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The Obama Foundation welcomed Ford Foundation president Darren Walker to its board of directors on Monday, where he will ...
Darren Walker, outgoing president of the Ford Foundation, is joining The Obama Foundation’s board of directors on November 1.
Heather Gerken The Ford Foundation has announced that Heather Gerken, the current dean of Yale Law School, will become its ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Ford Foundation has settled on its next leader. Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken will succeed Darren Walker as the president of one of the largest U.S. charitable organizations, ...
But this effort by America’s top geopolitical adversary isn’t too far afield for the Ford Foundation to fund: It has given CDRF $600,000 to help realize its ambitions.
Gerken has been the dean of the Yale Law School since 2017, and is currently serving her second term, which was scheduled to conclude in 2027. She was the first woman to serve as the law school's dean ...
Wanted: a Rolls-Royce at Ford. The search for a new president of the Ford Foundation is under way, stimulating discussions of possible new directions and priorities for the second-wealthiest grant ...
Late last month, Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, one of the world’s most influential left-leaning philanthropic organizations, announced his intention to step down. Mr ...
Xavier de Souza Briggs, the Ford Foundation’s vice president for economic opportunity and markets, puts the value of the emerging impact investing market north of a trillion dollars.
EXCLUSIVE: The Ford Foundation is coming through for documentary filmmakers in a big way. Today, the nonprofit philanthropic institution announced its latest round of grants under the foundation ...
The Ford Foundation announced plans to spend $200 million over the next five years on programs aimed at better connecting cities and suburbs to create cohesive metropolitan areas.