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The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Our goals are to: • Strengthen democratic values • Reduce poverty and injustice • Promote international cooperation and • Advance human achievement This has been our purpose for more than half a century. A fundamental challenge facing every society is to create political, economic and social systems that promote peace, human welfare and the sustainability of the environment on which life depends. We believe that the best way to meet this challenge is to encourage initiatives by those living and working closest to the problems; to promote collaboration among the nonprofit, government and business sectors; and to ensure participation by men and women from diverse communities and at all levels of society. In our experience, such activities help build common understanding, enhance excellence, enable people to improve their lives and reinforce their commitment to society. The Ford Foundation is one source of support for these activities. We work mainly by making grants or loans that build knowledge and strengthen organizations and networks. Since our financial resources are modest in comparison with societal needs, we focus on a limited number of problem areas and program strategies within our broad goals. Created with gifts and bequests by Edsel and Henry Ford, the foundation is an independent organization, with its own board, and is entirely separate from the Ford Motor Company. Since the Ford Foundation’s inception it has been an independent, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization. The trustees of the foundation set policy and delegate authority to the president and senior staff for the foundation’s grant making and operations. Program officers in the United States, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and Russia explore opportunities to pursue the foundation’s goals, formulate strategies and recommend proposals for funding.
Ford Foundation
For more than 70 years, the Ford Foundation has supported the
search for solutions to the enduring problems of humankind.
Headquartered in New York City, the foundation has offices in 12
countries from which it makes grants to innovative individuals and
institutions serving the public interest worldwide.
In each country where we operate, foundation program officers,
consulting with researchers, governments, nongovernmental organi-
zations and community leaders, develop initiatives to address long-
term challenges. These initiatives shape and guide the foundation’s
grant making, which supports research, training, education, advocacy
and community-level actions.
The Ford Foundation’s endowment is our sole source of income,
and we do not solicit or accept donations from individuals, corpora-
tions or governments.
Celebrating 50 Years in the Region
History of Creating Opportunities
The Ford Foundation has been making grants from the Cairo office for more than half a cen-
tury. The office’s efforts have focused on addressing key development gaps and identifying
opportunities to improve lives. We have worked with leading researchers, academics, activists,
civil society organizations and policy makers, adapting our programs to keep pace with the
region’s changing needs. Over the last five decades, we have made more than $200 million in
grants to more than 350 institutions.
The foundation opened a regional office in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1952 and a country office
in Cairo in 1957. Major foundation grants made during the 1950’s and 1960’s helped train
professionals and build institutions in such fields as public administration, economic planning,
agriculture, family planning and higher education. In Egypt, for example, early grants helped
establish national planning and development agencies, providing staff training, economic
research and policy analysis.
We also supported programs that directly affected millions of Egyptians, including initiatives
to irrigate desert land, increase crop production and raise livestock. In the Aswan Dam region, the
foundation provided funding for environmental planning and development programs designed
to help people improve their lives. In 1968, the foundation launched a 10-year initiative to increase
the production of corn and other food crops, which led to the creation of the International
Center for Agricultural Research for Dry Areas in Aleppo, Syria, which continues its work today.
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Strengthening Institutions
Many early grants sought to strengthen higher education in the region through research,
faculty training and library acquisitions. With foundation support, Birzeit University in the West
Bank became one of the region’s leading centers of learning, and Cairo University developed
into a major hub for academic research. Other grantees included the American University of
Beirut, the American University of Cairo, the University of Tunis and the University of Jordan.
Since the 1970’s, the foundation has helped civil society institutions increase their ability
to engage in regional and international cooperation efforts and to address critical political
issues. We have supported independent research centers, think tanks, networks and forums
for debate across the region, such as Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in
Egypt and Muwatin, the Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy. In addition, to build
civic institutions, promote good governance and strengthen democratic participation, we
helped establish a new group of policy research institutes. After the 1991 Madrid peace
conference, grants also supported some of the first Track II meetings between Arab and Israeli
scholars and policy makers.
In 1975, we began funding efforts to strengthen the rule of law and protect human rights.
The initial focus was on researching customary law and providing legal assistance in Egypt, Sudan
and the Palestinian territories. More recently, the foundation has funded efforts to promote
human rights education, safeguard the rights of women and advance social and economic rights.
