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John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$356M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1,086
Grants FY2024
808
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$160,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$21,000,000
Organizations funded a year
762 to 837
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
46
Total assets, FY2024
$9.3B
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 19% of the organizations John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesCivil RightsInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving819$312M22%
FY2023808$261M19%
FY2022826$290M18%
FY2021788$317M19%
FY2020762$277M15%
FY2019781$265M17%
FY2018815$285M28%
FY2017837$233Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$451MArts & Culture$407MPhilanthropy$313MCrime & Legal$241MEducation$228MInternational$140MPublic Benefit$131MCivil Rights$108MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sesame Workshop$100,250,000515%
Community Solutions International Inc$78,101,173590%
Chicago Community Foundation$41,789,7508n/a
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$36,299,00082%
Sierra Club Foundation$30,000,00077%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$29,354,50076%
Nia Tero Foundation$27,620,000781%
Lever for Change$21,510,000654%
The Urban Institute$20,135,00084%
The Energy Foundation$20,000,00058%
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All grantees of John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Sesame Workshop$100,250,000515%
Community Solutions International Inc$78,101,173590%
Chicago Community Foundation$41,789,7508n/a
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$36,299,00082%
Sierra Club Foundation$30,000,00077%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$29,354,50076%
Nia Tero Foundation$27,620,000781%
Lever for Change$21,510,000654%
The Urban Institute$20,135,00084%
The Energy Foundation$20,000,00058%
Climateworks Foundation$19,200,00077%
William Marsh Rice University$15,250,00050%
International Food Policy Research Institute$15,250,00035%
The Richard H Driehaus Foundation$14,841,00061%
Rf Catalytic Capital Inc$14,700,00024%
United States Energy Foundation$14,250,00043%
Field Foundation of Illinois$14,175,000658%
Prince Foundation$13,885,000695%
Ceres Inc$13,500,00088%
Pretrial Justice Institute$12,856,000773%
University of Chicago$11,043,67980%
The Barack Obama Foundation$10,775,06854%
World Resources Institute$10,715,00081%
Chicago Sun-Times Media Inc$10,003,000212%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$9,500,00066%
Collective Shift$9,500,000275%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$9,093,92573%
Allied Media Projects Inc$8,895,000811%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$8,829,500811%
Wildlife Conservation Society$8,619,37161%
Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc$8,125,600711%
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$8,000,000720%
Conservation International Foundation$7,878,00054%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$7,785,00071%
New York University$7,608,00080%
The Henry L Stimson Center$7,528,873720%
The Justice Management Institute$7,470,000850%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$7,119,63670%
The Pew Charitable Trusts$7,000,00071%
Cdp North America Inc$6,892,000717%
WGBH Educational Foundation$6,831,65881%
The George Washington University$6,743,20060%
Earthworks$6,550,000828%
American Documentary Inc$6,489,650827%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$6,457,95062%
Climate Policy Initiative Inc$6,450,00074%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$6,430,00062%
W Haywood Burns Institute$6,227,500732%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$6,130,00064%
Earthjustice$6,000,75071%
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace$5,883,71482%
Policy Research Inc$5,865,600674%
Crossroads Fund Inc$5,705,525831%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$5,661,90881%
Social Science Research Council$5,527,000326%
Ndn Collective Inc$5,500,500412%
Independent Television Services Inc$5,408,75084%
Sundance Institute$5,396,00082%
The Marshall Project Inc$5,200,000811%
The Brookings Institution$5,113,84582%
Firelight Media Inc$5,100,000824%
Echoing Green Inc$5,000,000310%
The Howard University$5,000,00010%
Partnership for Southern Equity$5,000,000730%
National Public Radio Inc$4,700,20070%
Justice Innovation Inc$4,690,00022%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$4,573,34151%
Equal Access International$4,555,00059%
The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC$4,495,0006n/a
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc$4,315,00056%
American University$4,305,29180%
Climate Central Inc$4,250,000613%
Health Care Without Harm$4,250,000712%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$4,200,7507n/a
The Center for Public Integrity$4,135,000834%
Borealis Philanthropy$4,090,00074%
Little Village Environmental Justice Org$4,025,200437%
US Climate Action Network$4,016,000830%
The African American Policy Forum Inc$4,000,000338%
Media Development Investment Fund Inc$4,000,00039%
Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Institute$4,000,000180%
Rocky Mountain Institute$4,000,00062%
Yale University$3,901,5004n/a
Civic Consulting Alliance$3,812,900822%
Forefront$3,798,400814%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$3,720,58182%
Measures for Justice Institute$3,720,000520%
Pro Publica Inc$3,551,92572%
Georgetown University$3,451,85980%
The Center for Investigative Reporting Inc$3,450,00068%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc$3,350,350610%
Justleadershipusa Inc$3,345,000639%
Impact for Equity$3,282,250821%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$3,250,00073%
Afef Inc$3,240,000423%
Fresh Energy$3,200,000615%
Citizens Climate Education Corp$3,100,000631%
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting$3,050,00089%
Pathfinder International$3,050,00051%
The Asia Society$3,000,15053%
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc$3,000,00089%
Resources Legacy Fund$3,000,00024%
Institute of the Black World 21st Century$3,000,0001n/a
Groundswell Inc$3,000,000820%
National League of Cities Institute Inc$2,900,00088%
