John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

200 grants matching “macarthur” · $31.2M

• $2.8M

  The Field Foundation of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

  In support of "a road together (art), an initiative of the field foundation supported by the macarthur foundation"

• $160,000

  Tomeka Reid · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - jazz cellist and composer

• $160,000

  Steven Ruggles · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - historical demographer

• $160,000

  Steven Prohira · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - physicist

• $160,000

  Tavares Strachan · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - interdisciplinary conceptual artist

• $160,000

  Lester Mackey · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - computer scientist and statistician

• $160,000

  Linsey Marr · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - environmental engineer

• $160,000

  Jennifer Carlson · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - sociologist

• $160,000

  Danna Freedman · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - synthetic inorganic chemist

• $160,000

  Loretta Ross · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - reproductive justice and human rights advocate

• $160,000

  Lucy Hutyra · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - environmental ecologist

• $160,000

  Amber Wutich · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - anthropologist

• $160,000

  Manuel Munoz · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - fiction writer

• $160,000

  Jenna Romness Jambeck · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - environmental engineer

• $160,000

  Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - multidisciplinary artist

• $160,000

  Martha Gonzalez · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - musician, scholar, and artist/activist

• $160,000

  Carolyn Lazard · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - artist

• $160,000

  Dyani White Hawk · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - multidisciplinary artist

• $160,000

  E Tendayi Achiume · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - legal scholar

• $160,000

  Melanie Wood · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - mathematician

• $160,000

  A Park Williams · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - hydroclimatologist

• $160,000

  Emily Wang · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - primary care physician and researcher

• $160,000

  Monica Kim · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - historian

• $160,000

  Kiese Laymon · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - writer

• $160,000

  Courtney Bryan · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - composer and pianist

• $160,000

  Moriba Jah · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - astrodynamicist

• $160,000

  Andrea Armstrong · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - incarceration law scholar

• $160,000

  Ada Limon · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - poet

• $160,000

  Amanda Williams · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - artist and architect

• $160,000

  Sky Hopinka · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - artist and filmmaker

• $160,000

  Ian Bassin · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - lawyer and democracy advocate

• $160,000

  Robin W Kimmerer · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - plant ecologist, educator, and writer

• $160,000

  June E Huh · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - mathematician

• $160,000

  Joseph Drew Lanham · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - ornithologist, naturalist, and writer

• $160,000

  Patrick Makuakane · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - kumu hula and cultural preservationist

• $160,000

  Paul Chan · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - artist

• $160,000

  Ikue Mori · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - electronic music composer and performer

• $160,000

  Pier Gabrielle Foreman · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - literary historian and digital humanist

• $160,000

  Imani Perry · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - interdisciplinary scholar and writer

• $160,000

  Priti Krishtel · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - health justice lawyer

• $160,000

  Jason D Buenrostro · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - cellular and molecular biologist

• $160,000

  Raven Chacon · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - composer and artist

• $160,000

  Diana Greene Foster · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - demographer and reproductive health researcher

• $160,000

  Reuben Miller · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - sociologist, criminologist, and social worker

• $160,000

  Yejin Choi · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - computer scientist

• $160,000

  Rina Foygel Barber · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - statistician

• $125,000

  Mohammad R Seyedsayamdost · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - biological chemist

• $125,000

  Monica Munoz Martinez · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - public historian

• $125,000

  Monika Schleier-Smith · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - experimental physicist

• $125,000

  N K Jemisin · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - speculative fiction writer

• $125,000

  Nanfu Wang · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - documentary filmmaker

• $125,000

  Natalia Molina · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - american historian

• $125,000

  Nels Elde · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - evolutionary geneticist

• $125,000

  Nicole Fleetwood · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - art historian and curator

• $125,000

  Ocean Vuong · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - poet and fiction writer

• $125,000

  Paul Dauenhauer · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - chemical engineer

• $125,000

  Polina V Lishko · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - cellular and developmental biologist

• $125,000

  Ralph Lemon · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - artist

• $125,000

  Reginald Dwayne Betts · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - poet and lawyer

• $125,000

  Zachary Lippman · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - plant biologist

• $125,000

  Ibrahim Cisse · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - biological physicist

• $125,000

  Ibram X Kendi · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - american historian and writer

• $125,000

  Isaiah Andrews · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - econometrician

