The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a major grant-making private foundation based in Chicago that has awarded more than US$4 billion since its inception in 1978. It is one of the ten largest private philanthropies in the United States with an endowment of approximately $5 billion (the value dropped by about $1.7 billion in 2008 due to the economic crisis of 2008). The foundation awards approximately $230 million annually in grant...
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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a major grant-making private foundation based in Chicago that has awarded more than US$4 billion since its inception in 1978. It is one of the ten largest private philanthropies in the United States with an endowment of approximately $5 billion (the value dropped by about $1.7 billion in 2008 due to the economic crisis of 2008). The foundation awards approximately $230 million annually in grants and low-interest loans in the United States and nearly 60 other countries.
Its four major program areas are Global Security and Sustainability, Human and Community Development, General grant-making, and the MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as "genius grants." Topics of interest to the Foundation include international peace and security, conservation and sustainable development, population control, reproductive health, human rights, international migration, community development, affordable housing, and educational, juvenile justice, and...
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