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Ford Reports

Our magazine of ideas and action. Ford Reports features thought-provoking articles about our approach to grant making and reports on grantee success stories.

Title Year  

Ford Reports: Number Two

The Public Square in a Digital Age: How rapid change is spurring efforts to strengthen public interest values in a dynamic media sector.

2007

Ford Reports: Number One

A Wealth of New Ideas: Opening doors to the economic mainstream by helping people build assets over a lifetime.

2007

Ford Foundation Report: Spring-Summer 2005

The New Global City: Bigger, richer—poorer. The earth, dominated by urban areas, faces promise and problems.

2005

Ford Foundation Report: Winter 2005

Spotlight on Arts Education in Texas: Expanding educational and economic opportunity in today’s post-industrial society.

2005

Ford Foundation Report: Fall 2004

How to Serve America’s “Unbanked”: Five new ways to bring millions of Americans into the economic mainstream.

2004

Ford Foundation Report: Summer 2004

When Science Listens to Women: Microbicides offer vulnerable women the power to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases.

2004

Ford Foundation Report: Spring 2004

Facing AIDS: Nigeria’s youth are fighting the killer disease by teaching each other.

2004

Ford Foundation Report: Winter 2004

Los Angeles on the Rise: How community activists and big developers are teaming up to fight poverty.

2004

Ford Foundation Report: Fall 2003

Taking on “Family Matters” in the Amazon: A Ford grantee reaches out to women—and men—to rebuild spiritual, mental and physical health.

2003

Ford Foundation Report: Summer 2003

The Changing Workplace: Freelancers and part-timers are now one-third of the U.S workforce.

2003

Ford Foundation Report: Spring 2003

The Housing Puzzle: Homeless in Ho Chi Minh City and possible solutions in Chicago.

2003

Ford Foundation Report: Winter 2003

New Media, New Issues: Evolving technology puts viewers behind the camera.

2003

Ford Foundation Report: Fall 2002

Diverse Schools, Better Schools: A Washington, D.C., elementary school has a lot to teach its students—and education reformers everywhere.

2002

Ford Foundation Report: Summer 2002

Lessons From an Epidemic: When AIDS strikes Kenya’s breadwinners, community groups help families cope.

2002

Ford Foundation Report: Spring 2002

Art Appreciation: As the arts move emotions and ideas, they also move money, power and public attitudes.

2002

Ford Foundation Report: Winter 2002

Islam and the Modern World: A Muslim scholar explores alternatives to the “political and cultural vise.”

2002

Ford Foundation Report: Fall 2001

The Trouble with Local News: A new documentary turns the camera on local TV reporting.

2001

Ford Foundation Report: Summer 2001

The Greening of Sariska Park: A return to traditional water management in India’s arid northwest has brought new life to villages and forests.

2001

Ford Foundation Report: Spring 2001

Children of the Looms: Rescuing the “carpet kids” of Nepal, India and Pakistan.

2001

Ford Foundation Report: Winter 2001

Innovation in American Government: Self-sufficiency may be the next frontier for U.S. welfare reform.

2001

Ford Foundation Report: Fall 2000

Telling Stories, Saving Lives: Radio and theater speak to heart and health, from Kenya to the Philippines.

2000

Ford Foundation Report: Summer 2000

Days and Nights in the Artists’ “Workshop”: El Warsha uses cultural legacy as a creative tool.

2000

Ford Foundation Report: Spring 2000

Wolf Power: The Nez Perce use sovereignty and political savvy to defend an endangered species.

2000

Ford Foundation Report: Winter 2000

Now it’s a Global Movement: A special issue on women.

2000