• $125,000

  Jacqueline Stewart · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - film scholar, archivist, and curator

• $125,000

  Jacqueline Woodson · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - writer

• $125,000

  Larissa Fasthorse · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - playwright

• $125,000

  Alex Rivera · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - filmmaker and media artist

• $125,000

  Andrea Dutton · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - geochemist and paleoclimatologist

• $125,000

  Annie Dorsen · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - theater artist

• $125,000

  Cameron Rowland · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - artist

• $125,000

  Catherine Coleman Flowers · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - environmental health advocate

• $125,000

  Cecile McLorin Salvant · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - singer and composer

• $125,000

  Cristina Ibarra · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - documentary filmmaker

• $125,000

  Cristina Rivera Garza · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - fiction writer

• $125,000

  Damien Fair · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - cognitive neuroscientist

• $125,000

  Daniel Alarcon · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - writer and radio producer

• $125,000

  Daniel Lind-Ramos · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - sculptor and painter

• $125,000

  Danielle Citron · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - legal scholar

• $125,000

  Desmond Meade · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - civil rights activist

• $125,000

  Don Mee Choi · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - poet and translator

• $125,000

  Elizabeth Anderson · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - philosopher

• $125,000

  Emily Wilson · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - classicist and translator

• $125,000

  Emmanuel Pratt · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - urban designer

• $125,000

  Forrest Stuart · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - sociologist

• $125,000

  Fred Moten · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - cultural theorist and poet

• $125,000

  Hanif Abdurraqib · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - music critic, essayist, and poet

• $125,000

  Jerry X Mitrovica · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - theoretical geophysicist

• $125,000

  Jesse Shapiro · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - applied microeconomist

• $125,000

  Jordan Casteel · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - painter

• $125,000

  Joshua Miele · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - adaptive technology designer

• $125,000

  Joshua Tenenbaum · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - cognitive scientist

• $125,000

  Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - historian and writer

• $125,000

  Kelly Lytle Hernandez · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - historian

• $125,000

  Jawole Willa Jo Zollar · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - choreographer and dance entrepreneur

• $125,000

  Jeffrey Alan Miller · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - literary scholar

• $125,000

  Jeffrey Gibson · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - visual artist

• $125,000

  Jenny Tung · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - evolutionary anthropologist and geneticist

• $125,000

  Lisa Daugaard · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - criminal justice reformer

• $125,000

  Lisa Schulte Moore · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - landscape ecologist

• $125,000

  Lynda Barry · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - graphic novelist, cartoonist, and educator

• $125,000

  Marcella Alsan · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - physician-economist

• $125,000

  Mary Halvorson · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - guitarist and composer

• $125,000

  Mary L Gray · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - anthropologist and media scholar

• $125,000

  Mel Chin · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - artist

• $125,000

  Michelle Monje · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - neuroscientist and neuro-oncologist

• $125,000

  Safiya Noble · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - internet studies and digital media scholar

• $125,000

  Saidiya Hartman · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - literary scholar and cultural historian

• $125,000

  Sarah Michelson · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - choreographer

• $125,000

  Stacy Jupiter · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - marine scientist

• $125,000

  Sujatha Baliga · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - attorney and restorative justice practitioner

• $125,000

  Taylor Perron · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - geomorphologist

• $125,000

  Thomas Wilson Mitchell · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - property law scholar

• $125,000

  Tressie McMillan Cottom · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - sociologist, writer, and public scholar

• $125,000

  Trevor Bedford · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - computational virologist

• $125,000

  Valeria Luiselli · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - writer

• $125,000

  Vanessa Ruta · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - neuroscientist

• $125,000

  Victor J Torres · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - microbiologist

• $125,000

  Walter Hood · Chicago, IL · 2024

  Macarthur foundation fellow award - landscape and public artist

• $50,000

  American Academy in Rome · New York, NY · 2024

  To support the creation of a documentary-style film featuring several macarthur fellows

• $27,206

  Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  To support two public dialogues between macarthur fellows an-my le (2012) and viet thanh nguyen (2017) to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the vietnam war

• $20,000

  International Contemporary Ensemble Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  To support a concert featuring the works of the pioneering african american composer talib rasul hakim and a post-concert panel discussion with macarthur fellows george lewis (2002), courtney bryan (2023), and tyshawn s… read allTo support a concert featuring the works of the pioneering african american composer talib rasul hakim and a post-concert panel discussion with macarthur fellows george lewis (2002), courtney bryan (2023), and tyshawn sorey (2017) less
• $20,000