National Center for State Courts$2,900,00061%
Association of Independents in Radio Inc$2,850,000876%
Protect Democracy Project$2,809,23736%
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists$2,807,909832%
Clasp$2,805,00077%
Witness Inc$2,785,000821%
Volcker Alliance Inc$2,775,000444%
Climate Jobs National Resource Center Inc$2,750,000414%
Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative$2,750,000630%
New America Foundation$2,660,00072%
Cornell University$2,635,00080%
Nautilus of America Inc$2,631,000690%
Data & Society Research Institute Inc$2,630,000810%
Federation of American Scientists$2,620,000622%
Illinois Humanities Council Inc$2,600,680723%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$2,582,50035%
The Arms Control Associations$2,574,500624%
National Legal Aid and Defender Association$2,572,50087%
National Association of Counties Research Foundation$2,550,00075%
Smithsonian Institution$2,512,76560%
Openlands$2,503,46486%
The J Paul Getty Trust$2,500,00010%
Alliance for Youth Organizing$2,500,00037%
Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund$2,500,000488%
Latinos Progresando$2,467,000815%
The Futuro Media Group$2,450,000717%
The Aspen Institute Inc$2,425,00080%
Depaul University$2,416,86980%
Kartemquin Educational Films$2,374,000816%
WorkingFilms Inc$2,367,000858%
Conservative Energy Network$2,350,000516%
Youth Radio$2,350,000813%
Frameworks Institute$2,350,000512%
Center for a New American Security Inc$2,320,00055%
Array Alliance Inc$2,300,000216%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$2,266,5857n/a
Color of Changeorg Education Fund$2,257,40075%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$2,250,00080%
The Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU Inc$2,238,70087%
Cultural Survival Inc$2,200,150420%
Everyday Democracy Inc$2,200,000716%
Ploughshares Fund Inc$2,191,73478%
Behavioral Insights (US) Inc$2,178,1005n/a
The Chicago Community Loan Fund$2,165,00076%
Free Press$2,150,000326%
International Association of Chiefs of Police$2,150,00081%
Institute for Sustainable Communities$2,138,000511%
Institute for Nonprofit News$2,135,00086%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$2,128,40081%
Yale University$2,127,0952n/a
The Bay Area Video Coalition Incorporated$2,101,400813%
Code for Science & Society Inc$2,069,000417%
Partnership on Ai to Benefit People and Society$2,055,00068%
Southern Documentary Fund$2,052,000851%
Global Press Institute$2,050,000819%
Northwestern University$2,045,20060%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network$2,017,55082%
The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress$2,015,00072%
Trace Media Inc$2,000,000132%
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund$2,000,00017%
Native Biodata Consortium$2,000,000161%
Air Alliance Houston$2,000,000455%
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum$2,000,000413%
Do Something Inc$2,000,000711%
Local Independent Online News Publishers Inc$2,000,000117%
Mission Investors Exchange Inc$1,985,000712%
Cabrini Green Legal Aid$1,933,178716%
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights$1,900,37573%
University of Washington$1,900,0007n/a
Enlace Chicago$1,900,00056%
Panorama Global$1,900,00032%
State Voices$1,900,00028%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$1,895,28857%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$1,891,5006n/a
City Bureau Nfp$1,885,040739%
Council of State Governments$1,879,00081%
Upturn Inc$1,855,000733%
Chicago Public Media Inc$1,852,97481%
Metropolis Strategies NFP$1,845,000556%
Clark County Nv Election Deptarment #84$1,830,0005n/a
R Street Institute$1,820,00064%
Define American Inc$1,802,000813%
Youth Speaks Inc$1,802,000713%
Alliance for Safety and Justice$1,800,00032%
Southwest Organizing Project$1,800,00053%
Invisible Institute$1,782,770725%
Black Public Media Inc$1,777,500814%
National Writing Project Corporation$1,769,00075%
Center for American Progress$1,750,50081%
Chicken & Egg Films Inc$1,750,000810%
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice$1,750,000825%
Race Forward$1,732,80072%
Atlantic Council of the United States Inc$1,730,00052%
Loyola University of Chicago$1,725,45080%
Pillars Fund$1,725,000714%
Truman Center for National Policy$1,725,000626%
Chicago Urban League$1,709,65086%
Johns Hopkins University$1,705,50030%
The Roosevelt Institute$1,700,00034%
NatureServe$1,700,000211%
Community Partners$1,700,00080%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law$1,670,47585%
Multiplier$1,655,44163%
National Center for Victims of Crime Inc$1,650,00068%
John Howard Association$1,645,400834%
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Inc$1,645,000819%
The Population Council Inc$1,600,00041%
Center for Arms Control and$1,581,500665%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$1,581,00047%
Austin Coming Together$1,575,000526%
Center for Asian American Media$1,568,70088%
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center Inc$1,562,000552%
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press$1,550,500611%
Movement Alliance Project$1,540,000510%
Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation$1,530,00066%
The Center for Media Justice DBA MediaJustice$1,530,000521%
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs$1,526,92573%
The Center for Cultural Power$1,526,000812%
Nexus Community Partners$1,525,000412%
National Security Archive Fund Inc$1,520,000514%
Center for Neighborhood Technology$1,517,500618%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$1,515,32872%
The New School$1,512,51850%
The Africa-America Institute$1,508,478346%
Internews Network$1,500,00011%
Resources for the Future Inc$1,500,00044%
Clean Air Task Force Inc$1,500,00032%
Goodpower Education Fund Inc$1,500,00046%
Lone Star Legal Aid$1,500,00042%
American Journalism Project Inc$1,500,00032%
Council on Criminal Justice Inc$1,475,00059%
Toniic Institute$1,470,000712%
Little Black Pearl Workshop$1,460,000816%
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies Inc$1,440,00074%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$1,415,00089%
Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University Inc$1,400,00066%
Public Radio International Inc$1,400,00046%
Build Inc$1,375,00076%
Rush University Medical Center$1,357,50050%
Spy Hop Productions$1,352,00078%
