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Case
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Reference no. 9-220-026
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Shawn Cole (Harvard Business School); Michael Norris (Harvard Business School); T Robert Zochowski (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2020
Version: 12 January 2022
Revision date: 2-Feb-2022
Length: 16 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Corporate social responsibility; Investment management; Mission statements; Race; Organizational change; Employee incentives
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Abstract

In 2017, Darren Walker, the President of the Ford Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world, was preparing to meet with his board of directors to discuss beginning a mission related investments (MRI) program. Walker hoped to devote USD1 billion of the Ford Foundation's USD13 billion endowment to the MRI program. The case explores the reasoning behind the program, design choices that were made in its development, and potential problems or tradeoffs to implementing such a program.
Location:
New York
Size:
Fortune 500
Other setting(s):
2017-2019
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-220-027
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Shawn Cole (Harvard Business School); Michael Norris (Harvard Business School); T Robert Zochowski (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2020
Version: 6 February 2020
Length: 7 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Investments; Mission statements
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Abstract

In 2017, Darren Walker, the President of the Ford Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic foundations in the world, was preparing to meet with his board of directors to discuss beginning a mission related investments (MRI) program. Walker hoped to devote USD1 billion of the Ford Foundation's USD13 billion endowment to the MRI program. The case explores the reasoning behind the program, design choices that were made in its development, and potential problems or tradeoffs to implementing such a program.

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Location:
New York
Size:
Fortune 500
Other setting(s):
2017-2019

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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-220-027
Subject category: Finance, Accounting and Control
Authors: Shawn Cole (Harvard Business School); Michael Norris (Harvard Business School); T Robert Zochowski (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2020
Version: 6 February 2020
Length: 7 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Investments; Mission statements
View full details