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Ford Foundation Field Studies on Social Justice Philanthropy

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This project examines how social justice organizations, movements, and projects are funded in Chile/Peru, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and the United States. The Center supports the U.S. research effort and coordinates the work of the international research teams, each of which is funded by the respective in-country office of The Ford Foundation. The U.S. component of the project has three objectives:

.To better understand the structure and operation of foundations – as institutions – to support outcomes of social justice.

.To contribute to the building of an international network of social science scholars interested in and committed to advancing social justice philanthropy.

.To develop a dissemination strategy that will raise the visibility of social justice philanthropy among the academic and philanthropic communities.

Research questions in the U.S. component of the project will explore how particular social justice projects are initiated, implemented, and evaluated within a foundation’s overall grantmaking strategy and decision-making processes. The project’s synthesis document (integrating the five country studies) will delineate how those already doing social justice funding might do it better, as well as how those philanthropic organizations not engaging in social justice funding might begin to do so.

 

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