Forum for the Future US Inc$1,350,000418%
Hudson Institute Inc$1,350,00073%
Urban Juncture Foundation$1,341,400633%
Yale University$1,324,5006n/a
The Climate Group Inc$1,300,000614%
Tribeca Film Institute Inc$1,300,000413%
Teamwork Englewood Inc$1,295,300412%
The Tiny News Collective Inc$1,290,000120%
National Wildlife Federation$1,290,00050%
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council$1,270,000378%
Candid$1,267,25062%
Bright Star Community Outreach Corp$1,265,000416%
Global Zero$1,258,500531%
Appalshop Inc$1,252,000510%
Brighton Park Neighborhood Council$1,250,20055%
BlueGreen Alliance Foundation$1,250,00058%
Latino Policy Forum$1,248,300616%
Metropolitan Planning Council$1,246,75075%
Carnegie Mellon University$1,228,00040%
Duke University$1,226,97560%
Type Media Center Inc$1,225,00087%
Digital Public Library of America$1,222,839534%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Chicago$1,212,675813%
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc$1,204,20082%
The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City$1,200,00043%
Voices for a Sustainable Future$1,200,000423%
Partnership for Global Security$1,200,000353%
Amazon Conservation Team$1,200,000212%
The Resurrection Project$1,200,00062%
Judge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law$1,180,000615%
The Opportunity Agenda Inc$1,164,546414%
Swaniti Initiative$1,150,000425%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$1,150,00051%
Count Mi Vote Education Fund$1,150,000338%
International Crisis Group$1,130,00071%
Issue One$1,130,00077%
Voto Latino Foundation Inc$1,125,00048%
Oxfam-America Inc$1,102,15051%
Creo Family Office Syndicate Inc$1,100,00048%
Mac Services Inc (II)$1,100,000144%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$1,078,50054%
Demos a Network for Ideas and Action Ltd$1,075,000218%
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago$1,070,17063%
Chicago Learning Exchange$1,067,500564%
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc$1,057,750512%
International Women's Media Foundation$1,051,66765%
Third Way Institute$1,050,00052%
Radio Ambulante Studios Inc$1,050,000823%
Salzburg Global Seminar Inc$1,050,00034%
Field Museum of Natural History$1,026,83070%
Chicago Latino Theater Alliance$1,025,675619%
Independent Sector$1,025,00064%
Prison Policy Initiative$1,025,000822%
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Inc$1,024,000217%
Security Council Report Inc$1,016,500524%
Regents of the University of Michigan$1,010,8758n/a
Target Area Development Corporation$1,010,00046%
Alliance of Local Service Organizations$1,002,50046%
National Immigration Law Center$1,001,70024%
Greater Chatham Initiative$1,001,250585%
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation$1,001,05057%
The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education Group$1,000,750313%
Global Fund for Women Inc$1,000,57533%
New Georgia Project Inc$1,000,37527%
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$1,000,00014%
HBCU Library Alliance Inc$1,000,0001n/a
Foundation for Social Impact$1,000,000145%
Climate Lead Inc$1,000,00013%
All Voting Is Local$1,000,00017%
Commission Shift$1,000,000362%
Fair Fight Action Inc$1,000,00013%
Alliance for Open Society Int'L Inc$1,000,00016%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$1,000,00011%
State Democracy Defenders Fund D/B/A Democracy Defenders Fund$1,000,0001n/a
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago$1,000,00055%
Sunrise Movement Education Fund$1,000,00047%
Preservation of Affordable Housing Inc$1,000,00040%
Metropolitan Group LLC$1,000,0002n/a
The Endeleo Institute Inc$1,000,000424%
The Council on Strategic Risks$998,592428%
Harness Community$950,000317%
United Nations Foundation Inc$950,00030%
The Alliance For Media Arts Culture Inc$950,000828%
Acadia Center$925,000124%
National Opinion Research Center$903,00020%
Data For Black Lives Inc$900,200224%
National Academy of Sciences$900,00040%
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc$900,00018%
Policylink$900,00033%
Connecticut College$890,46030%
Enrich Chicago$881,500746%
Free Spirit Media Nfp$880,000511%
Conservation Strategy Fund$855,000217%
Ucan$854,30071%
New Life Centers of Chicagoland$853,00042%
Smart Surfaces Coalition$850,000391%
Fractured Atlas Inc$846,50052%
Black Ensemble Theater Corporation$843,30089%
Center for Democracy and Technology$840,00044%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$820,20023%
National Committee on American Foreign Policy Inc$810,000425%
The Historymakers$805,25077%
Outlier Media$800,000216%
Latino Public Broadcasting$800,00068%
Business Capacity Development Alliance Inc$800,000277%
Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community Cbcac$800,000339%
Capital B News Inc$800,00037%
Lincoln Park Zoological Society$787,64880%
The Voter Participation Center$775,00021%
Earth Island Institute Inc$775,00013%
Url Collective Inc$770,000138%
Walking Iris Media$769,500716%
Article 19 Inc$765,00065%
OTV Open Television Inc$765,000535%
The Markup News Inc$757,00046%
Invest Appalachia Inc$755,000117%
Activating Change Inc$753,293217%
Sojourners Inc$750,00028%
Rise Education Fund$750,000116%
States United Democracy Center Inc$750,00012%
Alliance for a Just Society$750,00018%
The South Shore Planning and Preservation Coalition$750,0005n/a
Sicangu Community Development Corporation$750,000142%
The Center for Election Innovation & Research$750,00018%
Evergreen Climate Innovations$750,000413%
Monument Lab Inc$750,000123%
Southland Development Authority Nfp$750,00039%
The Regeneration Project$750,000334%
Northeastern Illinois University Foundation$750,000127%
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy$750,00031%
Democracy Works Inc$750,00015%
Kinfolk Tech Foundation$750,000114%
National Trust for Local News$750,00021%
The Rebuild Foundation Nfp$750,000231%
Illinois Environmental Council Education$750,000417%
Northwest Side Housing Center$750,00037%
Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$750,000224%
Trustees of Tufts College$750,00050%
Center for Technology and Civic Life$750,00017%
Repower Fund$750,000113%
The Hana Center$747,80076%
3arts Inc$732,225824%
Museum of Contemporary Art$731,25081%
The Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation$728,750314%
Window to the World Communications Inc$728,64280%
