On January 15, 1936, Edsel Ford, the son of auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, formed this ‘philanthropic organization’ with a donation of $25,000. By 1947, after the death of the two founders, the foundation owned 90% of the non-voting shares of the Ford Motor Company (The Ford family retained the voting shares). The foundation, which was established in part as a legal way for the Ford family to avoid the hefty inheritance taxes that President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration imposed on large estates, grew into a multi-billion dollar institution. Between 1955 and 1974, the foundation sold its Ford Motor Company holdings and now plays no role in the automobile company. From its very origins there was a close structural relation and interchange of personnel at the highest levels between the CIA and the FF. This structural tie was based on the common imperial interests which they shared – imperial U.S. hegemony and a new world order – funding re-education, cultural change via socialist, anti-business, and/or anti-American hate Groups.
Chronological History of Events Involving the Ford Foundation
![Report: Private Foundations Directly Finance UN Experts to Write Reports that Align with their Agendas](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/UN-Experts-ECLJ-300x201.jpg)
Report: Private Foundations Directly Finance UN Experts to Write Reports that Align with their Agendas
![The United Nations' 420-page Report “Our Global Neighborhood” is Published Outlining their Plan for Global Governance](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/1995/02/our-global-neighborhood-300x283-300x283.gif)
The United Nations’ 420-page Report “Our Global Neighborhood” is Published Outlining their Plan for Global Governance
![UN's World Health Organization (WHO) Sends Out Tetanus Vaccine in Philippines and Mexico Laced with Birth Control Drugs](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/1994/10/tetanus-vaccine-300x169-300x169.jpg)
UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) Sends Out Tetanus Vaccine in Philippines and Mexico Laced with Birth Control Drugs
![The Congo gained Independence from Belgium](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/1960/06/congo-independence-300x219.jpg)
The Congo gained Independence from Belgium
![Reece Committee: A Congressional Investigation of Major Tax-Exempt Foundations and Their Efforts to Socially Engineer America Towards World Government](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Norman-Dodd-On-Tax-Exempt-Foundations-300x225.jpg)
Reece Committee: A Congressional Investigation of Major Tax-Exempt Foundations and Their Efforts to Socially Engineer America Towards World Government
![The Council on Foreign Relations is Established](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/1921/07/cfr-founding-300x206.jpg)
The Council on Foreign Relations is Established
![NEA Annual Mtg: "the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations... control the policies,... menace true academic freedom and defeat the primary purpose of democracy..."](https://historyheist.com/wp-content/uploads/1914/07/nea01-300x225.jpg)