PROGRAM ON HUMAN AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Grants Authorized 2005

The Foundation’s grantmaking in policy research advances two goals. First, policy research provides information that stimulates and supports policy debate in fresh ways, asks important questions, and encourages people to consider alternatives. Second, MacArthur’s policy research grants encourage the generation and adoption of solutions that can bridge, rather than reinforce, ideological divides. The Foundation supports a small group of organizations that conduct research and educate policymakers and the public about critical issues. MacArthur investments in policy research also explore the use of evidence in decision making and its possible role in a rethinking of the role of government and long-term benefits to society.

Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C.
$30,000 in support of The Community Development Finance Scale and Sustainability Project.

Brookings Institution, Governance Studies Program, Washington, D.C.
$150,000 in support of the “Red and Blue Nation? Causes, Consequences, and Corrections of America’s Polarized Politics” project.

CDFI Data Project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
$650,000 to gather and report information on the characteristics and performance of community development financial institutions in the United States (over five years).

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C.
$100,000 in support of efforts to analyze federal and state-level economic and budget policies and their impact on low-income people and communities.

Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action, New York, New York
$150,000 in support of the project, How to Talk about Government: Creating a Framework for Communications about the Role and Capacity of Government.

Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights, Chicago, Illinois
$35,000 in support of general operations for policy and research work of the Mid-America Institute on Poverty.

Housing Partnership Network, Boston, Massachusetts
$75,000 in support of a project to plan and design an equity and venture capital investment fund to invest in nonprofit housing owners and community development financial institutions.

National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
$500,000 in support of the Key National Indicators Initiative (over two years).

Shorebank Enterprise Pacific, Ilwaco, Washington
$100,000 to explore and document lessons learned from a merger between ShoreBank Enterprise Pacific and Cascadia Revolving Fund.

Global Kids helps young people of diverse backgrounds develop the knowledge, skills, and experience they need to succeed in the workplace and to participate in the shaping of public policy. A new program engages more than 400 youngsters in online discussions and written essays about how they use digital media in their everyday lives.

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