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May 5, 2010 - From the field
Website Tracks Impact of the BP Oil Spill
MacArthur grantee Ushahidi is using its crowd-sourcing technology - an open-source platform originally created to document reports of political violence - to generate a database on the impact of the BP oil spill on the Gulf Coast. Read More
May 1, 2010 - Info sheet
Program-Related Investments
To expand the reach of its grantmaking, the MacArthur Foundation makes low-cost loans and equity investments, known as program-related investments, to support charitable organizations and activities. Read More
April 30, 2010 - From the field
A Comprehensive Approach to Transforming Communities
The Institute for Comprehensive Community Development will offer training, build capacity, and document what is working or not in community development efforts across the country. Read More
April 29, 2010 - From the field
Our Courts Online Games Prove Popular
An outside evaluation finds that MacArthur grantee Our Courts, a web-based project to teach civics to middle school children, is having a positive effect on social studies education. Read More
April 27, 2010 - Publication
Penner Addresses President's Commission on Deficit Reduction
Rudolph Penner, co-chair of the MacArthur-supported Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States, which recently released a report on the nation's fiscal choices, testified before President Obama's bipartisan commission on reducing the ... Read More
April 20, 2010 - Speech
Remarks by Julia Stasch, Inauguration of the Institute for Comprehensive Community Development
MacArthur's Vice President of U.S. Programs discusses how the Institute can become a leader in the field of community development. Read More
April 14, 2010 - From the field
Grand Challenges of the 21st Century
Share your ideas with the White House on the next Grand Challenges facing the country. Read More
April 12, 2010 - From the field
ProPublica Garners Pulitzer
An article by Sheri Fink, of MacArthur grantee ProPublica, received a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. Read More
April 7, 2010 - Speech
The Aging of America: Challenges and Opportunities, Remarks by MacArthur President Robert Gallucci
MacArthur President Robert Gallucci discusses the Foundation's research into how Americans age now, and how various policies and practices may help them age better. Read More
April 1, 2010 - Info sheet
Research Network on an Aging Society
The MacArthur Research Network on an Aging Society is an interdisciplinary group of scholars who are conducting a broad-based analysis of how to help the nation prepare for the challenges and opportunities posed by an aging ... Read More
March 15, 2010 - From the field
Housing Support for Vulnerable Families
A new study by the Urban Institute, a MacArthur grantee, focuses on how to assist vulnerable families who were left behind by the transformation of public housing into mixed-income communities. Read More
