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Supporting Nonfiction Media Makers from Diverse Backgrounds
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Supporting creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.
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Sharing the results of our grantmaking and the lessons we learn as we carry out our work.
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Awarding $10 Million to Help Strengthen Chicago Organizations and Prevent Violence

What's New
In The Media
100&Change
"a16z Podcast: The Taxonomy of Collective Knowledge"
Andreesen Horowitz
Related fellow: Luis von Ahn
In The Media
Journalism & Media
"MacArthur Foundation Awards $5.7M To Support Diversity For Documentary Filmmakers"
Deadline
In The Media
Journalism & Media
"MacArthur Foundation Commits $5.7 Million to Support Diverse Nonfiction Media Makers"
The Wrap
In The Media
Journalism & Media
"Pubmedia Consortia Win MacArthur Grants For Diversity in Documentaries"
Current
Perspectives
Journalism & Media
Why We’re Strengthening a National Network to Support Nonfiction Multimedia Makers
Press release
Journalism & Media
MacArthur Awards $5.7 Million to Support Nonfiction Media Makers From Diverse Backgrounds
From the field
Juvenile Justice
Kentucky Rules that Death Sentences for People Under 21 Are Unconstitutional
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"Ta-Nehisi Coates on How Cities & Municipalities Are Winning Reparations for Slavery at Local Level"
Democracy Now!
Related fellow: Ta-Nehisi Coates
In The Media
MacArthur Fellows
"When Families Lead Themselves Out of Poverty"
The New York Times
Related fellow: Maurice Lim Miller
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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
Joyce J. Scott
Jewelry Maker and Sculptor
Perspectives - Tara Magner
Chicago Responds to Federal Immigration Orders
Nuclear Challenges
Awarding $4.4 Million to Reduce Nuclear Risks
On Nigeria
Nearly $9 Million to Advance Accountability and Reduce Corruption in Nigeria
Daniel Huttenlocher Elected to Chair MacArthur Board of Directors
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