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NEW YORK—Ford Grants for Libraries & Information Services
advocacy aimed at reconciling trade agreements with human
development, human rights and democracy.
1320. Beijing University, Center for Public Participation Studies, Beijing, China.
$150,350, 2010. 1.50-year grant. To expand research, training and
monitoring about citizens access to government information and to
conduct pilot project in Hunan.
1321. Center for New York City Neighborhoods, New York, NY. $500,000,
2010. For Mortgage Assistance Program to provide loans to low-income
homeowners facing foreclosure and general support to address local
repercussions of the national foreclosure crisis.
1322. Center for New York City Neighborhoods, New York, NY. $100,000,
2010. For Neighborhood Improvement Project to put unemployed men
and women to work cleaning, repairing and beautifying neighborhoods
devastated by foreclosures and provide them with marketable skills.
1323. China NPO Network, Beijing, China. $198,886, 2010. 2.75-year grant.
To establish China Foundation Center program to build capacity of
indigenous philanthropy in China.
1324. Civic: Centre for Indian Visual Culture, New Delhi, India. $200,000,
2010. 2.50-year grant. For final support to create digital archive and
conduct research, training and dissemination on popular visual culture
of the textile industry in western India.
1325. European Foundation Centre, Brussels, Belgium. $125,000, 2010. For
general support to create an enabling legal and fiscal environment for
foundations, strengthen the structure of the philanthropic sector and
promote collaboration to advance the public good.
1326. European Foundation Centre, Brussels, Belgium. $73,780, 2010. For
contribution to annual membership dues of foundation-supported
association of grantmakers.
1327. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI. $310,619, 2010. 3-year grant. For
Chiapas Photography Project, initiative to engage indigenous artists and
facilitate their use of photography and to digitize and maintain indigenous
photographic archive and make it more accessible.
1328. Foundation Center, New York, NY. $400,000, 2010. 2-year grant. For
general support to strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing
knowledge about U.S. philanthropy.
1329. GuideStar USA, Williamsburg, VA. $100,000, 2010. For collaboration
with the Foundation Center to combine and develop data and tools to
increase their impact and benefit to the nonprofit sector in the state of
Michigan.
1330. Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, New Delhi, India.
$225,000, 2010. 3-year grant. For final support for training, grant
making and a web-based archive to conserve endangered craft traditions
and cultural resources in Ladakh.
1331. Indonesia Corruption Watch, Jakarta, Indonesia. $300,000, 2010.
2-year grant. To establish transparent and accountable Local Information
Commissions in six provinces and empower poor to conduct social audits
on delivery of public services in six districts/cities.
1332. Institut Studi Arus Informasi, Jakarta, Indonesia. $270,000, 2010.
2-year grant. To monitor Information Commission’s efforts at national
and local level to develop responsible, user-friendly mechanism for
providing information on delivery of basic public services.
1333. International Association for Digital Publications, Sutton, England.
$100,000, 2010. For E-book And Netlibrary Project.
1334. International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, Washington, DC. $200,000,
2010. 2-year grant. For flexible, targeted technical and legal assistance
to safeguard space for civil society and civic participation in politically
challenging environments.
1335. Microfinance Information Exchange, Washington, DC. $186,266, 2010.
To create data platform for social indicators reported by microfinance
organizations and capacity to analyze the data.
1336. National Security Archive Fund, Washington, DC. $200,000, 2010. To
use the right to information to promote accountability and transparency
in Mexico and across Latin America, focusing on military, security and
migration issues and providing evidence for human rights cases.
1337. National Security Archive Fund, Washington, DC. $100,000, 2010.
2-year grant. To catalogue, publish and strategically distribute
comprehensive documents collection on untold history of
communications and dialogue in U.S.-Cuban relations.
1338. New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture, New York, NY. $100,000, 2010. To reinstate Junior Scholars
Program to ground Afro-descendant youth in histories and cultures of
people throughout the African diaspora.
1339. Open Democracy Advice Centre, Cape Town, South Africa. $100,000,
2010. 2-year grant. For Right To Know, Right To Live Program to help poor
communities access information on provision of public housing and use
it to make process fairer and more transparent.
1340. Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S., New York, NY.
$250,000, 2010. 2-year grant. To promote public policy financing for
comprehensive sexuality education in U.S. public schools.
1341. United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and
Planning, Dakar, Senegal. $500,000, 2010. 2-year grant. To develop and
pilot short courses on trade and mining-contract negotiations for public
officials, establish visiting researcher and researcher-in-residence
programs and make library accessible online.
1342. University World News, Durban, South Africa. $170,000, 2010. 2-year
grant. To produce, disseminate and manage University World News Africa
Edition, fortnightly report on African higher education news and issues.
1343. Working America Education Fund, Washington, DC. $125,000, 2010.
For door-to-door outreach among low- to moderate-income households to
test messages about and build public support for job quality reforms
worldwide.
Foundation for Child Development
Limitations: Giving on a national basis. No support for the direct provision of
pre-kindergarten education, child care, or health care. No grants for
capital campaigns, endowments, or for the purchase, construction, or
renovation of buildings.
1344. Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC. $17,000, 2011. To
develop a state-level Index of Child Well-Being.
Foundation to Promote Open Society
Limitations: Giving primarily in Washington, DC and Albany and New York, NY.
1345. Americans for the Arts, Washington, DC. $20,000, 2009. For Animating
Democracy in conducting mapping process of arts activity fostering civic
engagement and social change, and to design and implement online
registry of involved groups.
1346. Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. $25,000, 2009.
To promote public awareness of benefits of open access to scientific
research.
1347. Bank Information Center, Washington, DC. $85,526, 2009. For
Strengthening Extractive Industry Revenue and Contract Transparency at
the International Financial Institutions - Focus on Europe and Central Asia
Region.
1348. Bank Information Center, Washington, DC. $80,000, 2009. For project,
Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Latin America - Civil Society
Advocacy on the World Bank’s Information Disclosure Policy.
1349. Bank Information Center, Washington, DC. $56,339, 2009. To
strengthen capacity of members of Electricity Governance Initiative
coalition in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to achieve better performance of
electric power sector by enhancing transparency and accountability in
public utilities.
1350. Bank Information Center, Washington, DC. $40,000, 2009. For
transparency campaign objectives, expanding public access to
information on policies and operations of World Bank, reforming World
Bank governance and improving accountability through expanded public
access to decisionmakers.
1351. Bank Information Center, Washington, DC. $37,000, 2009. To form
African-led civil society network focused on monitoring and engaging
African Development Bank.
1352. Information Clearinghouse for Chinese Gays and Lesbians, Los
Angeles, CA. $88,972, 2009. For Aibai Culture and Education Center and
Common Language.
1353. Knowledge Ecology International, Washington, DC. $50,000, 2009. For
core support of work on Access to Medicines and to develop and promote
new paradigms for reconciling need for both innovation in and access to
medical technologies.
1354. Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY. $25,000, 2009. For general
support.
1355. MAPLight.org, Berkeley, CA. $10,000, 2009. To explore development
of MAPLight.org projects in Louisiana, Maryland, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Freeman Foundation
Limitations: Giving primarily in VT for conservation and environment grants;
Asian studies grants are awarded nationally. No grants to individuals, or
for endowments or capital campaigns.
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