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MacArthur Foundation
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a Chicago-based private foundation supporting creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. Its grantmaking targets climate change, criminal justice, nonprofit journalism, and Chicago, alongside impact investments in roughly 117 countries. It is best known for the MacArthur Fellows Program, the annual 'genius grants.'
- Website
- www.macfound.org
- Capabilities
- Climate Solutions, Criminal Justice, Local News, Nigeria, Chicago, Journalism and Media, Technology in the Public Interest, Impact Investments
- Listing status
- Unclaimed · Editor-verified
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