List of projects of the Ford Foundation

This is a list of projects and initiatives that have received significant funding or organizational support from the Ford Foundation. These projects span areas such as education, broadcasting, culture, and community development.

The list is arranged in alphabetical order A-Z;

• America's Cultural Treasures: a Ford Foundation initiative launched in 2020 to support arts organizations led by people of color.^[1]
• Contemporary Music Project: Originating from the Young Composers Project, a nationwide music-education effort funded by a Foundation grant in 1963.^[2]
• Fund for the Republic: a civil-liberties organization created by the Foundation in 1951 (later became the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions).^[3]
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation: a community-development intermediary created in 1979 by Ford Foundation executives.^[4]
• Mundo Nuevo: a 1960s Latin American literary magazine sponsored by the Foundation.
• National Educational Television: U.S. educational TV network founded via the Foundation’s Fund for Adult Education (precursor to PBS).^[5][6]
• New Israel Fund: an organization funded by Foundation to promote social justice and equality in Israel.^[7][8]
• Omnibus (American TV program): a 1950s–60s cultural series initially sponsored by the Foundation.^[9]
• Public Broadcast Laboratory: an experimental public-affairs TV program with substantial Foundation backing.^[10]
• School Construction Systems Development project: 1960s experiment in standardized school-building systems, launched with major Foundation funding.^[11]
• Southwest Voter Registration Education Project: a voter education and registration initiative for minorities in the Southwest of the United States.^[12]