Kairos Fellowship Inc$724,000215%
The Pivot Fund Inc$720,000215%
Techequity Collaborative$719,000312%
Bme Networks Inc$710,000213%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$705,73080%
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Inc$700,00042%
Sisters in Cinema NFP$682,000445%
Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University Inc$675,00083%
Council on Foundations Inc$675,00052%
The Art Institute of Chicago$669,59570%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development$667,0002n/a
Community Renewal Society$660,5003n/a
Native Americans in Philanthropy$660,00034%
Community Initiatives$657,00041%
Chicago Children's Museum$655,50082%
The Dusable Black History Museum and Education Center$652,50055%
Free Generation International$652,378784%
Socratus Collective Wisdom Corporation$650,000254%
Tobin Project Inc$650,000257%
World Business Chicago$650,00026%
The Civic Federation$650,000220%
International Rivers Network$645,000313%
Claretian Associates Inc$635,0005n/a
Shedd Aquarium Society$635,00070%
Chicago Theatre Group Inc$630,00061%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$625,0001n/a
Aeris Insight Inc$625,000410%
The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights$617,06177%
Chicago Historical Society$613,00081%
Brown Girls Doc Mafia Inc$610,000390%
Public Narrative$610,000410%
Chicago Horticultural Society$602,90580%
The Newberry Library$601,72581%
Civic Nation$601,50032%
Chicago Sinfonietta Inc$600,60086%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$600,55070%
Girl Security an Illinois Not for Profit Corporation$600,300469%
Rebuild Local News$600,000225%
Nextgen Education Fund$600,00032%
Centers for New Horizons Inc$600,00041%
Taxpayers for Common Sense$600,000218%
The American India Foundation$600,00024%
Youth Fx Inc$600,000616%
Southern Environmental Law Center$600,00011%
Black in Ai$600,000431%
Battered Women's Justice Project$600,000111%
Natural Heritage Institute$600,0001n/a
Center for Strategic and International Studies$590,00040%
American Library Association$589,70031%
Lawndale Christian Legal Center$587,80056%
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - US$585,000337%
Washington Office on Latin America$584,00056%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$580,00073%
Chinese American Service League Inc$579,25042%
League of Chicago Theatres Foundation$575,50048%
100reporters$575,000823%
Ai for the People Inc$570,000423%
Mongabay Org Corp$570,00045%
Overseas Press Club Foundation$560,000565%
Leave No Veteran Behind$560,000411%
Northwest Side Community Development Cor$560,000224%
Resilience Partners NFP$550,595512%
National Housing Conference Inc$550,000142%
United Nations Development Corporation$550,00021%
EcoAdapt$550,000135%
Institute for Strategic and Equitable Development$550,000642%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$550,00027%
The New Press Inc$550,00053%
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition$550,00034%
Uniting Voices$545,00082%
Firehouse Community Arts Center of Chicago$541,00057%
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc Dba Funders for Lgbtq Issues$540,00027%
University of Miami$537,95080%
The Joffrey Ballet$536,36980%
Unidosus$534,00041%
Urban Gateways$533,51485%
American Academy of Arts & Sciences$530,00033%
Cambridge in America$529,25041%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$526,40060%
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center$525,70047%
Marwen Foundation Inc$525,00084%
First Look Institute Inc$523,21833%
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago$521,80083%
Chicago Torture Justice Center$520,000275%
The Center for Evaluation Innovation Inc$520,00083%
Equal Justice Initiative$517,90681%
Human Rights Watch Inc$517,25051%
The Chicago Academy of Sciences$515,40081%
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum$513,77582%
Merit School of Music$512,50088%
Thrive Chicago Nfp$511,812510%
South Suburban Mayors & Managers Association$502,500315%
Chinese Mutual Aid Association$501,50032%
International African American Museum$500,50027%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$500,36032%
Chicago Votes$500,200223%
The ONE Campaign$500,00012%
Walnut Way Conservation Corporation$500,000212%
Cfleads$500,00015%
Black Emotional and Mental Health Collec$500,000118%
Fair Count Inc$500,00016%
Big Thought$500,00017%
Rhizome Action Network Inc$500,000141%
Institute for Strategic Dialogue-Us$500,00014%
Coalition for Public Safety$500,000133%
Open to Debate Foundation$500,000111%
Chicago Vibrant Neighborhoods Collective$500,000140%
United We Dream Network Inc$500,00014%
Alternate RootsInc$500,00015%
Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense$500,0001n/a
Sweet Water Foundation Inc$500,000716%
Linc Housing Corporation$500,00011%
Management Leadership for Tomorrow$500,00011%
Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc$500,00015%
Pennsylvania State University$500,0001n/a
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois Inc$500,00081%
CEED Foundation$500,000233%
Digital Green Foundation$500,00022%
Corporation for National and Community Service$500,0001n/a
Rural Digital Youth Resiliency Project$500,000137%
Black Parent Initiative$500,000122%
Community Healing Network Inc$500,0001n/a
Chicago Zoological Society$500,00040%
Muckrock Foundation Inc$500,00019%
URL Media Holdings Inc$500,0001n/a
Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation$500,000125%
Portland Art Museum$500,00011%
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke$500,00013%
International Center for Transitional Justice Inc$500,00024%
Family Agriculture Resource Management Services$500,000169%
Bold Education Fund Inc$500,000216%
WEB Du Bois Museum Foundation$500,000116%
Native American Rights Fund Inc$500,00012%
Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development$500,00014%
Sacramento Area Congregations Together$500,000130%
Mission Edge San Diego$500,00023%
The Foundation for City College$500,00010%
Intertribal Agriculture Council$500,000111%
Center for Civic Design Inc$500,000121%
Minnesota Council on Foundations$500,00018%
Apna Ghar Inc$500,00025%
Nobel Prize Education Fund$500,000130%
Gunviolencearchive Inc$500,0002n/a
Ecoamerica$500,000128%
Oweesta Corporation$500,00014%
Jubilee Justice Inc$500,000112%
