Across all our areas of work, our Program Directors reflected on how we seek to center individuals and communities who are most impacted by challenges and follow their lead in identifying solutions. Resilient Organizations, Thriving Communities › Tara Magner, Director of Chicago Commitment, shares insights on institutional support grants and why investing in the financial…

This September and October, we recognize the impact of Hispanic Americans on the history and culture of the United States. MacArthur Fellows of Hispanic or Latin American descent are tackling several issues in a wide range of fields, and have displayed exceptional creativity. We pulled together quotes from MacArthur Fellows…

A 2017 100&Change Finalist, Changing the Way We Care demonstrates family care is critical to preventing separation Sruti, a loving mother of two young children in India, experienced the devastating loss of her husband to complications from COVID-19 in May 2020. The severe financial impact of this loss nearly forced…

This summer, MacArthur Fellow Camilo José Vergara reached out to us. Renowned for documenting change in Northern industrial cities over the last four decades, and more recently the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities of color in the New York area, he passed through the Chicago area to do…

MacArthur Staff Yvonne Darkwa-Poku, Janice Dunbar-Travis, Kalle Eko, Phillis Hill, Ken Jones, and Hauwa Kazeem share their intellectual and emotional reflections on the Advancing Justice: Reparations & Racial Healing Summit in Ghana. Grantees funded by MacArthur’s Equitable Recovery Initiative convened in Accra, Ghana for the Advancing Justice: Reparations &…

Three groups foster filmmaking to break stereotypes, transform the way communities see themselves, and spark change. When 17-year-old aspiring filmmaker Kyra Higgins started brainstorming stories about rural Appalachia, her first ideas came from groups in her comfort zone. Then she spoke with other young people pursuing their dreams to make…

Our Nuclear Challenges program has made $5 million in final capstone grants. The 12 new grants will build on the 28 capstone grants announced previously by cultivating diversity, leading at the nexus of nuclear and climate risks, and preserving support for critical work in the nuclear field. In total, the…

The Safety and Justice Challenge is bringing together communities across the country to further efforts to reimagine and rebuild local criminal justice systems to reduce jail incarceration and eliminate racial disparities. In one of the largest expansions of the initiative since it began, the Safety and Justice Challenge is launching…