A nationally recognized labor policy expert, community organizer, and current leader of the Ford Foundation’s Future of Work(ers) program, Gupta will now oversee Ford’s US grantmaking
Today the Ford Foundation announced its overall funding for independent documentary film for 2021. JustFilms, a part of the foundation's Creativity and Free Expression program, provided over $20.29 million to support 122 organizations and filmmakers in the United States and Global South.
The $3 million Extractive Industry and Climate Change Governance Fund aims to help steer the natural resources sector in West Africa toward sustainable and inclusive development.
Ford’s grant will support WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing), a global research, policy and advocacy network focused on empowering the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy to secure their livelihoods.
The Ford Foundation joins five governments and 16 funders to announce a historic US$1.7 billion pledge at COP26 in support of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Forty-eight emerging leaders from around the world join the inaugural 24 fellows to build a network of 72 active fellows working to tackle global drivers of inequality.
Booker to spearhead global initiatives aimed at fostering collaboration between public interest and advocacy organizations throughout the world
The Ford Foundation announced today the election of two new members, Laurene Powell Jobs and Richard Verma, to its board of trustees.
With input from about 200 disability leaders, Ford’s first-ever U.S. Disability Rights program will focus on economic justice, building a diverse disability leadership pipeline, countering stigma, and strengthening organizations.
