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  • News 28 July 2022

    Philanthropic and corporate leaders join Biden-Harris Administration’s call to invest in underserved communities

  • News 28 July 2022

    Ford, Mellon and MacArthur Foundations Transfer Sole Ownership of Historic Ebony and Jet Photo Archive to Getty and NMAAHC

  • News 27 July 2022

    Ford and Mellon Foundations Announce 2022 Disability Futures Fellows

  • News 25 July 2022

    Shaun Donovan joins Ford Foundation as a Senior Fellow

  • News 14 July 2022

    Ford Foundation Promotes Monica Aleman and José García as new Program Directors

  • News 21 June 2022

    Sherrilyn Ifill joins Ford Foundation as a Senior Fellow

  • News 15 June 2022

    Ford Foundation Appoints Catalina Devandas Aguilar to Board of Trustees

  • News 15 June 2022

    The Just Tech Fellowship Names Its Inaugural Class

  • News 2 June 2022

    Ford Foundation doubles investment for trans organizations, makes sweeping commitments to support LGBTQ+ communities

  • News 12 May 2022

    Mellon and Ford Foundations Announce Second Cohort of Latinx Artist Fellows

  • News 9 May 2022

    Ford Foundation: frontline organizations and private/public partnerships hold keys to global COVID-19 recovery

  • News 20 Dec. 2021

    Ford Foundation Appoints Sarita Gupta as its Next Vice President of US Programs

  • News 16 Dec. 2021

    Ford Foundation Invests $20.29 Million to Support Documentary Filmmaking in 2021

  • News 10 Dec. 2021

    Ford Foundation announces new fund to strengthen natural resources governance in West Africa

  • News 2 Dec. 2021

    Ford Foundation and Open Society Initiative for West Africa Launch New Fund to End Sexual Violence in West Africa

  • News 1 Dec. 2021

    Foundations Decry Vaccine Inequity Leading to the Emergence and Circulation of Dangerous Variants

  • News 16 Nov. 2021

    Ford Foundation announces five-year, $25 million grant to women-led global worker networks calling for a just economic recovery for the world’s 2.1 billion informal workers

  • News 1 Nov. 2021

    Governments and private funders announce historic US$1.7 billion pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities

  • News 19 Oct. 2021

    Ford Foundation Announces 48 New Global Fellows Focused on Addressing Systemic Inequality

  • News 18 Oct. 2021

    Ford Foundation Announces Plan to End Investments in Fossil Fuels

  • News 18 Oct. 2021

    Ford Foundation Appoints Salih Booker to Lead International Cooperation Efforts

  • News 15 Oct. 2021

    Ford Foundation Appoints Laurene Powell Jobs and Richard Verma to Board of Trustees

  • News 14 Oct. 2021

    Ford Foundation Launches First-Ever U.S. Disability Rights Program

  • News 14 Oct. 2021

    Global Alliance of Foundations Call for Equitable COVID-19 Relief

  • News 7 Oct. 2021

    Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director for West Africa

  • News 6 Oct. 2021

    Ford Foundation Makes Widespread Commitments to Further Global Vaccine Access

  • News 13 Sep. 2021

    Nigeria Youth Futures Fund will equip a new cadre of Youth Leaders in the region

  • News 17 Aug. 2021

    HouseUS Fund Launches with $7.5 Million in Seed Funding from Ford and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations

  • News 28 July 2021

    Social Justice Funders Launch International Initiative to Strengthen Impact of Moving Image Storytelling

  • News 14 July 2021

    Leading Philanthropies Join Forces to Boost Economic Mobility Among People Involved with the Criminal Justice System

  • News 12 July 2021

    The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Ford Foundation Announce Inaugural Cohort of Latinx Artist Fellows

  • News 6 July 2021

    Two Iconic American Writers Join Howard to Create a Center to Help Educate the Next Generation of Black Journalists

  • News 30 June 2021

    Ford Foundation Commits $420 Million to Tackle Gender Inequality Around the Globe Post COVID-19

  • News 28 June 2021

    Ford Foundation Commits $75 Million in New Funding to the US South

  • News 11 May 2021

    Funders Come Together to Launch $50 Million CARE Fund

  • News 4 May 2021

    Ford Foundation Appoints Javier Valdés as U.S. Director of Civic Engagement and Government

  • News 7 April 2021

    Ford Foundation Expands Flagship BUILD Program to Provide $1 Billion to Hundreds of Organizations

  • News 5 April 2021

    Mourning the loss of Innocent Chukwuma

  • News 25 March 2021

    Ford Foundation Supports Launch of First Global Fund Addressing Key Issues Facing Black Women

  • News 18 March 2021

    Ford Foundation, Borealis Philanthropy, Center for Cultural Power, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures Launch "Reclaiming the Border Narrative"

  • News 3 March 2021

    Major Philanthropies Tackle Inequality by Strengthening How Open Source Code is Developed and Maintained

  • News 12 Jan. 2021

    Ford Foundation Appoints Anthony Bebbington as Director of Natural Resources and Climate Change

  • News 16 Dec. 2020

    Families and Workers Fund Raises Nearly $30 Million for Workers Hardest Hit by COVID-19

  • News 16 Dec. 2020

    Ford Foundation Announces 2019-2020 JustFilms Documentary Grantees

  • News 19 Oct. 2020

    Ford Foundation Appoints Samantha Power to Board of Trustees

  • News 14 Oct. 2020

    Ford Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announce Disability Futures Fellows

  • News 9 Oct. 2020

    Ford Foundation Announces $180 Million in New Funding for U.S. Racial Justice Efforts

  • News 30 Sep. 2020

    22 Foundations and Donors Pledge to Redouble Commitments to Puerto Rico

  • News 30 Sep. 2020

    Veintidós fundaciones y donantes se comprometen a redoblar su compromiso con Puerto Rico

  • News 24 Sep. 2020

    Sixteen Major Donors and Foundations Commit Unprecedented $156 Million to Support Black, Latinx, Asian and Indigenous Arts Organizations

  • News 29 July 2020

    NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund has issued over $110 Million in emergency funds to New York City-Based Nonprofits

  • News 30 June 2020

    Avoid and report email and phone scams

  • News 29 June 2020

    Funders join forces to advance a global economy that works for people and the planet.

  • News 23 June 2020

    Ford Foundation Announces Sale and Pricing of Landmark $1 Billion Social Bonds

  • News 23 June 2020

    Morgan Stanley, TruFund Financial Services and Ford Foundation Announce Launch of $26 Million Impact Developers Fund

  • News 11 June 2020

    Five Major Foundations to Increase Support with over $1.7 Billion to Assist Nonprofit Organizations in Wake of Global Pandemic

  • News 11 June 2020

    Ford Foundation Takes Historic, Unprecedented Action to Increase Grantmaking for Nonprofits by $1 Billion with Proceeds of Offering of Social Bonds in Response to COVID-19

  • News 1 June 2020

    Ford Foundation Launches Global Fellows Network to Tackle Inequality Worldwide

  • News 22 April 2020

    Amidst COVID-19 Crisis, Disability Inclusion Fund Launches Rapid Response Fund

  • News 17 April 2020

    NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Issues $44 Million to Social Services and Arts Nonprofits

  • News 14 April 2020

    Ford and Leading Philanthropies Launch Fund to Support Low-Wage Workers Hardest Hit by COVID-19

  • News 8 April 2020

    Ford Foundation Appoints Depelsha McGruder as Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer

  • News 20 March 2020

    NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Launched to Support New York City Nonprofit Organizations

  • News 19 March 2020

    Top Foundations Pledge Flexible Funding to Grantees in Wake of COVID-19 Crisis

  • News 11 March 2020

    Consortium Forms Advisory Council, Announces Plans to Preserve Historic Ebony and Jet Photographic Archive

  • News 2 March 2020

    Ford Foundation Names Thomas L. Kempner Jr. to Board of Trustees

  • News 25 Feb. 2020

    #AfricaNoFilter Announces Expanded Collaborative Funding, Introduces New Executive Director

  • News 27 Jan. 2020

    Ford Foundation Gallery Announces Opening of Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of Louisiana

