Documentary | The Kinship Bridge – United States Explore The Kinship Bridge, a documentary uncovering family history and fostering reconciliation in the United States.

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Please support Lynn Perez and Mark Mckinnon's The Kinship Bridge Group for their upcoming documentary for family history!

#thekinshipbridge #history #FordFoundation

Documentary | The Kinship Bridge – United States Explore The Kinship Bridge, a documentary uncovering family history and fostering reconciliation in the United States.

www.kinshipbridge.org?fbclid=IwY2x...

Please support Lynn Perez and Mark Mckinnon's The Kinship Bridge Group for their upcoming documentary for family history!

#thekinshipbridge #history #FordFoundation

📢 SDSN Youth is excited to announce a new partnership with the Ford Foundation to launch "A Youth Vision for the World’s Future," a global initiative dedicated to amplifying youth voices on critical sustainability issues.

🔗 Learn more: www.unsdsn.org/news/sdsn-yo...

#SDSNYouth #FordFoundation

The Kinship Bridge Story 🎬 MAJOR MILESTONE: We Submitted to Ford Foundation! 🎬 We have taken a monumental step forward - submitting The Kinship Bridge grant application to the Ford Foundation's JustFilms initiative. I'm over...

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Please support Lynette Boggs and Mark Mckinnon with their efforts to bring new stories to new audiences!

#elvisprelsey #socialmedia #thekinshipbridge #fordfoundation

The Kinship Bridge Story 🎬 MAJOR MILESTONE: We Submitted to Ford Foundation! 🎬 We have taken a monumental step forward - submitting The Kinship Bridge grant application to the Ford Foundation's JustFilms initiative. I'm over...

Watch "The Kinship Bridge Story" on www.kinshipbridge.org/_api/media-s...

Please support Lynette Boggs and Mark Mckinnon with their efforts to bring new stories to new audiences!

#elvisprelsey #socialmedia #thekinshipbridge #fordfoundation

The Age of Big Foundations Isn’t Over Yet Even as many new billionaire donors give away vast sums without hiring much staff, top legacy foundations aren't changing their ways.

Even as many new billionaire donors give away vast sums without hiring many staff, top legacy foundations aren't changing their ways.

David Callahan Reports: tinyurl.com/y4ch9f7x

#Foundations #BigPhilanthropy #BillionaireDonors #LeanPhilanthropy #MacKenzieScott #FordFoundation #GeneralSupport

Please support The Kinship Bridge-For Splash Media & Ford Foundation.#Africanamerican #fordfoundation #thekinship

Please support The Kinship Bridge-For Splash Media & Ford Foundation.#Africanamerican #fordfoundation #thekinship

7 Funders Combine Forces to Launch New Literary Arts Fund The fund aims to put the historically under-resourced field on a path toward sustainability by granting at least $50 million within five years.

The Literary Arts Fund aims to put the historically under-resourced field on a path toward sustainability by granting at least $50 million to nonprofits within five years.

Mike Scutari reports: tinyurl.com/35szkaje

#LiteraryArtsFund #MellonFoundation #FordFoundation #MacArthurFoundation

Some Funders Share Their Buildings or Even Office Space with Nonprofits Office and event rental fees are a serious expense. Some funders help out by inviting nonprofits to share the foundations’ own buildings.

Office and event rental fees are a serious expense for nonprofits. Some funders help out by inviting nonprofits to share the foundations’ own buildings.

Dawn Wolfe(@drwolfe.bsky.social) reports: tinyurl.com/yakeek93

#McKnightFoundation #ClevelandFoundation #FordFoundation #KresgeFoundation

Please Support the Kinship Bridge Group and their commitment to bringing out more black and white family stories!

#thekinshipbridge #history #elvispresley #fordfoundation #graceland #churchhilldowns #nashville #blackhistory

Please Support the Kinship Bridge Group and their commitment to bringing out more black and white family stories!

#thekinshipbridge #history #elvispresley #fordfoundation #graceland #churchhilldowns #nashville #blackhistory

Quick Update! A Good Civil War Book and More!
#CivilWarHistory #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #SouthernHeritage #TennesseeHistory #MissouriHistory #IllinoisHistory #FamilyAncestry #HistoricalResearch #KinshipBridge #FordFoundation #CivilWarStories #ElvisPresleyFamily #PresleyAncestry #BellMead

Quick Update! A Good Civil War Book and More!
#CivilWarHistory #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #SouthernHeritage #TennesseeHistory #MissouriHistory #IllinoisHistory #FamilyAncestry #HistoricalResearch #KinshipBridge #FordFoundation #CivilWarStories #ElvisPresleyFamily #PresleyAncestry #BellMeade

"Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law" #ELB Adam Liptak profile for the NYT: The Ford Foundation, the nearly 90-year-old international philanthropy, is now in the cross hairs of the Trump administration, which has called for scrutiny of the org...

“Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law” electionlawblog.org?p=152876
#NowReading #USNews #Politics #RuleOfLaw #FordFoundation #Elections #NYTimes #Trump #TrumpAdmin #SocialJustice #CivilRights #JDVance #CharlieKirk was a horrible person.

Ford Foundation’s New Leader Vows to Protect Elections and the Rule of Law

This is my day for discovering great pieces which increase my hopefulness quotient. Ford Foundation's new leader sounds like she has just the right qualities to stimulate other democracy-supporting philanthopies and philanthropists into action. #FordFoundation

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

The Past Revealed - Boom Magazine Share this articleIt was the fall of 1983, and Lynette Boggs-Perez, then a junior at the University of Notre Dame, accepted a last-minute invitation to join a friend for a trip to Athens for the Georg...