Exploring New Approaches
In the 1970’s and 1980’s, the foundation explored new avenues for alleviating urban and rural
poverty as part of an effort to seek more direct ways to help people improve their lives. With Ford
funding, an early and highly successful program introduced micro-credit lending. Repayment
rates proved higher than for conventional loans, encouraging banks to expand significantly lend-
ing to small businesses in the 1990’s. In Cairo’s Zabaleen communities, we coupled these credit
programs with efforts to improve public health practices, leading to a more comprehensive
approach to community development. As the percentage of young people in the population
grew, the foundation focused on providing them with opportunities to transform their lives.
Over the same period, we helped couples plan families and improve their children’s
health. A series of grants supported Egypt’s national family-planning program and provided
advisory assistance in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria. Grants to Egyptian universities, including
Assiut, Al-Azhar and Alexandria, funded clinical research and the training of physicians, medical
students, nurses and midwives. From the early 1990’s, we supported a more comprehensive
approach, addressing sexual and reproductive health issues, including HIV/AIDS.
The Ford Foundation in Cairo has an established record of advancing public policy, plan-
ning development, addressing gaps in research and capacity-building in key sectors. We con-
tinue to support the region’s evolving needs with the benefit of 50 years of experience and a
wealth of committed grantees and partners.
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Ford grants support international
cooperation and public participation in
addressing people’s problems, including
assisting those displaced by the conflict
in Darfur. Right: Our programs provide
educational opportunities for girls and
address obstacles women face in their
quest for full participation in society.
Ford Foundation Grant Making From Cairo
Our office in the Middle East and North Africa is located in Cairo. Our grant making in the
region draws on common historical, cultural and linguistic influences as well as the
intertwined politics of the region. Much of our grant making focuses on Egypt and the
Palestinian territories, due to the central role of each in regional development. The heart of
our work is strengthening cooperation in addressing issues affecting the development
process, such as conflict, poverty and unequal access to opportunities. Over the last decade,
our grants from the Cairo office have averaged approximately $15 million a year.
The foundation makes grants in the fields of Governance and Civil Society; Higher
Education; Human Rights; Media, Arts and Culture; and Reproductive Health. We also support
smaller initiatives on Philanthropy and on Gender Equity and Justice, which addresses
the role and status of women. The foundation’s five core programs, as well as major cross-
office programs, are described in the pages that follow. They reflect the foundation’s com-
mitment to fostering democratic values, reducing poverty and injustice, advancing peace
and human achievement and promoting respect for diversity and pluralism in the public and
private spheres.
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Our grants focus on Governance and Civil Society Human Rights Higher Education Reproductive Health Media, Arts and Culture
FORD FOUNDATION CAIRO Governance and Civil Society
Ford grantees promote a culture of
citizenship and encourage civic engage-
ment in the region. Here a Palestinian
woman shows she has exercised her
right to vote. Left: Top and bottom,
Foundation support seeks to strengthen
political participation, improve
governance and promote public debate.
We seek to foster dialogue and debate on some of the most important policy choices fac-
ing countries in the region. By expanding the space for independent discourse, scholars and 1
civic leaders can better articulate a vision of society at a time of rapid social and economic
change. Giving voice to a broad range of thinkers in the Middle East helps to advance
debates on issues of governance, trade, technology, peace and security.
One initiative, on the culture of citizenship within Arab societies, encourages people
to develop ways to engage government on key issues. With foundation support, research
institutes, such as the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research and the Center for
Strategic Studies at the University of Jordan, have developed the capacity to conduct opinion
polls. Others such as the Women’s Center in the Shu’fat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem
promote understanding of citizens’ rights and greater public participation in addressing
social problems.
A second initiative explores ways the public sector can adapt to globalization without
putting social development at risk. We fund critical assessments of the management and
performance of public institutions, including efforts to make state budgets transparent to
citizens. The program also supports a new generation of women in research and academia,
particularly in peace and security studies.
A third initiative seeks to build constituencies for peace in the Middle East. Grants sup-
port research and debate on key issues and the search for solutions acceptable to all. The
foundation supports the first journal of Israeli studies published in Arabic by Palestinian
scholars and, with the New York office, joint and parallel Palestinian and Israeli attempts to
build domestic consensus on a future permanent settlement of the conflict.
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We support organizations that
protect human rights, raise
public awareness on human rights
issues and, working together,
share ideas and develop
common strategies to safeguard
fundamental freedoms.
