Private foundation · EIN 23-7093598 · Chicago, IL · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)'s grants went
It reported $321M in grants paid across 1,465 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 77.6% of those dollars to 860 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $249M 1,068 lines
- No confident match $28.5M 175
- Individuals, not shown $12M 90
- Outside the US $31.2M 130
- Not itemized $9,300 2
What its filing says about applications
It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”
- Form of application
- THE FOUNDATION'S GRANT MAKING PROGRAMS AND AREAS OF WORK ARE DESCRIBED FULLY ON THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE (WWW.MACFOUND.ORG). TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, REVIEW THE GRANTMAKING GUIDELINES ON THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AT WWW.MACFOUND.ORG/INFO-GRANTSEEKERS AND CLICK ON THE "GRANT GUIDELINES" LINK TO DETERMINE IF YOUR PROPOSAL IS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING. APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE GRANTS MANAGEMENT PORTAL AT HTTPS://MACFOUND.FLUXX.IO. TO START THE APPLICATION PROCESS, CLICK THE "SUBMIT A
- Deadlines
- WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, AS NOTED ON OUR WEBSITE, THERE ARE NO FIXED DEADLINES.
- Restrictions
- THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE DESCRIBES THOSE AREAS WHERE THE FOUNDATION MAY PROVIDE SUPPORT AS WELL AS THOSE PROJECTS OR PROPOSALS IT WILL NOT FUND. THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT SUPPORT POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OR ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE ACTION ON SPECIFIC LEGISLATION; DOES NOT PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS, OR TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, OR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, OR UNSOLICITED GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS EXCEPT FOR ITS FELLOWS PROGRAM; AND DOES NOT SUPPORT ANNUAL FUNDRAISING DRIVES, BENEFIT EVENTS, HONOR
- Website on filing
- www.macfound.org
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 1,324 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Miami Foundation Miami, FL · EIN 65-0350357 | $32,500,000 | in support of Press Forward | Same address 1.00 |
| Community Solutions International New York, NY · EIN 27-3523909 | $23,000,000 | to bring the movement to end homelessness in the U.S. to a tipping point | Same city 1.00 |
| Rf Catalytic Capital New York, NY · EIN 85-2150251 | $7,200,000 | in support of Invest in Our Future | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| The Chicago Community Foundation Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3432023 | $5,300,000 | in renewed support of the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities | Same street 1.00 |
| Chicago Sun-Times Media Chicago, IL · EIN 87-4304197 | $5,000,000 | in support of deepening and expanding news coverage and disseminating its journalism on multiple platforms | Same city 1.00 |
| The Chicago Community Foundation Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3432023 | $4,000,000 | in support of the Chicago Community Foundation's activities related to the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities' Neighborhood-Base… | Same street 1.00 |
| Sierra Club Foundation Oakland, CA · EIN 94-6069890 | $4,000,000 | to support the Beyond Coal campaign | Same address 1.00 |
| Windward Fund Washington, DC · EIN 47-3522162 | $4,000,000 | in support of the Methane Hub | Same address 1.00 |
| United States Energy Foundation San Francisco, CA · EIN 83-1740146 | $3,500,000 | in support of state-level advocacy for clean energy policies | Same address 1.00 |
| Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Washington, DC · EIN 82-1517696 | $3,000,000 | in support of the Democracy Frontlines Fund | Same city 1.00 |
| The Chicago Community Trust Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2167000 | $2,500,000 | in support of a pooled fund for independent journalism in Chicago | Same address 1.00 |
| Field Foundation of Illinois Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6059408 | $2,500,000 | in support of "A Road Together (ART), an initiative of the Field Foundation supported by the MacArthur Foundation" | Same street 1.00 |
| Justice Innovation New York, NY · EIN 85-2810883 | $2,315,000 | to provide project coordination and technical assistance to local jurisdictions seeking to reduce jail use safely and address racial and et… | Same address 0.88 |
| Array Alliance Encino, CA · EIN 82-5248574 | $2,000,000 | in support of general operations | Exact name 1.00 |
| The Campaign Legal Center Washington, DC · EIN 04-3608387 | $2,000,000 | in support of general operations | Same address 1.00 |
| League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Washington, DC · EIN 52-1379661 | $2,000,000 | to support local and statewide public education campaigns about clean energy benefits | Same street 1.00 |
| Protect Democracy Project Washington, DC · EIN 81-4777062 | $2,000,000 | in support of general operations | Same address 1.00 |
| Acento Accion Local Asociacion Civil Mexico City, MX · outside the US | $2,000,000 | to strengthen human rights activism in Mexico through diversifying philanthropic strategies and increasing equity in access to funds and resources for the Mexican states | Foreign |
| Media Development Investment Fund New York, NY · EIN 13-4052259 | $1,610,000 | to strengthen the revenue generation skills and sustainability of Nigerian media organizations | Same address 1.00 |