  National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support a public in-person convening with macarthur fellows ahilan arulanantham (2016) and kelly lytle hernandez (2019), along with marah tso, launching a website marking the dates and locations of deportations from … read allTo support a public in-person convening with macarthur fellows ahilan arulanantham (2016) and kelly lytle hernandez (2019), along with marah tso, launching a website marking the dates and locations of deportations from u.s. Land since 1894 less
• $20,000

  New York University · New York, NY · 2024

  To support a workshop on migration research, culminating in a public presentation at paris photo by macarthur fellows kellie jones (2016), louis massiah (1996), nikole hannah-jones (2017), nicole fleetwood (2021), and d… read allTo support a workshop on migration research, culminating in a public presentation at paris photo by macarthur fellows kellie jones (2016), louis massiah (1996), nikole hannah-jones (2017), nicole fleetwood (2021), and deborah willis (2000) less
• $19,975

  American Academy in Rome · New York, NY · 2024

  To support public screenings and discussion of the film, questions as tools in art, science and the humanities. The film consists of interviews with multiple macarthur fellows working in diverse fields of endeavor

• $19,800

  Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024

  To support a cross-disciplinary engagement among macarthur fellows on themes of global indigenous aesthetics, arts, and modernism. Fellows include natalie diaz (2018), raven chacon (2023), dinaw mengestu (2012), and jef… read allTo support a cross-disciplinary engagement among macarthur fellows on themes of global indigenous aesthetics, arts, and modernism. Fellows include natalie diaz (2018), raven chacon (2023), dinaw mengestu (2012), and jeffrey gibson (2019) less
• $19,800

  Site Santa Fe · Santa Fe, NM · 2024

  To support community-engaged programming for the site sante fe exhibition of macarthur fellow teresita fernandez (2005) and robert smithson. Other participating fellows include raven chacon (2023) and natalie diaz (2018)

• $19,400

  The Industry Productions · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To support public conversations featuring three macarthur fellows, composer george lewis (2002), designer mimi lien (2015), and director yuval sharon (2017) and the world premiere of their collaborative operatic work, t… read allTo support public conversations featuring three macarthur fellows, composer george lewis (2002), designer mimi lien (2015), and director yuval sharon (2017) and the world premiere of their collaborative operatic work, the comet / poppea less
• $13,207

  Artists Space · New York, NY · 2024

  To support a conversation between macarthur fellows dorothy roberts (2024) and loretta ross (2022) on their critical work addressing black women's health and the black maternal mortality crisis. Carolyn lazard (2023) wi… read allTo support a conversation between macarthur fellows dorothy roberts (2024) and loretta ross (2022) on their critical work addressing black women's health and the black maternal mortality crisis. Carolyn lazard (2023) will moderate less
• $12,075

  Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2024

  To support a convening by macarthur fellows alex rivera (2021) and ahilan arulanantham (2016) to center the stories of individuals who have experienced deportation and provide context for legal and u.s. Deportation poli… read allTo support a convening by macarthur fellows alex rivera (2021) and ahilan arulanantham (2016) to center the stories of individuals who have experienced deportation and provide context for legal and u.s. Deportation policy less
• $10,640

  The Big Ears Festival · Knoxville, TN · 2024

  To support a conversation between macarthur fellows, jazz cellist and composer tomeka reid (2022) and electronic music composer and performer ikue mori (2022) as part of the 2024 big ears festival

• $7,000

  The Markup News · New York, NY · 2024

  For a staff person from the markup to attend the skoll world forum as a member of the macarthur delegation

• $2.5M

  The Field Foundation of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023

  in support of "A Road Together (ART), an initiative of the Field Foundation supported by the MacArthur Foundation"

• $284,219

  University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

  to support the publication of a book documenting Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40, an exhibition organized by the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago

• $160,000

  Paul Chan · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Artist

• $160,000

  Melanie Wood · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Mathematician

• $160,000

  Pier Gabrielle Foreman · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Literary Historian and Digital Humanist

• $160,000

  Emily Wang · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Primary Care Physician and Researcher

• $160,000

  Priti Krishtel · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Health Justice Lawyer

• $160,000

  Yejin Choi · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Computer Scientist

• $160,000

  Amanda Williams · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Artist and Architect

