$2.0 Billion
$1.5 Billion
$1.0 Billion
$0.5 Billion
(ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION)
(ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION)
PROGRAM GRANTS PROGRAM GRANTS 2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
CHAIRMAN
FORD TRUSTEES
War on Terror 2001-Present
Nelson Mandela Elected 1994
NAFTA Drafted 1994
Tiananmen Square Protests 1989
Iranian Revolution 1978-79
Vietnam War 1955-75
Korean War 1950-52
Hurricane Sandy 2012
Occupy Wall Street Protest 2010
Great Recession 2007-09
Hurricane Katrina 2005
Women of Liberia Strike 2003
Sept. 11 Attacks 2001
War on Drugs 1971-93
Dot Com Boom 1995-2002
Cold War 1947-91
WOLRD EVENTS Green Revolution 1950-70
Boom 1980
US Crack Epidemic 1981-93
Public Broadcasting
Mao’s Cultural Revolution 1966-76
War on Poverty 1964-65
1963
Kenyan Indepedence
JFK Assasinated 1963
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Revolution 1953-59
1955
Assasinated 1968
HIV and AIDA Epidemic 1981-99
1975-80
The Bronx is Burning
OPEC Oil Embargo 1973-74
1970
Chicano Moratorium
1969
Stonewall Riots Gay Liberation Movement Begins
US Lands on the Moon 1969
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcom X Assasinated 1965
US Civil Rights Act Passed 1964
Black Power Movement Begins 1960
Alaska & Hawaii Become US States 1959
1957
Ghana Independence
1956
Election Campaigns
Television in
Space Race Begins
Civil Rights Movement Begins 1954
2009-2017
President Barack Obama
1993-2001
President Bill Clinton
1977-81
President Jimmy Carter
White Flight to Suburbs 1970-73
1963-69
President Lydon B. Johnson
1961-63
President John F. Kennedy
1945-53
President Harry S. Truman
2001-2009
0.0
President George W. Bush
1989-93
President George H.W. Bush
1981-89
President Ronald Reagan
1974-77
President Gerald Ford
1069-74
President Richard Nixon
1953-61
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. $0 PRESIDENTS Television Boom 1950-53
10.0
$5 Billion
20.0
$10 Billion
30.0
$15 Billion
40.0
$20 Billion
(ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION)
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
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1978
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1953
1950 1951 1952
YEAR MOST TYPE
$0
FORD FUND BALANCE SHILLER CAPE RATIO OF STOCK MARKET (ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION)
$2.0 Billion