FORD FOUNDATION
CAIRO Human RightsHuman Rights grantees assist poor
farmers, like the orange grower
in Gaza shown above, to seek solutions
to enduring problems. Left: Teachers
Creativity Center in Ramallah, a
grantee, develops programs to promote
human rights education. Here
Palestinian students create paintings
about human rights.
Founded on the principle that human rights are universal, our work in this area calls for a
comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach that aims to ensure basic rights to freedom, 2
equality, dignity and justice in Arab societies.
The foundation strengthens organizations that protect human rights, promote reforms
that bolster the rule of law and raise public awareness on human rights issues. The Arab
Institute for Human Rights in Tunisia, for example, conducts training courses where hundreds
of human rights activists from the region have forged valuable working relationships. Al Haq,
a Palestinian human rights organization, monitors human rights abuses and promotes the
rule of law. In Egypt, a grant enabled the United Nations Development Program to conduct
human rights training for judges, law enforcement officials and media specialists.
We invest in projects to develop the skills of human rights activists and to foster collab-
oration among Arab human rights organizations. Working together, human rights activists
are sharing ideas and developing common strategies to safeguard fundamental freedoms and
protect human rights for women and marginalized groups. Several grants focus on expanding
access to legal aid and helping poor and marginalized communities navigate complex laws
and judicial systems. Grantees such as the Jerusalem Legal Aid Center explore ways to improve
legal assistance and social services, while the Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Aid is
assisting poor women in Boulaq Dakrour, one of Cairo’s poorest neighborhoods.
We also seek to strengthen human rights advocacy and protection, including in such areas
as health and housing rights. To reinforce the cultural legitimacy of human rights in the region, the
foundation helps build the research and training capacity of human rights educators and supports
university courses on human rights and workshops for professionals, civic leaders and youth.
9FORD FOUNDATION CAIRO Higher Education
Foundation grants strengthen institutions
such as Birzeit University, a Ford grantee
since the 1950’s, where students are
realizing their academic aspirations. Left:
Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria,
Egypt, a Ford grantee; Participants in
the Ford-supported International Institute
of Education student leadership
training program.
In 2005, the Cairo office launched a program to strengthen higher education institutions in
the region. When dynamic, high-quality education systems are in place, people can improve 3
their lives and assist others in the pursuit of social equality and justice. Our grant making in
this field targets academic quality at national universities, leadership training and knowledge
development. It also helps Arab universities, operating in an increasingly global and market-
driven economy, provide interactive learning, extracurricular activities and opportunities to
relate aspects of campus life to the various challenges of democratization and civic engage-
ment. In addition, the program focuses on strengthening new constituencies among Arab
social scientists and supporting inclusive policy debates about higher education reforms.
We have recently expanded our investment in higher education, which was initially
focused on institution-building, to include academic development of scholars and students
at Cairo University and, in the Palestinian territories, at Birzeit University and Al-Quds
University. Regional research institutions such as the Lebanese Association of Education
Sciences and the Economic Research Forum are supported to produce and disseminate
knowledge about higher education and its impact on social and political development.
Under the foundation’s Pathways to Higher Education Initiative, more than 3,000 students
in seven Egyptian public universities have received training in leadership, civic engagement,
time management, negotiation skills, information technology and critical thinking.
11We support nongovernmental
organizations that focus on
reproductive health issues,
particularly among young people,
and provide information about
sexual and reproductive rights to
disadvantaged communities.
FORD FOUNDATION
CAIRO Reproductive HealthOur Reproductive Health support focuses
on women and is aimed at sustaining
healthy families and communities.
Left: Because youth account for one-
fifth of the population in the region, we
also work with organizations whose
reproductive health and rights program-
ming is directed toward young people.
We support regional institutions and initiatives focused on sexuality and reproductive health
issues. Our grants fund research and policy work, scholarship and capacity-building and the 4
strengthening of institutions that serve women, who carry a disproportionate burden of
mortality and illness.
To improve research and scholarship in reproductive health, we support the Faculty of
Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut, the Institute of Community and Public
Health at Birzeit University and the Social Research Center at the American University in
Cairo. Grants enable them to study new research questions and advance academic knowledge
for students and professionals at the national and regional levels.
