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$150 Million in Catalytic Capital to Help Address Critical Social Challenges
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Supporting creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.
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Carrying out our work with a sense of urgency and flexible approaches that enable us to apply what we are learning.
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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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John Palfrey Named New MacArthur President

A respected educator, author, legal scholar, and innovator
Defending Human Rights in Mexico
Criminal Justice
$8 Million to Advance Local Justice System Reforms
Chicago Commitment
Field, MacArthur Launch Programs Seeking Racially Equitable Chicago
Perspectives
Our Program Directors Reflect on Challenges
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100&Change

$100 Million Competition to Help Solve a Critical Problem of Our Time

Meet the 2018 MacArthur Fellows

25 Extraordinarily Creative People Who Inspire Us All
Clifford Brangwynne
Biophysical Engineer
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Climate Solutions
"A Market-Driven Green New Deal? We’d Be Unstoppable"
The New York Times
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100&Change
"For Refugee Children, Reading Helps Heal Trauma"
The New York Times
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Catalytic Capital Consortium
"Catalytic Capital: Q&A with MacArthur Foundation’s Debra Schwartz"
Opportunity Finance Network
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Technology in the Public Interest
"We Built a (Legal) Facial Recognition Machine for $60"
The New York Times
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Nuclear Challenges
"Evolving the Nuclear Conversation"
Virgin
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Technology in the Public Interest
"Congress Wants to Protect You from Biased Algorithms, Deepfakes, and Other Bad AI"
MIT Technology Review
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