Topic: Literature

In this timeline, we will follow the path Ford Foundation programs took from the early beginnings to the end of the twentieth century. By no means comprehensive, this selection of grants, large and small, demonstrates the breadth and evolution of funding creativity over the decades. 

Supporting American writers and the journals that publish their work.

Using new technology to save threatened world resources and keep free inquiry alive under threat of fascist destruction.

Against a backdrop of white, establishment concepts of literary excellence, one foundation struggled to appreciate Black voices.

What might appear to be a simple publication project came to fruition only after a decade of political upheaval, cultural repression, war, and Rockefeller Foundation support.

Moving scholarship by and about women from margin to center.

How a foundation provided the final ingredient to an era-defining novel.