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Find similar grantsDemocracy Grant Commitment (Initial grants announced March 2026) is sponsored by MacArthur Foundation. The MacArthur Foundation has committed $100 million to protect democracy in the United States.
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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 ##### 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 ##### Toniic Bend, Oregon 2024 $450,000 for general operating support.
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 GiveJune 29, 2026 ##### Committing $100 Million to Protect DemocracyMarch 12, 2026 ##### Transparency for Accountability: Our 2025 Payout Surpassed Set it at SixMarch 3, 2026 ##### Remaking America: The Work Before Us / MacArthur Fellows Conversation & CelebrationOctober 3, 2026 ##### UnworldingSeptember 4, 2026 - September 5, 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 ## Meet the 2025 MacArthur Fellows Expanding the boundaries of knowledge, artistry, and human understanding.
### Craig Taborn Improvising Musician and Composer Creating singular soundscapes through a virtuosic command of piano, electronics, experimentation, and improvisation. ### Teresa Puthussery Neurobiologist and Optometrist Exploring how neural circuits of the retina encode visual information for the human brain. ### Lauren K.
Williams Mathematician Uncovering transformative connections between algebraic combinatorics and problems in other areas of math and physics. ### Nabarun Dasgupta Epidemiologist and Harm Reduction Advocate Combining scientific studies with community engagement to reduce deaths and other harms from drug use. ### Kareem El-Badry Astrophysicist Expanding our knowledge of binary star systems, black holes, and other wonders of the universe.
### Hahrie Han Political Scientist Analyzing the organizations and movements that equip people to participate in public life and solve problems together. ### Ángel F. Adames Corraliza Atmospheric Scientist Advancing understanding of the forces that drive tropical weather patterns.
### Gala Porras-Kim Interdisciplinary Artist Proposing new ways to recognize the layered meanings and functions of cultural artifacts held in museums and institutional collections. ### Ieva Jusionyte Cultural Anthropologist Exploring the political and moral ambiguities of border regions and historically shifting distinctions between legal and illegal practices.
### 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. ### William Tarpeh Chemical Engineer Envisioning sustainable and practical solutions to treat wastewater and recover valuable mineral resources.
### Margaret Wickens Pearce Cartographer Foregrounding Indigenous understandings of land and place in maps that visualize Native Peoples’ knowledge, history, and stories. ### Sébastien Philippe Nuclear Security Specialist Exposing past harms and potential risks from building, testing, and storing launch-ready nuclear weapons.
### Kristina Douglass Archaeologist Investigating how past human societies and environments co-evolved and adapted to climate variability. ### Jeremy Frey Artist Balancing tradition with innovation in technically precise and visually stunning woven artworks. ### Matt Black Photographer Chronicling the impacts of inequality and hardship on people and places.
### Heather Christian Composer, Lyricist, Playwright, and Vocalist Creating space to contemplate the sacred and spiritual in structurally complex works of music theater. ### 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.
### Toby Kiers Evolutionary Biologist Investigating symbiotic relationships among plants, fungi, and other microbes and their role in planetary health. ### Garrett Bradley Artist and Filmmaker Harnessing the full potential of moving images to evoke feeling and render the textures of her subjects’ lives.
### Jason McLellan Structural Biologist Characterizing and engineering viral protein structures to develop vaccines for infectious diseases. 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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