Giving Compass' Take:

• In this video from Forbes, meet Darren Walker, the CEO of the Ford Foundation. His commitment to risk-taking is one of the many reasons the foundation is a leader in the sector.

• What can other organizations learn from Ford Foundation's work? What should other nonprofit executives take away from Walker's message?

• To learn about how collaborative efforts are allowing foundations to take bigger bets in philanthropy, click here.

Walk into the Ford Foundation’s newly-renovated New York City office building in East Midtown, and you feel the jolt of boundless possibility. The lobby soars, the glass walls reflect a commitment to transparency, and verdant trees flourish in unlikely places. See for yourself; the public is invited to wander in. The interior of the newly renovated Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice. Nathan Balli The building on its own is a bold statement.

The building on its own is a bold statement. But bolder still may be the organization’s CEO, Darren Walker, who, before being appointed to president in 2013, was the foundation’s vice president for education, creativity and free expression. As president of the second-largest philanthropic organization in the country by endowment, he freely expresses his criticisms of the sector in general.

“I believe that one of the reasons why philanthropy is not more impactful is because we need to work with more urgency and be willing to take more risks,” he said in an interview in December. He added, “I don't want to offer a broad brushstroke critique of philanthropy. I simply believe that we can and should do more, that we should be bolder, that we should take risks.”

Read the full article about the Ford Foundation by Sorenson Impact at Forbes