May 29, 2008

A Foundation's Real Legacy

To the Editor:

In an article on the changing of the guard at Ford Foundation ("Building on Tradition," April 17), critics urge the new president, Luis Ubiñas, to make big changes, painting Ford as a kind of dowager institution.

"Staid," "cautious," and "unresponsive to change" were among the labels applied in the opening paragraphs. One interviewee said the foundation was "on the whole, in areas of civic engagement,

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