This chapter examines the philanthropic intervention of the Ford Foundation in postcolonial Indonesia. The Ford Foundation philanthropy had primarily involved the University of California–Berkeley, the Economics Faculty at the University of Indonesia, and the Cornell Modern Indonesia Project. The foundation has, therefore, established a tightly knit academic network oriented toward the production of scholars dedicated to policy-related work in Indonesian political and economic development. From 1951 to 1966, Ford's International Training and Research division expended more than two hundred million U.S. dollars on area studies, language development, the strengthening of professional fields, and the administration of foreign academics—all to promote a better understanding of “Western ideals” in Asia, which could only occur through studies of the “Asian mind.”