2007 Award for Creative and Effective Institutions

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MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions

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2009 Award Winners

2008 Award Winners

2007 Award Winners

Action Health Incorporated

Institute for Security and Democracy

Institute of Law and Public Policy

Kartemquin Films

National Housing Law Project

Resources Himalaya Foundation

Society for Education Welfare and Action -- Rural

Woodstock Institute

MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, 2007 - About

Action Health Incorporated
Protecting the sexual and reproductive health of young Nigerians
(Lagos, Nigeria)

Institute for Security and Democracy
Reforming police, strengthening democracy in Mexico
(Mexico City, Mexico)

Institute of Law and Public Policy
Championing constitutional and legal reform in Russia
(Moscow, Russia)

Kartemquin Films
Filming documentaries, changing society
(Chicago, Illinois)

National Housing Law Project
Advocating housing justice for America's most vulnerable
(Oakland, California)

Resources Himalaya Foundation
Protecting biodiversity where earth meets sky
(Kathmandu, Nepal)

Society for Education Welfare and Action -- Rural
Saving the lives of mothers and their babies in India
(Jhagadia, India)

Woodstock Institute
Increasing and protecting financial assets of low-income people and communities
(Chicago, Illinois)

2006 Award Winners

MacArthur Award for Effective and Innovative Institutions

Birdhouses, credit Patrick Barry, The New Communities Program

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MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, 2007

Expanding on its tradition of encouraging individual creativity and building effective institutions to help address some of the world’s most challenging problems, the MacArthur Foundation selects a group of small non-profit organizations around the world for this prestigious award each year. Winners are awarded up to $500,000.
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The 2007 award winners are:

Action Health Incorporated
Protecting the sexual and reproductive health of young Nigerians
(Lagos, Nigeria)

Institute for Security and Democracy
Reforming police, strengthening democracy in Mexico
(Mexico City, Mexico)

Institute of Law and Public Policy
Championing constitutional and legal reform in Russia
(Moscow, Russia)

Kartemquin Films
Filming documentaries, changing society
(Chicago, Illinois)

National Housing Law Project
Advocating housing justice for America's most vulnerable
(Oakland, California)

Resources Himalaya Foundation
Protecting biodiversity where earth meets sky
(Kathmandu, Nepal)

Society for Education Welfare and Action -- Rural
Saving the lives of mothers and their babies in India
(Jhagadia, India)

Woodstock Institute
Increasing and protecting financial assets of low-income people and communities
(Chicago, Illinois)