| Forefront Chicago, IL · EIN 23-7376023 | $1,500,000 | for capacity support to nonprofit organizations seeking and managing grants from public entities | Same city 1.00 |
| Centre for Democracy and Development (Limited by Guarantee) Abuja, NI · outside the US | $1,500,000 | to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria | Foreign |
| Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism Lagos, NI · outside the US | $1,500,000 | to strengthen accountability journalism and civic space at lower levels of government in Nigeria | Foreign |
| Health CARE Without Harm Reston, VA · EIN 52-2358837 | $1,450,000 | for general operating support | Same address 1.00 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103580 | $1,300,000 | in support of a research network to rethink nuclear deterrence theory | Known alias 1.00 |
| Nia Tero Foundation Seattle, WA · EIN 82-1949563 | $1,280,000 | to support the development and execution of an Indigenous impact investing program focused primarily on enterprises in Pasifika and Amazonia | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Pretrial Justice Institute Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-1078400 | $1,235,000 | to organize and convene a network of selected jurisdictions working toward local jail reform as part of the Safety and Justice Challenge | Same city 1.00 |
| Pretrial Justice Institute Baltimore, MD · EIN 52-1078400 | $1,125,000 | to organize and convene the Safety and Justice Challenge Network comprised of selected local jurisdictions, strategic allies and partners c… | Same city 1.00 |
| Alliance for Open Society Int'L New York, NY · EIN 81-0623035 | $1,000,000 | in support of the Ukrainian Democracy Fund | Same address 1.00 |
| Cdp North America New York, NY · EIN 36-4709977 | $1,000,000 | in support of general operations | Same address 1.00 |
| Ceres Boston, MA · EIN 22-3053747 | $1,000,000 | in support of general operations | Same street 1.00 |
| The Chicago Community Foundation Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3432023 | $1,000,000 | in support of We Rise Together: For an Equitable & Just Recovery, a project of the Chicago Community Foundation | Same street 1.00 |
| Crossroads Fund Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3092907 | $1,000,000 | in support of the Chicago Racial Justice Pooled Fund | Same street 1.00 |
| Earthjustice San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-1730465 | $1,000,000 | in support of general operations | Same city 1.00 |
| Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY · EIN 11-6107128 | $1,000,000 | to cut methane emissions and reduce harmful climate and environmental impacts resulting from oil and natural gas production | Same address 1.00 |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest Chicago, IL · EIN 36-3866530 | $1,000,000 | in support of general operations | Same address 1.00 |
| Global Fund for Women San Francisco, CA · EIN 77-0155782 | $1,000,000 | in support of the Black Feminist Fund | Same city 1.00 |
| Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund Washington, DC · EIN 27-1165010 | $1,000,000 | in support of general operations | Same city 1.00 |
| Hispanics in Philanthropy San Francisco, CA · EIN 94-3040607 | $1,000,000 | for its Colibri Initiative, which works at the intersection of the climate crisis and the plight of migrants from the Americas and the Cari… | Exact name 1.00 |
| New Venture Fund Washington, DC · EIN 20-5806345 | $1,000,000 | as fiscal sponsor for the Collective Action Fund for Accountability, Resilience, and Adaptation | Same address 1.00 |
| Nia Tero Foundation Seattle, WA · EIN 82-1949563 | $1,000,000 | in support of general operations of Nia Tero | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Partnership for Southern Equity Atlanta, GA · EIN 27-4424115 | $1,000,000 | in support of general operations | Same address 1.00 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York New York, NY · EIN 13-1988190 | $1,000,000 | to support the Safety and Justice Challenge Research Consortium, a mechanism to administer and manage research projects under the initiative | Same address 1.00 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA · EIN 94-1156365 | $1,000,000 | in support of research and development to address racial disparities in policing and improve police-community relationships as part of the… | Known alias 1.00 |
| Field Foundation of Illinois Chicago, IL · EIN 36-6059408 | $1,000,000 | in support of the Media and Storytelling program | Same street 1.00 |
| Little Village Environmental Justice Org Chicago, IL · EIN 36-4259477 | $1,000,000 | in support of the Chicago Frontlines Funding Initiative | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| Windward Fund Washington, DC · EIN 47-3522162 | $1,000,000 | in support of its project, the Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice | Same address 1.00 |
| World Resources Institute Washington, DC · EIN 52-1257057 | $1,000,000 | for flexible support of the climate change program | Same address 1.00 |
| Yale University New Haven, CT · EIN 06-0646973 | $1,000,000 | to support the Yale Program on Climate Change Communications | Known alias 1.00 |
| City & County of San Francisco dba San Francisco District Attorney Office San Francisco, CA · no confident EIN match | $1,000,000 | to support San Francisco's participation as an implementation site in the Safety and Justice Challenge, the Foundation's criminal justice reform initiative to reduce over-incarceration by changing the way America thinks about and uses jails | Unmatched Help match |
| The Energy Foundation Beijing, CH · outside the US | $1,000,000 | in support of general operations | Foreign |
49 more lines ($7.41M) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.