  • News 29 Dec. 2019

    Nilcéa Freire, uma grande perda

  • News 29 Dec. 2019

    Nilcéa Freire: Remembering a colleague, friend and human rights activist

  • News 6 Dec. 2019

    Ford Foundation appoints Michele Moore as vice president of Global Communications

  • News 11 Oct. 2019

    Announcing the Ford Foundation Global Fellowship program

  • News 27 Sep. 2019

    A message from Darren Walker to the NYC criminal justice community

  • News 9 Sep. 2019

    Mourning the loss of Marca Bristo

  • News 21 Aug. 2019

    Ford Foundation Gallery announces opening of Utopian Imagination

  • News 25 July 2019

    Foundation consortium acquires historic African American photographic archive

  • News 10 July 2019

    Ford Foundation appoints Sarita Gupta as director of Future of Work(ers)

  • News 20 June 2019

    Ford Foundation appoints Marca Bristo and Gbenga Oyebode to its board of trustees

  • News 13 June 2019

    Ford Foundation appoints Diane Samuels as vice president for Talent and Human Resources

  • News 23 May 2019

    Ford Foundation Gallery announces opening of Radical Love

  • News 4 April 2019

    Ford Foundation appoints Nishka Chandrasoma as vice president and General Counsel

  • News 14 March 2019

    Leading philanthropies announce funding collaborative to build women’s power and ensure safe workplaces

  • News 11 March 2019

    Higher education, philanthropy and public policy sectors unite in new push to develop public interest technology

  • News 22 Feb. 2019

    Ford Foundation elects Henry Ford III to Board of Trustees

  • News 1 Feb. 2019

    Ford Foundation appoints Maria Torres-Springer as next vice president for US programs

  • News 1 Feb. 2019

    Ford Foundation announces opening of its art gallery focused on social justice, offers details of inaugural exhibitions

  • News 18 Oct. 2018

    Ford Foundation appoints Chuck Robbins to its Board of Trustees

  • News 20 July 2018

    A new hotline for anonymous harassment and discrimination complaints

  • News 25 June 2018

    Distinguished surgeon and former Chancellor of the University of Texas System will lead Ford Foundation Board of Trustees

  • News 5 April 2018

    International and Brazilian partners announce a fund to honor Marielle Franco

  • News 5 April 2018

    Fundos investidores internacionais e brasileiro se unem para financiar a criação de lideranças políticas como Marielle Franco

  • News 27 Feb. 2018

    50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report: Poll results on the coverage of race in the news media

  • News 19 Jan. 2018

    Ford Foundation appoints Hilary Pennington as executive vice president

  • News 4 Dec. 2017

    Ford Foundation hires Roy Swan to lead Mission Investments portfolio

  • News 28 Nov. 2017

    Ford Foundation and Walton Family Foundation launch $6 million effort to diversify art museum leadership

  • News 28 Nov. 2017

    Peterson Foundation and Ford Foundation launch US 2050

  • News 17 Nov. 2017

    Darren Walker and Joel Fleishman discuss philanthropy today

  • News 16 Nov. 2017

    Foundations commit  $5M to ensure an equitable recovery in Puerto Rico

  • News 5 Oct. 2017

    Interested in the foundation’s history, mission, and grant making?

  • News 2 Oct. 2017

    Ford Foundation awards 25 fellowships to US artists driving social change

  • News 14 Sep. 2017

    Ford Foundation names Judy Heumann senior fellow

  • News 26 July 2017

    U.S. Impact Investing Alliance launches to scale the practice of impact investing

  • News 19 June 2017

    Ford Foundation appoints Ai-jen Poo to Board of Trustees

  • News 12 June 2017

    Art for Justice Fund established with $100 million gift from philanthropist Agnes Gund

  • News 1 June 2017

    Knight Foundation and Ford Foundation give $2.5 million to support Detroit’s Strategic Neighborhood Fund

  • News 9 May 2017

    The Economist Intelligence Unit releases "A Path to Peace through Inclusion"

  • News 12 April 2017

    Facebook Live: Behind our $1 billion announcement

  • News 5 April 2017

    Ford Foundation commits $1 billion from endowment to mission-related investments

  • News 8 March 2017

    Ford Foundation appoints Pradeep Nair as regional director for India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka

  • News 16 Feb. 2017

    Ford Foundation appoints Bryan Stevenson to Board of Trustees

  • News 13 Oct. 2016

    A briefing on the Habitat III conference on urban development

  • News 5 Oct. 2016

    The Ford Foundation has moved—for now

  • News 5 Oct. 2016

    CFC Media Lab, NFB, and JustFilms | Ford Foundation partner to present creative doc lab focused on VR storytelling

  • News 2 Sep. 2016

    Ford Foundation appoints Atila Roque to lead Brazil office

  • News 2 Sep. 2016

    Fundação Ford nomeia Atila Roque como representante de seu escritório no Brasil

  • News 19 Aug. 2016

    Help us figure out where to focus our funding in the United States (RFP)

  • News 7 July 2016

    Ford Foundation appoints Gabrielle Sulzberger to Board of Trustees

  • News 13 June 2016

    We mourn the loss and violence in Orlando, and seek solidarity

  • News 31 May 2016

    Elizabeth Alexander elected to Pulitzer Prize Board

  • News 19 May 2016

    New overtime rules are a step toward economic fairness for millions of Americans

  • News 18 May 2016

    Ford Foundation appoints John Irons as director of Inclusive Economies

  • News 11 May 2016

    Ten philanthropies will help Flint recover and rise from water crisis

  • News 10 May 2016

    Pay for Success: a simple but profound approach to impact

  • News 28 April 2016

    Ford Foundation names Kathy Reich as director for effort to strengthen institutions and networks

  • News 28 April 2016

    New residential college at Yale to be named after former Ford fellow

  • News 14 April 2016

    Skoll, Ford and BRITDOC Launch Flex Fund to Expand Impact of Storytelling

  • News 3 March 2016

    Ford mourns the loss of Berta Cáceres

  • News 29 Feb. 2016

    Executives’ Alliance foundation leaders “ban the box”

  • News 3 Feb. 2016

    Ford Foundation and Cannes’ Marché du Film sign agreement

  • News 7 Jan. 2016

    Ford Foundation appoints Bess Rothenberg as director of new office of Strategy & Learning

  • News 16 Dec. 2015

    Foundation to renovate landmark NYC headquarters, create global center for philanthropy and civil society

  • News 16 Nov. 2015

    Ford Foundation appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as senior advisor to the president

  • News 10 Nov. 2015

    Renewing Communities in California: a transformative approach to reentry

  • News 16 Oct. 2015

    Ford appoints David Barth as director of Youth Opportunity and Learning

  • News 6 Oct. 2015

    Ford appoints Elizabeth Alexander as director of Creativity and Free Expression

  • News 4 Oct. 2015

    Ford names Michelle Alexander senior fellow

  • News 22 Sep. 2015

    Hilary Pennington lauded among 20 top philanthropists

  • News 22 Sep. 2015

    Passion for diversity

  • News 27 Aug. 2015

    10 years after Katrina: Learning from New Orleans

  • News 27 Aug. 2015

    Can New Orleans be a just city?

  • News 31 July 2015

    Pell Grants to support education for incarcerated people: The latest news

  • News 7 July 2015

    Ford responds to WSJ: Lasting gains come when all sectors work together

  • News 6 July 2015

    Darren Walker on the state of civil society

  • News 10 June 2015

    Ford Foundation honored by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: The power of dance for social justice

  • News 5 June 2015

    Behind the latest news on Internet privacy

  • News 29 April 2015

    Foundation announces support for disaster relief and recovery in Nepal

  • News 16 April 2015

    JustFilms supports four films and interactive storytelling at Tribeca Film Festival

  • News 7 April 2015

    The Art of Change: Meet our visiting fellows

  • News 7 April 2015

    Foundation launches effort to advance arts, culture, and social justice in the 21st century

  • News 1 April 2015

    Millions of lives transformed: 50 years of Head Start

  • News 5 March 2015

    50 years after Selma: Marching on

  • News 4 March 2015

    Report finds college education essential for California incarcerated

  • News 2 March 2015

    Proud to support net neutrality

  • News 23 Feb. 2015

    Celebrating CITIZENFOUR

  • News 20 Feb. 2015

    Ford Foundation appoints Ursula Burns to Board of Trustees

  • News 19 Feb. 2015

    Common cause on criminal justice reform

  • News 10 Feb. 2015

    Leading foundations join together to launch initiative to build a stronger digital society

