Ford Foundation

Labor Watch
Amalgamated Bank: Shareholder Activism
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)activism can also extend beyond an organization’s own practices and investment decisions. Shareholders in publicly traded companies can attempt to leverage their position to pressure…
by Robert Stilson, Hayden Ludwig on May 25, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: The Hydra
The world of K–12 education policy has long been dominated by philanthropic foundations. Much of the education “reform” sweeping across America has been financed and pushed by elite, well-heeled foundations.
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: Equity Initiatives
The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones’s 2019 New York Times series turned grade school curriculum, might never have seen the light of day if not for the MacArthur Foundation. In 2014,…
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: Education
The world of K–12 education policy has long been dominated by philanthropic foundations. It was the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that pushed for Common Core, the national education standards…
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: Youth Activism
The foundations’ goals are political, and schools give them easy access to society’s most impressionable. But foundations relentlessly seek to shape children’s politics both inside and outside of the classroom.
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: Two Steps Ahead
K–12 schools are run by thirteen thousand independent school districts, but foundations have also perfected the art of implementing national political agendas through local government. Financially, this is a brilliant…
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Philanthropy
The Architecture of Big Philanthropy
“We shape our buildings,” Winston Churchill said in 1943, “and afterwards they shape us.” Foundations are not government agencies, of course, but they are meant to serve the public. Although…
by Leslie Lenkowsky on May 19, 2022

Philanthropy
“Democracy Funders” Lopsidedly Liberal
Of the top 200 givers to “democracy” as defined and tracked by Candid, 121 are ideologically categorizable as left-of-center and 21 are categorizable as right-of-center. Of the Candid list’s top…
by Michael Watson on May 3, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Should Disclose Investments and De-Politicize Giving
An increasing number of private foundations are inserting sociopolitical considerations into their investment portfolios, just as many already do in their grantmaking. Those that choose to do so should be…
by Robert Stilson on March 7, 2022

Foundation Watch
Ford Foundation’s Big Left Influence: The Ford Foundation’s Millions
One “lefty” billionaire that has been exerting a big influence on our politics for decades and yet escapes nearly all media scrutiny. This is more striking because Henry Ford died…
by Ken Braun on February 24, 2022