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Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation is a New York headquartered, globally oriented private foundation with the mission of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a US$25,000 gift from Edsel Ford. Wikipedia*

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Ford Foundation has hosted 7 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1992 News Conference. The year with the most events was 2023 with two events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2016 with an average of 867 views per video. Most appearances with Gerald R. Ford Jr. (2).

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