  • News 5 Feb. 2015

    New $25 million fund for South African civil society groups working to advance constitutionalism

  • News 3 Feb. 2015

    Ford Foundation expands Creative Commons licensing for all grant-funded projects

  • News 22 Jan. 2015

    JustFilms returns to Sundance with four new films and expanded partnerships

  • News 21 Jan. 2015

    National Advisory Board on Impact Investing names Darren Walker as new chair

  • News 5 Jan. 2015

    Foundation appoints Don Chen new director of Metropolitan Opportunity

  • News 17 Dec. 2014

    Freedom and opportunity in Cuba

  • News 10 Dec. 2014

    Foundation launches new grants in Detroit to expand grassroots participation and strengthen civic fabric as city exits bankruptcy

  • News 5 Dec. 2014

    Creativity, science, and social justice

  • News 17 Nov. 2014

    The Grand Bargain and beyond

  • News 3 Nov. 2014

    Ford Foundation appoints John W. Bernstein as chief operating officer

  • News 3 Nov. 2014

    Ford Foundation appoints Alfred Ironside vice president for global communications

  • News 23 Oct. 2014

    Ford Foundation appoints Dr. Francisco Cigarroa to Board of Trustees

  • News 20 Oct. 2014

    Ford Foundation appoints Rakesh Rajani as the new director of Democratic Participation and Governance

  • News 20 Oct. 2014

    Ford Foundation appoints Helena Hofbauer Balmori to lead its Mexico and Central America office

  • News 7 Oct. 2014

    A landmark work of art, then and now

  • News 5 Sep. 2014

    Foundation appoints Kenneth T. Monteiro general counsel and vice president

  • News 17 July 2014

    19 Ford-funded films nominated for 2014 Emmys

  • News 15 July 2014

    Ford Foundation appoints Samantha Gilbert as vice president for talent and human resources

  • News 8 July 2014

    Remembering Tom Kessinger

  • News 23 June 2014

    Paula Moreno will join Board of Trustees; Kofi Appenteng elected as board chair

  • News 20 June 2014

    Update: Fraudulent e-mail and phone solicitation warning

  • News 16 June 2014

    Strengthening the voices of LGBTQ people of color

  • News 9 June 2014

    A time for action: Expanding opportunities for young men of color

  • News 6 June 2014

    June 6: What we're following this week

  • News 20 May 2014

    Turnaround Arts initiative: Using creativity to fuel achievement

  • News 15 May 2014

    Remembering Malik Bendjelloul

  • News 13 May 2014

    Ending child marriage in a generation: What research is needed?

  • News 9 May 2014

    May 9: What we're following this week

  • News 2 May 2014

    May 2: What we're following this week

  • News 28 April 2014

    The technology deficit

  • News 18 April 2014

    April 18: What we're following this week

  • News 17 April 2014

    Remembering Peter Bell

  • News 28 March 2014

    March 28: What we're following this week

  • News 21 March 2014

    March 21: What we're following this week

  • News 14 March 2014

    March 14: What we're following this week

  • News 12 March 2014

    Transforming cities: Join the conversation

  • News 7 March 2014

    Truth, justice, and artistry

  • News 28 Feb. 2014

    February 28: What we're following this week

  • News 27 Feb. 2014

    Ten leading foundations join forces to expand opportunities for young men of color

  • News 22 Feb. 2014

    JustFilms at the Tribeca Film Festival

  • News 19 Feb. 2014

    Ford Foundation appoints Lourdes Lopez to Board of Trustees

  • News 11 Feb. 2014

    New investment extends Franklin Thomas Fellowships to 2040

  • News 7 Feb. 2014

    February 7: What we're following this week

  • News 3 Feb. 2014

    Ford Foundation to mark 20th anniversary of its Southern Africa office

  • News 31 Jan. 2014

    January 31: What we're following this week

  • News 24 Jan. 2014

    A victory for better banking

  • News 24 Jan. 2014

    January 24: What we're following this week

  • News 17 Jan. 2014

    Five Ford Foundation JustFilms-supported projects premiere at Sundance Film Festival

