Institution: Ford Foundation

Philanthropy helped carve out a public space for the expression of race, culture, and critical perspectives.

How a foundation provided the final ingredient to an era-defining novel.

One foundation’s program in Mexico created the blueprint for ending hunger worldwide.

In 1968, the Ford Foundation began to make social investments using a new tool borrowed from the for-profit world, the Program-Related Investment.

The staying power of a massive preservation project thanks to a focus on museum staff and museums’ communities.

Decades of foundation involvement has helped this American cultural organization to grow, thrive, and innovate.

More than 700 major organizations and countless smaller individual donors helped restore a symbol of history and culture.

What happened to a massive agricultural development program when war broke out?

Why would an American foundation transform the field of business education?

In the years before Brown v. Board, a philanthropic fund hoped research and data would turn the tide on attitudes toward segregation.