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2020 MacArthur Fellows

21 Extraordinarily Creative and Inspiring Individuals
What We Do
Supporting creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.
How We Work
Carrying out our work with a sense of urgency and flexible approaches that enable us to apply what we are learning.
What We're Learning
Sharing the results of our grantmaking and the lessons we learn as we carry out our work.
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Equitable Recovery

Reinventing systems to create more resilient, inclusive communities
Equitable Recovery
$16 Million to Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous Arts Organizations
Equitable Recovery
Transforming Systems for an Equitable Recovery
Evaluation
Critical Friends: Using External Partners for Evaluation
Chicago Commitment
Black Lives Matter, an Art Installation
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Six Finalists Named in Competition for $100 Million Grant

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Meet the 2020 MacArthur Fellows

21 Extraordinarily Creative and Inspiring Individuals
Damien Fair
Cognitive Neuroscientist
Grantees In the Media
$25M COVID Recovery Initiative to Focus on Black, Latino Communities
Crain's Chicago Business
Related Grantee: Chicago Community Foundation
"Pilsen’s El Paseo Garden Set To Expand To Vacant Lot, Warding Off Development From Site"
Block Club Chicago
Related Grantee: Local Initiatives Support Corporation
"Rashad Robinson, the President of Color of Change, Is Holding Corporations Accountable and Building Black Political Power"
Forbes
Related Grantee: Color of Change Education Fund
"Philanthropies Flow Funds to Climate Technologies"
The Washington Post
Related Grantee: Prime Coalition
"What Investors Need to Know to Embrace Catalytic Capital"
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Related Grantee: Global Impact Investing Network
"More Than 110 Philanthropists and Foundation Leaders Call for Secure Elections and a Peaceful Response to the Results"
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Related Grantee: Campaign Legal Center
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