Euchee Yuchi Language Project Inc$500,000121%
Fund for Constitutional Government$498,00065%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$489,00081%
Alliance for Justice$485,00052%
Reporters Without Borders Inc$480,000616%
Grantmakers in the Arts$470,000519%
Chicago United for Equity$467,500419%
Chicago Architecture Foundation$465,37062%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$460,67561%
Disability Lead$455,000515%
Hyde Park Art Center$453,32573%
White Ribbon Alliance Inc$453,000220%
Chicago Humanities Festival$452,50082%
Illinois Institute of Technology$450,15030%
Community Investment Corporation$450,00021%
Founders First Community Development Corporation Inc$450,00049%
Rural Investment to Protect Our Environment$450,000328%
Manufacturing Renaissance Fka Center for Labor and Commun$450,00034%
Climate United Fund$450,000197%
Perception Institute Inc$450,000133%
Trustees of Boston University$436,40060%
Victory Gardens Theater$433,15066%
The Philanthropy Roundtable$430,00051%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$430,00061%
Translash Media Inc$427,50047%
Safe Black Space$420,370187%
The Signals Network Inc$413,000381%
Old Town School of Folk Music$412,82551%
E-Tech International$410,9003100%
Interfaith America$410,50034%
Illinois Arts Alliance$405,54257%
Chicago Public Library Foundation$403,75024%
The Morton Arboretum$402,13060%
Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill$402,00011%
The Native Ways Federation Inc$400,000216%
Peer Health Exchange Inc$400,00013%
Documented LTD$400,00028%
Prism Reports Inc$400,000212%
The Global Development Incubator Inc$400,00022%
Democracy Initiative Education Fund$400,000219%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$400,00034%
Greenpeace Fund Inc$400,00021%
International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Inc$400,00071%
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation Nfp$400,00045%
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc$400,00022%
Forward Impact$400,00025%
Criminal Justice Reform Foundation$400,00021%
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples$400,000211%
Tech Integrity Institute$400,000219%
Lucy Parsons Labs$400,000253%
Blackstar Projects Inc$400,00034%
Dasra$400,00021%
Youth Peace Center of Roseland$400,00048%
Woods Fund of Chicago$400,00022%
Injustice Watch NFP$398,500522%
First Nations Development Institute$396,86761%
Accountability Lab Inc$393,790316%
Grant Park Orchestral Association$383,82571%
South East Chicago Commission$380,000428%
Global Philanthropy Partnership$378,60053%
Terc Inc$376,00031%
Women Make Movies Inc$370,00022%
The Due Process of Law Foundation$367,00039%
A Long Walk Home Inc$365,200326%
Mobility International USA$365,033412%
Partners in Expanding Health Quality and Access$365,000221%
The Asian American Foundation$360,00022%
The Eyebeam Atelier Inc$360,000224%
Forest Trends Association$352,45843%
BYP100 Education Fund$351,65037%
International Women's Health Coalition$350,15023%
National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders$350,00032%
Selfreliance Association$350,000122%
Creating Resources for Empowerment and Action Inc$350,00022%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$350,00011%
The Video Consortium Inc$350,000314%
African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs$350,00031%
Restore Justice Foundation$350,000212%
Storycorps Inc$350,00031%
Coalition for Green Capital D/B/A American Green Bank Consortium$350,00029%
Synergia - Initiatives for Human Rights$346,24227%
American University of Beirut$345,00030%
Surge Institute$341,70055%
International Center for Research on Women$340,06662%
City of Chicago$340,0003n/a
Public Media Company$340,000211%
Ravinia Festival Association$335,00040%
University of Illinois Foundation$325,65050%
Chicago Cultural Alliance$325,500720%
The Tiwahe Foundation$325,000135%
Writers Theatre Inc$325,00062%
Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative$325,000171%
Alianza Americas$325,00045%
Healthcare Ready$325,000110%
Northlight Theatre Inc$325,00062%
Juvenile Law Center$320,00034%
The Bridgespan Group Inc$320,00011%
YarnLabs Inc$320,00022%
Media Impact Funders Inc$318,75088%
World Press Institute$318,000578%
Amazon Conservation Association$309,00034%
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region$308,65071%
Music and Dance Theater Chicago Inc$308,00051%
Firebird Community Arts$304,80048%
Crisis Action Inc$303,000310%
The Carter Center Inc$303,00060%
Wyofile$302,500614%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$300,60030%
Population Reference Bureau Inc$300,00012%
Sacred Purposes Inc$300,000258%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$300,00010%
Techsoup Global$300,00020%
Grist Magazine Inc$300,00033%
The Hatchery Chicago Illinois$300,000140%
International Wilderness Leadership Foundation Inc$300,00023%
Civic News Company$300,00021%
Commonweal$300,00032%
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative$300,00013%
Robert C Maynard Institute for Journalism Education$300,00037%
National Policing Institute$300,00022%
CatchLight$300,000110%
Maliasili Initiatives Inc$300,00033%
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas$300,00021%
Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security Wcaps$300,000220%
Global Fund for Children$300,00014%
Inkstick Media Inc$300,000242%
Reproductive Health Investors Alliance$300,000112%
New Rising Ventures$300,000183%
Undocublack Network Inc$300,000316%
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy$300,00014%
The Central European University$300,00010%
Canary Media Inc$300,00015%
Prime Coalition Inc$300,000326%
Ipas$295,00030%
Inevitable Foundation$295,00038%
Puerto Rican Cultural Center$285,20032%
Pratham USA$285,00011%
ChiArts Foundation$280,00044%
Grow Greater Englewood Inc$280,000311%
South Shore Chamber Community Development Corp$275,000114%
Lawndale Christian Development Corp$275,00012%
Go Green Development Group$275,0001n/a
Far South Community Development Corp$275,00016%
Garfield Park Rite to Wellness$275,000125%
Project&$275,000280%
Greater Southwest Development Corp$275,00018%
Refugeeone$274,86272%
Mujeres Latinas En Accion$271,25073%
American Friends of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Inc$270,00039%
Center for Migration Studies of New York Inc$268,750431%
