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Ford Foundation Annual Report 1983







GRANTS AND PROJECTS Approvals (Reductions) Payments (Refunds)
Salk Institute for Biological Studies (San Diego) [$433,467—1981] 148,000
Semmelweis University of Medicine (Hungary) [$40,000—1979] 2,936
Tampere, University of (Finland) [$50,000—1979] 3,000
Vanderbilt University [$364,358—1981] 50,267
Washington University (St. Louis) [$60,000—1979] 4,233
Weizman University of Science (Israel) [$250,000—1979] 50,000
Research, training, and communications
Alan Guttmacher Institute (New York) [$1,000,000—1981] 249,900
Delegated-authority project: research and consultants [$150,000—1981] 168 84,603
Princeton University [$271,000—1970] 44,194
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Development research, training, conferences
Boston University [$85,400—1979] 39,000
Harvard University [$120,000—1981] 74,839
Institute of International Education (New York) [$280,000—1981] 175,706
Wisconsin, University of [$60,000—1975] 39,650
Women's rights and opportunities
International Women's Tribune Center [$100,000—1981] 35,000
Population Council (New York) [$40,000—1981] 16,600
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND WORLD PROBLEMS
Delegated-authority project: small program actions [$150,000—1979] (14,705)
Arms control and international security
California Institute of Technology [$100,000—1980] 33,200
Columbia University [$28,710—1981] 28,710
Delegated-authority project: consultants and research awards [$517,821—1980] 2,381 63,489
French Institute of International Relations [$180,000—1981] 72,000
Illinois, University of [$78,444—1981] 39,222
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore) [$50,000—1981] 15,000
International Peace Academy (New York) [$143,849—1980] 60,506
East European and Soviet studies
Israeli Association of Slavic and East European Studies [$30,000—1980] 10,000
East/West scholarly exchanges and conferences
Foundation for European Intellectual Cooperation and Exchange (France) [$325,000—1981] 129,199
Human rights
American Society of International Law (Washington, D.C.) [$76,800—1980] 41,800
Cultural Survival (Cambridge, Mass.) [$92,560—1981] 23,975
Minnesota, University of [$130,000—1981] (10,829) 54,171
Procedural Aspects of International Law Institute (Washington, D.C.) [$100,000—1981] 25,000
International economics: research and conferences
Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C.) [$300,000—1981] 25,000
Brussels, Free University of [$40,000—1977] (24,000)
European Cooperation Fund (Belgium) [$225,000—1981] 50,000
Institute for Research on Public Policy (Canada) ($450,000—1979] 120,000
Marga Institute (Sri Lanka) [$90,000—1981] 11,700
Quantitative and Comparative Economic Research Centre (France) [$43,401—1980] (16,401)
International relations and foreign policy: research and conferences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Boston) [$45,000—1976] (10,367) (10,367)
American Friends of Bilderberg (New York) [$15,000—1981] 5,000
American Law Institute (Philadelphia) [$225,000—1978] 82,750
International Institute of Communications (England) [$500,000—1976] (16,728)
Spanish Institute of International Affairs [$30,000—1981] 20,000
International studies
American Council of Learned Societies (New York) [$180,000—1981] 60,000
American Council on Education (Washington, D.C.) [$200,000—1980] 73,781
Linguistic Society of America (Arlington, Va.) [$200,000—1975] 15,000
National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies (New York) [$125,000—1981] 45,000
Social Science Research Council (New York) [$65,360—1980] 39,051
Southern European research, fellowships, and conferences
Delegated-authority project: fellowships [$75,000—1980] (17,719) (3,344)
Institute for Training and Research on Social Problems of Development (Italy) [$50,000—1981] 30,000
TOTAL, INTERNATIONAL DIVISION $(2,858,059) $8,849,407
General
Reductions and refunds
Net miscellaneous reductions and refunds of less than $10,000 each and approvals and payments of $1,000 or less. $ (284,279) $ (192,783)
United Nations Development Corporation (New York)
General support [$2,880,000—1969] (100,000) (100,000)
Delegated-authority projects:
Consultants, planning grants, and legal fees for program-related investments [$450,000—1981] 34,269
Small grant actions [$1,318,000—1975-1980] 3,622 (267)
Program-related publications [$100,000—1981] (32,069)
Travel and study grants [$100,000—1978] (12,685)
United Foundation
Detroit-area charitable activities [$100,000—1981] 8,300
Total, General (425,411) (250,481)
TOTAL, GRANTS AND PROJECTS (Years prior to 1982) (4,375,108) 15,605,513
TOTAL, GRANTS AND PROJECTS (1983, 1982, and prior years) $97,472,061 $103,978,388


Footnotes

Footnote :

* Delegated-authority projects are allocations of Foundation funds for a specified philanthropic purpose from which grants (up to $50,000) and other expenditures are made.