Ford in the Community Supporting the American Dream Through Innovative Initiatives
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2005 Annual Report Ford in the Community Supporting the American Dream Through Innovative Initiatives Ford Motor Company Fund Ford Motor Company MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORD IN THE COMMUNITY TABLE OF CONTENTS 2005 Contributions 2 One Company, One Goal 8 Presenting a united front to make a major difference Ford Motor Company Fund Presidentʼs Letter Hands-On Help 11 3 Building relationships through Community Relations Committees Educating Tomorrowʼs Innovators 4 Empowering Americaʼs youth by partnering Did You Know? 12 with education organizations There is no end to the Ford Fund and Ford Motor Company story Building on Americaʼs Fabric 6 Improving the quality of life in communities Contribution Guidelines 14 where Ford does business 2005 FORD MOTOR COMPANY FUND CONTRIBUTIONS Innovation and Education Higher Education Ford Motor Company Fund Contributions 2000-2005 Engineering & Design .............................................................$11,691,625 Business, Manufacturing, All Other ..........................................13,945,148 $120 Matching Gift Program ................................................................3,079,164 K-12 Programs ............................................................................10,816,508 $100 $ 113 Continuing Education ...................................................................1,615,450 $ 84 $ 83 Total Innovation and Education ............................................. $41,147,895 $80 $ 77 $ 78 $ 79 $60 Community Development and American Legacy Millions of dollars $40 Community, Economic Development, Health & Social Programs ....................................................$14,454,435 $20 Arts & Humanities ......................................................................14,818,059 United Way ....................................................................................5,339,300 $0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total Community Development and American Legacy ......... $34,611,794 Year In 1949, its first year, Ford Motor Company Fund recorded Auto-Related Environment and Safety contributions totaling $1.4 million. Contributions peaked in 2001 at $113 million and have been in the $80 million range Environmental Research & Programs ......................................$1,831,700 for the past four years. This chart shows Ford Motor Company Safety ..............................................................................................2,289,701 Fund contributions over the past six years. Contributions are Total Auto-Related Environment and Safety ...........................$4,121,401 made possible by Ford Motor Company profits. TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS ........ $79,881,090 Supporting the American Dream 2 Through Innovative Initiatives MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORD MOTOR COMPANY FUND PRESIDENT’S LETTER “ Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving,” Henry Ford is reported to have said back in the early days of Ford Motor Company. From time to time, I pause to think about Henry Ford and hope that he would be pleased that Ford Motor Company Fund (Ford Fund) continues his legacy of supporting commu- nities through innovative programs and hands-on learning, reaching out to help the people who make up those communities grow, prosper and appreciate one another — both the similarities and the differences. Because innovation is so often born of education and empowerment, we focus a large portion of our giving on Americaʼs youth, aiming to improve their opportunities at numerous points along the education roadway. As youʼll see in the next several pages, Ford Fund supports elementary and middle school programs such as Newspapers in Edu- cation, it promotes the exemplary Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies program for high school students, and it contributes to a number of college and university scholarship funds that benefit underserved populations. In addition, Ford Fund supports Driving Skills Ford Motor Company is one of the for Life, a Web-based automotive-safety education program aimed at teens. largest producers of cars and trucks in the Ford Fund also focuses on ensuring that Americaʼs greatest heroes are not forgotten. world and one of the largest providers of Our legacy efforts include the support of cultural and historical events, sites, and people automotive financial services. Ford Motor who reflect and affect the way Americans view themselves and their understanding of Company employs about 325,000 people others. These range from the historic Gettysburg National Military Park to the new around the globe. Additional information Muhammad Ali Center in Kentucky to Yo-Yo Maʼs remarkable Silk Road Project. can be found on the companyʼs Web site at For 2005, Ford Fund distributed nearly $80 million. Combined with Ford Motor www.ford.com. Company donations, that total was approximately $109 million. This support continues Ford Motor Company Fund is a not-for- Fordʼs long legacy of helping within communities where it does business. profit corporation organized in 1949. Since the days Henry Ford himself ran the company, we have always donated our time Made possible by Ford Motor Company and talent along with financial support. “Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing profits, Ford Motor Company Fund sup- in your gait, the grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ports initiatives and institutions that ideas” is another quote attributed to Henry Ford. With that in mind, for the first time, this enhance and improve opportunities for report will tell you about how the “surge of will and energy” from the company and its those who live in the communities where employees is coming together to make a difference. Ford Motor Company operates. Additional One recent example of the companyʼs lend-a-hand spirit is the Ford Volunteer Corps, information can be found at created in 2005 by Chairman and CEO Bill Ford, who said, “Heart is something that www.ford.com/go/fordfund. cannot be measured, but it is something that can very much be appreciated.” The Ford Volunteer Corps coordinates and expands employee community involvement. Note: Ford Motor Company Fund is not On the following pages, weʼll illustrate a few of the most innovative ways that Ford affiliated with the Ford Foundation. The Fundʼs philanthropy along with corporate giving and the work of company volunteers Ford Foundation is a separate entity from benefited communities. Because we know itʼs one thing to show up at a Habitat for Ford Motor Company. No member of Humanity build site holding a check, and itʼs an entirely different thing to also be holding the Ford family or Ford Motor Company a hammer. management is on the Ford Foundation board of trustees. Sandra E. Ulsh President, Ford Motor Company Fund Supporting the American Dream Through Innovative Initiatives 3 MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATING TOMORROW’S INNOVATORS Ford Fund helps educate and empower America’s youth by fostering strong, enduring relationships with the organizations that serve them. Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) Driving Skills for Life “ So many of our students could Indeed, Ford PAS is a partnership Two out of every three teens who die in crashes never imagine becoming an engi- between high schools, community- are passengers in a vehicle driven by another teen. neer,” says Rebecca Pek, academic based organizations, higher educa- Thatʼs a chilling statistic to any parent who has watched adviser at the alternative Romulus tion institutions, government entities, his or her child jump into the car of a friend and head off Community High School in Romu- and businesses designed to introduce to soccer practice or a night at the movies. In 2005, Ford lus, Michigan, “until the Ford PAS students to real-world concepts and Fund continued its efforts to help alleviate those fears by program makes them realize that skills in areas such as science, math, working to reduce the number of teen accidents through engineer is a word for something technology, engineering, and com- the Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) program. they like to do.” munication. Developed in 2003 by Ford Motor Company, the Romulus Community High In 2005, 95 school/program sites Governors Highway Safety Association and a panel of School, which is part of the Univer- in 20 states utilized the Ford PAS safety experts, DSFL uses a Web-based education pro- sity of Michigan Dearborn Ford PAS program to varying degrees. These gram to augment what students learn in their standard partnership, offers a nontraditional school/program sites included tra- driver training class. environment for teens who, for a ditional and nontraditional high variety of reasons, have been unsuc- schools, community-based organi- cessful in conventional high schools. zations, and colleges and universi- In 2005, Romulus launched the Ford ties. One Michigan school applying the entire curriculum is Advanced Technology Academy (ATA), a Dear- born high school that was chartered by Lake Superior State University and is part of the University of De- troit Mercy Ford PAS partnership. “ATA uses Ford PAS as its aca- demic centerpiece, enabling more than 400 students each year to be successful in the diverse global workplace,” says Barry Hawthorne, Ford Driving Skills for Life participants gather around Ford Vice President of Environmental