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In the twelve months since it was launched, the Ford Foundation's $50 million, five-year JustFilms initiative has supported five independent films that are premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival....

In recognition of the foundation's seventy-fifth anniversary, Ford Foundation Visionaries Awards were given to twelve social innovators working to improve the lives of millions of people around the globe....

A Ford spokesman told the Jewish Daily Forward that the foundation's commitments to Israeli programming had never been open-ended, and that the decision not to renew the funding was due to a broad reassessment of the foundation's priorities....

Launched ten years ago by the Ford Foundation, GrantCraft will expand to help meet the needs of professional grantmakers worldwide and enable them to keep pace with the demands of philanthropy's changing landscape....

The five-year initiative will work to expand opportunities for both urban and suburban residents by ensuring that neighboring communities collaborate on common challenges such as affordable housing, education, and job creation....

The Supporting Diverse Art Spaces Initiative will provide funding to arts groups around the country to develop new arts spaces, launch programs and address sustainability in newly opened facilities, and expand and renovate established facilities....

Part of the foundation's Economic Opportunity and Assets, the five-year initiative is designed to help ensure that Americans get the support they need to stabilize family incomes, cope with unemployment, and keep the jobs they have....

Driven by widening gaps in educational opportunities and persistent gaps in achievement, the seven-year initiative will support organizations working to promote a just and fair public school system in seven urban areas....

The move is the latest in a series made by the foundation — the second largest in the nation — to cut costs in the wake of an almost 30 percent drop in the value of its assets....