• $160,000

  Monica Kim · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Historian

• $160,000

  Reuben Miller · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Sociologist, Criminologist, and Social Worker

• $160,000

  Robin W Kimmerer · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Plant Ecologist, Educator, and Writer

• $160,000

  Jenna Romness Jambeck · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Environmental Engineer

• $160,000

  Moriba Jah · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Astrodynamicist

• $160,000

  Loretta Ross · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Reproductive Justice and Human Rights Advocate

• $160,000

  Jennifer Carlson · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Sociologist

• $160,000

  Sky Hopinka · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Artist and Filmmaker

• $160,000

  Kiese Laymon · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Writer

• $160,000

  Steven Prohira · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Physicist

• $160,000

  Steven Ruggles · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Historical Demographer

• $160,000

  Martha Gonzalez · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Musician, Scholar, and Artist/Activist

• $160,000

  Tavares Strachan · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Interdisciplinary Conceptual Artist

• $160,000

  Tomeka Reid · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Jazz Cellist and Composer

• $160,000

  Danna Freedman · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Synthetic Inorganic Chemist

• $160,000

  Ikue Mori · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Electronic Music Composer and Performer

• $160,000

  June E Huh · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Mathematician

• $160,000

  Joseph Drew Lanham · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Ornithologist, Naturalist, and Writer

• $125,000

  Jeffrey a Gibson · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Visual Artist

• $125,000

  Jeffrey Alan Miller · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Literary Scholar

• $125,000

  Jenny Tung · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Evolutionary Anthropologist and Geneticist

• $125,000

  Jerry X Mitrovica · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Theoretical Geophysicist

• $125,000

  Jesse Shapiro · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Applied Microeconomist

• $125,000

  John Keene · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Writer

• $125,000

  Jordan Casteel · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Painter

• $125,000

  Joshua Miele · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Adaptive Technology Designer

• $125,000

  Joshua Tenenbaum · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Cognitive Scientist

• $125,000

  Julie Ault · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Artist and Curator

• $125,000

  Lisa Schulte Moore · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Landscape Ecologist

• $125,000

  Allan Sly · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Mathematician

• $125,000

  Amy Finkelstein · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Health Economist

• $125,000

  Andrea Dutton · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Geochemist and Paleoclimatologist

• $125,000

  Annie Dorsen · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Theater Artist

• $125,000

  Becca Heller · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Human Rights Lawyer

• $125,000

  Cameron Rowland · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Artist

• $125,000

  Catherine Coleman Flowers · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Environmental Health Advocate

• $125,000

  Cecile McLorin Salvant · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award -Singer and Composer

• $125,000

  Lisa Daugaard · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Criminal Justice Reformer

• $125,000

  Alexander Rivera · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Filmmaker and Media Artist

• $125,000

  Kathleen Lytle Hernandez · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Historian

• $125,000

  Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Historian and Writer

• $125,000

  Kelly Link · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Fiction Writer

• $125,000

  Ken Ward Jr · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Investigative Journalist

• $125,000

  Kristina R Olson · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Psychologist

• $125,000

  Larissa Fasthorse · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Playwright

• $125,000

  Lisa a Parks · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Media Scholar

• $125,000

  Livia Schiavinato Eberlin · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Analytical Chemist

• $125,000

  Lynda Barry · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Graphic Novelist, Cartoonist, and Educator

• $125,000

  Marcella Alsan · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Physician-Economist

• $125,000

  Mary Halvorson · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Guitarist and Composer

• $125,000

  Mary L Gray · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Anthropologist and Media Scholar

• $125,000

  Matthew Aucoin · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Composer and Conductor

• $125,000

  Mel Chin · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Artist

• $125,000

  Michelle Monje-Deisseroth · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Neuroscientist and Neuro-Oncologist

• $125,000

  Mohammad R Seyedsayamdost · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award -Biological Chemist

• $125,000

  Monica Munoz Martinez · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award - Public Historian

• $125,000

  Monika Schleier-Smith · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award -Experimental Physicist

• $125,000

  N K Jemisin · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award -Speculative Fiction Writer

• $125,000

  Nanfu Wang · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award -Documentary Filmmaker

• $125,000

  Natalia Molina · Chicago, IL · 2023

  MacArthur Foundation Fellow Award -American Historian

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Community Solutions International4 grants · $67.0M
• Sesame Workshop3 grants · $63.1M
• The Miami Foundation2 grants · $32.8M
• Chicago Community Foundation31 grants · $28.9M
• New Venture Fund49 grants · $26.5M
• Community Solutions International5 grants · $21.0M
• Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors19 grants · $17.6M
• Lever for Change4 grants · $17.0M
• United States Energy Foundation6 grants · $13.2M
• Sierra Club Foundation4 grants · $13.0M

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 7,100 grants.

