# Darren Walker

> Darren Walker is a startup investor at Ford Foundation (New York). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ford Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ford-foundation)
- Location: New York, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrencwalker
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/DarrenWalker

Darren Walker is a startup investor at Ford Foundation in New York. Darren Walker is the president of the Ford Foundation, an international social justice philanthropy with a $13 billion endowment and $600 million in annual grant making. He cochairs New York City’s Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers, and serves on a commission on the future of Rikers Island Correctional Institution and the UNInternational Labour Organization’s Global Commission on the Future of Work. He also serves on the boards of Carnegie Hall, the High Line, and the Committee to Protect Journalists, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

## About Ford Foundation

VC Fund · New York, United States

They are on the frontlines of social change around the world, working with visionary leaders and organizations to change social structures and institutions—so that everyone has the opportunity to achieve their full potential and have a voice in decisions that affect them.

5 contacts available at Ford Foundation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Darren Walker | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darren-walker-ny |
| Michelle Schevin | Senior Program Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michelle-schevin |
| Alnisa Allgood | Technology Consultant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alnisa-allgood |
| Depelsha McGruder | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/depelsha-mcgruder |
| Edsel Ford | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edsel-b-ford |

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