Press Room Media contacts Press LineTel (+1) 212-573-5126Fax (+1) 212-351-3643 [email protected] Press Highlights News 15 October 2021 Ford Foundation Appoints Laurene Powell Jobs and Richard Verma to Board of Trustees News 14 October 2021 Ford Foundation Launches First-Ever U.S. Disability Rights Program News 14 October 2021 Global Alliance of Foundations Call for Equitable COVID-19 Relief News 7 October 2021 Ford Foundation appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as regional director for West Africa News 6 October 2021 Ford Foundation Makes Widespread Commitments to Further Global Vaccine Access News 13 September 2021 Nigeria Youth Futures Fund will equip a new cadre of Youth Leaders in the region In The Headlines 25 August 2021 A Next-Generation Feminist Agenda News 17 August 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 In The Headlines 28 July 2021 Recognizing the Power of Storytelling, a Funder Collaborative Backs Media in the Global South News 14 July 2021 Leading Philanthropies Join Forces to Boost Economic Mobility Among People Involved with the Criminal Justice System In The Headlines 14 July 2021 Ford Foundation and partners announce $250 million commitment to easing the path from prison to workforce News 12 July 2021 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Ford Foundation Announce Inaugural Cohort of Latinx Artist Fellows In The Headlines 9 July 2021 We can smash one of the defining inequalities of our time News 6 July 2021 Two Iconic American Writers Join Howard to Create a Center to Help Educate the Next Generation of Black Journalists In The Headlines 6 July 2021 Nikole Hannah-Jones to join Howard faculty after UNC tenure controversy 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 In The Headlines 6 April 2021 An equitable vaccine rollout must prioritize the most vulnerable around the world News 5 April 2021 Mourning the loss of Innocent Chukwuma In The Headlines 1 April 2021 Sharing Power and Curbing Racial Inequities: How Grant Makers Can Commit to Real Change a Year After Covid In The Headlines 31 March 2021 Let Them Lead: It’s Time to Follow Black Women and Girls Toward Justice 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 In The Headlines 3 March 2021 $1.3M in grants go towards making the web’s open source infrastructure more equitable In The Headlines 4 February 2021 Exceptionalizing Amanda Gorman: Who Gets Left Behind? In The Headlines 2 February 2021 Hilary Pennington: From Virtue Signaling to Hard Self-Examination News 12 January 2021 Ford Foundation Appoints Anthony Bebbington as Director of Natural Resources and Climate Change News 16 December 2020 Families and Workers Fund Raises Nearly $30 Million for Workers Hardest Hit by COVID-19 News 16 December 2020 Ford Foundation Announces 2019-2020 JustFilms Documentary Grantees In The Headlines 16 December 2020 Gender-based violence and social justice in the Global South In The Headlines 30 October 2020 5 Actions Nonprofits Can Take to Embrace Disability Rights and Access In The Headlines 30 October 2020 Anti-Blackness Is Global and Gendered—Philanthropy’s Response Must Be, Too News 19 October 2020 Ford Foundation Appoints Samantha Power to Board of Trustees News 14 October 2020 Ford Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announce Disability Futures Fellows News 9 October 2020 Ford Foundation Announces $180 Million in New Funding for U.S. Racial Justice Efforts News 30 September 2020 22 Foundations and Donors Pledge to Redouble Commitments to Puerto Rico News 30 September 2020 Veintidós fundaciones y donantes se comprometen a redoblar su compromiso con Puerto Rico In The Headlines 30 September 2020 Grant Makers Including Ford Push for Sustained Puerto Rico Recovery Effort News 24 September 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 In The Headlines 10 July 2020 Darren Walker: How to disrupt philanthropy in response to crisis 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. In The Headlines 29 June 2020 Foundations Establish $5 Million Covid-19 Response Fund to Focus on the Global Economy In The Headlines 25 June 2020 Are You Willing to Give Up Your Privilege? 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 In The Headlines 30 April 2020 The Disability Community is Essential in Our Responses to COVID-19 In The Headlines 27 April 2020 Essential Protections for Essential Workers 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 In The Headlines 15 April 2020 Big New Funder Initiatives Support Policy Advocacy and Low-Income Workers In The Headlines 15 April 2020 Major Foundations Commit $7.1 Million to Aid Workers and Families In The Headlines 15 April 2020 Foundations Launch COVID-19 Fund for Low-Wage Workers News 14 April 2020 Ford and Leading Philanthropies Launch Fund to Support Low-Wage Workers Hardest Hit by COVID-19 In The Headlines 14 April 2020 Foundations and Donors Step Up Grants to Help Workers Hurt by the Pandemic News 8 April 2020 Ford Foundation Appoints Depelsha McGruder as Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer In The Headlines 30 March 2020 Andrew Cuomo, Stop a Coronavirus Disaster: Release People From Prison 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