• $32.5M

  The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023

  in support of Press Forward

• $24.0M

  Community Solutions International · New York, NY · 2022

  to bring the movement to end homelessness in the U.S. to a tipping point

• $23.0M

  Community Solutions International · New York, NY · 2023

  to bring the movement to end homelessness in the U.S. to a tipping point

• $22.9M

  Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2021

  to enhance caregiver-child engagement and improve children's learning and socio-emotional outcomes by implementing a large-scale early childhood intervention in the Syrian response region.

• $22.9M

  Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2021

  to enhance caregiver-child engagement and improve children's learning and socio-emotional outcomes by implementing a large-scale early childhood intervention in the Syrian response region

• $21.0M

  Community Solutions International · New York, NY · 2024

  To bring the movement to end homelessness in the u.s. To a tipping point

• $17.3M

  Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2022

  to enhance caregiver-child engagement and improve children's learning and socio-emotional outcomes by implementing a large-scale early childhood intervention in the Syrian response region

• $10.0M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

  In support of the governance of artificial intelligence in the public interest

• $10.0M

  Community Solutions International · New York, NY · 2021

  to bring the movement to end homelessness in the U.S. to a tipping point

• $10.0M

  Community Solutions International · New York, NY · 2021

  to bring the movement to end homelessness in the U.S. to a tipping point.

• $7.5M

  Rf Catalytic Capital · New York, NY · 2024

  In support of invest in our future

• $7.2M

  Rf Catalytic Capital · New York, NY · 2023

  in support of Invest in Our Future

• $6.5M

  Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  For data and project management and the coordination of technical assistance and support for the safety and justice challenge network

• $6.0M

  Lever for Change · Chicago, IL · 2021

  in support of operations for a new entity whose purpose is to unlock philanthropic capital for global social challenges through a variety of mechanisms including custom competitions and matching philanthropists to ambit… read allin support of operations for a new entity whose purpose is to unlock philanthropic capital for global social challenges through a variety of mechanisms including custom competitions and matching philanthropists to ambitious funding opportunities less
• $6.0M

  Lever for Change · Chicago, IL · 2021

  in support of operations for a new entity whose purpose is to unlock philanthropic capital for global social challenges through a variety of mechanisms, including custom competitions and matching philanthropists to ambi… read allin support of operations for a new entity whose purpose is to unlock philanthropic capital for global social challenges through a variety of mechanisms, including custom competitions and matching philanthropists to ambitious funding opportunities. less
• $5.3M

  Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

  in renewed support of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities

• $5.0M

  Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  In support of the methane hub

• $5.0M

  Chicago Sun-Times Media · Chicago, IL · 2023

  in support of deepening and expanding news coverage and disseminating its journalism on multiple platforms

• $5.0M

  Chicago Sun-Times Media · Chicago, IL · 2022

  in support of deepening and expanding news coverage and disseminating its journalism on multiple platforms

• $5.0M

  Howard University · Washington, DC · 2022

  in support of the Center for Journalism and Democracy

• $5.0M

  Lever for Change · Chicago, IL · 2022

  in support of operations for a new entity whose purpose is to unlock philanthropic capital for global social challenges through a variety of mechanisms, including custom competitions and matching philanthropists to ambi… read allin support of operations for a new entity whose purpose is to unlock philanthropic capital for global social challenges through a variety of mechanisms, including custom competitions and matching philanthropists to ambitious funding opportunities less
• $5.0M

  The Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

  In support of the construction of the Obama Presidential Center, which includes a program space dedicated to leadership training, racial healing, and civic engagement on Chicago's South Side

• $5.0M

  Iff · Chicago, IL · 2021

  in support of America's Cultural Treasures Chicago, an initiative highlighting Chicago's diverse cultural organizations.

