Foundations as Kingmakers: The Role of Private Foundations in Setting Global Agendas

Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Speaker
Darren Walker

Ford Foundation, President

Presider
Terra Lawson-Remer

Fellow for Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy, Council on Foreign Relations

Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, critically examines the role of private foundations in the global philanthropy economy.

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