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Darren Walker and Monica Aleman: we thread the needle as far as we can
Charles Keidan catches up with Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation and Monica Aleman, its International Program Director, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice at Canada House shortly before a panel appearance at The Philanthropy …
Business of Philanthropy: Darren Walker
In a recent episode of the Business of Philanthropy, Badr Jafar, Emirati philanthropist and Founding Patron of the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy at the University of Cambridge speaks with Darren Walker, President of the Ford …
Interview with Ford Foundation president Darren Walker
John Harvey sat down with Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, at the recent Global Philanthropy Forum, for a conversation on how he sees Ford moving forward under his leadership. JH You’ve fairly recently …
Interview with Darren Walker
‘What we have learned is that the Ford Foundation has done three things very well: building institutions, investing in people and advancing social innovation.’ The car has a new driver. Will he change direction? Will …
Kenya president U-turns on Ford Foundation attack
Kenya president William Ruto has thanked the Ford Foundation for its role in supporting democracy, just months after accusing the US-based philanthropy of funding anti-government protests. A meeting took place between Ruto and the Ford …
On the journey to equitable philanthropy
In the 1960s, ‘the Negro Problem’ was a key agenda topic for a board meeting at the Ford Foundation. This reminder by Darren Walker, the current President of the Ford Foundation, during a public event …
Must we welcome philanthropy’s Prodigal Son? Yes, but there is work to do first
The poster boy for criticising philanthropy has changed his mind. What should we make of Rutger Bregman’s declaration that he was wrong to castigate philanthropy and now agrees that there is a role for private …
Where is philanthropy as we sleepwalk into conflict?
Few would disagree that the loss of almost 30,000 Palestinian lives in Gaza (at the time of writing) and the massacre of 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October 2023 are moral failings of huge …
“Fundamental rights under attack” with US discrimination lawsuit
Progressive philanthropic groups the Council on Foundations and Independent Sector have described a US lawsuit, in which a foundation providing support to black women entrepreneurs is accused of being racially discriminatory by nature, as an …
Ford Foundation and Australian billionaire respond to Gaza crisis
The Ford Foundation is to provide life-saving support and essential aid for the Palestinian civilians of Gaza, it has announced. Relief will be undertaken by the foundation’s representative and staff in the Middle East …