Report
of Independent Accountants
TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FORD FOUNDATION
In our
opinion, the accompanying statement of financial position and the
related statements of income, expenditures, and changes in fund
balance and of sources and uses of cash present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Ford Foundation at
September 30, 1990 and 1989, its income, expenditures, and changes
in fund balance and the sources and uses of cash for each of the
years in the period ended September 30, 1990, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Foundation's management;
our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these
statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, which require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on
a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used
and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the
overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for the opinion expressed
above.
Price Waterhouse
New York, New York November 21, 1990