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5 seconds of looking would have found you this: “The Ford Foundation is not connected to the Ford Motor Company. The Ford Foundation and Ford Motor Company are

5 seconds of looking would have found you this: “The Ford Foundation is not connected to the Ford Motor Company. The Ford Foundation and Ford Motor Company are two separate and legally unrelated entities whose operations are completely independent and have been for more than 50 years. There is not any financial authority, decision making nor funding relationship between the two organizations.”

unnouinceput 5y ago
Please try and have a foundation named Microsoft or Apple, see how fast you keep its doors open. No way in hell Ford would allow its name to be slapped on an unrelated foundation.
- triactual 5y ago
  Ford is a family name.
  - frosted-flakes 5y ago
    And quite a common one at that.
- eganist 5y ago
  > Please try and have a foundation named Microsoft or Apple, see how fast you keep its doors open. No way in hell Ford would allow its name to be slapped on an unrelated foundation. Largely because it'd be a jerk move and PR nightmare to obligate a rename given Henry Ford founded it, but if the two organizations are entirely distinct without even sharing common leaders or finances today, it's safe to say the risk doesn't exist. Let's tone the conspiracies down a notch. CR also had the Ford foundation's involvement back when Tesla outscored every other car in CR's ranks.
- kristjansson 5y ago
  Of course it derives from Edsel Ford's fortune, but that does not imply that the foundation advances the interests of Ford the company. Per the foundations history[1], it fully divested its stake in Ford the company by 1974. [1]: https://www.fordfoundation.org/our-work-around-the-world/china/history/ https://www.fordfoundation.org/our-work-around-the-world/chi...
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- cozzyd 5y ago
  The Gates foundation is more analogous here ...
- simtel20 5y ago
  You are under the mistaken impression that this is the Ford company foundation. It was chartered from the personal wealth of the ford family, so it has a relationship to the Ford motor car company that is closer to the relationship between the gates foundation and Microsoft to use that example, and not a "Microsoft foundation".

unnouinceput 5y ago

Please try and have a foundation named Microsoft or Apple, see how fast you keep its doors open. No way in hell Ford would allow its name to be slapped on an unrelated foundation.

triactual 5y ago
Ford is a family name.
- frosted-flakes 5y ago
  And quite a common one at that.
eganist 5y ago
> Please try and have a foundation named Microsoft or Apple, see how fast you keep its doors open. No way in hell Ford would allow its name to be slapped on an unrelated foundation. Largely because it'd be a jerk move and PR nightmare to obligate a rename given Henry Ford founded it, but if the two organizations are entirely distinct without even sharing common leaders or finances today, it's safe to say the risk doesn't exist. Let's tone the conspiracies down a notch. CR also had the Ford foundation's involvement back when Tesla outscored every other car in CR's ranks.
kristjansson 5y ago
Of course it derives from Edsel Ford's fortune, but that does not imply that the foundation advances the interests of Ford the company. Per the foundations history[1], it fully divested its stake in Ford the company by 1974. [1]: https://www.fordfoundation.org/our-work-around-the-world/china/history/ https://www.fordfoundation.org/our-work-around-the-world/chi...
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cozzyd 5y ago
The Gates foundation is more analogous here ...
simtel20 5y ago
You are under the mistaken impression that this is the Ford company foundation. It was chartered from the personal wealth of the ford family, so it has a relationship to the Ford motor car company that is closer to the relationship between the gates foundation and Microsoft to use that example, and not a "Microsoft foundation".