MacArthur Foundation

MacArthur Foundation   (Foundation)
Formation	1970
Founder	•  John D. MacArthur •  Catherine T. MacArthur
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Sponsor of	Planned Parenthood, the Population Council, the Carter Center, ProPublica, Union of Concerned Scientists, Environmental Defense Fund, ClimateWorks, International Crisis Group, Energy Foundation, ClimateWorks, Earthworks, Natural Resources Defense Council, Climate Group, Environmental Defense Fund, New Venture Fund, World Resources Institute, Climate Central, ecoAmerica, Sierra Club, Center for American Progress, Brennan Center for Justice, Poynter Institute, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Hudson Institute, Brookings Institution, Center for Public Integrity, Federation of American Scientists, Fund for Constitutional Government, Nieman Foundation, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Ploughshares Fund, Natural Resources Defense, Common Cause, D Council, Benton Foundation, Berkman Klein Center, Borealis Philanthropy, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Committee to Protect Journalists, City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, Global Press Institute, NEO Philanthropy, National Public Radio, Reporters Without Borders, Tides Foundation, University of California/Berkeley/Graduate School of Journalism, University of Chicago/Department of Political Science, University of Colorado/Media Arts Centers, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure, University of Washington/Information School
Membership	•  John Palfrey •  Stephanie Bell-Rose •  Gish Jen •  Julie T. Katzman •  Paul Klingenstein •  James Manyika •  Martha Minow •  Sendhil Mullainathan •  Cecilia Muñoz •  Olufunmilayo Falusi Olopade •  Juan Salgado

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private foundation that finances non-profit organizations and people in approximately 50 countries around the world. It has an endowment of $7.0 billion and provides approximately $260 million annually in grants and impact investments. It is based in Chicago, and in 2014 it was the 12th-largest private foundation in the United States.

It has financed activities for more than US$6.8 billion since its first grants in 1978. Its patronage power buys it immense cultural and political influence. It often coordinates its priorities with other deep state foundations, creating a mesh of grants, cross-grants and sub-grants that is very hard to analyze.

MacArthur Fellows Program

The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship is a patronage prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 individuals, working in any field, who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States.

Financing

The Foundation maintains a database of recent grants.

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