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Ford Foundation

private foundation based in New York City
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The Ford Foundation is a nonprofit organization[1] that was founded in 1936[2]. It was established by Edsel Bryant Ford. The organization is headquartered in the Ford Foundation Building.

Ford Foundation

Summary

Ford Foundation is a nonprofit organization[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ford Foundation was a member of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy[3].
  • Ford Foundation was a member of Independent Sector[4].
  • Ford Foundation is in the country of United States[5].
  • Ford Foundation's image is recorded as Ford Foundation HQ jeh.JPG[6].
  • Ford Foundation's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[7].
  • Ford Foundation's instance of is recorded as collection[8].
  • Ford Foundation's instance of is recorded as production company[9].
  • Ford Foundation's founder is recorded as Edsel Bryant Ford[10].
  • Ford Foundation's logo image is recorded as Logo of the Ford Foundation.png[11].
  • Ford Foundation's logo image is recorded as Logo of the Ford Foundation.svg[12].
  • Ford Foundation's headquarters location is recorded as Ford Foundation Building[13].
  • Ford Foundation's ISNI is recorded as 0000000404426762[14].
  • Ford Foundation's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131336252[15].
  • Ford Foundation's GND ID is recorded as 1003922-3[16].
  • Ford Foundation's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79066088[17].
  • Ford Foundation's IdRef ID is recorded as 027767833[18].
  • Ford Foundation's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA01982996[19].
  • Ford Foundation's Commons category is recorded as Ford Foundation[20].
  • Ford Foundation's chairperson is recorded as Heather K. Gerken[21].
  • +1936-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ford Foundation[22].
  • Ford Foundation's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.749722222222225, 'lon': -73.97111111111111}[23].
  • Ford Foundation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0mzw0[24].
  • Ford Foundation's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20050222007[25].
  • Ford Foundation's official website is recorded as http://www.fordfoundation.org[26].
  • Ford Foundation's Internet Broadway Database person ID is recorded as 109801[27].

Body

Founding

Ford Foundation's founder is recorded as Edsel Bryant Ford[10]. +1936-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[22].

Leadership

Ford Foundation's chairperson is recorded as Heather K. Gerken[21].

Operations

Ford Foundation's headquarters location is recorded as Ford Foundation Building[13].

Why It Matters

Ford Foundation ranks in the top 1% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Q112192126. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . acmi.net.au. Retrieved . acmi.net.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . epip.org. Retrieved . epip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [4] ↑ . independentsector.org. Retrieved . independentsector.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . fordfoundation.org. fordfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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