How impact investing works at the Ford Foundation

The Ford Foundation uses its endowment to help reduce inequality. Every year, the foundation distributes over 5% of its endowment to grants and program-related investments. The rest of the endowment is carefully invested, generating financial returns to continue our grantmaking into perpetuity.
Since 2017, Ford has committed over $1 billion of its endowment to mission-related investments (MRIs), the largest effort among all foundation endowments. This form of impact investing uses the power of capital markets to earn market-rate financial returns while at the same time addressing social problems.
By delivering both financial and social returns, MRIs are a powerful way to reimagine philanthropy and a great tool for social transformation. In addition, the foundation hopes that its MRI strategy will influence and mobilize a wide range of capital providers-from institutional investors to banks to retail investors-to develop a more inclusive form of capitalism and create a more economically just world.
For more information about the foundation’s commitment to mission-related investments, check out the Mission Investment strategy.
For more information about the foundation’s commitment to mission-related investments, check out president Darren Walker’s essay.
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