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Left-Handed Fastballers
A report on the Foundation's Leadership Development Program, which provided fellowship support to develop 700 community leaders in rural America.
Limiting Population Growth and the Ford Foundation Contribution
Ford spent $270 million on population activities ranging from research on human reproduction to demography to family planning programs from 1952 to 1983. This book describes Ford's pioneering role in the population field. Chapters describe the history of demography, Ford's interventions into population control and education and plans for upcoming decades.
LISC: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation
A report on the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a national nonprofit enterprise supported in part by the Ford Foundation. The report outlines the need that local community organizations have for added resources from both the private and public sectors, and how resources of corporations, foundations and government agencies can be harnessed for community development and revitalization. Columnist Neal Pierce comments on the necessity of public-private partnerships.
Looking Back Moving Ahead
Adapted from remarks presented at the "Conference on the Politics of Equity: Education Finance, State-Local Taxes, and Children's Services," held in San Antonio, Texas, May 11-15, 1980.
Los Hispanos
The Spanish translation of a Ford Foundation Working Paper that discusses the demographic, economic, social and political situation of Hispanics in the United States today. Also describes the Foundation's initiatives to address the needs of this growing population.