Ford Foundation donations made to MDRC

This is an online portal with information on donations that were announced publicly (or have been shared with permission) that were of interest to Vipul Naik. The git repository with the code for this portal, as well as all the underlying data, is available on GitHub. All payment amounts are in current United States dollars (USD). The repository of donations is being seeded with an initial collation by Issa Rice as well as continued contributions from him (see his commits and the contract work page listing all financially compensated contributions to the site) but all responsibility for errors and inaccuracies belongs to Vipul Naik. Current data is preliminary and has not been completely vetted and normalized; if sharing a link to this site or any page on this site, please include the caveat that the data is preliminary (if you want to share without including caveats, please check with Vipul Naik). We expect to have completed the first round of development by the end of July 2024. See the about page for more details. Also of interest: pageview data on analytics.vipulnaik.com, tutorial in README, request for feedback to EA Forum.

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Basic donor information

ItemValue
Country United States
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Foundation
Facebook username FordFoundation
LinkedIn username ford-foundation
Websitehttps://www.fordfoundation.org
Donations URLhttps://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/
Twitter usernameFordFoundation
Page on philosophy informing donationshttps://www.fordfoundation.org/about-us/mission/
Grant application process pagehttps://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/idea-submission/
Data entry method on Donations List WebsiteSQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/ford-foundation

Full donor page for donor Ford Foundation

Basic donee information

ItemValue
Country
Facebook page mymdrc
Websitehttp://www.mymdrc.org/
Twitter usernameMyMDRC
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translocator_protein

Full donee page for donee MDRC

Donor–donee relationship

Item Value

Donor–donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 15 300,000 347,767 50,000 66,500 75,000 250,000 250,000 300,000 300,000 375,000 500,000 750,000 1,000,000
FIXME 15 300,000 347,767 50,000 66,500 75,000 250,000 250,000 300,000 300,000 375,000 500,000 750,000 1,000,000

Donation amounts by cause area and year

If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.

Cause area Number of donations Total 2017 2016 2015 2014 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
FIXME (filter this donor) 15 5,216,500.00 200,000.00 1,000,000.00 300,000.00 500,000.00 500,000.00 250,000.00 625,000.00 66,500.00 1,125,000.00 650,000.00
Total 15 5,216,500.00 200,000.00 1,000,000.00 300,000.00 500,000.00 500,000.00 250,000.00 625,000.00 66,500.00 1,125,000.00 650,000.00

Graph of spending by cause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)

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Graph of spending by cause area and year (cumulative)

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Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (0 documents)

There are no documents associated with this combination of donor and donee.

Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (15 donations)

Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
Amount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 15)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
200,000.00122017-09-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For planning and research to expand Creating Moves to Opportunity, a development project to generate quality evidence on the effectiveness of mobility initiatives for families with housing vouchers. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
1,000,000.0012016-01-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To implement the Paycheck Plus demonstration program in Atlanta to evaluate the effects of increasing the level of Earned Income Tax Credit benefits for low-wage workers without dependent children. Affected regions: 61###Atlanta###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
300,000.0072015-03-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the planning and start-up of an evaluation of the Ohio replication demonstration of the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs that helps students succeed and graduate quickly. Affected regions: 742###Ohio###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
500,000.0032014-11-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the Campaign to Transform MDRC and related capacity-building activities focusing on program development and policy impact. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
500,000.0032012-07-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For operation & evaluation of the College Match Project to combat "undermatching" of qualified low-income & underrepresented Chicago & New York City public school students with less selective colleges. Affected regions: 218###Chicago###50@@@697###New York City###50; @@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177890###White or Causcasian@@@9177891###Latin American; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
250,000.0092011-05-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the College Match Project to combat "undermatching" of qualified low-income and underrepresented minority students with less selective colleges & pilot it in Chicago & New York City public schools. Affected regions: 218###Chicago###25@@@697###New York City###25@@@1045###United States###50; @@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
250,000.0092010-02-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To develop a program to combat the "undermatching" of highly qualified low-income and underrepresented minority students with less selective colleges and pilot it in the Chicago public school system. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
375,000.0052010-01-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- Final support for a demonstration project to link Temporary Assistance to Needy Families work supports and Workforce Investment Act retention and advancement services to benefit low-wage workers. Affected regions: 145###Bridgeport###10@@@265###Dayton###10@@@337###Fort Worth###10@@@867###San Diego###10@@@1045###United States###60; 9177456###No Intention@@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
66,500.00142009-02-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To prepare and disseminate a publication for practitioners on simplified delivery of benefits to low-wage working families. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
750,000.0022008-10-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For a demonstration project to link Temporary Assistance to Needy Families work supports and Workforce Investment Act retention and advancement services to benefit low-wage workers. Affected regions: 145###Bridgeport###10@@@265###Dayton###10@@@337###Fort Worth###10@@@867###San Diego###10@@@1045###United States###60; 9177456###No Intention@@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
75,000.00132008-04-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the Opening Doors project to help low-income and nontraditional students persist in and complete community college programs as a means to greater educational and employment opportunities. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
300,000.0072008-04-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To assess the effectiveness of learning community programs in helping low-income community-college students make the transition to college and master the basic skills needed to attain a degree. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
350,000.0062007-09-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To revitalize distressed neighborhoods in Camden, New Jersey through community-driven efforts to build strong institutions and regionwide efforts to foster public and private investment. Affected regions: 172###Camden###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
250,000.0092007-08-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To review the history of the acceptance and ensuing widespread use of random assignment research methodology in welfare reform policy. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
50,000.00152007-05-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- To communicate its research findings on effective strategies for fighting poverty to policy makers and public interest and advocacy groups. Affected regions: 1083###Washington, D.C.###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.