A birthday for the auto assembly line—and leftist philanthropy
The Ford assembly line was born 112 years ago, launching an industrial society we cannot live without, and a left-wing charity that we don’t really need.
Henry Ford
What the Ford Foundation Could Be Doing with Henry Ford’s Fortune
More than a century ago, uber-capitalist Henry Ford brought us the assembly line, the mass production of automobiles, a doubling of the wage of his workers, and the birth of…
Thoughts on Philanthropy from Books Featured in the Giving Review in Second Half of 2024
“The vindictiveness was gone, but the prosecution remained.” President William Howard Taft got to preside over something [Theodore] Roosevelt had wanted but did not attain in his presidency: the demise…
T. R. And Rockefeller in The Power and the Money
Presidential historian Tevi Troy‘s newest book, The Power and the Money: The Epic Clashes Between Commanders in Chief and Titans of Industry, provides historical snapshots of relationships between leaders of…
Hoovering Up Henry Ford’s Money: Free Money Versus Free Enterprise
At the end of 1976, Henry Ford II, resigned from the Ford Foundation board of directors. In his resignation letter, he advised the foundation's board, “I'm just suggesting to the…
Hoovering Up Henry Ford’s Money: Revolutions and Bullhorns
For nonprofits that really want the Ford funding spigot wide open, it is difficult to understate the importance of portraying supporters shouting through bullhorns, engaging in street demonstrations, and preaching…
Hoovering Up Henry Ford’s Money: Crime and Democracy
Claiming that their preferred flavor of multi-whatever democracy has never existed and pledging to put it in place is clearly a winning message for aspiring grantees. Perversely, Ford’s philanthropoids also…
Hoovering Up Henry Ford’s Money: Shaping the News
Ford grants are also showered upon those who help inject left-wing messages into media and culture. Since the beginning of 2023, those in charge of Henry’s money have shipped out…
Ford Foundation’s Big Left Influence: The Ford Foundation’s Millions
One “lefty” billionaire that has been exerting a big influence on our politics for decades and yet escapes nearly all media scrutiny. This is more striking because Henry Ford died…
Ford Foundation’s Big Left Influence: The Climate Hypocrites
In January 2019, more than 600 left-leaning policy and climate organizations co-signed a letter to members of Congress demanding “renewable energy” and “100 percent decarbonization.” The Ford Foundation has spent…