Annual Reports

View recent Ford Foundation annual reports containing messages from our president, program descriptions, grants listings and financial statements.

Title Year  

2008 Annual Report

Introduces the nine new issues on which we are focusing our grant making and emphasizes our commitment to working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide.

2009

2007 Annual Report

Explores our global commitment to improve the lives of the politically, economically and educationally disenfranchised—an urgent challenge in a complex time.

2008

2006 Annual Report

Recalls the foundation's ongoing commitment to emerging leaders, social movements, building institutions and innovative approaches to improving lives. Includes a pull-out timeline celebrating our first 70 years.

2007

2005 Annual Report

Highlights grantees and projects worldwide that transform the foundation's mission statement into reality.

2006

2004 Annual Report

Special question-and-answer pages explain how the foundation is governed, how we make grants, and other issues.

2005

2003 Annual Report

Discusses where the foundation’s money comes from, how we decide what to support and details our grant-making process.

2004

2002 Annual Report

Details how we reorganized our work on reproductive health and human sexuality, now located in each of our three broad program areas.

2002

2001 Annual Report

Highlights the International Fellowships Program, launched with the largest single grant in the foundation’s history.

2001

2000 Annual Report

Focuses on three large grants: the Center for Community Self-Help, which seeks to increase homeownership among low-income families; Project GRAD, a public-school reform project; and $40 million in challenge grants to 28 arts and cultural groups in the United States.

2000