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Visit funder's website →The MacArthur Foundation Local News Program supports strong local news ecosystems that drive civic engagement, community cohesion, and government accountability. The program deploys grantmaking, impact investments, research sharing, and public policy engagement to foster sustainable local journalism.
MacArthur aims to identify and support at least three replicable local news ecosystems by the end of 2028 — each characterized by sustainable philanthropic and public funding, innovative content delivery, and a strong backbone organization. Investment priorities include creating enabling environments for news and information, supporting coalitions and advocacy, and elevating local news as a public good.
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Local News Grant Guidelines - MacArthur Foundation Login into your grantee account, reset your password, or submit an idea to the MacArthur Foundation. Fostering strong local news ecosystems that strengthen civic engagement. The Local News Program seeks to catalyze proven innovations and interventions that center local news as a force for community cohesion, civic participation, and government accountability.
To achieve its goal, the program will deploy four primary approaches that will engage MacArthur’s full suite of philanthropic tools: grantmaking and impact investments; convenings, research sharing, and communications; engagement in discussions around the public policies that support or deter local journalism; and continued leadership for philanthropic support of local news.
We aim to identify and support local ecosystems with replicable components that create virtuous cycles of sustainability, trust, and civic engagement.
By the end of 2028, Local News aims to have fostered at least three examples of local news ecosystems with these characteristics: Sustainable funding , both philanthropic and public Innovative delivery of content and engagement with audiences to serve specific local communities A strong backbone organization and/or strong connections with JSOs to increase capacity and reduce costs Our four investment priorities include: Create the enabling environment for news and information by supporting networks, policy, and public understanding of the sector.
This may include support of coalitions, organizations, university centers, and institutes that help to raise awareness among local, state, and national decision makers about the critical role of local news; and supporting research and advocacy for initiatives that establish and sustain local news as a public good. We are not accepting unsolicited proposals at this time. However, contact us to share new ideas and perspectives.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Newsrooms, trusted messengers, funding intermediaries, and journalism support organizations; focus on communities with news deserts, low civic engagement, and underserved populations in the American South, borderlands, Appalachia, rural areas, and Chicago. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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The MacArthur Foundation has launched AI Opportunity as a new Big Bet Program focused on expanding who creates, uses, and benefits from artificial intelligence, with emphasis on the intersection of AI, the economy, and the workforce. The program centers on young people in Chicago, community-centered AI development, and nonprofit applications of AI. MacArthur has already awarded $10 million in initial aligned grantmaking to organizations including the AI Now Institute ($2M), Brookings Institution ($2M), London School of Economics ($2M), New America ($1M), Pulitzer Center ($1M), Washington Center for Equitable Growth ($1M), Data and Society ($500K), and Human Rights Data Analysis Group ($500K). The foundation is actively hiring an AI Opportunity Director and building program staff. While not currently accepting unsolicited proposals, interested organizations can submit ideas through a web form on the MacArthur website.
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