Ford Foundation Appoints Depelsha McGruder as Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer
Release Date:
04/08/2020
The Ford Foundation announced the appointment of Depelsha McGruder as the chief operating officer (COO) and treasurer.
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Racial Equity in Journalism Fund at Borealis Philanthropy Awards Grants to News Organizations Led By and For Communities of Color
Release Date:
04/06/2020
The Racial Equity in Journalism (REJ) Fund at Borealis Philanthropy has awarded $2.3 million in grants to 16 news organizations serving communities of color across the country.
Andrew Cuomo, Stop a Coronavirus Disaster: Release People From Prison - Op-Ed Co-Written by Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation
Release Date:
03/30/2020
This is a public health crisis that threatens to become a humanitarian disaster.
NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund Launched To Support New York City Nonprofit Organizations
Release Date:
03/20/2020
The New $75 Million Fund will Provide Grants and Loans to New York City-Based Social Services and Cultural Organizations to Support Them in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
New York City Funders Join Forces to Launch The NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund
Release Date:
03/20/2020
The NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund was created to aid nonprofit service providers struggling with the health and economic effects of the coronavirus.
Open Letter to Grantees from Social Justice Funders
Release Date:
03/19/2020
As social justice funders, we all focus on the root causes of social, gender, racial, economic and environmental injustices.
Apollo Theater Launches Initiative Dedicated to the Creation of a Diverse 21st Century Performing Arts Canon with Support from the Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Release Date:
02/27/2020
The Apollo Theater announced today its first multi-work commissioning initiative dedicated to the creation of a diverse, 21st century American performing arts canon, Apollo New Works.
#AfricaNoFilter Launches, A Multi-Partner Collaborative, Including the Ford Foundation, Seeking to Amplify African Voices Through Reimagining Deep-Rooted Narratives
Release Date:
02/26/2020
#AfricaNoFilter -- a multi-partner collaborative seeking to amplify African voices and reimagine deep-rooted narratives about the African continent – launched today.
Living Cities Board Commits To Fund Racial Equity Centered Mission
Release Date:
02/27/2020
Eighteen of the world's largest foundations and financial institutions have re-committed to work together for another three years within Living Cities, a long-standing collaborative.
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Feb
2020
Immigration: When Something So Personal Depends on Policymakers
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 -
12:00pm to 2:00pm
Immigration can provoke passionate discussion and debate, especially in this political climate. The decision to leave one’s home country and take a risk on another is a highly personal and difficult decision. Yet, the majority of Americans can trace...
Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Surdna Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation Launch the Tipping Point Fund to Help Scale the Impact Investing Field
Release Date:
12/05/2019
Leaders from the foundation and family office communities today announced the launch of the Tipping Point Fund (“TPF”), a first-of-its-kind donor collaborative geared towards scaling the practice of impact investing.
Ford Foundation Appoints Michele Moore As Vice President of Global Communications
Release Date:
12/06/2019
The Ford Foundation today announced the appointment of Michele Moore as vice president of Global Communications.
"Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words," a New Exhibition Supported by the Ford Foundation, Offers Intimate View of Seminal Figure's Life
Release Date:
11/12/2019
Opening Dec. 5, this will be the first exhibition of the Rosa Parks Collection, which includes her personal writings, reflections, photographs, records and memorabilia.
Ford Foundation, Citi and OPIC Launch Scaling Enterprise, a $100MM Financing Partnership to Support Social Enterprises
Release Date:
10/23/2019
Citi Inclusive Finance, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Ford Foundation today introduced Scaling Enterprise, a $100 million loan guarantee facility.
Monument to Commemorate Destroyed African American Land in Central Park Funded by Ford Foundation, JPB Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund
Release Date:
10/20/2019
A new sculpture will honor the Lyons family, black activists and property owners who once lived in Seneca Village, a community destroyed by the creation of the park.
Leaders of the Ford, Open Society, MacArthur, Hewlett, and Packard Foundations Pledge to Do More to Help Charities Pay Overhead
Release Date:
09/04/2019
In an unusual move, five of America’s wealthiest foundations have joined forces to do more to help grantees pay for rent, decent wages, technology, and other overhead.
12
Sep
2019
Always in Season - Documentary Film Screening and Conversation with Filmmaker Jacqueline Olive
Thursday, September 12, 2019 -
5:30pm to 9:00pm
In partnership with Ford Foundation’s Just Films, we invite you to join us for the New York premiere and discussion of the Sundance award-winning film Always in Season .
Four Foundations, Including Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Buy Historic Archives of 'Ebony' Magazine
Release Date:
07/25/2019
The foundations will donate the archive to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture as well as the Getty Research Institute.
NYT Opinion: Darren Walker Reflects on Why Museums Need to Step Into the Future
Release Date:
07/26/2019
America’s museums are more than repositories of ancient Greek statues and Renaissance paintings. They are guardians of a fading social and demographic order. On Thursday, Warren Kanders resigned from the board of the Whitney Museum of Art, after...
Foundation Consortium Acquires Historic African American Photographic Archive
Release Date:
07/25/2019
Acquired for $30 million as part of an auction of the assets of Johnson Publishing Company, publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, the archive includes more than four million prints and negatives and is considered to be the most significant...