The Obama Foundation welcomed Ford Foundation president Darren Walker to its board of directors on Monday, where he will ...

Darren Walker’s post-Ford Foundation future is starting to take shape, as the outgoing president is now set to join The Obama ...

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, ...

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 ...

When Ford Foundation President Darren Walker announced the philanthropy’s FordForward plan for “disrupting inequality” in June 2015, the supposed success became a major failure: Somehow ...

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.

The Ford Foundation’s net assets approached $16 billion in 2020, according to FoundationMark, which tracks endowments. Ford historically awards $500 to $600 million in grants annually. Walker said in ...

Ford Foundation’s New Leader Says She’ll Work to Protect Democracy. Heather K. Gerken, the dean of Yale Law School, will run the powerful philanthropy, known for pushing for social justice.