Following the global turmoil and destruction of World War II, and anticipating additional bequests from Ford family estates, the Foundation commissioned a study (known as the “Gaither Report”) to assess new options and directions for its work. The Ford Foundation was established in 1936 as a local philanthropy in the state of Michigan, using gifts of stock in the Ford Motor Company from Henry and Edsel Ford. Facilitating the transmisson of traditional arts – including weaving – across generations is a theme of the Foundation’s arts and culture grantmaking. Displaying hand-woven ikat textiles in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, 2003. Its mission statement expresses and elaborates this basic purpose through four overarching goals: strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. Instead it is a philanthropy, defined in the dictionary as “an active effort to promote human welfare.” The Foundation works to effect positive change in strategically chosen areas of endeavor. The Foundation has never functioned as a charity, in the sense of providing direct relief or services to those in need. The Foundation’s work in Indonesia and elsewhere is grounded in the culture of American philanthropy, which emerged in the late 1800s from a unique combination of the United States’ industrial expansion, ideals of social reform, and a system of government taxation providing incentives for the charitable giving of private wealth.
It is also a chronicle of one of the United States’ leading philanthropic organizations as it sought to play an effective and relevant role in a rapidly-changing world. He story of the Ford Foundation’s half century in Indonesia resonates with the great motifs of nationbuilding, development and modernization that shaped international relations in the second half of the 20th century. 193 Music of Indonesia: The Smithsonian/MSPI CDs. 187 Women’s Rights: Reinterpreting Classical Texts. 181 Taboos Overturned: Freedom of Expression. 137 Preserving the Past: Manuscripts and Microfilms. 124 Rumors, Plots, and Conspiracies: The Ramparts Article. 107 Civil Society and State: The Family Planning Campaign. 77 Public Defenders: The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation. 73 The Green Revolution: Indonesia Feeds Itself.
CHAPTER T WO -Īmerica, America.69 Mayling Oey-Gardiner. 46 Technocrat Number One: Widjojo Nitisastro. 43 Institution-Builder: Sumitro Djojohadikusumo. Women from a Tengger village in East Java, 1990. ©2003 Ford Foundation ISBN 979-9 No part of this work may be used for any purpose without written consent from the Ford Foundation. McGlynn Patrick Kavanagh Irfan Kortschak Nasiruddin Budi Setiyono Linda Owens Paul Dillon P H OT O R E S E A R C H Goenawan Mohamad I N T E RV I E W S A N D S I D E B A R S Zurbuchen Philip Yampolsky Mark Hanusz P R I N C I PA L AU T H O R PUBLISHED BY THE FORD FOUNDATION I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T HĮQUINOX PUBLISHING (ASIA) PTE.
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