Live Free Chicago$260,000412%
Environmental Law Institute$260,00022%
Westside Health Authority$258,30020%
Common Cause Education Fund$256,00023%
Asian American Journalists Association$255,50044%
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc$254,25032%
Facets Film Forum$253,50048%
Rockwood Leadership Institute$253,30032%
Children First Fund the Chicago Public Schools Foundation$252,40022%
Charity Navigator$251,50061%
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America$250,900351%
Youth Guidance$250,82521%
National Archives Foundation$250,00013%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$250,00031%
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation$250,00010%
Legal Services Corporation$250,00020%
Art Works Projects$250,000242%
Enlace Latino Nc Inc$250,000212%
Inside Climate News Inc$250,00014%
Floodlight Inc$250,000113%
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars$250,00011%
Internet Archive$250,00011%
Charlottesville Tomorrow$250,000215%
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation$250,00012%
Michigan Enviromental Council$250,00015%
Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance$250,000236%
World Affairs Council of Northern California$250,00072%
Giving USA Foundation Inc$250,000118%
The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies$250,000139%
Iola's Lyceum$250,000120%
Opensecrets$250,000117%
GridLab Inc$250,000110%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$250,00011%
Resilnc$250,0001n/a
Better Boys Foundation$250,0001n/a
Woodstock Institute$250,00037%
Possibility Labs$250,00010%
Local Media Foundation$250,00013%
Vilcap Inc$250,00022%
Capital & Main$250,00017%
CalMatters$250,00012%
Northern Arapaho Housing Development Organization$250,0001n/a
AXS Lab Inc$250,000326%
New Economy for Working Houston$250,000126%
American Indian Law Centerinc$250,000219%
The Management Center$250,00012%
The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation$250,00011%
The Praxis Project Inc$250,00031%
National Institute on Money in$250,000116%
The Foundation for NC A&T State University$250,000129%
BIG NFP DBA Blacks in Green$250,0001n/a
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$250,00010%
High Country News$250,00015%
Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative$250,00014%
Center for Research Libraries$245,00023%
The Impact Society$240,000469%
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble$238,395625%
The Adler Planetarium$235,18030%
Asociacion Interamericana Para la Defensa del Ambiente$235,0002n/a
The People's Music School$230,79763%
University of Utah$230,0003n/a
Prison Journalism Project Inc$230,00039%
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc$228,30024%
GuideStar USA Inc$225,00036%
Illinois Prison Project$225,00016%
Gary Comer Youth Center Inc$225,00031%
Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement$225,00033%
Human Immunome Project Inc$225,00016%
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy Inc$225,0001n/a
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy$220,00052%
Faith Seeds International$219,000630%
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth$216,90014%
KLEO Community Family Life Center$215,0001n/a
National Association of Black Journalists$213,00032%
Earthrights International Inc$210,00024%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$209,25270%
Ingenuity Incorporated Chicago$207,50043%
Kohl Children's Museum of Greater Chicago Inc$207,50042%
Dupage Children's Museum$207,50042%
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp$206,00043%
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago$205,52030%
Misericordia Home$204,25070%
National Urban League Inc$200,30020%
True Star Foundation Inc$200,000113%
National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges$200,00012%
Writers Guild Foundation$200,000115%
Foundation for Technology News and Public Affairs Inc$200,00017%
Gynuity Health Projects Inc$200,0001n/a
Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago$200,00016%
Community Desk Chicago$200,000216%
International Foundation for Valuing Impacts Inc$200,00019%
National Housing Trust$200,0001n/a
Louisiana State University$200,0001n/a
New Orleans Film & Video Society Inc$200,00026%
TREND Community Development Corporation$200,00026%
Grey Matters Project Inc$200,000124%
Women in International Security$200,000143%
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc$200,00020%
The Trust for Public Land$200,00020%
Wildaid Inc$200,00012%
Herbert Scoville Jr Peace$200,000224%
Women for Afghan Women Inc$200,00013%
Grand Victoria Foundation$200,00011%
Independent Arts & Media$200,00013%
Equimundo Center for Masculinities and Social Jus$200,00013%
Partnership for a Secure America Inc$200,000222%
Democracy Matters Foundation$200,00011%
Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc$200,00026%
Girls Who Invest Inc$200,00022%
Leaders Igniting Transformation Education Fund Inc$200,00014%
Police Executive Research Forum$200,00012%
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$200,00010%
Chicago Opera Theater$190,00042%
SkyArt NFP$190,000310%
Freedom of the Press Foundation$190,00061%
Native American Journalists Association$183,00036%
Nature and Culture International$182,00013%
Speed Art Museum$180,00030%
Wild Earth Allies Inc$180,0001n/a
Black Girls Film Camp$180,000242%
Emerald City Theatre Company$180,00033%
DC Justice Lab$175,000110%
University System of New Hampshire$175,0002n/a
Accion Latina$175,0001n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$172,50010%
Lookingglass Theatre Company$172,50041%
Aspire India Inc$170,000151%
Philanthropy Southeast Inc$170,00024%
Association for Computing Machinery Inc$170,00070%
Medicrime Alert International Nfp$169,4755n/a
University of Chicago Medical Center$167,00050%
Life in Christ Family Worship Center$164,9253n/a
Radio Bilingue Inc$160,00024%
Beneficent Technology Inc$159,70121%
Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago$156,70061%
Friends of the British Council USA$156,00014%
Ampt Advancing Nonprofits$155,00014%
Latino Theater Company$154,02523%
Rhode Island School of Design$150,00020%
Aspiration Aspirationtechorg$150,00011%
Southern Methodist University$150,00010%
Chicago Cares Inc$150,00014%
Pen American Center Inc$150,00021%
Long Island University$150,00010%
Verified Voting Foundation$150,000134%
Mississippi Journalism and Education Group$150,000112%
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health Inc$150,000133%
The Populist Agency Inc$150,0001n/a
Onechicagofund$150,000214%
Coda Media Inc$150,00038%
Movement Strategy Center$150,00011%
Protego Press$150,000110%
MapLight$150,00019%
Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Inc$150,00012%
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation$150,00013%
The Bernard and Shirley Kinsey Foundation for Arts and Education$150,000135%
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund Inc$150,00012%
Mercy Corps$150,00010%
Center for Health and Gender Equity Inc$150,00017%
The Goldin Institute$150,000211%
Third Coast International Audio Festival$150,00027%
Democracy 21 Education Fund$150,000126%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$150,00020%
Center for Impact Research$150,000222%
Circle of Blue Inc$150,000139%
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo Inc$150,00017%
American Indian College Fund$150,00010%
World Trade Center Performing Arts Center Inc$150,00010%
Artistry Therapeutics$138,4003n/a
Long Grove Church$137,7357n/a
Francis W Parker School$136,19670%
Environmental Grantmakers Association$135,25042%
Albany Park Theater Project$134,25044%
Puerto Rican Arts Alliance$130,42546%
Technology Association of Grantmakers Inc$130,15047%
Full Spectrum Features NFP$130,000217%
Deeply Rooted Productions Inc$130,00023%
Jazz Institute of Chicago$127,980611%
Muddy Waters Mojo Museum$125,000141%
Unfunded List$125,000350%
Root Capital Inc$125,00011%
Devcorp North Dba Rogers Park Business Alliance$125,00017%
US Sif Foundation$125,000114%
Bright Research Group$125,0001n/a
Bridges Impact Foundation$125,000111%
The German Marshall Fund of the United States$121,50020%
Institute For Science and International Security$120,000116%
East-West Management Institute Inc$120,00021%
Court Theatre Fund$120,0002n/a
Beyond Legal Aid$118,57564%
Juvenile Protective Association$117,26571%
Block Club Chicago Nfp$116,34364%
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc$116,00034%
Frank Lloyd Wright Trust$112,50021%
Guttmacher Institute Inc$110,00010%
Impact Society Global$110,00014%
Neighborspace$105,72024%
Logan Square Neighborhood Association$105,40041%
National Musuem of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture$105,00022%
Orchard Evangelical Free Church$104,8754n/a
Bard College$104,80030%
Nourishing Hope$103,98160%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$103,05051%
Jewish Community Centers of Chicago$102,65030%
Trustees of Phillips Academy$100,75030%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$100,45030%
Open Center for the Arts$100,275321%
Texas Tribune Inc$100,22521%
Firstrepair$100,00029%
Illinois Policy Institute$100,00011%
A Culture of Safety Alliance Inc$100,000113%
Terra Foundation for American Art$100,0001n/a
National Geographic Society$100,00010%
Tamizdat Inc$100,000270%
Council of Large Public Housing Authori Authorities$100,00013%
India Philanthropy Alliance Association$100,000115%
Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc$100,00010%
Feet in 2 Worlds Inc$100,000136%
All Raise$100,00015%
City Lore Inc$100,00013%
A Black Education Network$100,000120%
Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future$100,00016%
Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc$100,00010%
Connect$100,000114%
Akanksha Education Fund Inc$100,00017%
Immigration Project Inc$100,000117%
Gold House Foundation Inc$100,00011%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$100,0001n/a
Potlatch Fund$100,00013%
National American Indian Court Judges Association$100,00019%
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation$100,00010%
The N'Digo Foundation$100,000144%
Somosvc$100,000120%
University of New Hampshire Foundation Incorporated$100,00020%
Global Investigative Journalism Network Inc$100,00024%
Impact Capital Managers Institute Inc$100,000131%
Military Veterans in Journalism Inc$100,000214%
Deployus Inc$100,000111%
The Chronicle of Philanthropy$100,000112%
Eo Wilson Biodiversity Foundation$97,50022%
City Colleges of Chicago Foundation$95,00020%
Surveillance Technology Oversight Project Inc$95,00038%
Music of the Baroque$95,00023%
The Chicago Philharmonic Society$95,00022%
Society of Environmental Journalists Inc$95,00033%
The Thirst Project$93,65053%
Care for Friends$93,200316%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$91,24370%
End Times Full Gospel Ministries- C O G I C$91,1253n/a
Kind Inc$91,11050%
Young Chicago Authors$90,92574%
The International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation Inc$90,00051%
Chicago Children's Theatre$90,00023%
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival$87,160410%
Math Circles of Chicago$86,72966%
National Ability Center$86,25050%
Dions Chicago Dream Inc Nfp$86,07532%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$86,00040%
Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment$85,0001n/a
The Spencer Foundation$85,00010%
International Crane Foundation Inc$85,00011%
Equality Illinois Institute$85,00027%
St Henry Catholic Church$84,9485n/a
The Salvation Army$84,9146n/a
Male Mogul Initiative Inc Nfp$84,135433%
American Bird Conservancy$83,00010%
The National Public Housing Museum$82,79533%
Marklund Charities$80,10040%
Love Unity & Values Institute$80,00034%
The Arts of Life Inc$80,00014%
The Communications Network$80,00031%
Contextos Nfp$80,00012%
Maywood Fine Arts Association$80,00014%
Trans Journalists Association$80,000117%
Chicago Center for Arts and Technology Inc$80,000122%
Centro Romero$80,00012%
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc$77,25067%
World Central Kitchen Inc$76,60250%
Misericordia Foundation$76,50020%
Americans for the Arts Inc$75,75030%
Equal Justice Works$75,00010%
National Black Womens Justice Institite Inc$75,00016%
Friends of the Library of Congress$75,0001n/a
Chicago Artists Coalition$75,000113%
Brave Space Alliance$75,00014%
Green 20$75,00023%
Disability Belongs$75,00012%
The Campaign Finance Institute$75,0001n/a
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Cuny Foundation Inc$75,00011%
Cousin Collective Inc$75,000136%
Arab American Action Network$75,00027%
Social Performance Task Force Inc$75,00013%