• $5.0M

  Iff · Chicago, IL · 2021

  in support of America's Cultural Treasures Chicago an initiative highlighting Chicago's diverse cultural organizations

• $4.5M

  Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  To support the safety and justice challenge research consortium, a mechanism to administer and manage research projects under the initiative

• $4.0M

  Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Institute · Summit, IL · 2024

  In support of general operations

• $4.0M

  Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  To serve as the coordinator and technical assistance provider for the just home project to advance targeted housing solutions to break the link between housing instability and incarceration under the safety and justice … read allTo serve as the coordinator and technical assistance provider for the just home project to advance targeted housing solutions to break the link between housing instability and incarceration under the safety and justice challenge less
• $4.0M

  Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

  in support of the Chicago Community Foundation's activities related to the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities' Neighborhood-Based Action Group

• $4.0M

  Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023

  to support the Beyond Coal campaign

• $4.0M

  Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  in support of the Methane Hub

• $4.0M

  United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  in support of state-level advocacy for clean energy policies

• $4.0M

  Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

  to serve as the coordinator and technical assistance provider for an initiative to fund targeted housing solutions to break the link between housing instability and incarceration

• $3.5M

  United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  in support of state-level advocacy for clean energy policies

• $3.3M

  Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2022

  for data and project management and the coordination of technical assistance and support for the Safety and Justice Challenge Network

• $3.3M

  Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2021

  for data and project management and the coordination of technical assistance and support for the Safety and Justice Challenge Network.

• $3.3M

  Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2021

  for data and project management and the coordination of technical assistance and support for the Safety and Justice Challenge Network

• $3.3M

  William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2021

  reducing newborn mortality through scaling a package of essential neonatal technologies coupled with effective interventions in Malawi Kenya Tanzania and Nigeria

• $3.3M

  William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2021

  reducing newborn mortality through scaling a package of essential neonatal technologies coupled with effective interventions in Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria.

• $3.0M

  United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  In support of state-level advocacy for clean energy policies

• $3.0M

  Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

  in support of the Democracy Frontlines Fund

• $3.0M

  Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

  to support the Beyond Coal campaign

• $3.0M

  William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022

  reducing newborn mortality through scaling a package of essential neonatal technologies coupled with effective interventions in Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria

• $3.0M

  Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund · 2021

  in support of African continental reparative justice and racial healing work

• $3.0M

  Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund · 2021

  in support of African continental reparative justice and racial healing work.

• $3.0M

  Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2021

  in support of the Decolonizing Wealth Project.

• $3.0M

  Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2021

  in support of the Decolonizing Wealth Project

• $3.0M

  Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

  in support of the Together We Rise Fund

• $3.0M

  Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

  in support of the Together We Rise Fund.

• $3.0M

  National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2021

  in support of building momentum for climate solutions.

• $3.0M

  National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2021

  in support of building momentum for climate solutions

• $3.0M

  Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education · 2021

  to coordinate support and enhance the capacity of original inhabitants in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory Abuja

• $3.0M

  Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education · 2021

  to coordinate, support, and enhance the capacity of original inhabitants in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

• $3.0M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2021

  in support of its project, Climate Nexus.

• $3.0M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2021

  in support of its project Climate Nexus

• $3.0M

  Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021

  to support the Beyond Coal campaign.

• $3.0M

  Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021

  to support the Beyond Coal campaign

• $3.0M

  American Online Giving Foundation · Newark, DE · 2024

  Employee matching gifts program

• $2.8M

  The Field Foundation of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024

  In support of "a road together (art), an initiative of the field foundation supported by the macarthur foundation"

• $2.6M

  Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

  in renewed support of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities

• $2.6M

  Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

  in renewed support of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities

• $2.6M

  Chicago Community Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

  in renewed support of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities.

• $2.6M

  The Richard H Driehaus Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

  in support of implementation of the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

• $2.6M

  The Richard H Driehaus Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

  in support of implementation of the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

• $2.6M

  The Richard H Driehaus Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

  in support of implementation of the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

• $2.5M

  The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2024

  In support of press forward chicago's leadership in engaging philanthropists and the local journalism community to strengthen and sustain the media organizations and outlets that serve this region's diverse audiences

• $2.5M

  The Chicago Community Trust · Chicago, IL · 2023

  in support of a pooled fund for independent journalism in Chicago

• $2.5M

  The Field Foundation of Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2023

  in support of "A Road Together (ART), an initiative of the Field Foundation supported by the MacArthur Foundation"

• $2.5M

  Ceres · Boston, MA · 2022

  in support of general operations

• $2.5M

  Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2022

  In support of the curation and digitization of the Johnson Publishing Company Archive for the benefit of the public and for scholarly and educational uses

• $2.5M

  The African American Policy Forum · New York, NY · 2022

  in support of general operations

• $2.5M

  The J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  In support of the curation and digitization of the Johnson Publishing Company Archive for the benefit of the public and for scholarly and educational uses

• $2.5M

  United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021

  in support of state-level advocacy for clean energy policies.

