BUILD Inc.

BUILD Inc. is sponsored by MacArthur Foundation. Provides leadership opportunities, positive out-of-school activities, clinical counseling, and mentoring to youth on Chicago’s West Side.

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## We’re committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. Based in Chicago, with locations in India and Nigeria, we work with people around the world to explore new ideas, approaches, and models. ## The MacArthur Foundation boldly invests in creative solutions to critical challenges, sparking hope for our future.

### Overcoming Disruption by Reacting, Reexamining, and Reimagining the Future Read our 2026 President's Essay › ## Grantees are Reimagining the World in Their Own Vision ### Climate Solutions at Work: Lessons from a Decade of Investment This series of videos featuring the work of Climate Solutions grantee partners highlights innovative approaches to clean energy, conservation, community power, and inclusive development.

View More Grantee Stories We are accelerating ingenuity and supporting effective organizations and influential networks. #### Big Bets Investing boldly across critical challenges. #### Enduring Commitments Unwavering, deep, longstanding engagement.

#### Awards Funding the world’s ingenuity. #### Field Support Reflecting diverse creative sector voices and sustaining the creative life of the city. Explore all programs ##### Echoing Green New York, New York 2025 $300,000 in support of general operations.

Impact Investments ##### The Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute Oakland, California 2025 $800,000 in support of general operations. Technology in the Public Interest ##### Council on Foreign Relations New York, New York 2024 $600,000 in support of its technology initiative. Technology in the Public Interest ##### Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland 2024 $400,000 in support of the AI Accountability Lab.

Technology in the Public Interest ##### Toniic Bend, Oregon 2024 $450,000 for general operating support. Impact Investments ##### New Venture Fund Washington, D. C.

2024 $2,000,000 to support the Catalytic Capital Consortium initiative, which aims to increase the knowledge, awareness, and use of catalytic capital among foundations, family offices, donor governments, and others.

Impact Investments ### Latest News & Related Content ##### Reimagining Peace: Introducing a Peace ProgramJuly 22, 2026 ##### Defying Boundaries: MacArthur Fellows at 45January 1, 2026 - December 31, 2026 ##### Integrity, Rule of Law, and the Freedom to GiveJuly 7, 2026 ##### Committing $100 Million to Protect DemocracyMarch 12, 2026 ##### Increasing Our Charitable Giving Through 2028September 2, 2026 ##### Eight Chicago Leaders Driving Transformative ChangeAugust 11, 2026 ##### Building a More Equitable AI Design for Underrepresented LanguagesAugust 4, 2026 Technology in the Public Interest ##### People Powered: Supporting Federal Workers Who Serve the PublicJuly 30, 2026 ##### Fund Awards $5.

5 Million to Strengthen the Chicago Region’s Social Safety NetJuly 23, 2026 ##### Film Sparks Conversation on Care and AccessibilityJuly 21, 2026 ##### Countering the AI Arms Race: Lessons from PhilanthropyJune 29, 2026 Technology in the Public Interest ##### Twenty Years of the 79th Street Renaissance Festival as a Cultural DestinationJune 26, 2026 ##### Case Studies from 10 Years of the Safety and Justice ChallengeJune 26, 2026 ##### Chicago Fund: 10 Years of Supporting Programs to Strengthen CommunitiesJune 23, 2026 ##### Innovative Local News Honored at Next ChallengeJune 22, 2026 ##### Mobilizing $300 Million for Clean EnergyJune 18, 2026 ##### Catalytic Capital Can Help Strengthen Local NewsJune 11, 2026 ##### Fellow Spotlight: Ángel F.

Adames CorralizaJune 8, 2026 ## Meet the 2025 MacArthur Fellows Expanding the boundaries of knowledge, artistry, and human understanding. ### Gala Porras-Kim Interdisciplinary Artist Proposing new ways to recognize the layered meanings and functions of cultural artifacts held in museums and institutional collections. ### Ángel F.

Adames Corraliza Atmospheric Scientist Advancing understanding of the forces that drive tropical weather patterns. ### Jason McLellan Structural Biologist Characterizing and engineering viral protein structures to develop vaccines for infectious diseases.

### Tonika Lewis Johnson Photographer and Social Justice Artist Documenting disparities in Chicago’s neighborhoods through participatory art projects that empower residents to confront and disrupt these inequities. ### Nabarun Dasgupta Epidemiologist and Harm Reduction Advocate Combining scientific studies with community engagement to reduce deaths and other harms from drug use.

### Kristina Douglass Archaeologist Investigating how past human societies and environments co-evolved and adapted to climate variability. ### Kareem El-Badry Astrophysicist Expanding our knowledge of binary star systems, black holes, and other wonders of the universe. ### Heather Christian Composer, Lyricist, Playwright, and Vocalist Creating space to contemplate the sacred and spiritual in structurally complex works of music theater.

### Margaret Wickens Pearce Cartographer Foregrounding Indigenous understandings of land and place in maps that visualize Native Peoples’ knowledge, history, and stories. ### Craig Taborn Improvising Musician and Composer Creating singular soundscapes through a virtuosic command of piano, electronics, experimentation, and improvisation.

### Sébastien Philippe Nuclear Security Specialist Exposing past harms and potential risks from building, testing, and storing launch-ready nuclear weapons. ### Jeremy Frey Artist Balancing tradition with innovation in technically precise and visually stunning woven artworks. ### William Tarpeh Chemical Engineer Envisioning sustainable and practical solutions to treat wastewater and recover valuable mineral resources.

### Hahrie Han Political Scientist Analyzing the organizations and movements that equip people to participate in public life and solve problems together. ### Ieva Jusionyte Cultural Anthropologist Exploring the political and moral ambiguities of border regions and historically shifting distinctions between legal and illegal practices.

### Garrett Bradley Artist and Filmmaker Harnessing the full potential of moving images to evoke feeling and render the textures of her subjects’ lives. ### Teresa Puthussery Neurobiologist and Optometrist Exploring how neural circuits of the retina encode visual information for the human brain. ### Tommy Orange Fiction Writer Illuminating the richness and complexity of contemporary, urban Native Peoples’ lives.

### Tuan Andrew Nguyen Multidisciplinary Artist Giving aesthetic form to histories of war, displacement, resistance, and resilience. ### Toby Kiers Evolutionary Biologist Investigating symbiotic relationships among plants, fungi, and other microbes and their role in planetary health. ### Lauren K.

Williams Mathematician Uncovering transformative connections between algebraic combinatorics and problems in other areas of math and physics. ### Matt Black Photographer Chronicling the impacts of inequality and hardship on people and places. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Explore all MacArthur Fellows Investing boldly over our 48-year history.

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