Because youth account for one-fifth of the region’s current population, we support the
work in Egypt of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services, Caritas Egypt and
the Association for the Development and Enhancement of Women. These nongovernmental
organizations focus on reproductive health issues, particularly among young people, and
provide information about sexual and reproductive rights to disadvantaged communities.
We also work with government and civil society organizations to provide communities
access to information on HIV/AIDS and to prevent its spread beyond the region’s current low
infection rate, while addressing the needs of people infected or affected.
13FORD FOUNDATION CAIRO Media, Arts and Culture
Our work in this area supports an inde-
pendent artistic community. Foundation
grants also seek to strengthen media
and freedom of the press in the region.
Left: Townhouse Gallery, a grantee in
downtown Cairo, promotes contem-
porary arts; One of a series of perform-
ing arts programs by Al Mawred, a
regional grantee based in Cairo.
This area of work supports an independent artistic community and creates new spaces for
free expression. Our efforts build on the premise that imagination, creativity and criticism are 5
essential for the development of vibrant, open and just societies. Grant making in this field
focuses on sustaining innovative art communities and the energy and experimentation that
artists, cultural workers and media professionals bring to political, social and civic life.
One of our initiatives supports art spaces and cultural forums as ways to create places
for artists, cultural workers, intellectuals and activists to congregate, work and exchange
experiences and knowledge. Studio Emad Eddin in Cairo, the Sakakini Center in Ramallah
and Ashkal Alwan in Beirut help foster the production of new cultural works and the emer-
gence of young artists. The Garage in Alexandria and Yabous in Jerusalem strengthen arts
education and appreciation and build diverse audiences.
A second initiative seeks to develop the institutional capacities of independent arts and
culture groups. Our grants encourage decentralized decision-making and freer access to
resources. We also support and help create service organizations, grant-making funds and
professional-development opportunities. The Young Arab Theatre Fund, Al Mawred Culture
Resource and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture are regional organizations that are building
and sustaining this emerging field.
Support to strengthen film, video and documentary production promotes alternative
narratives and healthy self-reflection. As a part of this effort, Beirut DC in Lebanon, ArteEast
in New York and the Arab Institute of Film in Amman, Jordan, are developing the skills of
young filmmakers and building a culture of independent cinema in the region.
15Gender Equity and Justice
All our programs support efforts to address obstacles women face in their quest for full
participation in society. Grants help build the capacity of institutions such as the Institute
of Women’s Studies at Birzeit University. Other initiatives challenge the perceptions of gender
roles. A grant to the Women and Memory Forum in Egypt supports publication of biographies
of notable women, while the Center of Arab Women for Training and Research in Tunisia is
soliciting case studies of successful efforts to change perceptions of women’s roles in society.
Philanthropy
Traditions of religious philanthropic giving continue in the region through private donations to
individuals and institutions serving the poor and disadvantaged. The foundation promotes
philanthropy that addresses injustice and inequity and supports economic, political and social
participation, mobilizing local resources and encouraging the institutionalization of giving. One
series of grants supported research into current giving practices in Muslim and Coptic
communities and by Egyptian corporations. Grants to the Welfare Association help lay the
groundwork for the first regional network of Arab grant-making foundations.
International Fellowships Program
In 2001, the Ford Foundation established the International Fellowships Program (IFP) for
emerging leaders from marginalized communities outside the United States. IFP fellows repre-
sent historically disadvantaged groups, including racial, ethnic and religious minorities and
people living with disabilities. Roughly half of the fellows are women; more than two-thirds
come from outside major cities; and more than 90 percent are the first in their communities
to have advanced degrees. By 2014, the program will have selected 4,300 fellows from
22 eligible countries. IFP in the region is administered by America-Mideast Educational
and Training Services (AMIDEAST). Since the program’s inception, 208 IFP fellows have been
selected from Egypt and the Palestinian territories. For more information, visit
www.amideast.org/programs_services/exchange_programs/ifp.
Africa-wide Collaboration
We participate in collaborative programming with the foundation’s three other Africa offices in
Nairobi, Johannesburg and Lagos. Current areas of focus include multidisciplinary strategies and
strong Africa-led responses to combat HIV/AIDS, as well as support for higher education. The
Partnership for Higher Education in Africa was established in 2000 by Ford and six other
foundations. The partnership has committed funds through 2010 to implement programs to
strengthen African universities. For more information, visit www.foundation-partnership.org.
