Equals Change Blog

Darren Walker reflects on the need for nuance amid an era of extremism in order to address society’s most pernicious challenges: “We cannot let the perfect be the enemy of progress. Within complexity and nuance, we find hope for the year ahead.”

How we're transforming our culture and grant making as we continue to learn and advance our work on disability justice.

Disability rights leader and Ford Fellow Judy Heumann discusses the essential findings of her new report, Road Map for Inclusion: Changing the Face of Disability in Media.

Displacement should not deprive refugees of their rights to education, adequate housing, and decent work—and we believe that their cultural and artistic rights must be addressed at the same time.

Reflections on the Ford Foundation’s tech fellows program, and a set of key principles for others interested in using this model.

We mourn the loss of Kevin Roche, the architect behind some of the world’s most remarkable buildings—including the Ford Foundation’s own.

To shape a future of work that offers opportunity, security, and prosperity for all people and communities, we’ll need to think outside the box.

In the wake of high-profile data breaches at Cambridge Analytica, Yahoo, Equifax, and other companies, privacy issues are increasingly the focus of attention and conversation. But privacy is a complicated issue—and often a contested one.

Later this year, our esteemed program vice president, Xav Briggs, will depart the foundation to return to the frontlines of social change.

We are always working to improve our grant making process, and to make sure our systems are efficient, easy to use, and accessible to everyone.

Based on feedback from our grantees, we have begun a number of initiatives to help improve our impact as grant makers, improve our responsiveness, and share what we're learning.