Ford Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 13-1684331 · Headquarters: New York, NY 10017-4801 · Website
NTEE code: T21 · Applications: Accepts applications
Total grants paid: $7,887,657,171.00 (2016–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 15388 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($5,360,996,764.00); $2,526,660,407.00 across 14996 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $229,371,143.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Meridian Partners Inc. | New York, NY | $19,158,000.00 | FY2020 | 202123199349107292 |
| Blue Meridian Partners Inc. | New York, NY | $18,664,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423199349105557 |
| Blue Meridian Partners Inc. | New York, NY | $17,082,810.00 | FY2021 | 202203199349101880 |
| Blue Meridian Partners Inc. | New York, NY | $16,859,000.00 | FY2022 | 202343199349104934 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. | New York, NY | $15,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202513219349106006 |
| Blue Meridian Partners Inc. | New York, NY | $12,744,000.00 | FY2024 | 202513219349106006 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $11,400,000.00 | FY2021 | 202203199349101880 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $11,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202123199349107292 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $10,630,000.00 | FY2022 | 202343199349104934 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $10,600,000.00 | FY2019 | 202023189349104072 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202023189349104072 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202123199349107292 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202203199349101880 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202343199349104934 |
| National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202203199349101880 |
| Foundation for Detroits Future | Detroit, MI | $8,333,333.00 | FY2019 | 202023189349104072 |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Washington, DC | $8,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202203199349101880 |
| North Star Fund Inc. | New York, NY | $7,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202203199349101880 |
| Southerners on New Ground | Atlanta, GA | $6,500,000.00 | FY2021 | 202203199349101880 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $6,400,000.00 | FY2021 | 202203199349101880 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $229,371,143.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $1,102,547,617.00 | qualifying_distributions | 4007 | 2174 | 1833 | $371,279,202.00 |
| FY2023 | $951,028,056.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3718 | 1991 | 1727 | $324,055,473.00 |
| FY2022 | $964,929,655.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3660 | 2011 | 1649 | $309,096,240.00 |
| FY2021 | $1,087,194,894.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3433 | 1812 | 1621 | $371,286,270.00 |
| FY2020 | $959,192,246.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3554 | 1840 | 1714 | $279,443,548.00 |
| FY2019 | $702,891,455.00 | qualifying_distributions | 2993 | 1403 | 1590 | $210,293,483.00 |
| FY2018 | $762,184,143.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3141 | 1418 | 1723 | $229,585,141.00 |
| FY2017 | $764,973,289.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3088 | 1458 | 1630 | $233,602,752.00 |
| FY2016 | $592,715,816.00 | qualifying_distributions | 2790 | 1281 | 1509 | $198,018,298.00 |
| All years on file | $7,887,657,171.00 | 30384 | 15388 | 14996 | $2,526,660,407.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/6fb25d92-57fa-4d7b-acc1-ef4f328b71c6
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 13-1684331.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).