Planned giving: A lasting legacy
We asked Ford School alumni and donors why they included the Ford School in their estate planning, what they hope their gifts will do, and how it reflects their values. Here's what they told us.
Ann Branston...
With a $750,000 grant from the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation, the Ford School will grow its innovative Leadership Initiative.
Launched as a pilot in the 2019-2020 academic year, the Ford School’s Leadership Initiative offers...
A set of gifts totaling $17 million from the Kohn Charitable Trust will establish a resource hub at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy to catalyze interdisciplinary research on policy that promotes social equity and...
With a generous gift from Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky, a Professor of International Policy and Practice, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy will establish the Joan Levitsky Internship Fund. The Fund, established in memory of Joan Levitsky,...
The Ford School is pleased to announce that four distinguished, dynamic leaders have joined our Committee, the school’s external advisory group.
The new members are Dudley Benoit (MPP ‘95), executive vice president for Alliant Capital, Ltd.;...
The Ford School launched the Alumni Giving Challenge in summer 2019, with members of the Ford School Committee offering $50,000 in challenge funds. Despite an especially trying year, alumni stepped up to the challenge with incredible support for the...
The Ford School has named its inaugural Weill Scholars, Fanta Condé (MPP ‘22) and Max Hill (MPP ‘22), along with its inaugural Weill Youth Policy Fellow, Heather Berg (MPP ‘23). All three students are recipients of prestigious Rackham Master’s...
Iqra Nasir (MPP/MS ‘21) was selected as one of the two 2020 Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellows. Named for Margaret (Ranny) Riecker, a longtime friend and generous benefactor of the Ford School, this fellowship sends competitively selected graduate...
As a student at the Institute for Public Administration (the Ford School) in the early 1960s, Ford School Committee Member David P. Fauri (AB ’62, MPA ’64) doubled up on internships in Ann Arbor, MI and Baltimore, MD.
As a student at Princeton’s...
Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
A symposium designed to explore the latest thinking from microfinance practitioners and academics on improving microfinance programs. Jonathan Morduch, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University presented the keynote address. The conference focused on designing microfinance to address education and health goals and addressing behavioral issues in microfinance. This symposium was funded through the generosity of the Hudak family. James B.
Thomas Miller is currently the president and CEO of International Executive Service Corps (IESC). Prior to joining IESC, Tom was president and CEO of the United Nations Association of the U.S. (2009) and from 2005-08, served as CEO of Plan International, a large NGO that works in 66 countries to improve the lives of children in developing countries.
