Overview
The Foundation employs a total of 223 Staff (as of December 2025). Of that total, 209 Staff are located in the U.S. in our hometown of Chicago, and 14 are located in our India and Nigeria offices. There are 11 total members of the Board of Directors.
Our Commitment to Diversity
The MacArthur Foundation believes that our work is deeper and richer because of our Staff’s diverse viewpoints and lived experiences. Diversity includes all the ways that people differ, encompassing the characteristics, backgrounds, and perspectives that make people distinct from one another, and we value diversity at all levels of the organization.
More About Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 
Notes on Data
Data below were rounded, resulting in totals ranging from 99–101 percent.
Zero percent of U.S. Staff and Board members identify as veterans and no one reported veteran status.
Download 2025 Staff and Board Diversity Data
Download 2025 Director and Officer Diversity Data
(In compliance with Illinois Public Act 103-1035)
2025 Sex & Gender of All Staff
As of 2025, our Staff identifies as 68% female, 30% male, and 1% nonbinary.
Female/Women includes cisgender women, transgender women, and female-identified individuals.
Male/Men includes cisgender men, transgender men, and male-identified individuals.
2025 Job Classification by Sex & Gender of the U.S. Staff
Executive Leadership
Professionals
First/Mid-Level Officials and Managers
Administrative Support Workers
2025 Race & Ethnicity of All Staff
As of 2025, our Staff identifies as 26% African American or Black; 0% Native American or Alaska Native; 13% Asian or Asian American; 12% Hispanic or Latine; 1% Middle Eastern or North African; 0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; 43% White; 3% Multiracial or Multi-ethnic; 0% Another race or Ethnicity; and 1% Prefer not to provide.
1 - African American or Black (e.g., Ethiopian, Haitian, Jamaican, Nigerian, Somali, etc.) (United States)
2 - Native American or Alaska Native (e.g., Aztec, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Navajo Nation, Nome Eskimo Community, etc.) (United States)
3 - Asian (including East Asian, South Asian, and Southeast Asian) (United States)
4 - Hispanic or Latine (e.g., Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Salvadorian, or another country of Latin American or Spanish origin, etc.) (United States)
5 - Middle Eastern or North African (e.g., Algerian, Egyptian, Iranian, Lebanese, Moroccan, Syrian, etc.) (United States)
6 - Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (Chamorro, Fijian, Marshallese, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan, etc.) (United States)
7 - White (e.g., English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Polish, etc.) (United States)
8 - Multiple races/ethnicities (United States)
9 - Another race, ethnicity, or origin not on this list (United States)
10 - Prefer not to provide this information (United States)
2025 Job Classification by Race & Ethnicity of the U.S. Staff
Executive Leadership
Professionals
First/Mid-Level Officials and Managers
Administrative Support Workers
Disability Identification of All Staff
As of 2025, 10% of Staff identifies as having a disability, 18% do not, and 72% preferred not to provide.
Disability includes but is not limited to the following:
1 - Physical and mobility (i.e., polio, cerebral palsy)
2 - Sensory (i.e., deaf/hard of hearing, blind/low vision)
3 - Cognitive/intellectual (i.e., down syndrome, autism, learning disabilities, and ADHD)
4 - Psychosocial/mental health (i.e., depression, bipolar disorder)
5 - Chronic illness (i.e., cancer, HIV, and Crohn's)
2025 Job Classification by Disability
Executive Leadership
Professionals
First/Mid-Level Officials and Managers
Administrative Support Workers
2025 LGBTQ+ Community Identification of All Staff
As of 2025, 10% of Staff identifies with the LGBTQ+ community, 42% does not, 2% prefer not to provide, and 46% did not answer.
2025 LGBTQ+ Community Identification of U.S. Staff
Executive Leadership
Professionals
First/Mid-Level Officials and Managers
Administrative Support Workers
2025 Board Demographics - Sex & Gender
As of 2025, 55% of Board identifies as Female/Woman, 27% Male/Men, and 18% prefer not to provide.
1 - African American or Black (e.g., Ethiopian, Haitian, Jamaican, Nigerian, Somali, etc.) (United States)
2 - Native American or Alaska Native (e.g., Aztec, Blackfeet Tribe, Mayan, Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Navajo Nation, Nome Eskimo Community, etc.) (United States)
3 - Asian (including East Asian, South Asian, and Southeast Asian) (United States)
4 - Hispanic or Latine (e.g., Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Salvadorian, or another country of Latin American or Spanish origin, etc.) (United States)
5 - Middle Eastern or North African (e.g., Algerian, Egyptian, Iranian, Lebanese, Moroccan, Syrian, etc.) (United States)
6 - Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (Chamorro, Fijian, Marshallese, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan, etc.) (United States)
7 - White (e.g., English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Polish, etc.) (United States)
8 - Multiple races/ethnicities (United States)
9 - Another race, ethnicity, or origin not on this list (United States)
10 - Prefer not to provide this information (United States)
2025 Board Demographics - Disability
Disability includes but is not limited to the following:
1 - Physical and mobility (i.e., polio, cerebral palsy)
2 - Sensory (i.e., deaf/hard of hearing, blind/low vision)
3 - Cognitive/intellectual (i.e., down syndrome, autism, learning disabilities, and ADHD)
4 - Psychosocial/mental health (i.e., depression, bipolar disorder)
5 - Chronic illness (i.e., cancer, HIV, and Crohn's)