FCRA PROJECT
FCRA PROJECT: THE FORD FOUNDATION GRANT FOR NGOS
Deadline: 31.12.2014
Interest Area(s): Children & Young
People, Community, Education, Environment, Health, Human Rights, Social &
Human Services and Science & Technology
The Ford Foundation is committed to achieving lasting change that
transforms people's lives. Through their grant making, they support innovative
thinkers, leaders and organizations that are working to reduce poverty and
injustice and to promote democratic values, free expression and human
achievement. When making grants, they think about long-term strategies, knowing
that lasting social change requires decades of effort. And because their
mission is broad and resources are limited, they carefully target support so it
can be used most effectively and leverage the greatest amount of impact. To
that end, program teams working on each of their initiatives consult with
practitioners, researchers, policy makers, current and potential grantees, and
others to identify areas where the foundation's resources are needed most. The
teams then pinpoint specific approaches grantees might undertake program
exploration, advocacy, litigation or capacity building, to name just a few—to
help achieve the social change they have identified. The teams also determine
key benchmarks for progress and the amount of funding to be dedicated to each
approach. The broad headings under which they make grants are: Democratic and
Accountable Government; Economic Fairness; Educational Opportunity and
Scholarship; Freedom of Expression; Gender, Sexuality and Reproductive Justice;
Metropolitan Opportunity; and Sustainable Development. The have offices
throughout the world specialising in some or all of these areas. Their offices
are in: North America, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Nairobi, Cairo, South Africa,
Nigeria, China, India and Indonesia.