Eric K. Ward works on the Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice team at the Ford Foundation. His grant making has supported the consolidation of progress achieved in combating inequality and promoted the dismantling of institutional discrimination and other barriers to full participation that racial and ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples continue to experience in society. Before joining the foundation in 2014, he was a program executive for Reconciliation and Human Rights, United States, at the Atlantic Philanthropies, where he helped guide United States grant making in the areas of immigration, national security and rights, and civic participation and engagement.