This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Urbanists rejoiced as soon as word spread that Darren Walker, ...

When asked whether the name of the Ford Foundation is still appropriate, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker says that his foundation’s original benefactor, Henry Ford, was an anti-Semite and a ...

The Ford Foundation is a primary supporter of Catholics for Choice (CFC) and other organizations that oppose the Gospel. The corner façade of the Ford Foundation ...

The Ford Foundation, one of the most powerful private foundations in the world, with close ties to Wall Street and the US government, recently announced that it is overseeing the funneling of $100 ...

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, 150 Democratic Party loyalists flocked to a strategy meeting hosted by far-left group Media Matters. Democrat donors, and activists, who were reeling from ...

The 82-year-old Ford Foundation is upending the model for grant-making institutions by wielding its endow­ment like an impact investor. Though foundations traditionally spend 5% of their funds on ...

“We’ve got to demonstrate the capacity to use our endowment to advance our mission,” says Ford Foundation president Darren Walker. [Source Images: Tukkki/iStock, missbobbit/iStock] BY Ben Paynter Like ...

The president of the Ford Foundation is finding new ways to maximize its $13.7 billion endowment, like issuing bonds to raise much-needed cash for grantees in distress. He’s also convincing other ...

The Ford Foundation issues $10 million grant to The Studio Museum in Harlem. The Ford Foundation has awarded the Studio Museum in Harlem a $10 million endowment to fund and name the position of ...

The Ford Foundation—the fifth-wealthiest charitable foundation in the world—is launching an art gallery at its headquarters in Manhattan on March 5. The rotating program of exhibitions will focus on ...

The Ford Foundation announced today that over the next 10 years it will allocate up to $1 billion of its $12 billion endowment to financial investments that complement its grant-making goal of ...