• $2.5M

  United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021

  in support of state-level advocacy for clean energy policies

• $2.5M

  Prince Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

  the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince

• $2.4M

  Prince Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

  the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince

• $2.4M

  Prince Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021

  the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince.

• $2.4M

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

  to support grantmaking that advances the Catalytic Capital Consortium initiative by increasing the knowledge, awareness and use of catalytic capital among investors, including foundations, family offices, donor governme… read allto support grantmaking that advances the Catalytic Capital Consortium initiative by increasing the knowledge, awareness and use of catalytic capital among investors, including foundations, family offices, donor governments and others less
• $2.3M

  Justice Innovation Inc Dba Center for Justice Innovation · New York, NY · 2023

  to provide project coordination and technical assistance to local jurisdictions seeking to reduce jail use safely and address racial and ethnic disparities as part of the Safety and Justice Challenge

• $2.3M

  Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2021

  on behalf of the Center for Court Innovation for project coordination and technical assistance to local jurisdictions seeking to reduce jail use safely and address racial and ethnic disparities.

• $2.3M

  Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2021

  on behalf of the Center for Court Innovation for project coordination and technical assistance to local jurisdictions seeking to reduce jail use safely and address racial and ethnic disparities.

• $2.1M

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021

  to support grantmaking that advances the Catalytic Capital Consortium initiative by increasing the knowledge awareness and use of catalytic capital among investors including foundations family offices donor governments … read allto support grantmaking that advances the Catalytic Capital Consortium initiative by increasing the knowledge awareness and use of catalytic capital among investors including foundations family offices donor governments and others less
• $2.1M

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021

  to support grantmaking that advances the Catalytic Capital Consortium initiative by increasing the knowledge, awareness and use of catalytic capital among investors, including foundations, family offices, donor governme… read allto support grantmaking that advances the Catalytic Capital Consortium initiative by increasing the knowledge, awareness and use of catalytic capital among investors, including foundations, family offices, donor governments and others. less
• $2.1M

  Justice Innovation Inc Dba Center for Justice Innovation · New York, NY · 2024

  To provide project coordination and technical assistance to local jurisdictions seeking to safely reduce jail use and address racial and ethnic disparities as part of the safety and justice challenge

• $2.0M

  Acento Accion Local Asociacion Civil · 2024

  To strengthen human rights activism in mexico through diversifying philanthropic strategies and increasing equity in access to funds and resources for the mexican states

• $2.0M

  Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  In support of general operations

• $2.0M

  League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support local and statewide public education campaigns about clean energy benefits

• $2.0M

  Local Independent Online News Publishers · Havertown, PA · 2024

  In support of activities and grants to support local news organizations to be financially sustainable

• $2.0M

  Trace Media · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  In support of general operations

• $2.0M

  Volcker Alliance · New York, NY · 2024

  In support of developing leadership pathways for diverse individuals focused on criminal justice reform and advancing racial equity as part of the safety and justice challenge

• $2.0M

  Acento Accion Local Asociacion Civil · 2023

  to strengthen human rights activism in Mexico through diversifying philanthropic strategies and increasing equity in access to funds and resources for the Mexican states

• $2.0M

  Array Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  in support of general operations

• $2.0M

  Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2023

  in support of general operations

• $2.0M

  League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

  to support local and statewide public education campaigns about clean energy benefits

• $2.0M

  Protect Democracy Project · Washington, DC · 2023

  in support of general operations

• $2.0M

  Acento Accion Local Asociacion Civil · 2022

  to strengthen human rights activism in Mexico through diversifying philanthropic strategies and increasing equity in access to funds and resources for the Mexican states, Mexico Legacy Fund

• $2.0M

  Echoing Green · New York, NY · 2022

  in support of general operations

• $2.0M

  Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2022

  to cut methane emissions and reduce harmful climate and environmental impacts resulting from oil and natural gas production

• $2.0M

  League of Conservation Voters Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

  to support local and statewide public education campaigns about clean energy benefits

• $2.0M

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022

  in support of its project, Climate Nexus

• $2.0M

  Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism · 2022

  to strengthen accountability journalism and civic space at lower levels of government in Nigeria

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