Darren Walker, President
Democracy is a threat to white supremacy—and that is the cause of America’s crisis
The imperative of moral leadership
The resolve and righteousness of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Remembering John Lewis and His Legacy of Good Troublemaking
Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Measures
George Floyd and America’s Long History of Racial Injustice
Ford Foundation and the Coronavirus
The coming of hope: A vision for philanthropy in the new year
Introducing the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice
Justice over greatness: A new year's reflection
Un llamado al coraje moral en los Estados Unidos
My American Dream Score is 67. What’s yours?
A call for moral courage in America
Announcing the Art for Justice Fund
My message to graduates: With freedom comes responsibility
Unleashing the power of endowments: The next great challenge for philanthropy
Let America be America again: A New Year’s reflection
Listening for change: Why foundations need to pay attention to what grantees are saying
Our duty is to find hope in darkness
Ignorance is the enemy within: On the power of our privilege, and the privilege of our power
Ignorância, o inimigo interno: Sobre o poder do nosso privilégio, e o privilégio do nosso poder
Putting Ford Forward into action
Colocando a Ford Forward em ação
Announcing the launch of #InequalityIs
Transforming a landmark into a center for social justice
Moving the Ford Foundation Forward
Chatting about inequality on Facebook
National Arts and Humanities Medalists: Transforming culture
Why we need strong social justice institutions—and how to build them
What's next for the Ford Foundation?
How women's self-help groups are transforming rural India
Let's match our reverence with resolve
A critical cause, an unlikely coalition
Work in Detroit doesn't end with Grand Bargain
Launching the Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellows Program
Where Markets Lead, Will Justice Follow?
Why MacArthur Fellowships matter
How I learned to love crowdsourcing
Philanthropy in a complex world
Ghada Abdel Tawab, Program Officer, Middle East and North Africa
Martín Abregú, Vice President, International Programs
Felipe Agüero, Former Program Officer
Emily Akpan, Intern, Ford Foundation
Elizabeth Alexander, Former Director, Creativity and Free Expression
Keaton Allen-Gessesse, SERI litigation volunteer and Harvard Public Service Venture Fellow
Amara Amadiegwu, Intern, Ford Foundation
Ana Marie Argilagos, Senior Advisor, Equitable Development
Andrea Armeni, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Transform Finance
Salome Asega, Technology Fellow, Creativity and Free Expression
Stefanie Barton, Internal Communications Manager
Jonathan Barzilay, Former Director
Clarisa Bencomo, Former Program Officer, Global Grants
Carly Benkov, Senior Systems Analyst
Julio Berdegué, Principal Researcher, Rimisp - Latin American Center for Rural Development
Louis Bickford, Former Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government
Janna Bilski, Hedge Fund Investments
Rebecca Blank, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marla Blow, Founder and CEO, FS Card Inc.
Margot Brandenburg, Senior Program Officer, Mission Investments
Michael Brennan, Program Officer, Technology and Society
A Critical Time for Digital Infrastructure
Announcing $1.3M in funding for digital infrastructure research
Does this app protect my privacy? Ask Consumer Reports
A call for research on digital infrastructure
Public Interest Tech: A growing field you should know
Technology and social justice: Meet our tech fellows
Every day, we rely on digital infrastructure built by volunteers. What happens when it fails?