The Past Revealed boomathens.com/the-past-rev...

Please Support Lynnette Boggs and Mark Mckinnon on the Kinship Bridge Documentary and group!

They are doing wonderful research and project work for everyone!

#thekinshipbridge #fordfoundation #elvis #elvispresley #graceland

Free Speech Is Under Attack. Here’s What Funders Are Doing — and What Else Is Needed With civil liberties under increasing threat, it’s critical that philanthropy retains its voice and defends free speech, both to protect nonprofits and democracy writ large.

At a time when civil liberties and rights are under threat, it’s critical that philanthropy retains its voice and defends free speech, both to protect funders and democracy writ large.

Martha Ramirez(@martharamirez.bsky.social) Reports: tinyurl.com/yfb7hkr4

#OSF #FordFoundation

How Should Funders Respond to an “Existential Threat?” Few foundations have fundamentally changed how they operate over the past eight months. Why is that? And what would fighting harder look like?

Few foundations have fundamentally changed how they operate over the past eight months. Why is that? And what would fighting harder look like? IP Editor-in-Chief David Callahan reviews options:

David Callahan Reports: tinyurl.com/5b29mtkp

#TrumpAdministration #OpenSociety #FordFoundation

Targeting OSF, Trump Aims for a Chilling Effect on Liberal Funders The Department of Justice’s apparent move to begin a criminal investigation of the Open Society Foundations has prompted some condemnation from funding leaders.

The Department of Justice’s apparent move to begin investigating OSF has prompted some pushback from funding leaders.

Connie Matthiessen(@cmatthiessen.bsky.social) reports: tinyurl.com/4rh99u85

#Democracy #CivilSociety #OpenSociety #FordFoundation #FreedomToGive #NonprofitsUnderThreat

How Might the Trump Administration Target Ford, OSF or Other Nonprofits? Here’s what two legal experts had to say about the administration’s potential strategy, what nonprofits can do, and what still stands in the way of broad repression of the civil sector.

IP's Michael Kavate talks to two legal experts about the Trump administration's potential strategy against Ford Foundation, Open Society Foundations and other nonprofits.

Michael Kavate(@kavate.bsky.social) Report: tinyurl.com/2u9cnh88

#FreedomToGive #FordFoundation #OpenSocietyFoundations

Ford Foundation chose Heather Gerken as its new leader. Meet the Yale law school dean, expert on democracy, introvert, “intellectual guru,” podcaster and fan of peer pressure (but not Justin Bieber).

Michael Kavate(@kavate.bsky.social) reports: tinyurl.com/bdhuhy4u

#FordFoundation #HeatherGerken

During the #ColdWar, half of all #FordFoundation grants served the #CIA. In 1963, #Leonard Huxley brokered a deal with the Ford Foundation for $200,000 of funding to assist
#ASOPA.

Ford Selects Yale Law School Dean to Head Foundation The Ford Foundation has selected an Ivy League lawyer with experience in litigation and expertise in constitutional law and democracy to head up the New York-based charitable organization, including o...

Ford Foundation appoints Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken as its next president, marking a significant leadership transition at one of the world’s largest philanthropic institutions. #Philanthropy #Leadership #FordFoundation

www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/ford...

Grateful for these kind words—and excited to share this book with you.

Join us June 5 for the virtual launch:
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#domoregoodnow #booklaunch #leadership #purpose #changemakers #impact #joy #neilghosh #darrenwalker #fordfoundation

Stories of Change: Inside The Moth and Ford’s Storytelling Training for Nonprofits - Ford Foundation When leaders share personal stories, they can amplify their organizations’ impact, fuel advocacy and influence, engage stakeholders, and catalyze new funding opportunities.

Storytelling for impact! #FordFoundation & #TheMoth are helping nonprofits use storytelling to strengthen advocacy & drive change. 📖✨ www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-sto...

#StorytellingForChange #Nonprofits #Advocacy #TAIMember #TAIWeekly

This event is co-sponsored with the #FordFoundation, Philanthropy New York, @nyucic.bsky.social, and the #NYU SPS Heyman Center.

Thrilled to have attended the 3rd Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Celebration sponsored by #Raben;
#FordFoundation held at #BabsonCollege Former Boston Mayor #KimJaney gave a rousing speech recounting her family’s history, her great, great,great grandfather was a member of the abolitionist movement

Careers The Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit grant-making organization. For more than 80 years it has worked with visionary people on the front-lines of social change worldwide, guided by its miss...

@fordfoundation.bsky.social, a TAI member, is hiring! 🌍

Open roles include Program Officers, Dept. Coordinator & 2025 Internships.

Apply: fordfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/FordFoundati...

#SocialJustice #CareersWithImpact #FordFoundation

Finley: Fords' endowments give new hope to Detroit kids This is the right way to do charity. Lisa and Bill Ford wanted to add a philanthropic piece to Ford Motor Co.'s restoration of Michigan Central Station. The Ford chair and his wife viewed the revived train depot as an enduring influence on Detroit's…

This is the right way to do charity.


Lisa and Bill Ford wanted to add a philanthropic piece to Ford Motor Co.'s restoration of Michigan Central Station. The Ford chair and his wife viewed the revived train depot as an enduring influence on Detroit's future,… #Detroit #Philanthropy #FordFoundation