The Latest Breaking News from Ford Foundation

Outgoing Ford Foundation President Darren Walker's new book “The Idea of America" is a collection of more than eight dozen texts spanning his 12-year tenure with one of the nation's leading philanthropies

2023 was the hottest year on record, until 2024 broke that record and took us, for the first time, over the 1.5C global heating threshold. This will not be the last time this record is broken – under current emission reduction policies, we can expect an increase of 3.1C above…

The need to increase funding for Black feminist organizations is urgent, according to an open letter from some of philanthropy’s most influential organizations – including Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures, Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation, as well as the Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation – released Thursday

The Ford Foundation will commit $80 million over the next five years to work that strengthens nonprofits fighting against authoritarian regimes

The Centre for Policy Research, which has recently come under the tax scanner for alleged irregularities in funding, prides itself on staying true to its “non-partisan” and “independent” values. Since its inception in 1973, the think tank has undertaken studies on almost every topic under the sun, and its academic…

LOS ANGELES — The Ford Foundation and the Mellon Foundation have announced the 2022 Disability Futures Fellows, two of whom are based in Los Angeles.

Hollywood film producer Dan Lin — known for movies such as Disney’s live action “Aladdin” and “The Two Popes” — is launching a nonprofit with more than $1 million from the Ford and MacArthur foundations as well as several other philanthropies

The landmark equality law must be protected—and its reach expanded—to build a stronger, more inclusive legacy for the next generation.

The president of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker, has received France’s highest cultural honor in recognition of his support of the arts and artists