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Ford Foundation Annual Report 1998







Human Rights and International Cooperation Approved Grants and Projects, Fiscal Year 1998

United States and Worldwide Programs

Civil and political liberties
  • Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists
    $175,000
    For a worldwide network of organizations concerned with free speech.

  • Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) (Atlanta)
    $100,000
    To encourage the inclusion of human rights concerns in humanitarian fieldwork.

  • European Roma Rights Center (Hungary)
    $600,000
    For institutional development.

  • Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
    $160,000
    For program development for a public-interest law organization.

  • Native American Public Telecommunications (Lincoln, Neb.)
    $100,000
    For "Native Americans in the 21st Century," a TV and radio documentary series.

International human rights law
  • American University
    $84,000
    To educate journalists and the broader public about humanitarian law and war crimes.

  • Aspen Institute (Queenstown, Md.)
    $44,000
    To support activities leading to the creation of an international criminal court.

  • Center for Justice and International Law (Washington, D.C.)
    $200,000
    To strengthen the inter-American system for protecting human rights.

  • Coalition for Amazonian Peoples and Their Environment (Washington, D.C.)
    $300,000
    For a U.S.-based coalition defending the rights and territories of indigenous peoples and the environment in the Amazon.

  • International Human Rights Law Group (Washington, D.C.)
    $300,000
    To encourage U.S. compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

  • International Monitor Institute (Los Angeles)
    $115,000
    For activities related to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

  • MADRE, Inc. (New York)
    $50,000
    To insure that gender concerns are addressed at the United Nations Diplomatic Conference on the International Criminal Court.

  • Parliamentarians for Global Action (New York)
    $150,000
    For a project entitled Mechanisms for International Criminal Justice.

  • Penal Reform International (England)
    $100,000
    For strengthening this human rights organization.

  • World Federalist Movement Institute for Global Policy (New York)
    $75,000
    For participation by nongovenmental organizations in the United Nations Diplomatic Conference on the International Criminal Court.

  • World Organization Against Torture USA (Washington, D.C.)
    $55,000
    For a coalition of nongovernmental organizations monitoring U.S. compliance with international conventions on torture and racial discrimination.

  • To promote public-interest law in Eastern Europe, four grants:

    • Association of Citizen Advice Bureaus (Poland)
      $150,000

    • Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland)
      $600,000

    • Massag Foundation (Hungary)
      $50,000

    • Women's Rights Center
      $300,000

  • To develop a legal education program at Jagiellonian University in Poland, two grants:

    • Catholic University of America
      $48,000

    • Jagiellonian University
      $265,000

Access to social justice/legal services
  • Adalah: Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
    $480,000
    For legal activities to advance the rights of the Israeli-Arab minority.

  • Association for Civil Rights in Israel
    $200,000
    For organizational support.

  • Black Filmmaker Foundation (New York)
    $150,000
    To develop a community-based cable television program on civil rights.

  • Black Leadership Forum Incorporated (Washington, D.C.)
    $75,000
    For networking and collaborative activities on behalf of African-American civil rights organizations.

  • California, University of (Berkeley)
    $650,000
    For research on admissions in higher education following the termination of affirmative action policies.

  • Center for Constitutional Rights (New York)
    $150,000
    For civil rights litigation, advocacy, research and educational activities.

  • Center for Policy Alternatives (Washington, D.C.)
    $200,000
    For activities related to devolution.

  • Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence (Seattle)
    $250,000
    To train African-American and Jewish clergy members to serve families experiencing domestic violence.

  • Cine Qua Non (New York)
    $50,000
    For a film on race and the criminal justice system.

  • Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights (Washington, D.C.)
    $170,000
    For policy research and analysis of federal civil rights enforcement.

  • Community Partners (Los Angeles)
    $25,000
    To develop media and community outreach strategies on civil rights policy.

  • Cornell University
    $1,000,000
    For meetings and public education activities addressing economic opportunities for women.

  • Educational Broadcasting Corporation WNET (New York)
    $607,000
    For a documentary on the social history of New York City.

  • Fair Employment Council of Greater Washington (Washington, D.C.)
    $200,000
    For research and advocacy on race and gender discrimination in employment.