The Ford Family Foundation Portfolio of Programs and Initiatives

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Announcing revised
grant categories and guidelines


The Ford Family Foundation has refocused its grant categories on four issues in rural Oregon and Siskiyou County, California. In addition, the Foundation will continue to provide smaller grants for technical assistance, as well as critical needs. Refocusing resources will promote greater impact and more lasting change.

The four categories are:

  1. •Positive Youth Development

  2. •Access to Health and Dental Services for Children

  3. •Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention

  4. •Public Convening Spaces

Responsive to community needs: The new focus reflects input from around the region. The Foundation will invest in the best ideas (in these categories) from nonprofit public charities that seek to drive lasting change on systemic problems and issues.

Committed to Scholarships and the Ford Institute: The Foundation’s commitment to its Initiatives (Scholarship Programs and the Ford Institute for Community Building) and its proactive grants (Foundation-driven grants) is not changing.

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Public Convening Spaces: To encourage civic participation and collaboration through the development of places that bring the community together, have substantial and broad multi uses, are open to the public, and serve multiple populations. Typical grant size: $50K - $250K. [more]

Access to Health and Dental 
Services for Children: 
To increase the health of underserved children through improved access to health and dental services, preventative services, and education. Typical grant size: $50K - $100K. [more]Health.htmlshapeimage_5_link_0

Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention: To lessen the instances of physical, sexual and emotional abuse of children in our community through increased access to programs and services. Typical grant size: $50K - $100K. [more]

Positive Youth Development: To support programs that encourage the development of skills, instill values of a successful citizen and create structure for kids in free time.  Typical grant size: $25K - $150K. [more]

Critical Needs: To provide small grants to organizations in response to critical needs or emergencies. Typical grant size: $1K - $10K. [more]
 
Technical Assistance: To develop community leaders, effective organizations, and collaborations. Typical grant size: $1K - $5K. [more]
 

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