MacArthur Foundation

🎉 Meet the 2025 #100andChange Finalists! 100&Change is a competition for a single $100 million grant to help solve one of the world's most critical social challenges. These five teams each propose a bold solution to a critical problem of our time. The 2025 100&Change Finalists are: ▪️ ✍️ The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project ▪️ 📚 Pratham USA ▪️ 😷 Sentinel - The Sabeti Lab at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ▪️ 🩺 Texas Children's Hospital ▪️ 🌐 Wikimedia Foundation Learn more about the Finalists and how they are showing truth, opportunity, security, health, and knowledge are within reach for all: https://lnkd.in/e2TAknki 🎥: Survival Media Agency

ICYMI: South Side Sanctuary recently won the 2025 MacArthur Creative Places Award! Presented annually through Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)'s Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards, the Award recognizes projects that harness arts and culture to drive social impact and strengthen local communities. Learn more about South Side Sanctuary ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/guS54r2x

Philanthropy has a role to play in ensuring Native perspectives are reflected in policies and institutions that impact their lives. A report on Native justice from grantee First Nations Development Institute includes recommendations for funders to center Native people in grantmaking. Read the report's key ideas and areas for philanthropic attention ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g5aZxnRE

“We will remain committed to providing as much flexibility as we can to our grantees, who deserve the latitude to make the best use of their resources.” In a new Perspective, our President, John Palfrey, shares an update on how we are meeting our commitment to help grantees navigate a crisis in the civil sector. Learn how this increased commitment has taken shape ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ggUpAqFA

"The regulations and processes established by the Administration of Criminal Justice Act have enabled the continuation of more than 500 high-profile corruption cases in various Nigerian courts." Yvonne Darkwa-Poku of our On Nigeria team shares how early support for criminal justice leaders in Nigeria led to the institutionalizing, strengthening, and sustaining of reforms. Read her Perspective ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g3E_4Z6y

Who owns the neighborhood? Chicago is leading a growing movement to democratize ownership of commercial real estate through Community Investment Vehicles (CIVs). Join us for Community Investment Vehicles in Action, a virtual conversation about what it takes to co-own and revitalize neighborhood commercial real estate. 📅 Thursday, September 4 🕛 12:00 – 1:00 PM CT (1:00 – 2:00 PM ET) 🔗Register here: https://lnkd.in/eNR6Jc4y Speakers: · Tara Magner – Director, Chicago Commitment, MacArthur Foundation (Moderator) · 👊🏾 Lyneir Richardson Richardson – CEO & Co-Founder, Chicago TREND · Nneka Onwuzurike – Executive Director, The Community Wealth Ecosystem Building · Christyn S. Freemon Freemon – Founder and Chief Solutionist, Project Forward · Kimberly Ingram– Registered Nurse, Roseland Medical Center Investor #CommunityWealth #CIVs #InclusiveDevelopment #SharedOwnership #WeOwnThis

"Changing the Initial Appearance Process," a report from the Safety and Justice Challenge, shows how providing defense attorneys shortly after jail bookings can allow people to safely return to their community. Learn how early stage legal representation helps limit the harmful effects of pretrial detention. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/geej9Cz9

Six years ago, we partnered with The Rockefeller Foundation to launch the Zero Gap Fund. The Fund, which was started to promote investment in scalable and innovative impact-driven investment solutions, has since mobilized over $1.05 billion in private finance for projects that are supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Learn more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gsrEKiZ7

Charitable foundations have had the freedom to give throughout American history. We need to continue to have that freedom, and politicians should not decide what or who we can give to. Now is not the moment to kneecap those of us who are helping communities, but to give us continued freedom to enable good work in every community across the country.  I’m proud that MacArthur Foundation is supporting the right to give in alignment with our values.  We use that freedom to support independent voices in nonprofit reporting and storytelling, to invest in people in Chicago who show up daily to meet needs and build change, and to foster work that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and improves people’s lives, health, and economic wellbeing in the transition to clean energy.  And we do much more in our work to build toward a more hopeful future where we can all thrive.  #UniteInAdvance 

Journalists are essential members of our communities, from sharing vital information to investigating challenges and telling local stories. Type Investigations supports community-based journalists, with training, mentorship, fact-checking, legal review, and funding—especially important for people working at under-resourced outlets or as freelancers. The program has published more than 1,000 stories from nearly 500 reporters in more than 200 partner publications! In celebration of the civil society voices standing up for democracy, read about how they're building a nationwide movement and share your own #WeTheCivic stories! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g9rWs4Ji