The Ford Foundation has announced Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken as its next president. Gerken, a leading expert on ...

Ford Foundation, one of the nation's largest philanthropies, names dean of Yale Law School to head it. Here's why.

Mr. Walker, who oversaw $7 billion in grants, plans to leave at the end of 2025 after what will have been 12 years. By Robin Pogrebin Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, one of ...

“Darren Walker completely transformed how philanthropy looks at disability,” she said. “People really saw it as a side issue, not as part of how we can lift up everyone as part of our shared humanity.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, exits the building on Jan. 1, 2026, he won’t be looking back on the institution he's led since 2013 and which has shaped ...

Darren Walker, the outgoing president of the Ford Foundation, has served on the National Gallery of Art’s board of trustees for five years. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

NEW YORK (AP) — If there are rock stars in philanthropy, Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, is one of them. And he's about to exit the stage. Walker, 64, has been named one of ...

Find out why Darren Walker is on the TIME100 Most Influential People in Philanthropy 2025 list. Skip to Content. Explore Close. Subscribe. back to list. TIME100 Philanthropy 2025. Filter.

Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, one of the nation's largest and most influential philanthropies, recently recalled the day his assistant excitedly told him that President ...

Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, participates in the Gobal Citizen NOW conference in New York, Friday, April 28, 2023. Credit: AP. By The Associated PressUpdated July 2, 2025 12:54 pm.

FILE - Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, participates in the Gobal Citizen NOW conference in New York, Friday, April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ...