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John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated)

Grantmaking profile built from public IRS Form 990 filings.

LocationChicago, Illinois
Grants on file18,680
Total giving on file$4.2B
Typical grant size$224K
Most recent filing year2025
Cause focusGeneral grantmaking

What they fund

  • a project titled "Assessment of the Impact of Social Media on the Health and Wellbeing of Adolescents and Children."
  • as fiscal sponsor for the Collective Action Fund for Accountability Resilience and Adaptation
  • as fiscal sponsor for the Collective Action Fund for Accountability, Resilience, and Adaptation
  • as fiscal sponsor for the Collective Action Fund for Accountability.
  • connected to previous grant to ACLS to increase speaker honoraria to $1,500 in accordance with our commitment to more equitable access, treatment, consideration, and opportunity for all participants

Largest recipients on file

RecipientStateGrantsTotal
Sesame WorkshopNY9$200.4M
Community Solutions International IncNY22$186.2M
Chicago Community FoundationIL91$77.8M
New Venture FundDC134$73.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNY63$72.8M
The Miami Foundation IncFL10$68.2M
Research Foundation of the City University of New YorkNY23$56.2M
Lever for ChangeIL13$51.0M
United States Energy FoundationCA19$36.0M
Sierra Club FoundationCA10$36.0M

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