Darren Walker OBE currently serves as the tenth president of the Ford Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to human welfare. Under Walker's leadership, the Ford Foundation became the first non-profit in US history to issue a $1 billion designated social bond in US capital markets for proceeds to strengthen and stabilize non-profit organizations in the wake of COVID-19.
Allocation is relative.
Bloomberg Business Week with David Westin speaks with Ford Foundation President Darren Walker about American democracy and affirmative action regarding talent.
Distributing ownership to address inequality is a proven solution promoted by John Locke during the enlightenment era.
Hope and optimism propels generations of Americans forward---"a belief that the playing field is fair."
Walker's solution: for constituents to be embrace Public Interest Law - specifically concerning the tech sector - leading into the future.
Darren Walker OBE studied law at The University of Texas - Austin
Ford Foundation:
An American Private Foundation
Endowment: US$16 billion
Headquarters: New York, NY
Method: Grants, funding
Created in 1936 with a gift of $25,000 by Edsel Ford.
Edsel Ford is the offspring of Henry and Clara Ford, founders of the Ford Motor Company.
Do you love researching scholarly journal articles, fundraising, or taking a professional development meeting this year?
American Economic Association
https://www.aeaweb.org/journals
American Bar Association
https://www.americanbar.org/topics/ethics/
Association of Fundraising Professionals
https://afpglobal.org/advancing-philanthropy
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