Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Michigan, manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 187,000 employees and 62 plants worldwide, the company’s automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln.

 

The Company together with its subsidiaries is engaged in other businesses, including financing vehicles. The Company operates in two segments: Automotive and Financial Services. Automotive includes Ford North America, Ford South America, Ford Europe, Ford Middle East & Africa and Ford Asia Pacific. Financial services include Ford Motor Credit Company and Other Financial Service. The Company manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. Its automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. Other Financial Services includes a range of businesses, including holding companies and real estate.

 

Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services

Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services supportsnon-profit organizations working in education, community development and auto-safety. The Fund works with partners to find innovative solutions to community concerns using a coordinated, strategic approach.

 

Since their operations in 1949, the Fund has invested nearly $1.5 billion in civic organizations around the world to help drive a brighter future. The Fund focuses its efforts on three key areas:

• Community Life - Community Life programs range from hunger relief to health care to support of cultural activities.  Many of these programs are done in partnership with local Ford dealers using an innovative approach we call Operation Better World.
• Education – The Fund also invest about one third of our funds in support of education, including scholarships that help deserving students attain higher education and programs that help schools offer students new approaches to learning.
• Safety – Their international, award-winning Ford Driving Skills for Life program is the cornerstone of our safety efforts.

 

2013 Ford Motor Company and Ford Fund Contributions

• $14.6 million in Community Life
• $8.5 million in Education (includes K-12 and higher education)
• $3.2 million in Driving Safety
• $8.2 Million in donations from Ford Motor Company that are administered through Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services