Announcing the 2016 Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellows
Why the Ford Foundation wants technologists to join the fight for social justice
Can computers be racist? Big data, inequality, and discrimination
Mario Bronfman, Former Regional Representative
Amy Brown, Former Senior Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government
Joy Buolamwini, Founder of the Algorithmic Justice League
Jacqueline Burton, Grants Officer, Cities and States
Christopher Cardona, Program Officer, Philanthropy
Charlene Caronan, Events Producer
Andrew Catauro, Former Manager, JustFilms, Creativity and Free Expression
Alberto Cerda Silva, Program Officer, Technology and Society
Farai Chideya, Program Officer, Creativity and Free Expression
Innocent Chukwuma, Director, West Africa
Javier Ciurlizza, Director, Andean Region
The murder of Temistocles Machado: Human rights defenders in Colombia are still under threat
What to expect at the Habitat III conference on urban development
Ford’s new office in Bogotá: Q&A with director Javier Ciurlizza
Nueva oficina de la Fundación Ford en Bogotá: Entrevista con el director Javier Ciurlizza
Colombia and FARC peace agreement: Fighting inequality starts with a ceasefire
El proceso de paz con las FARC en Colombia: del cese al fuego a la lucha contra la desigualdad
Michael Clemens, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Marc Climaco, Strategic Communications Officer
Michael Cohen, Director, International Affairs, The New School
Tanya Coke, Director, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Public Interest Tech Community
Susan Crawford, Co-Director, Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Penny Davies, Former International Program Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Xavier de Souza Briggs, Former Program Vice President
Frank DeGiovanni, Former Senior Adviser
Mia Deschamps, Former Program Associate
Judith Diers, Program Officer, Office of the Vice President for International Programs
Kamilah Duggins, Talent Acquisition Manager
Diah Dwiandani, Executive Assistant - Indonesia
Nicole Eley-Carr, Digital Content Marketing Lead
Moushira Elgeziri, Former Program Officer
Noha El-Mikawy, Director, Middle East and North Africa
Ritse Erumi, Technology Fellow, Future of Work(ers)
Ivana Fertziger, Senior Program Officer, Mexico and Central America
Holly Fetter, Stanford University Tom Ford Fellow in Philanthropy
Timothy Flacke, Executive Director, Commonwealth
Ford Foundation
Adriana Barbosa: A Champion for Latin America’s Black Entrepreneurs
Benilda Regina Paiva de Brito: A Caretaker for Brazil’s Black Women and Girls
Kassandra Frederique is Reimagining the Future of Drug Policy in America
Tanya Wallace-Gobern wants you to value Black workers
Desmond Meade: A Warrior for Voting Rights
Glenisse Pagan-Ortiz is building back Puerto Rico
Mónica Ramírez: A Backbone for Migrant Women
Bianca Santana: Writing the Way Out of Injustice
Sekou Siby is Taking the Heat Off Restaurant Workers During COVID-19
Clap Back against Worker Inequity
Why the future of abortion rights in America rests with Louisiana
Our Social Bond to Strengthen the Social Justice Sector
‘I guess this is my life. I have no options.’
Frederick James Frelow, Former Senior Program Officer, Youth Opportunity and Learning
Ethan Frey, Program Officer, Cities and States
José García, Program Officer, Future of Work(ers)
Ryan Gerety, Former Technology Fellow, Equitable Development
Lavar Gibson, Associate
Jeremie Greer, Vice President of Policy and Research, CFED
Sarita Gupta, Director, Future of Work(ers)
Morgan Hargrave, Former Technology Fellow, Civic Engagement and Government
Jocelyn Harmon, Chief Philanthropy Officer, CFED
Margaret Hempel, Former Director, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Sophia Hernández, Program Associate, Civic Engagement and Government, International Program
Judith Heumann, Senior Fellow
Josie Hodson, Tom Ford Fellow in Philanthropy, Creativity and Free Expression
Helena Hofbauer Balmori, International Program Director, Civic Engagement and Government; Director, Mexico and Central America
Laila Hourani, Senior Program Officer, Middle East and North Africa
John Irons, Former Director, Future of Work(ers)
Alfred Ironside, Former Vice President, Global Communications
Alexander Irwan, Director, Indonesia
LaShawn R. Jefferson, Former Program Officer, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Susie Jolly, Former Program Officer
Rajiv Joshi, Managing Director, The B Team
David Kaimowitz, Former International Program Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Natural climate solutions are the future, and indigenous rights are key to their success
Choosing water over gold: El Salvador bans metallic mining
One year after her death, Berta Cáceres's voice lives on
Reflecting on the Paris climate agreement, one year later
Reflexiones acerca del Acuerdo de París sobre el Cambio Climático, un año después
Indigenous land rights: A cheap and effective climate change solution, just in time
"When Two Worlds Collide": A victory for Peruvian indigenous leaders, on-screen and off
Why indigenous rights are key to fighting climate change
Por qué los derechos indígenas son fundamentales para combatir el cambio climático
The work of indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres does not end with her death
"They fear us because we are fearless"
What do forest rights have to do with climate change?
