15 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2021–FY2026.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from The Ford Foundation's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Level I is the entry-level prevailing-wage tier and the band DOL's Project Firewall reviews first for misclassification (senior duties filed at an entry-level wage). The national share is 17%.
Next end date: 2027-01-31. Employing an H-1B worker past the LCA end date without a new certified LCA is a strict-liability violation — the replacement LCA must be certified before the I-129 extension is filed.
Median offered wage is 19% above the DOL prevailing wage across 9 recent certified LCAs. Paying at the floor is lawful, but it invites the question of whether the wage level itself is right.
Each worksite needs its own 10-business-day LCA notice and a PAF record of that posting; a move to a new area of intended employment needs a new LCA before the worker starts there.
Public DOL disclosure data can lag actual filings by a quarter. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
Yes — The Ford Foundation sponsors H-1B workers, with 15 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 2 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $137,700 (P25 $106,514, P75 $174,000). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
The Ford Foundation H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2021–FY2026).
Certified LCAs are a prerequisite to H-1B petitions, not visa approvals; one LCA can cover multiple workers. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
The shaded band is the middle half of certified salaries (P25–P75); the bar spans the lowest to highest certified salary.
Levels I–IV are DOL prevailing-wage experience tiers; 20% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Case dispositions from the U.S. DOL OFLC disclosure files. Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.
| Job title | Salary | Level | Location | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
International Security, Safety and Risk Mitigation Manager I-203-26096-760718 | $140,400/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 06, 2026 | Certified |
Program Officer I-200-25269-337070 | $173,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Sep 26, 2025 | Certified |
Civic Engagement and Government Technology Fellow I-203-25129-960838 | $128,750/yr | I | New York, NY | May 09, 2025 | Certified |
Program Officer, Technology & Society I-200-25119-914127 | $175,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 28, 2025 | Certified |
Program Officer, Technology & Society I-200-25086-809577 | $175,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Mar 27, 2025 | Certified |
Grant Coordinator I-200-24355-563480 | $82,766/yr | II | New York, NY | Dec 20, 2024 | Certified |
International Security, Safety and Risk Mitigation Manager I-203-24228-269811 | $135,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Aug 15, 2024 | Certified |
Program Associate I-200-24101-872253 | $113,028/yr | III | New York, NY | Apr 10, 2024 | Certified |
JustFilms Program Officer I-200-23349-569375 | $175,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Dec 15, 2023 | Certified |
Technology Fellow-Civic Engagement &Government-International I-203-23261-354195 | $117,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Sep 18, 2023 | Certified |
Gender Racial Ethnic Justice - International Program Officer I-200-23255-340204 | $202,646/yr | II | New York, NY | Sep 12, 2023 | Certified |
Legal Fellow I-200-23125-996174 | $100,000/yr | I | New York, NY | May 05, 2023 | Certified |
Grantmaking Learning Officer I-200-22237-438101 | $150,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Aug 25, 2022 | Certified |
Program Associate I-200-21252-575041 | $90,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Sep 09, 2021 | Certified |
Ford Fellow In Non Profit Law I-200-21228-525297 | $87,880/yr$42/hr as filed | I | New York, NY | Aug 16, 2021 | Certified |
One row per LCA case (its latest version), from U.S. DOL OFLC disclosure data. Salaries are the offered wage, converted to a yearly figure. Certified LCAs are not visa approvals.
Worker positions by LCA filing purpose, summed across FY2021–FY2026 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: Sep and Apr — useful for timing transfer conversations.
Attestations from the employer's own LCA filings (Form ETA-9035), as disclosed by the U.S. DOL.
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