Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller papers, 1858-1957, n.d. Bulk: 1920-1948, bulk 1920-1948 15.39 document box(es)
The papers of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller primarily consist of correspondence, including personal correspondence to family and relatives, biographical materials; art collection files, and files pertaining to her philanthropic activities.
Memo to Howard Dressner dated August 14, 1972. Includes Possible approaches.
Memo to Howard Dressner dated November 15, 1972. Includes Possible approaches for the establishment and application of standards.
Included: Cover memo (June 27, 1973). Missing second memo reporting on the first twelve months of Ford Foundation's Internal Affirmative Action Program.
Governance And Public Policy Program [GPP]
Remarks by Susan V. Berresford at the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers Annual Meeting held on May 11, 1999 at the New York Public Library.
In January 2002, the MacArthur and Ford Foundations and the Carnegie Corporation asked me to evaluate the political effectiveness of this community [of US-based organizations and projects that seek to reduce the threat posed by nuclear weapons, and ... we
Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees. Report recognizes Henry Ford II's retirement as Chairman of the Board, and describes the continued interest in education, behavioral sci
A summary of the Ford Foundation's wide range of funding mechanisms for assisting and enhancing the work of nonprofit organizations.
An overview of the ASSET Program's three affinity groups, their progress, concerns and needs.
Asian Cultural Council records, Administrative Files, RG 1, 1952-2006 115.71 Cubic Feet
Records include: Correspondence, reports, administrative records, grant submissions, meeting minutes, newspaper articles, photographs and gallery catalogs.
Boehm Foundation records, 1963-2004, bulk 1993-2002 18 linear feet
The Foundation's Program Division consists of three large thematic programs -- Asset Building and Community Development, Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom, and Peace and Social Justice. This structure was created in 1996 under Ford president Susan Berresf
Ford Foundation publication aimed at "introducing the basic ideas that form the framework for [Ford's] grantmaking and demonstrating ways in which asset building is making a difference in diverse contexts around the world" (Introduction).
Carnegie Corporation of New York records, circa 1872-2015 3000 linear feet
Minutes, correspondence, annual reports, press releases, financial records, photographs, memorabilia, audiovisual, digital and printed materials document the philanthropic activities and administration of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The collection is actively growing, primarily through regular document transfers from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Andrew Carnegie's biographical information and personal philanthropic activity can be found in Series VII. In addition, his pre-1911 gifts, most notably his donations for libraries and church organs, can be found on microfilm (Series II), in the Home Trust Company Records (VI.A), and Financial Record Books (I.C.1). Grant files (Series III.A), which comprise the bulk of the collection) provide information on projects and institutions founded, endowed or supported by the Corporation. The Special Initiatives series (Series IV) contains the records of task forces, commissions and councils, formed by the Corporation mostly during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s to address specific issues. The Corporation's records include those of other Carnegie philanthropic organizations (Series VI), including the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Home Trust Company, both of which shared staff, officers, and office space with the Corporation for a period of time.
Correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial records, publications, notes, subject files, awards, speeches, reports and audiovisual materials document work by the Church Peace Union, its successors Council on Religion in International Affairs and Council on Ethics and International Affairs, and related organizations such as the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches. The first installment of the CCEIA archival materials came to the RBML in 1974, with numerous additions over the years. A major addition in 1982 contained primarily the records of the Board of Directors and their semi-annual meetings, as well as the various programs and institutes of the Council, for the years 1972-1982, along with selected 1930s materials. 1986 addition contains presidential correspondence files, minutes of the Board of Trustees and committees, special projects, programs and conferences files, and the business and editorial files of "Worldview". Correspondents include John Foster Dulles, Jane Addams, Fiorello La Guardia, and Paul Tillich. 1990 and 2000 additions includes files of CCEIA presidents and vice presidents, paper and audiovisual materials on Merrill House Conversation Programs; Educational programs; International Monetary Fund/Lecture series; The Annals Of The Academy Of Political & Social Science; Washington Consultations; Colloquia for the Clergy; Church State Project; Asian Development & The Carribean Initiative; Korea: Year 2000 Project; fundraising files, printed materials and files of the Department of Publications.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace New York and Washington Offices records, 1910-1954 335 linear feet
Charles E. Culpeper Foundation, Inc. records, 1866-2001 35.41 Cubic Feet
The Charles E. Culpeper Foundation archives present a complete account of the foundation's activities in the years following the death of Charles E. Culpeper, during which the foundation devised and established its philanthropic mandate. The collection includes the Fiftieth Anniversary Report 1940-1990, a general overview of the foundation's involvement in the areas of health, education, arts and culture, and administration of justice, with a breakdown of funds provided for each field.
A listing of Ford Foundation grants to funders of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender issues worldwide.[…]Included in the documentation are two articles: Barriers to foundation funding of gay organizations: Evidence from Massachusetts / Stephen A. Magnus [taken from the Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 42 (2), 2001] -- Do gay, lesbian, and bisexual oganizatio
Memo to Mr. Henry T. Heald.
Council on Foundations, Inc. records, 1949-1981 5.7 Cubic Feet
The records of the Council on Foundations, Inc., which span the years 1949 to 1981, cover the years from the formation of the Council until Landrum R. Bolling's tenure as chief executive officer in the late 1970s. The bulk of the material in this collection, however, concerns the Council's response to tax reform efforts in the late 1960s and early 1970s that would have profound effects on foundations. Also documented is the Council's relationship with the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs (usually referred to as the Filer Commission), a privately funded panel formed in late 1973 to conduct a study of the source, scope, and impact of charitable giving in the United States.
This set of general files chronicles management of the philanthropic affairs of David Rockefeller during the period 1992-1996. when he was naturally beginning to curtail his activities.
Contains brief (1-2 pages each) abstracts of grantmaking activities to major National Affairs grantees.
A working paper from an Aspen Institute Roundtable, held in Washington, D.C. in September 2006, on the issue of new legal forms and tax structures for social enterprise nonprofits and corporations.[…]A project of the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund.
Internal exit memorandum of Emmett Carson to June Zeitlin regarding status of grants in the non-profit sector.
Memo to executive officers, heads and POICs.
Memo from McGeorge Bundy to Ford Foundation staff (October 12, 1973)
Memo from Willard Hertz to Howard Dressner dated March 25, 1974.
Memo from Howard Dressner to the Trustees (September 25, 1973) enclosing proposed policy and guidelines for the external affirmative action initiative. Includes Grantee organizations consulted on proposed policy and guidelines (listing).
Reprinted from Ford Foundation letter, June 15, 1974.
Staff memoranda from Howard Dressner and Willard Hertz regarding the continuation of the Foundation's external affirmative action program.
Contains reminiscences and reflections on Mr. Ward's experience as a consultant and officer for the Ford Foundation. Written in lieu of an Oral History at the suggestion of Howard Dressner, Secretary of the Foundation.
Memo to William Carmichael dated March 14, 1972.
Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.
Contains president's review, program reports, listing of grants, financial statements and lists of staff and trustees.