  • News 14 Jan. 2014

    January 17: What we're following this week

  • News 13 Jan. 2014

    A statement to the people of Detroit

  • News 10 Jan. 2014

    January 10: What we're following this week

  • News 8 Jan. 2014

    A continuing "war on poverty"

  • News 20 Dec. 2013

    December 20: What we're following this week

  • News 19 Dec. 2013

    Celebrating Gloria Steinem

  • News 19 Dec. 2013

    2013: A time of transformation

  • News 16 Dec. 2013

    Support for deepening coverage of race and ethnicity

  • News 13 Dec. 2013

    December 13: What we're following this week—a stark divide

  • News 10 Dec. 2013

    Toward technology that serves the public

  • News 6 Dec. 2013

    December 6: What we're following this week

  • News 5 Dec. 2013

    Immigration gets personal

  • News 5 Dec. 2013

    He lived as "all of us, at our best, aspire to live"

  • News 22 Nov. 2013

    November 22: What we're following this week

  • News 15 Nov. 2013

    November 15: What we're following this week

  • News 14 Nov. 2013

    Sharing stories, rebuilding communities

  • News 30 Oct. 2013

    In a storm's wake, building a more equitable region

  • News 28 Oct. 2013

    Ford Foundation appoints Amy Falls to Board of Trustees

  • News 24 Oct. 2013

    A hit song, a hot-button Issue

  • News 21 Oct. 2013

    Ford Foundation appoints Xavier de Souza Briggs as vice president of Economic Opportunity and Assets

  • News 16 Oct. 2013

    Reimagining public housing

  • News 1 Oct. 2013

    How can we build cities that are sustainable, inclusive, and truly just?

  • News 25 Sep. 2013

    Breaking the cycle of child marriage

  • News 13 Sep. 2013

    Ford grants $6 million to seven organizations to reshape the global human rights movement

  • News 11 Sep. 2013

    Why economic inequality matters

  • News 9 Sep. 2013

    Ford Foundation appoints Hilary Pennington and Martín Abregú as program vice presidents

  • News 24 July 2013

    Ford Foundation announces new president

  • News 29 May 2013

    Ford Foundation appoints Cara Mertes to lead JustFilms

  • News 14 May 2013

    Ford Foundation appoints Elizabeth Knup to lead its China office

  • News 3 April 2013

    Ford Foundation appoints Achmat Dangor to lead its South Africa office

  • News 4 March 2013

    Ford Foundation president to step down in September

  • News 1 March 2013

    2013 Ford Foundation law school fellows

  • News 14 Feb. 2013

    Ford Foundation appoints Ricardo Castro as general counsel

  • News 18 Jan. 2013

    Ford Foundation JustFilms supports eight films set for world premiere at Sundance Film Festival

  • News 10 Jan. 2013

    JustFilms-supported documentary wins Oscar nomination

  • News 20 Dec. 2012

    Ford Foundation continues support for Hurricane Sandy recovery with 23 new community grants

  • News 17 Dec. 2012

    Ford Foundation commits $3 Million to World Bank's Global Partnership for Social Accountability

  • News 12 Dec. 2012

    Ford Foundation appoints Innocent Chukwuma to lead its West Africa office

  • News 3 Dec. 2012

    New five-state collaborative will reimagine school day and increase learning time for tens of thousands of students

  • News 27 Nov. 2012

    Support for Hurricane Sanday recovery

  • News 15 Nov. 2012

    The role of philanthropy in Latin America

  • News 13 Nov. 2012

    Ford Foundation announces Champions of Democracy awardees

  • News 10 Oct. 2012

    Ford Foundation commits $25 million to help end child marriage in a generation

  • News 2 Oct. 2012

    Breaking ground for a new community Artspace

  • News 24 Sep. 2012

    Ford Foundation co-founds Better Than Cash alliance

  • News 24 Sep. 2012

    Ford Foundation announces 10-year $100M commitment to build on legacy of Ford Fellows program

  • News 13 Sep. 2012

    On the frontlines of public interest law

  • News 23 Aug. 2012

    An investment in quality journalism

  • News 18 July 2012

    Ford awards seven human rights organizations $1 million each to become global leaders

