Editing Ford Foundation (section)

=== Mission-related investments ===
Ranked No. 24 on the Forbes 2018 World's Most Innovative Companies list, the Ford Foundation utilized its endowment to invest in innovative and sustainable change leadership shifting the model of grant-making in the 21st century. According to Forbes, "Ford spends between $500 million and $550 million a year to support social justice work around the world. But last year, it also pledged to plow up to $1 billion of its overall $12.5 billion endowment over the next decade into [[Impact investing|impact investing via mission-related investments (MRIs)]] that generate both financial and social returns."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40525515/how-the-ford-foundation-is-investing-in-change|title=How The Ford Foundation Is Investing In Change|date=2018-03-01|work=Fast Company|access-date=2018-10-20|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/ford-foundation-outlines-new-grantmaking-approach|title=Ford Foundation Outlines New Grantmaking Approach|last=Center|first=Foundation|work=Philanthropy News Digest (PND)|access-date=2018-10-20|language=en}}</ref> Foundation President Darren Walker wrote in an op-ed in the New York Times that the grant-making philanthropy of institutions like the Ford Foundation "must not only be generosity, but justice."<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/18/opinion/why-giving-back-isnt-enough.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=1|title=Opinion {{!}} Why Giving Back Isn't Enough|work=The New York Times |date=17 December 2015 |access-date=2018-10-20|language=en|last1=Walker |first1=Darren }}</ref> The Ford Foundation seeks to address "the underlying causes that perpetuate human suffering" to grapple with and intervene in "''how'' and ''why''" inequality persists.<ref name=":1" />