Malta Conferences Foundation$75,0001n/a
State Democracy Project$75,00014%
Edge Funders Alliance$73,60016%
Fort Wilderness Ministries Inc$73,00041%
Morehouse College$72,75040%
Fund for Innovative TV$72,500223%
Friends of Global Voices Inc$72,000148%
Points North Institute$70,00023%
Confluence Philanthropy Inc$70,00014%
American Academy in Rome$69,97510%
All Stars Project Inc$69,65470%
Felines Inc$68,16471%
Christ Episcopal Church Inc$67,5003n/a
Leadership Greater Chicago$66,10451%
Bnai Abraham-Zion Congregation$65,8007n/a
Northeastern University$65,31510%
St Pauls United Church of Christ$65,0505n/a
ChangeLab Solutions$65,00011%
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Foundation Inc$64,50050%
The Latin School of Chicago$62,77160%
The Milken Institute$62,00010%
Pilgrim Lutheran Church English Synod$61,6946n/a

The 1,000 largest of 1,110 are listed here.

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 843 recipients with no EIN on record ($613M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 148 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSesame Workshop: $100,250,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetCommunity Solutions International Inc: $78,101,173 over 5y, 90% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $36,299,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $30,000,000 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $29,354,500 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetNia Tero Foundation: $27,620,000 over 7y, 81% of budgetLever for Change: $21,510,000 over 6y, 54% of budgetThe Urban Institute: $20,135,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetThe Energy Foundation: $20,000,000 over 5y, 7.9% of budgetClimateworks Foundation: $19,200,000 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $15,250,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Food Policy Research Institute: $15,250,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetThe Richard H Driehaus Foundation: $14,841,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetRf Catalytic Capital Inc: $14,700,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetUnited States Energy Foundation: $14,250,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetField Foundation of Illinois: $14,175,000 over 6y, 58% of budgetPrince Foundation: $13,885,000 over 6y, 95% of budgetCeres Inc: $13,500,000 over 8y, 8.4% of budgetPretrial Justice Institute: $12,856,000 over 7y, 73% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $11,043,679 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Barack Obama Foundation: $10,775,068 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetWorld Resources Institute: $10,715,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetChicago Sun-Times Media Inc: $10,003,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetLeague of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $9,500,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetCollective Shift: $9,500,000 over 2y, 75% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $9,093,925 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetAllied Media Projects Inc: $8,895,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetInternational Documentary Foundation Inc: $8,829,500 over 8y, 11% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $8,619,371 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetNuclear Threat Initiative Inc: $8,125,600 over 7y, 11% of budgetEnvironmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest: $8,000,000 over 7y, 20% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $7,878,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetVera Institute of Justice Inc: $7,785,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetNew York University: $7,608,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Henry L Stimson Center: $7,528,873 over 7y, 20% of budgetThe Justice Management Institute: $7,470,000 over 8y, 50% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $7,119,636 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetThe Pew Charitable Trusts: $7,000,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCdp North America Inc: $6,892,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetWGBH Educational Foundation: $6,831,658 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetThe George Washington University: $6,743,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEarthworks: $6,550,000 over 8y, 28% of budgetAmerican Documentary Inc: $6,489,650 over 8y, 27% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $6,457,950 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetClimate Policy Initiative Inc: $6,450,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetFund for the City of New York Inc: $6,430,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetW Haywood Burns Institute: $6,227,500 over 7y, 32% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $6,130,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Polk Bros Foundation IncIL148.9× affinity205 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Field Foundation of Illinois · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · The Joyce Foundation · Walder Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Circle of Service Foundation · Alphawood Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Democracy Fund Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation

How much does John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation give?
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation reported 1,086 grants totaling $356,090,979 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 762 and 837 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (18%), Arts & Culture (16%), Philanthropy (13%).
Who are John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Sesame Workshop ($100M), Community Solutions International Inc ($78M), Chicago Community Foundation ($42M).
Does John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Polk Bros Foundation Inc, Field Foundation of Illinois, Lloyd a Fry Foundation.
Where is John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation based?
John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 2000 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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