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Interview Charles Keidan 30 March 2023

Darren Walker and Monica Aleman: we thread the needle as far as we can

Charles Keidan catches up with Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation and Monica Aleman, its International Program Director, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice at Canada House shortly before a panel appearance at The Philanthropy …

Interview Alliance magazine 27 February 2022

Business of Philanthropy: Darren Walker

In a recent episode of the Business of Philanthropy, Badr Jafar, Emirati philanthropist and Founding Patron of the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy at the University of Cambridge speaks with Darren Walker, President of the Ford …

Conference reports John Harvey 4 May 2015

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 Darren Walker 1 June 2014

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 …

Editorial Charles Keidan 5 March 2024 For Subscribers

Critical Friend: Where is philanthropy as we sleepwalk into conflict?

Few would disagree that the loss of almost 30,000 Palestinian lives in Gaza (at the time of writing) and the massacre of 1,200 people in Israel on 7 October 2023 are moral failings of huge …

News Shafi Musaddique 10 January 2024

“Fundamental rights under attack” with US discrimination lawsuit

Progressive philanthropic groups the Council on Foundations and Independent Sector have described a US lawsuit, in which a foundation providing support to black women entrepreneurs is accused of being racially discriminatory by nature, as an …

News Shafi Musaddique 25 October 2023

Ford Foundation and Australian billionaire respond to Gaza crisis

The Ford Foundation is to provide life-saving support and essential aid for the Palestinian civilians of Gaza, it has announced.   Relief will be undertaken by the foundation’s representative and staff in the Middle East …

Editorial 3 Charles Keidan 16 October 2023

Philanthropy is missing in action – again – on Israel/Palestine

What should philanthropy be doing in the face of distressing scenes from Israel and Gaza? That’s the question many are asking. Yet the philanthropic world seems eerily silent, paralysed by inaction. I can relate. After …

Book review Paul Ramsbottom 2 September 2023

Review: From Charity to Change: Inside the World of Canadian Foundations

The model of the charitable foundation is increasingly under criticism. ‘Wealth draws envy and philanthropy draws suspicion’ is one of Hilary Pearson’s many punchy phrases. Her book about the world of Canadian foundations is a …

Interview Charles Keidan 16 May 2023

Interview: Gbenga Oyebode

In April, the African Philanthropy Forum (APF) held its board strategy session at the Legatum Institute in London. Charles Keidan caught up with APFs new chair, corporate lawyer and philanthropist, Gbenga Oyebode, about the aims …