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Interview with Ford Foundation president Darren Walker
John Harvey sat down with Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, at the recent Global Philanthropy Forum, for a conversation on how he sees Ford moving forward under his leadership. JH You’ve fairly recently …
Interview with Darren Walker
‘What we have learned is that the Ford Foundation has done three things very well: building institutions, investing in people and advancing social innovation.’ The car has a new driver. Will he change direction? Will …
How can philanthropists help to tackle inequality?
Asking the richest people in the world to use their philanthropy to tackle rising inequality might sound like a crazy strategy. Crazier still that someone from Oxfam – the organisation that has campaigned on the …
Wanted: a cure for colour-blindness
Turning a blind eye to the racism underlying our education system means that any solution will be partial at best When the US education system was created more than 150 years ago, fewer career paths …
Challenging the cookie cutter solutions to philanthropy
Recently, the European Union put out a call for funding proposals to support civil society in the ‘protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms worldwide.’ It may not seem like it on the …
Winners Take All: The elite charade of changing the world
Reviewed by Eva Rehse, Global Greengrants Fund, Europe ‘The master’s tools,’ Audre Lorde famously wrote, ‘will never dismantle the master’s house.’ Anand Giridharadas’ new book is a reflection on what this means for the change-makers …
Arming for justice: charge to philanthropy
Early into his address at the London School of Economics, Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, posed a question I have felt tugging at my conscience many times over the past decade I’ve spent …
Changing philanthropy to challenge inequality
‘Philanthropy is not a sector that likes to change’, Darren Walker asserted at a recent lecture at the London School of Economics. Although the Ford Foundation (where Walker is President) has been changing in recent …
Soros gifts $18 billion to Open Society Foundations
Disclosed last week, George Soros gifted $18 billion dollars to his Open Society Foundations. The foundation’s founder and chairman has now made one of the largest transfers of wealth ever, by a private donor to …
Towards a more inclusive diversity in the philanthropic sector
The philanthropic sector has taken steps to address the lack of inclusion of women and people of color in its talent pool. But newly released research from the U.S. Council on Foundations reveals that several demographics often …