduates nationwide awarded a Ford Foundation Fellowship for graduate study in 1953 based on his outstanding scholarship and proven leadership ability. In 1954 Hoff received a commission as second lieutenant in the Air Force and completed his pilot training in 1956. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Govt okays N5b loan for agric sector  Mar 6, 2008
    In addition, the Ford Foundation is to provide a grant of $500,000 while the Federal Government would contribute $6. 17 million, representing 15 per cent of the total loan package. (Guardian News, Nigeria)

    Ford statue plan approved  Feb 29, 2008
    The Gerald R. Ford Foundation will fund the statue's design, creation and transport ... Gerald R. Ford Foundation. (Yahoo News -- Politics)

    Catherine Miller  Feb 28, 2008
    A Ford Foundation fellowship for creative teaching paid for her eight-month visit to schools and social work in 18 Latin American countries (1952-1953). Unusually adventurous for a woman of her time, she journeyed a thousand miles by boat up the Amazon River. (Muscatine Journal, IO)

    Speaker calls on youth to play bigger role  Feb 28, 2008
    Much of the group's funding comes from the Ford Foundation, he said. The group's name comes from a South African word for community, he said. (The Daily Reflector)

    Praiseworthy  Feb 28, 2008
    A study by the Ford Foundation found that 63% of students in the program graduated from high school and 42% enrolled in college or vocational school. By comparison, 36% of blacks 18 and older had graduated from high school in 2006, and 28% had some college experience or an associate's degree, the U.S. Department of Education says. (USA Today -- News)

    Letters to the Editor - 2/22/2008  Feb 23, 2008
    Reardon wrote on Feb 22, 2008 8:29 AM:Gosh, SDRAOUL, I dont know, but the Sentencing Project, a liberal research and prison reform group funded by the Ford Foundation (among others), said, In 2005, Hispanics comprised 20% of the state and federal prison population, a rise of 43% since 1990. 5 As a result of these trends, one of every six Hispanic males and one of every 45 Hispanic females born today can expect to go to prison in his or her lifetime. (North County Times)

    Art, depiction of Prophet Muhammad on Wikipedia  Feb 21, 2008
    The writer is a fellow of International Fellowship Program (IFP) Ford Foundation, cohort V and is an international student of MA Fine Art at Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU), Faculty of Visual Arts and Design. Post Your Comments. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)

    Where Do Social Engineers Get Off Commenting On Subprime Mess?  Feb 21, 2008
    In 1998, Self-Help entered a very profitable venture with the left-wing Ford Foundation and secondary mortgage market giant Fannie Mae to provide mortgage loans to North Carolina's low-income families. After Ford granted $50M of risk capital to give Self-Help's clients the down payments these borrowers did not have, Self-Help then originated the loan, and finally, Fannie Mae purchased the loans from Self-Help. (Investors Business Daily)

    An educator remembered for her world vision  Feb 20, 2008
    Among her other awards was the Ford Foundation Fellowship to Latin America in 1952-53 for creative teaching. Dan Clark of Muscatine, who, with his wife Jean, enjoyed Miller s friendship for many years, said a memorial service is being planned for Miller. (Muscatine Journal, IO)

    Obama Drive Gets Inspiration From No Ordinary White Woman Born in Kansas  Feb 11, 2008
    Terance Bigalke, who worked with Dunham at the Ford Foundation in Jakarta, says she also fostered social activism in her children through her work on behalf of the world's poor. She had such a strong concern for people who were in difficult circumstances economically,'' says Bigalke, 59. (Bloomberg -- US)

    Online journal chronicles global migration  Feb 5, 2008
    The magazine is published by a Washington research group, the Migration Policy Institute, that was started to help fill the knowledge gap six years ago, with assistance from Carnegie Corp. of New York, the Ford Foundation and the J.M. Kaplan Fund. Does migration drive down domestic wages. (International Herald Tribune)

    A tiny staff, tracking people across the globe  Feb 4, 2008
    The magazine is published by a Washington research group, the Migration Policy Institute, that was started six years ago (with assistance from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation and the J. M. Kaplan Fund) to help fill the knowledge gap. Does migration drive down domestic wages. (International Herald Tribune)

    US-Vietnam Dioxin Effort Makes Progress at Airport  Feb 4, 2008
    Members of the Dialogue Group, funded by the US-based Ford Foundation, said they expected the money to be released this year. The group's tasks include supporting clean-up at former US bases and health programmes in surrounding communities; treatment and education centres for victims; development of a Vietnamese laboratory for dioxin testing; training courses for restoration of land affected with herbicides and advocacy efforts. (Planet Ark, United States)

    Show raises money for youth, leadership, entrepreneurial program  Feb 2, 2008
    The Ford Foundation, through the U.S./Mexico Border Philanthropy Project, will provide funds for the matching grant. The Fund is guided by a local advisory board consisting of nine interested citizens. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)

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