Claire Poelking, Program Officer, shares some of MacArthur’s partnerships that work to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. Philanthropy has been accused of being a lot of things: too establishment, too siloed, too intolerant of risk, too opaque, too White. All valid. These statements are…

A plan to improve Africa’s newborn care fell short of winning MacArthur’s first $100 million competition. Then plan leaders took their show back on the road. Rebecca Richards-Kortum was on the phone the day after she learned that her team lost out on the $100 million they had pursued to…

Lockdowns during the pandemic forced migrant workers across India to return home. Here’s how migrants from East Uttar Pradesh coped with the consequences, and how the government, nonprofits, and funders can support them. Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, is the second worst performing state on the United Nation’s Development…

The Abundance movement, including Chicago Beyond, Grand Victoria Foundation, and MacArthur, challenges philanthropic organizations to significantly increase annual payout to Black-led and centered organizations. Historically, Black-led organizations receive less funding and support from foundations than White-led organizations. However, today, three organizations, Chicago Beyond, Grand Victoria Foundation, and the John D…

The Equation Campaign aims to slow oil and gas growth by backing frontline communities fighting fossil fuel projects. At the height of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2016, security guards with dogs and pepper spray clashed with the Standing Rock Sioux and their allies. Matt Remle realized his fellow…

Lauren Pabst, Senior Program Officer, Journalism & Media, discusses support for people of color leading a documentary film movement by and for their communities. Today, mass audiences consume nonfiction media from a digital firehose: much of it about stars, scammers, “true crimes,” people in possession of wild animals. Millions of…

MacArthur’s indirect cost policy on project grants aims to support financially healthy nonprofits and share resources and research for both grantees and other funders. All too often, funders, including MacArthur, limit what they pay for administrative costs to nonprofits. It is part of a “starvation cycle” where nonprofits cannot allocate…