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Based in Chicago, with locations in India and Nigeria, we work with people around the world to explore new ideas, approaches, and models.
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The MacArthur Foundation boldly invests in creative solutions to critical challenges, sparking hope for our future.
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Listening, Honoring, and Acting: Advancing Native Well-Being
John Palfrey, MacArthur President, shares the two-year process of listening, learning, and unlearning that led to our new program on Native self-determination.
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World in Their Own Vision
Inspiring Self-Expression and Social Change Through Art
Urban Gateways exposes young people to the transformative power of art and helps them imagine different futures.
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We are accelerating ingenuity and supporting effective organizations and influential networks.
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Investing boldly across critical challenges.
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Unwavering, deep, longstanding engagement.
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Funding the world’s ingenuity.
Field Support
Reflecting diverse creative sector voices and sustaining the creative life of the city.
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Meet the 2024 MacArthur Fellows
22 Individuals Redefining Their Fields and Elevating Vital Voices
A Legacy of Impact
Investing boldly over our -year history.
