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Based in Chicago, with locations in India and Nigeria, we work with people around the world to explore new ideas, approaches, and models.
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The MacArthur Foundation boldly invests in creative solutions to critical challenges, sparking hope for our future.
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Overcoming Disruption by Reacting, Reexamining, and Reimagining the Future
Read our 2026 President's Essay ›Grantees are Reimagining the
World in Their Own Vision
Shifting the Disability Narrative
Disability Culture Lab and Inevitable Foundation drive new, empowering paradigms in policy, film, and TV.
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Our Programs
We are accelerating ingenuity and supporting effective organizations and influential networks.
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Investing boldly across critical challenges.
Enduring Commitments
Unwavering, deep, longstanding engagement.
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Funding the world’s ingenuity.
Field Support
Reflecting diverse creative sector voices and sustaining the creative life of the city.
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Meet the 2025 MacArthur Fellows
Expanding the boundaries of knowledge, artistry, and human understanding.
A Legacy of Impact
Investing boldly over our -year history.
