From the President

Welcome to Our New Web Site

11 June 2010

I am pleased to introduce the new Ford Foundation Web site. We are excited about its debut because this site came largely from you—from your feedback about what we could do to better foster engagement and community and to bring more value to the social justice work to which we are all committed.

You will see that the site focuses on our strategies, on impact, on giving grant seekers a clear and direct path to our initiatives. "Clear" is the most important word here, because above all what we have tried to do while building the site was make our strategies and process transparent and our people accessible.

To that end, you'll find:

Our institutional priorities, with specific guidance For Grant Seekers on the kinds of organizations and activities we fund
Interactive graphics connecting our objectives, strategies, grant-making approaches and individual grants
Regional office sections showing how multiple initiatives work together to advance a larger country or regional aim
A more robust grants database that is searchable by grantee, initiative(s) names, approach(es) and more
Grant-maker bios introducing our grant-making staff
Multimedia spotlights focusing on our latest work, grantees and the communities we serve
An Impact section highlighting our approach to assessment and learning

I encourage you to explore the new site, learn more about our work and meet some of the innovators who have dedicated their lives to social change. As you do, please let us know what you think: This is your site as much as ours, and, as our new learning section emphasizes, we are committed to ongoing improvement.

Sincerely,

Luis A. Ubiñas
President
Ford Foundation