Funding search · EIN 273141382 · New York, NY

MacArthur Family Charitable Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

78
grants reported
$521,822
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$1,746
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • National Philanthropic Trust3 grants · $259,153
  • Metropolitan Opera Association2 grants · $32,000
  • Community Partners for the Civics Center2 grants · $30,000
  • Virginia New Majority Education Fund1 grant · $20,000
  • Virginia Organizing1 grant · $20,000
  • Nextgen Education Fund1 grant · $20,000
  • Hope Reichbach Fund3 grants · $13,000
  • Metropolitan Opera House1 grant · $12,500
  • Center for American Progress1 grant · $10,000
  • Sun Valley Writer'S Conference2 grants · $8,000

Giving over time

$125,000
2022
$170,822
2023
$226,000
2024

Grant history

All 78 reported grants, largest first.

  • $108,000

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $79,360

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $71,793

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $20,000

    Community Partners for the Civics Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $20,000

    Nextgen Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $20,000

    Virginia New Majority Education Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $20,000

    Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $17,000

    Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $15,000

    Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $12,500

    Metropolitan Opera House · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $10,000

    Community Partners for the Civics Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $6,000

    Hope Reichbach Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Hope Reichbach Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Brooklyn Academy of Music · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $5,000

    Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $4,680

    Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $4,000

    Sun Valley Writer'S Conference · Ketchum, ID · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $4,000

    Sun Valley Writer'S Conference · Ketchum, ID · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $4,000

    Sun Valley Writers Conference · Ketchum, ID · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $3,000

    Jazz Foundation of America · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $3,000

    Manhattan Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $3,000

    Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $3,000

    Roundabout Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,700

    The Watermill Center · Water Mill, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,600

    Atlantic Theater Company · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,440

    Guild Hall of East Hampton · East Hampton, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,264

    Park Avenue Armory · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,264

    Park Avenue Armory · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,264

    Park Avenue Armory · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,148

    Manhattan Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    2nd Stage Theater · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    The International Studio & Curatorial Program · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    Church of the Incarnation · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    Church of the Incarnation · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $2,000

    Hope Reichbach Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,871

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,850

    2nd Stage Theater · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,850

    Second Stage Theater · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,643

    Frick Museum · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,604

    Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Center · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,565

    Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,500

    Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,500

    Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,500

    Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,328

    Manhattan Theatre Club · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,250

    Signature Theatre Company · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,110

    Frick Museum · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,096

    Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,096

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,032

    Frick Museum · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    Storefront Academy Harlem · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    The Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    Storefront Academy Harlem · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    The Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    New York Public Radio · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    Storefront Academy Harlem · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $1,000

    The Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $940

    Playwrights Horizons · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $900

    Carnegie Hall · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $785

    Irish Repertory Theater Company · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $742

    Carnegie Hall · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $742

    Carnegie Hall · New York, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $600

    New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $600

    New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $585

    Irish Repertory Theater Company · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $500

    Rattlestick Productions · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $500

    The Guggenheim Museum · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $500

    The She College Fund · Hinesburg, VT · 2024

    General charitable purposes

  • $500

    The She College Fund · Hinesburg, VT · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $500

    New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $500

    Storyville Center for the Spoken Word · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $500

    The She College Fund · Hinesburg, VT · 2022

    General charitable purposes

  • $320

    Rattlestick Productions · New York, NY · 2023

    General charitable purposes

  • $300

    The Public Theater · New York, NY · 2024

    General charitable purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.