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Ford Foundation Annual Report 1998







    Harvard University
    $200,000
    For the State of the Nation's Housing Report.

      Johns Hopkins University
      $100,000
      For research on the implications of welfare reform on the housing assistance system.

        National Housing and Community Development Law Project (Oakland, Calif.)
        $72,000
        For analysis and advocacy to preserve the affordability of Section 8 housing developments.

          National Housing Trust (Washington, D.C.)
          $375,000
          To preserve federally assisted affordable housing.

            National Low-Income Housing Coalition and Low-Income Housing Information Service (Washington, D.C.)
            $500,000
            To continue the coalition's national policy analysis and advocacy efforts.

              Occidental College
              $72,061
              To develop and analyze proposals for a housing tax credit to expand home ownership.

                For research and program development focused on building financial savings and assets in low- and moderate-income households, three grants:

                • Consumer Research Council (Washington, D.C.)
                  $64,000

                • North Carolina, University of (Chapel Hill)
                  $150,000

                • Organization for a New Equality (Boston)
                  $125,000

                  Economic revitalization

                  • Boston College
                    $445,000
                    For research on corporate involvement in community and economic development.

                  • Brody & Weiser (Branford, Conn.)
                    $250,000
                    To help advance the Foundation's Corporate Involvement Initiative.

                  • BSR Education Fund (San Francisco)
                    $200,000
                    To support innovative practices in corporate involvement in community economic development.

                  • Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (New York)
                    $400,000
                    For an association of organizations that use venture capital tools to promote economic development and job creation.

                  • Community Resource Group (Fayetteville, Ark.)
                    $1,000,000
                    For home-ownership activities in Texas colonias.

                  • Community Resource Group (Fayetteville, Ark.)
                    $500,000
                    For organizational development activities.

                  • Corporation for Enterprise Development (Washington, D.C.)
                    $750,000
                    To enhance the scope, performance and impact of the revolving loan fund industry.

                  • Delaware Valley Community Reinvestment Fund (Philadelphia)
                    $300,000
                    To link workforce development, public policy and job creation.

                  • Housing Assistance Council (Washington, D.C.)
                    $1,000,000
                    To promote home ownership for low-income rural families.

                  • Housing Assistance Council (Washington, D.C.)
                    $250,000
                    For program development to improve rural housing.

                  • Independence Care System (Bronx, N.Y.)
                    $300,000
                    To create jobs primarily for low-income health care workers.

                  • Initiative for Competitive Inner City (Boston)
                    $150,000
                    For a leadership training program on inner-city economic development.

                  • Jobs for the Future (Boston)
                    $205,000
                    To strengthen workforce development in disadvantaged communities.

                  • Laufer/Green/Isaac (Los Angeles)
                    $620,000
                    To help participants in the Foundation's Corporate Involvement Initiative develop a communications strategy.

                  • MBA-Nonprofit Connection (Palo Alto, Calif.)
                    $10,500
                    For a meeting about corporate social responsibility, public service and nonprofit management.

                  • National Community Capital Association (Philadelphia)
                    $400,000
                    For activities related to the community development finance field.

                  • National Community Capital Association (Philadelphia)
                    $350,000
                    For this community development financial intermediary to sponsor learning opportunities for industry leaders.

                  • National Congress for Community Economic
                    Development
                    (Washington, D.C.)
                    $500,000
                    To help its members form partnerships with businesses.

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