Abstract
ABSTRACTFrom 1966 to 1976, the Ford Foundation contributed $80 million to symphony orchestras in the United States and Puerto Rico, with dual missions of improving the financial conditions of North American orchestral musicians and strengthening perceptions of American culture in Europe and Asia. Based on combined contributions of both short- and long-term funds, the Ford Foundation’s program altered the trajectories of many U.S. orchestras by raising musicians’ salaries and helping orchestras develop new fundraising mechanisms. The extraordinary contributions made by the Ford Foundation’s Symphony Orchestra Program should be viewed as part the Foundation’s greater missions of promoting democracy and American exceptionalism.
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