Editing Ford Foundation (section)

=== Criteria for Palestinian grantmaking ===
In 2003, the foundation was critiqued by US news service [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]], among others, for supporting Palestinian nongovernmental organizations that were accused of promoting [[antisemitism]] at the [[World Conference against Racism 2001|2001 World Conference Against Racism]]. Under pressure by several members of Congress, chief among them Rep. [[Jerrold Nadler]], the foundation apologized and then prohibited the promotion of "violence, terrorism, bigotry or the destruction of any state" among its grantees. This move itself sparked protest among university provosts and various non-profit groups on free speech issues.<ref name="sherman">{{cite magazine|last=Sherman|first=Scott|date=5 June 2006|title=Target Ford|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/target-ford|magazine=[[The Nation]]|access-date=2014-05-14|archive-date=2019-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629052003/https://www.thenation.com/article/target-ford/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The foundation's partnership with the [[New Israel Fund]] (NIF), which began in 2003, was criticized regarding its choice of mostly progressive grantees and causes. This criticism peaked after the 2001 World Conference Against Racism, where some nongovernmental organizations funded by the foundation backed resolutions equating Israeli policies with [[apartheid]]. In response, the Ford Foundation tightened its criteria for funding. In 2011, [[Right-wing politics|right wing]] Israeli politicians and organizations such as [[NGO Monitor]] and [[Im Tirtzu]] claimed the NIF and other recipients of Ford Foundation grants supported the delegitimization of Israel.<ref name="guttman" />

The Ford Foundation announced in October 2023 that it would no longer provide grants to Alliance for Global Justice, a charity in Arizona claimed by journalist Gabe Kaminsky in a ''Washington Examiner'' investigation to share Palestinian terrorism ties. "Ford has no plans to support any Alliance for Global Justice projects in the future and it is not eligible for any other funding," Amanda Simon, a spokeswoman for the Ford Foundation, said at the time.<ref name="Kaminsky">{{Cite web |last=Kaminsky |first=Gabe |date=2023-10-31 |title=Liberal Ford Foundation to stop funding Palestinian terror-tied group: 'Years of warnings' |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ford-foundation-palestinian-drops-alliance-for-global-justice |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Washington Examiner |language=en}}</ref> Simon added, "We will not be funding them in the future."<ref name="Kaminsky" /> 

The allegations of terrorism links were proven false{{Better source needed|reason=all sources are anti-srael|date=August 2024}}; Alliance for Global Justice was found to be funding an organisation that attempts to secure the human rights of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grim |first=Murtaza Hussain, Ryan |date=2023-04-24 |title=The "Pro-Israel" Smear Campaign to Cancel a Global Charity |url=https://theintercept.com/2023/04/24/israel-palestine-terrorism-zachor-afgj/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Landry |first=Camille |date=2023-02-14 |title=SOS - AfGJ has been attacked! |url=https://afgj.org/sos-afgj-has-been-attacked |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Alliance for Global Justice |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-23 |title=Human rights org loses fundraising platform |url=https://mondoweiss.net/2023/02/u-s-based-human-rights-group-loses-fundraising-platform-over-association-with-palestinian-ngo/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Mondoweiss |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Charity-and-Security |date=2023-02-28 |title=Human Rights Coalition Deplatformed After Lawfare Attack |url=https://charityandsecurity.org/deplatforming/human-rights-coalition-deplatformed-after-lawfare-attack/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Charity & Security Network |language=en-US}}</ref>