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Ford Philanthropy Grants

Private foundation · EIN 38-1459376 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$84.8M
Grants reported
438
Typical grant
$41.7K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$200K

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: FORD PHILANTHROPY

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2025207$41.6M
2024231$43.1M

Where Ford Philanthropy gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Globalgiving Foundation Inc

WASHINGTON, DC

$10.7MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Global

Global Giving Foundation Inc

WASHINGTON, DC

$10MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Global

Henry Ford Health

DETROIT, MI

$5MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Health

Techforce Foundation

PHOENIX, AZ

$2.6MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Scholarship

United Way for Southeastern Michigan

DETROIT, MI

$2MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Essential services

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (438 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Ford Philanthropy's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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