Delane Kalembo, Program Coordinator, African Men for Sexual Health and Rights
William Kelley, Global Director, Talent Acquisition and Engagement|People and Culture
Brook Kelly-Green, Former Program Officer, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Amy Kenyon, Senior Program Officer, Cities and States
Noorain Khan, Director, President's Office
Farhana Khera, President and Executive Director, Muslim Advocates
Jee Kim, Former Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government
Lisa Kim, Gallery Director
Rachel Korberg, Program Officer, Future of Work(ers)
Michelle Lawrence, Communications Intern
Jim LeBrecht, Director of Crip Camp
Kirsten D. Levingston, Former Program Officer, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Eryn Loeb, Editor
Shaping a digital marketplace that puts consumers first
URGE’s Kierra Johnson on the Women’s March and the power of youth
"America Divided": Putting a spotlight on inequality
Three business leaders on how capitalism and the 1% can help fight inequality
Michelle Alexander on racial justice, mass incarceration and Black Lives Matter
Connecting the dots on voting rights and education
The hidden costs of being LGBT, a groundbreaking filmmaker, and more...
A genuine global climate movement, diversity in the suburbs, and more...
The most diverse apartment building in America and more...
Philanthropy, open for improvement
Michael Brown's college, restaurant workers below the poverty line, and more...
A "climate swerve," Brazil's first indigenous woman lawyer, and more...
Photos from Ferguson, John Oliver's genius and more...
Mainstreaming the inequality convo, transforming Mexico City, and more...
Understanding trans rights, lessons in migration from Ecuador and more...
Unaccompanied minors, solving poverty and more...
Mapping HIV, urban design for safer cities and more...
The geography of innovation, surveillance meets networks, and more...
A case for reparations, tech use around the world and more...
Inequality in higher ed, fast food workers, and more...
Online discrimination, mapping poverty, and more...
As the climate changes, we are all "living dangerously"
Tackling mass incarceration, transgender rights, and more...
The Bard Prison Initiative: Bringing hope to a broken system
Designing better cities, privacy as luxury and more...
Low-income housing, press freedom and more...
Graham Macmillan, Former Senior Program Officer, Mission Investments
Jerry Maldonado, Director, Cities and States
Vivek Malhotra, Director, Civil and Human Rights
Heather McGhee, President, Demos
Lori McGlinchey, Director, Technology and Society
Myriam Méndez-Montalvo, Former Regional Representative
Hannah Meropol, Tom Ford Fellow
Cara Mertes, Project Director, Moving Image Strategies, International Programs
Now is the time for social justice philanthropy to invest in emerging media
Sundance 2017: Celebrating films that help us understand today’s world
How documentary storytelling can forge connection and create change
Money in politics, immigrant rights, and the opioid crisis: Recapping “America Divided,” episode 4
Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble: Q&A with "Music of Strangers" filmmaker Morgan Neville
Celebrating five years of JustFilms
The extraordinary Grace Lee Boggs
CITIZENFOUR: Filmmaking as an act of justice
Lawrence Mishel, President, Economic Policy Institute
Megan Morrison, Former Officer, Strategy and Learning
Margaret Morton, Director, Creativity and Free Expression
Lwazi Mtshiyo, Candidate Attorney, Socio-Economic Rights Institute (SERI)
Juliet Mureriwa, Grants Officer, Reserves Fund
Nicolette Naylor, International Program Director, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice; Director, Southern Africa
A moment of reckoning and reflection in the global fight for racial equality
Is Gender Equality Out of Reach during COVID-19? We don’t buy it.
Social justice organizations are not squeaky clean, and we must do better
What inequality looks like around the world—and how to fight it
Storytellers are change makers
Wilneida Negrón, Project Manager, Capital, Media, and Technology, Transform Finance
Four Ways Mission-Aligned Investors Can Support Equitable Media
Why the privacy conversation needs more voices
10 tech trends that will impact social justice in 2018
A technologist approaches technology with a healthy dose of skepticism
Why you should care about bots if you care about social justice
What’s your American Dream Score?
