Richard Poirier; literary critic and writer who founded Library of America Aug 22, 2009
With grants from the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the nonprofit venture began publishing in May 1982, with works by Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Walt Whitman. Nearly 200 volumes collecting the works of Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, James Baldwin, Philip Roth, and other writers have been published to date. (Boston Globe)
McKinney Chamber announces new President & CEO Aug 18, 2009
In 2009 she completed the Ford Foundation Fellowship for Regional Sustainable Development also through the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. I am excited about the opportunity to serve the members of the McKinney Chamber and work with our community partners in positively impacting the future growth and development of McKinney. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Power Breakfast: Health reform, pensions, Japanese rebound Aug 18, 2009
The United States VOTER should have the last word, not corrupt members of the Democratic leadership, the Republican minority party and certainly not La Raza or ACLU, US Chamber of Commerce, Council of Foreign Relations, Cato Institute, billionaire George Soros, Ford Foundation and a multitude of self interest groups. In health care the insurance companies have used their political currency, to weaken any prospect of a Canadian or European style public health care option. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
JSU raises profile of research center Aug 17, 2009
In addition to support from Jackson State, the center also has obtained grants from non-profit organizations like the Ford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. It also brings in funding from individuals who pay amounts ranging from $5 to become a student member to $2,000 for a corporate membership. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Cambodia joinsmicroloan clean-up Aug 14, 2009
In June, Angkor Microfinance Kampuchea was one of three MFIs worldwide to receive the first gold award for social performance reporting from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and Consultative Group to Assist the Poor. "Cambodian MFIs have been at the forefront of industry reporting for many years," MIX's chief operating officer Blaine Stephens wrote in an e-mail in response to Asia Times Online questions. (Asia Times Online)
* Obama driven by mothers tragedy Aug 13, 2009
His mother, who held a doctorate degree in anthropology, forged a career in international economic development, working for a while with the Ford Foundation in Jakarta and later with the US Agency for International Development and the World Bank and helping to guide micro-enterprise projects to aid poor women. In [her] last painful months, she was more worried about paying her medical bills than getting well, Obama said in one campaign advertisement that aired last year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Tanzania: Development is a Walk in the Park... Aug 11, 2009
com: Tanzania: Development is a Walk in the Park. Tanzania: Development is a Walk in the Park. (allAfrica.com)
Tanzania: Historic Forodhani Park Shines Again, After U.S.$2 Million Facelift Aug 4, 2009
The Trust has also worked with the government and international partners -- such as the government of Sweden and the Ford Foundation -- to provide workshops on conservation practices and traditional construction methods for craftsmen, building professionals and government officers. According to Mr Pickens, the creation of an Indian Ocean Maritime Museum is also proposed. (allAfrica.com)
Park board, Jensen honoring Scholder at Chahinkapa Jul 31, 2009
Last Updated on Thursday, Jul 30, 2009 - 03:23:08 pm CDT. by Erin C. Hevern Daily News Published/Last Modified on Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:23 PM CDT. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Tanzania: Forodhani Restoration Completed Jul 27, 2009
The trust has also worked with the Government of Sweden and the Ford foundation to provide training workshops on conservation and traditional construction methods for architects. The trust has been active in Zanzibar since 1989 and has successfully completed restoring eleven buildings in the stone town. (allAfrica.com)
Obama appoints Berrien new head of EEOC Jul 17, 2009
Berrien previously served for three years as program officer in the Ford Foundation s peace and social justice program, where she administered more than $13 million in grants to promote political participation by underrepresented groups. She also has worked for the American Civil Liberties Union. (Boston Globe)
End secrecy for campus nonprofits Jul 16, 2009
The conference, "Transformative Models in Higher Education," was organized by the University of Michigan's Center for Advancing Research ions for Society (CARSS), hosted by Emory University and funded by the Ford Foundation. Groups participating in the conference, held June 18-19, were education researchers, higher-education administrators and foundations with a strong focus on education. (Fresno Bee)
College culture wars: Campuses seek balance Jul 11, 2009
Missouri recently hosted a Ford Foundation "difficult dialogues" workshop for campus leaders from nine schools: Alaska-Anchorage, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri-St ... Robert O'Neil, who heads the Ford Foundation effort, called the balancing act required of faculty members faced with divisive classroom comments a "constant dilemma.". (USA Today -- News)
College campuses seek balance when views collide Jul 11, 2009
A $4 million Ford Foundation initiative that began in 2006 and was expanded this year aims to promote dialogue on college campuses after a series of clashes between liberals and conservatives ... Missouri recently hosted a Ford Foundation "difficult dialogues" workshop for campus leaders from nine schools: Alaska-Anchorage, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Missouri-St ... Robert O'Neil, who heads the Ford Foundation effort, called the balancing act required of faculty members faced with divisive... (The Augusta Chronicle)
National groups prepared to head to court on council's prayer policy (1872) Jul 11, 2009
danielh wrote on Jul 4, 2009 11:51 AM:" Mazie, Here's something that would be good to do:In the figures above, do you see the $1.033 million in other contributions, and$241,306 in income from the foundation's investments.Is not there a law for tax-exempt organizations to disclose the sources for their revenue?Who and what are they?If you want to do a counter-strike, it would be helpful to know who and what are these sources.Everybody has something that they don't like. If you learn that one of... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
No rubber stamp Jul 7, 2009
Kenya's XYZ Show has been in the pipeline since 2002 but was recently given a financial leg-up when several embassies and the Ford Foundation came forward to support it. Projects that might help keep the politicians under scrutiny and promote democracy and accountability are seen by donors as worth sponsoring. (BBC News -- Africa)
National foundation heads met in Anchorage Jul 5, 2009
USA was started as a partnership between the Ford Foundation -- which Berresford led until last year -- Prudential Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and Alaska's Rasmuson Foundation; Rasmuson head Diane Kaplan is part of the national board. In the past three years eight Alaskans have received unrestricted USA Fellowship Grants of $50,000 each. (Anchorage Daily News)
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)
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 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)
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 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
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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)
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)
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)
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)
