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Ford Foundation Annual Report 1971







San Diego State College [$182,000—1969] 4,478
Wave Hill Center for Environmental Studies (New York) [$150,000—1969] 150,000 32,288
Western Ontario, University of [$223,000—1970] 80,000 119,895
State and local environmental studies
Center for Policy Research (New York) 9,500
Conservation Foundation 100,000 25,020
Miami, University of 240,000 81,000
Rocky Mountain Center on Environment 75,000 40,000
Rutgers University 85,000 50,000
Smithsonian Institution [$95,000—1970] 95,000
Southern California, University of 20,000
Vermont Natural Resources Council 120,000 80,000
Washington State Department of Ecology [$29,900—1970] 29,900
Student Conservation Association
Scholarships with National Park Service [$255,000—1967, 1970] 68,500
Studies and conferences on environmental problems
American Association for the Advancement of Science 63,350 63,350
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund 144,000 72,000
Conservation Foundation 81,000 59,200
East Anglia, University of (England) 24,000 24,000
Smithsonian Institution [$6,870—1970] 6,870
Teachers College (Columbia University)
Study of effect of television on environmental attitudes [$240,000—1970] 160,000
STATE, LOCAL, AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENT
American Political Science Association
Graduate internships in state and local government [$770,000—1966] 215,278
California Center for Research and Education in Government
Monthly magazine on California governmental affairs 150,000
Center for Research Libraries
Making 1970 census tapes more accessible to universities and research institutions 247,500 206,250
Conferences on governmental problems
American Assembly 100,000 25,000


rather than through rules and principles. The International Legal Center received funds for an effort to establish more equitable, informed, and consistent designations for convicted persons that would apply throughout the criminal justice system and across national borders.


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The Police Foundation, an independent institution established in 1970 with a $30 million, five-year appropriation from the Ford Foundation, this year embarked on a threefold program:

  • large-scale assistance to as many as five cities with promising plans and demonstrated capacity for major institutional changes (grants have been made so far to Dallas and Cincinnati);

  • grants to a dozen cities for specific-purpose programs (e.g., a grant to New