10 tech issues that will impact social justice in 2017
Nicole Newnham, Director of Crip Camp
Stefan Norgaard, Stanford University Tom Ford Fellow in Philanthropy
Linda Ochiel, Program Officer, Eastern Africa
Raymond Offenheiser, President, Oxfam America
Nicole Okai, Strategic Communications Officer
Thalia Orphee, Intern, Ford Foundation
Letícia Osório, Former Program Officer
Hilary Pennington, Executive Vice President of Programs
Why our world needs a new kind of leader
A Call to Action: Philanthropy’s Commitment During COVID-19
A Message of Support for Our Grantees
The Unfinished Business of Gender Equality
We heard you: Here’s how we’re strengthening our partnership with grantees
What happened to the American Dream? Q&A with "Happiness for All" author Carol Graham
Navigating our new normal: the shrinking space for civil society
Rethinking scholarships as a force for social justice
Answering your questions about FordForward
Minna Penttila, Program Assistant, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Mayra Peters-Quintero, Senior Program Officer, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Steve Phillips, Author, Brown is the New White
Felicity Proctor, Research Associate, Rimisp - Latin American Center for Rural Development
Barbara Raab, Former Program Officer, Creativity and Free Expression
Altaf Rahamatulla, Former Program Associate, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Kavita N. Ramdas, Former Senior Adviser, Global Strategy
Sanjiv Rao, Director, Civic Engagement and Government
Sabina Razak, Intern, Ford Foundation
Kathy Reich, Director, Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD)
David Reiling, CEO, Sunrise Banks
Steve Rhee, Senior Program Officer, Indonesia
Lourdes A. Rivera, Former Senior Program Officer, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
David Robinson, Principal, Upturn
Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director, ACLU
Laine Romero-Alston, Former Program Officer, Future of Work
Atila Roque, Director, Brazil
Jean Ross, Former Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government
Bess Rothenberg, Senior Director, Strategy and Learning
Margaret A. Rugadya, Program Officer
Adela Ruiz, Program Assistant
Kevin Ryan, Program Officer, Cities and States
Otto Saki, Global Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government
Diane Samuels, Vice President, People and Culture
Judith F. Samuelson, Executive Director, Aspen Institute Business and Society Program
Rebeca Sandoval, Program Associate, Mexico and Central America
Otto Scharmer, Economist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graciela Selaimen, Senior Program Officer, Brazil
Hopolang Selebalo, Head of Research, Ndifuna Ukwazi
Rinku Sen, President and Executive Director, Race Forward
Natasha Sharma, Intern, Ford Foundation
Tony Sheldon, Executive Director, Program on Social Enterprise at the Yale School of Management
Michelle Shevin, Technology Fellow, Technology and Society
Robert J. Shiller, Economics Professor, Yale University
Gavin Silber, Research Consultant, Ndifuna Ukwazi
Paul Silva, Strategic Communications Manager
Lena Simet, Coordinator, Global Urban Futures Project, The New School
Mark Surman, Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation
Justin Sylvester, Program Officer, Southern Africa
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Executive Director, Tebtebba Foundation
Victor Tavarez, Intern, Ford Foundation
Hank Willis Thomas, Visual artist
Jenny Toomey, International Program Director, Technology and Society
Maria Torres-Springer, Vice President, US Programs
Catherine Townsend, Disability Inclusion Adviser
Tracy Van Slyke, Director, Culture Lab
Marielle Velander, Research Manager, Reboot
Aurélio Vianna Jr., Former Senior Program Officer
Kali Villarosa, Intern, Ford Foundation
Anna Shireen Wadia, Senior Program Officer, Future of Work(ers)
Elizabeth Wann, Program Assistant, Inclusive Economies
Eric K. Ward, Former Program Officer, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Ximena Saskia Warnaars, Program Officer, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Martin Whittaker, CEO, JUST Capital
Eka Williams, Program Officer
Rachel Wimpee, Ford Foundation Historian and Project Director
Douglas Wood, Former Program Officer, Global Grants
Why education in prison matters to democracy
“Pushout” author Monique Morris on what’s driving the criminalization of black girls in America
Financial aid just got easier for millions of students
Opportunity and dignity for incarcerated Americans
How prison education can transform lives and renew communities
Erika L. Wood, Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government
Deborah Wright, Senior Fellow, Ford Foundation
Chi-hui Yang, Senior Program Officer, JustFilms, Creativity and Free Expression
Luna Yasui, Senior Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government
Betty Yu, NetGain Blogger