To learn more about our work in other areas of the Middle East, please visit http://www.ford
found.org/global/map_flash.cfm.
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17OUR MISSION
• Strengthen democratic values
• Reduce poverty and injustice
• Promote international cooperation
• Advance human achievement
Ford Foundation
320 East 43rd Street
New York, NY
10017 USA
www.fordfound.org
Ford Foundation
Cairo Office
P.O. Box 2344
Garden City, Cairo, Egypt
Tel. (+20) 2-2795-2121
Fax (+20) 2-2795-4018
ford-cairo@fordfound.org
Cert no. SW-COC-002262
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Text is printed on FSC Mixed Paper.Guidelines for
{
Grant Seekers
Preparing
a Concept Paper
and a Proposal
Ford Foundation
Grant Making From Cairo
A fundamental challenge facing
every society is to create political,
economic and social systems that
promote peace, human welfare and
the sustainability of the environment
on which life depends. We believe
that the best way to meet this
challenge is to encourage initiatives
by those living and working
closest to the problems; to promote
collaboration among the nonprofit,
government and business sectors; and
to ensure participation by men and
women from diverse communities
and at all levels of society.Guidelines for
Grant Seekers
FORD FOUNDATION
GRANT MAKING FROM CAIRO
(FY 2005 and 2006)
Reproductive Health
Focusing on women and Governance and
youth, support centers Civil Society
on issues of sexuality and Encouraging civic engagement,
reproductive health and political participation and
rights, particularly in public debate on issues of
disadvantaged communities. governance, trade, technology,
$3,774,000 peace and security.
$5,585,000
Media, Arts and Culture
Supporting an independent
artistic community and
creating new spaces for
free expression for artists,
cultural workers and
media professionals.
$6,168,000
Human Rights
Strengthening organizations
that protect human rights, Other
promote reforms that $6,802,000
bolster the rule of law and
raise public awareness of Higher Education
human rights issues. Strengthening institutions
$5,315,000 of higher education in
the region with a focus on
leadership training and
academic development of
scholars and university
students.
$5,541,500
2An applicant for a Ford Foundation grant may be
asked to prepare a brief concept paper to introduce
the ideas, goals and activities for which he or she
is seeking support. The concept paper enables
the foundation’s program staff to determine whether
*
the proposed work fits within program initiatives
and the available budget. Following discussion
of the concept paper, the applicant may be invited
to develop a more detailed proposal and budget.
{ Preparing a
Concept Paper
Your concept paper should be no longer than two pages, including
an estimated budget. It will answer these five questions:
1. Why is the proposed activity important and relevant?
Briefly introduce the problem or the need and then
describe and analyze what others have already done in the
proposed area of activity.
2. What are the objectives of the project?
Briefly describe the expected outcomes of your project.
How will your project change the conditions of your field, your
institution or a group of target participants or beneficiaries?
Your objectives can be written as expected outcomes.
3. How will the objectives be accomplished?
Briefly describe each of the proposed activities, give a timetable
and state the indicators or benchmarks that you will use to
show the objectives were achieved.
3Guidelines for
Grant Seekers
4. Who will carry out the project?
Introduce the people who will carry out this project, their
expertise and their institutions.
5. What is the estimated budget?
Prepare a draft budget covering the major categories
of your work.
Please send us your concept paper with a dated cover
*
letter on your institution’s letterhead. You can send both
documents to the representative or relevant program officer
by email: ford-cairo@fordfound.org; by regular mail:
Ford Foundation, P.O. Box 2344, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt;
or by fax: (+20) 2-2795-4018.
{ Preparing a
Proposal
Following discussion of the concept paper, the applicant may be
invited to develop a more detailed proposal and budget. Guidelines
for the preparation of proposals are outlined below. Please send
us a cover letter and proposal in draft form. Your cover letter
should include a title, brief description of your project, the amount
requested and a proposed length and start date. If possible,
please use your institution’s letterhead. Your proposal narrative
should answer the following questions:
1. Why is the proposed activity important and relevant?
Introduce the problem or the need. Describe and analyze what
your institution has already done in the proposed area of activity
and mention similar or related activities by other organizations.
42. What will your project try to accomplish?
State the overall goal or result that you hope to achieve. Describe
the short-term objectives that will lead to your goal or result.