  • News 15 June 2012

    Remembering Elinor Ostrom

  • News 12 June 2012

    Ford Foundation appoints Kavita N. Ramdas as representative in New Delhi

  • News 23 May 2012

    Ford Foundation kicks off 50th anniversary in Eastern Africa with program of special grants

  • News 10 May 2012

    More than 100 national leaders join forces to advocate for expanded learning time in low-income schools

  • News 8 May 2012

    Ford Foundation gives $1 million to help expand number of U.S. students with experience in China

  • News 24 April 2012

    Ford Foundation begins 50th anniversay in Latin America with special grants across the region

  • News 2 Feb. 2012

    Ford Foundation $30 million investment kick-starts effort to expand low-income families' access to financial services in California

  • News 19 Jan. 2012

    Five films with major support from JustFilms set for world premiere at Sundance film festival

  • News 13 Dec. 2011

    Ford Foundation appoints Noha El-Mikawy to lead its Middle East and North Africa Office

  • News 21 Nov. 2011

    Ford Foundation announces Jubilee Transparency Award winners

  • News 17 Nov. 2011

    Ford Foundation appoints Maurice Makoloo to lead its Eastern Africa office

  • News 29 Sep. 2011

    Tim Berners-Lee and Martin Eakes join Ford Foundation board

  • News 20 Sep. 2011

    Girls not brides: A new global partnership to end child marriage announced at 2011 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting

  • News 19 Sep. 2011

    Ford Foundation appoints Phillip L. Clay as senior fellow

  • News 15 Sep. 2011

    ArtsPlace: Putting Arts at the Center of Economic Development

  • News 23 June 2011

    Ford Foundation appoints Myriam Méndez-Montalvo and Nilcéa Freire to lead its work in South America

  • News 15 June 2011

    Ford Foundation staff member Willy Mutunga appointed chief justice of Kenya

  • News 23 May 2011

    Ford Foundation appoints Jonathan Barzilay to direct its work on freedom of expression

  • News 5 May 2011

    Ford Foundation's landmark work on Agent Orange transitions to Aspen Institute

  • News 3 May 2011

    Twelve social change visionaries are honored by the Ford Foundation

  • News 3 May 2011

    Ford Foundation announces transparency awards nomination process

  • News 11 Feb. 2011

    Statement from the Ford Foundation on its work in Egypt

  • News 8 Feb. 2011

    LINC and the Ford Foundation award $1 million in grants to emerging arts and cultural facilities

  • News 7 Feb. 2011

    GrantCraft goes global

  • News 19 Jan. 2011

    Ford Foundation launches $50 million fund for next-generation documentary filmmakers

  • News 1 Dec. 2010

    Ford Foundation awards grants for innovative research on youth sexuality

  • News 5 Oct. 2010

    Ford Foundation celebrates 50 years in West Africa

  • News 29 July 2010

    Ford Foundation commits $85 million to advance rural land rights and reduce climate change

  • News 22 July 2010

    National Fund for Workforce Solutions recognized with inaugural award from Social Innovation Fund

  • News 2 June 2010

    Ford Foundation initiative to tackle HIV crisis in United States

  • News 28 May 2010

    Ford announces Irene Hirano Inouye as next board chair

  • News 18 May 2010

    Helping America's metropolitan regions build prosperity and expand opportunity

  • News 27 April 2010

    National Fund for Workforce Solutions receives Council on Foundations award for collaboration

  • News 22 April 2010

    Microfinance industry takes action to report client poverty levels, changes to clients' lives

  • News 5 April 2010

    Ford launches $100 million initiative to develop art spaces

  • News 16 March 2010

    Ford Foundation names Darren Walker as next vice president of Education, Creativity, and Free Expression program

  • News 5 March 2010

    Creating opportunity by increasing college completion

  • News 1 Feb. 2010

    Cecile Richards to join Ford Foundation board

  • News 27 Jan. 2010

    Ford Foundation commits $250,000 to support HIV/AIDS services in Haiti

  • News 19 Jan. 2010

    Ford Foundation commits initial $1 million in emergency aid for Haiti

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