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Awarding $10 Million to Help Strengthen Chicago Organizations and Prevent Violence
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MacArthur, Carnegie Corporation Award $4.4 Million to Reduce Nuclear Risks

Grants will support projects aimed at reducing nuclear risk through innovative and solutions-oriented approaches.
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In The Media
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"SECC Awarded Grant from the MacArthur Foundation"
Hyde Park Herald
Related Grantee: South East Chicago Commission
Semi-Finalist Perspectives
100&Change
The Carter Center Takes Aim at a Big Fish
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"What It's Like to Turn the Camera on Snowden and Assange"
PBS NewsHour
Related fellow: Laura Poitras
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"Atul Gawande on Priorities, Big and Small"
Medium
Related fellow: Atul Gawande
Semi-Finalist Perspectives
100&Change
Overcoming the Challenges: The Path towards a Better-Nourished Future
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"Next From the Novelist Junot Díaz? A Picture Book"
The New York Times
Related fellow: Junot Díaz
In The Media
Chicago Commitment
"MacArthur Gives $10 Million to Combat Violence"
Crain's Chicago Business
Related Grantee: Cabrini Green Legal Aid, Chicago Foundation for Women, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, Latinos Progresando, Little Black Pearl Workshop, Metropolitan Family Services, Mikva Challenge, Resurrection Project, South East Chicago Commission, Sweetwater Foundation, University of Chicago, Department of Political Science
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MacArthur Awards $10 Million to Help Strengthen Chicago Organizations and Prevent Gun Violence in Chicago
Perspectives
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Strong Organizations and Effective Partnerships
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Eight Bold Solutions to Compete for $100 Million Grant

Proposals address challenges ranging from eliminating needless blindness to educating children displaced by conflict, in places from Nigeria to Nepal to the United States.

Meet the 2016 MacArthur Fellows

23 Extraordinarily Creative People Who Inspire Us All
Bill Thies
Computer Scientist
On Nigeria
Nearly $9 Million to Advance Accountability and Reduce Corruption in Nigeria
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Video: Building Chicago's Inclusive Economy
Climate Solutions
$19 Million in Grants Broaden the Benefits of Cleaner, Cheaper Energy
Criminal Justice
Jail Growth Highest in Rural America
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