3. How will you reach your objectives?
Describe each of the proposed activities that you will use
to meet your objectives. Present a timetable for the activities
to be funded by the grant.
4. How will you measure progress in meeting
your goals and objectives?
Propose two to four benchmarks or indicators of the tangible
outcomes or positive impacts you expect in the near term
from grant-funded activities. Benchmarks should identify the
expected results of the grant; they should not be just a list
of completed activities.
5. Who will implement the project?
Introduce your institution including its legal name and status.
Describe your institution’s experience within the field of your
proposed activity. Introduce the principal persons who will conduct
the project, including their backgrounds and experience within
the proposed field of activity.
6. Who works for and with your institution and how do you
view the question of diversity of leadership and staff?
Please fill out the following table on gender and ethnic diversity
for your organization and include it within the body of your
proposal.
Diversity Table
Minority Non-Minority
Female Male Female Male TOTAL
Board of Directors
Professional
Support Staff
TOTAL
5Guidelines for
Grant Seekers
Describe your organization’s policies regarding diversity and your
experience with implementing these policies. Please give particular
attention to the recruitment and advancement of professional
staff and to the selection of people for leadership positions.
Describe how your work will benefit people who may be
disadvantaged or underrepresented in the field or in
the communities where you work. We would like to understand
how you propose to involve them directly in the design,
implementation and management of the proposed project.
Your proposal should also include a detailed budget:
7. What is the budget for your project?
Organize the proposed budget into a maximum of six budget
categories that clearly relate to the proposed activities.
Describe each budget line with enough detail to show how
you made your calculations.
Show the budget for each year. If your project extends over more
than one year, also calculate totals by year and include totals
for the whole project. Include a list of other funding sources for
your project and amounts they are contributing.
The foundation generally disburses funds in installments annually.
If you have a need for funding at specific amounts and times,
please provide a schedule.
• Appendices
In addition to the proposal, please include an appendix that
provides the names and institutional affiliations of members of
your board of directors. Also include brief resumes of the
key persons who will lead and manage the proposed activities.
6* { Who We Are and
How to Contact Us
Concept papers and proposals may be sent to the
Ford Foundation office in Cairo or to the representative
or program officers listed below.
FORD FOUNDATION IN CAIRO
P.O. Box 2344
Garden City, Cairo, Egypt
Tel. (+20) 2-2795-2121
Fax (+20) 2-2795-4018
ford-cairo@fordfound.org
Emma Playfair Eberhard Kienle
Representative Program Officer
Governance and Civil Society
Moukhtar Kocache
Program Officer Hana Ayoub
Media, Arts and Culture Administrative Officer
Abdelbasset ben Hassen Amani Mankabady
Program Officer Grants Administrator
Human Rights
Maged Tadros
Dina ElKhawaga Regional Technology Advisor
Program Officer
Higher Education Asser Montaser
Finance Officer
Montasser Kamal
Program Officer Hani Sabongui
Reproductive Health General Services Officer
7Guidelines for
Grant Seekers
FORD FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Kathryn S. Fuller Wilmot G. James
Chair of the Board Chief Executive
Ford Foundation Africa Genome Education Institute
Washington, D.C. Cape Town, South Africa
Susan V. Berresford Yolanda Kakabadse
President Former Executive President
Ford Foundation Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano
New York, N.Y. Quito, Ecuador
Afsaneh M. Beschloss Thurgood Marshall Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer Partner, Bingham McCutchen
The Rock Creek Group Principal, Bingham Consulting Group
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.
Anke A. Ehrhardt Richard Moe
Director President
HIV Center for Clinical and National Trust for Historic Preservation
Behavioral Studies Washington, D.C.
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Yolanda T. Moses
Professor of Medical Psychology
Vice Provost, Conflict Resolution
Department of Psychiatry
and Professor of Anthropology
Columbia University
University of California at Riverside
New York, N.Y.
Riverside, Calif.
Juliet V. García
Carl B. Weisbrod
President
President, Real Estate Division
University of Texas at Brownsville
Trinity Church
and Texas Southmost College
New York, N.Y.
Brownsville, Tex.
W. Richard West Jr.
Irene Y. Hirano
Director
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Museum of the
Japanese American National Museum
American Indian
President and Chief Executive Officer
Washington, D.C.
National Center for the Preservation
of Democracy
Los Angeles, Calif.
J. Clifford Hudson
Chairman of the Board,
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