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The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. MacArthur is placing a few big bets that truly significant progress is possible on some of the world’s most pressing social challenges, including advancing global climate solutions, decreasing nuclear risk, promoting local justice reform in the U.S., and reducing corruption in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria. In addition to the MacArthur Fellows Program and the global 100&Change competition, the Foundation continues its historic commitments to the role of journalism in a responsive democracy as well as the vitality of our headquarters city, Chicago. Source
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Search ArticlesDedicating $750 Million to Impact Investments
MacArthur is increasing the pool of capital dedicated to impact investments to extend the reach of our programs, advance our mission, and expand the flow of impact investments globally. Today, we announced that we are expanding our allocation for impact investments by 50 percent, increasing this pool of capital to $750 million.
Improvisation, Archive, and Homage Symposium
A two-day public program at The Kitchen’s Westbeth space in New York City featuring musical performances and a public discussion with MacArthur Fellows Claire Chase (2012), Mary Halvorson (2019), Jason Moran (2010), Ikue Mori (2022), Tomeka Reid (2022), and Craig Taborn (2025) moderated by music historian and gallerist, John Corbett.
STEM Role Models for Transformative Change: MacArthur Fellows Dialogues
A youth-centered event with MacArthur Fellows Nicola Dell (2024), Kristina Douglass (2025), and Martha Muñoz (2024) includes a live-streamed panel discussion open to all about their lives and careers in STEM, facilitated by high school girls involved in National Girls Collaborative Project programming.
Economic Cost of Increased Federal Immigration Enforcement
Cook County lost approximately $1.26 billion in retail and restaurant activity and $107 million in local sales-tax revenue in the first year of increased federal immigration enforcement. The economic impact was documented in a report authored by University of Illinois Chicago’s Great Cities Institute, “Hunkering Down: Immigration Enforcement’s Economic Cost,” with support from grantee Metropolitan Family Services in support of United for Chicago.
Realigning with Nature: A Conversation with MacArthur Fellows
A public talk featuring MacArthur Fellows Jeanne Gang (2011), J. Drew Lanham (2022), and Elizabeth Turk (2010) and moderated by Alison Cuddy on how art, design, and literature can help create healthier habitats for people and wildlife. The event aligns with the Chicago Architecture Center’s exhibition “Flyaway City: Architecture for a Flourishing Ecosystem” designed and co-curated by Studio Gang, which aims to engage Chicago audiences in reflecting on the future of cities and the natural world.
Global Leaders Sign Open Letter for Independent AI Evaluation
With increasing artificial intelligence (AI) safety concerns, more than 120 leaders of global AI institutions, evaluation experts, technology organizations, and leading thinkers signed an open letter supporting independent AI evaluation that is rigorous and reliable. The letter calls for developing global standards and shared principles to measure AI and to test industry claims of safety, accuracy, and fairness.
Rehumanizing Labor: Putting People Back at the Center of Work
An interdisciplinary conversation brings together MacArthur Fellows Nicola Dell (2024), Mary L. Gray (2020), Jennifer L. Morgan (2024), and Shailaja Paik (2024) to explore how inequality, technology, and social change are reshaping work and public life. Drawing on historical, anthropological, and technological perspectives, the speakers discuss connections among labor, technology, democracy, and human rights in the United States, South Asia, and around the world.
Truthiness: Featuring Sterlin Harjo & Reginald Dwayne Betts
A panel discussion with MacArthur Fellows Reginald Dwayne Betts (2021) and Sterlin Harjo (2024) about “truth vs. truthiness” to examine questions such as “What are truths?” and “What makes them true?” and explore how to create and find meaning in an ever-changing political, artistic, and technological climate. November 21, 2026 2:00–3:30 p.m. PST Portland Art Museum Portland, OR Learn more
Maaza Mengiste - 2026 MacArthur Fellow
Maaza Mengiste is a fiction writer revealing the human costs of political violence through a compelling blend of history, memory, and imagination. The MacArthur Fellowship is a $800,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more.
Holly Jean Buck
Investigating the social, ethical, and political dimensions of climate and energy policies and emerging technologies. Holly Jean Buck is a sociologist investigating the social, ethical, and political dimensions of emerging climate and energy policies. She envisions governance structures for a wide range of climate responses, from rural place-based efforts in natural resource management and clean energy to global-scale climate interventions, like solar radiation modification and carbon removal.