Ford Foundation donations made to National Academy of Sciences

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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 theNASciences
Websitehttp://www.nasonline.org/
Twitter usernametheNASciences
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Academy_of_Sciences
Instagram usernamethenasciences

Full donee page for donee National Academy of Sciences

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 8,000,000 9,574,500 50,000 75,000 142,500 500,000 5,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,320,000 8,900,000 74,180,000
FIXME 15 8,000,000 9,574,500 50,000 75,000 142,500 500,000 5,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 8,320,000 8,900,000 74,180,000

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 2015 2014 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
FIXME (filter this donor) 15 143,617,500.00 83,480,000.00 8,742,500.00 8,395,000.00 8,000,000.00 5,500,000.00 5,000,000.00 8,500,000.00 8,000,000.00 8,000,000.00
Total 15 143,617,500.00 83,480,000.00 8,742,500.00 8,395,000.00 8,000,000.00 5,500,000.00 5,000,000.00 8,500,000.00 8,000,000.00 8,000,000.00

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
400,000.00122015-04-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the Institute of Medicine to generate a comprehensive report on options for more effective systems to address global public health threats, using the Ebola outbreak as a case study. Affected regions: 1110###Worldwide###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
74,180,000.0012015-03-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the Ford Fellowships Program for predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American@@@9177892###Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native@@@9177893###Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
8,900,000.0022015-03-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the foundation's predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships program. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American@@@9177892###Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native@@@9177893###Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
142,500.00132014-12-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the NAS National Research Council to develop indicators for stakeholders to use to define and measure equity in educational outcomes from pre-K through post-secondary education. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
8,600,000.0032014-03-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the foundation's predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships program. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American@@@9177892###Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
75,000.00142013-06-15FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For NAS at 150: Celebrating Service to the Nation, a colloquium commemorating the academy's sesquicentennial. Affected regions: 1045###United States###95@@@1110###Worldwide###5; 9177456###No Intention@@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
8,320,000.0042013-03-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the foundation's predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships program. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American@@@9177892###Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
8,000,000.0052011-12-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the foundation's predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships program. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American@@@9177892###Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
5,450,000.0092010-12-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the foundation's predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships program. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American@@@9177892###Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
50,000.00152010-01-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the National Academies' Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy to study the impact of copyright policy on innovation in the digital era. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American@@@9177892###Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
5,000,000.00102009-09-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the foundation's predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships program. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American@@@9177892###Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
8,000,000.0052008-09-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the foundation's predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships Program. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American@@@9177892###Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
500,000.00112008-03-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the development of an HIV advocacy document to initiate dialogue around HIV-related resource needs for the next decade of global action. Affected regions: 9###Africa###50@@@1090###West Indies/Caribbean###30@@@1110###Worldwide###20; 9177456###No Intention@@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
8,000,000.0052007-09-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the foundation's predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships Program. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American@@@9177892###Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native; United States; affected countries: FIXME.
8,000,000.0052006-11-01FIXMEhttp://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all-- For the foundation's predoctoral, dissertation and postdoctoral Diversity Fellowships Program. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177414###Asian or Asian American@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American@@@9177892###Native American, American Indian, or Alaska Native; United States; affected countries: FIXME.