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Ford Foundation Annual Report 1983







Grants and Projects FISCAL YEARS PRIOR TO 1982

GRANTS AND PROJECTS Approvals (Reductions) Payments (Refunds)
Following is a list of Foundation grants and delegated-authority projects approved in fiscal years prior to 1982 under the previous program structure of the Foundation. Only those grants and projects are listed on which there was activity in 1983. The "Approvals" column shows supplementary approvals or reductions and the "Payments" column shows payments and refunds occurring in 1983. Brackets show the original approval amounts of grants and projects.
National Affairs
Delegated-authority project: grants for small research and development projects [$665,733—1981] $ (53,080) $ (384)
COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS
Neighborhood conservation and housing management
Association of Neighborhood Housing Developers (New York) [$15,000—1981] 5,000
Columbia University [$10,000—1981] (376) 7,584
Delegated-authority project: small grants, technical assistance [$206,885—1980] (68,557)
Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore [$100,000—1981] 48,500
Neighborhood Rental Services of Baltimore [$50,000—1981] 12,500
Energy conservation and assistance to the poor
Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C. [$75,000—1981] 24,000
Colorado, University of [$199,741—1981] 199,741
Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance [$200,000—1981] 33,000
Mexican American Research Center (Austin, Texas) [$141,200—1981] 53,104
National Consumer Law Center (Boston) [$155,000—1981] 45,000
THE UNDERCLASS
Welfare, social service, and employment studies and programs
Delegated-authority project: studies and projects in employment and social policy [$208,522—1981] (6,099) 1,509
Delegated-authority project: projects to improve status of Hispanic Americans [$200,000—1981] (11,239)
Health and nutrition studies of severely disadvantaged
New York University [$24,498—1981] 12,249
CIVIL RIGHTS
American Indian Historical Society (San Francisco) [$250,000—1981] 100,000
STATUS OF WOMEN
Legal action and advocacy
National Conference on Women and the Law (Washington, D.C.) [$50,000—1981] 25,000
Research, conferences, and publications
Delegated-authority project: consultants, studies, conferences 14,030 380
Wheelock College [$17,250—1981] (17,250) (17,250)
LAW AND JUSTICE
Conflict resolution
American Arbitration Association (New York) [$140,000—1978] (88,153)
Delegated-authority project: studies and explorations [$131,648—1981] (129,077)
Task Force on Children Out of School (Boston) [$50,000—1981] 12,500
Environmental mediation
New England Natural Resources Center (Boston) [$18,138—1981] 9,069
Criminal justice
Harvard University [$175,000—1981] 46,880
Public interest law
Georgetown University [$250,000—1981] 18,000
League of Women Voters Education Fund (Washington, D.C) [$175,000—1980] 42,000
IMPROVING GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE
Public policy research and conferences
Russell Sage Foundation (New York) [$250,000—1981] 57,000
Urban research
Public Technology, Inc. (Washington, D.C.) [$20,000—1981] 10,000
TOTAL, NATIONAL AFFAIRS $(359,801) $745,382
Education and Public Policy
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
MINORITY OPPORTUNITY
Strengthening colleges and universities
Atlanta University Center [$350,000—1981] $176,437
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (Washington, D.C.) [$250,000—1981] 62,500
Howard University [$33,500—1981] 4,012
Phelps-Stokes Fund (New York) [$250,000—1981] 60,000
Research, policy analysis, technical assistance
American Council on Education (Washington, D.C.) [$299,927—1981] 99,806
Arizona, University of [$150,000—1981] 20,000
Delegated-authority project: small program actions $ 2,273 85
Howard University [$225,000—1981] 56,250
Michigan, University of [$176,018—1981] 84,659
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (Washington, D.C.) [$250,000—1981] 78,548
National Chicano Council on Higher Education (Berkeley, Calif.) [$202,500—1981] 69,000
Graduate fellowships for minority students
Educational Testing Service (Princeton, N.J.) [$4,738,000—1977] 35,650
Mathematics improvement
A Better Chance (Boston) [$102,000—1981] 27,000
Border College Consortium (Laredo, Texas) [$248,800—1981] 73,370