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November 16, 2020: The Ford Family Foundation is bringing the national Fund for Teachers grant program to Douglas County, Oregon, for a sixth year. The program supports teacher-designed educational experiences that impact their practice,...  Read More

August 20, 2020: Claudia Vargas will join The Ford Family Foundation as a program officer for the department of Children, Youth and Families. She will begin work on September 14. In her position, Vargas will support the Foundation’s work...  Read More

September 18, 2018: Nathan Schult will join The Ford Family Foundation as the program officer for youth development and education. He will begin work on October 22.  In his position, Schult will coordinate a portfolio of grants...  Read More

Professional development projects take Douglas County educators across the United States, and from Iceland to Costa Rica April 10, 2017: The Ford Family Foundation has announced the names of 16 local educators who will...  Read More

Professional development projects range from education conferences to wagon trains May 6, 2016: The Ford Family Foundation has announced the names of 21 local educators who will embark on self-designed summer professional...  Read More

April 2017: April is Child Abuse Prevention month. The Ford Family Foundation has "planted" a garden of pinwheels in front of our Roseburg office in support of child abuse prevention.The pinwheel is the national symbol for child abuse...  Read More

February 10, 2016: The Ford Family Foundation announced today that it has hired Robin Hill-Dunbar, a specialist in young children’s development and well-being, to be a program officer for Children, Youth and Families, a new position at the...  Read More

Foundation offers grants up to $10,000Applications open Feb. 14 for Douglas County teachers, close April 4February 12, 2016: The Ford Family Foundation is bringing the national Fund for Teachers grant program to Douglas County, Oregon, to...  Read More

July 11, 2014:  Jeneen Hartley Sago has joined The Ford Family Foundation as the program officer for Youth Development and Education, a new position. In her role, she will coordinate a portfolio of grants focused on youth...  Read More