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$100 million for equity: MacArthur Foundation's new big bet and mandate

The MacArthur Foundation will let loose another $100 million to a single project in the third installation of its global 100&Change competition, which for the first time requires applicants to address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues, the foundation announced Wednesday

The Independent UK

University of Chicago statistics professor awarded MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’

Rina Foygel Barber is one of 20 to receive $800,000 stipend for her work “to reduce false positives and improve confidence in high-dimensional data models.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Philanthropies pledge $500 million to address 'crisis in local news'

The new coalition of donors, led by the MacArthur Foundation, says one out of every five Americans lives in a "news desert" with little to no reliable local news.

WEKU

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Major funders call for increased support of Black feminists

The need to increase funding for Black feminist organizations is urgent, according to an open letter from some of philanthropy’s most influential organizations – including Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures, Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation, as well as the Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation – released Thursday

The Independent UK

These are the 2022 MacArthur "genius" grant recipients

The award is seen as one of the most coveted and distinguished honors in academia, arts and science.

Axios

MacArthur Foundation announces ‘genius’ grant winners for 2022

CHICAGO — In 1981, the MacArthur Foundation began awarding annual fellowships. These have consisted of monetary awards of $800,000 (an increase this year, bumped up from a decade ago and paid out in annual installments of $160,000 over five years) to do with whatever the awardees want.

Chicago Tribune

MacArthur's 2022 'genius grant' winners picked to inspire

The winners of the MacArthur Foundation’s prestigious fellowship this year include a waste management engineer, an ornithologist and writers, physicians and mathematicians

The Independent UK

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An ornithologist, a cellist and a human rights activist: the 2022 MacArthur Fellows

This year's MacArthur Fellows include scientists, artists and historians. The so-called MacArthur "geniuses" receive unrestricted grants of $800,000 for their "exceptional creativity" and "promise."

WEKU

3 Chicagoans honored as MacArthur fellows

A University of Chicago professor, a cellist and an artist are among the latest recipients of the MacArthur Foundation “genius grants.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Hollywood producer's new nonprofit to boost diverse creators

Hollywood film producer Dan Lin — known for movies such as Disney’s live action “Aladdin” and “The Two Popes” — is launching a nonprofit with more than $1 million from the Ford and MacArthur foundations as well as several other philanthropies

The Independent UK

Chicago’s Jacqueline Stewart director and president of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Stewart is a Chicago native and a 2021 MacArthur Foundation Fellow known for her contributions to film studies and advocacy for film preservation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Martha Minow is the new chair of the MacArthur Foundation — some of her first work was as a Chicago copy clerk

CHICAGO — On the March morning she officially became the chair of the board of directors of the Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, Martha Minow sat on a couch in the handsomely appointed apartment of her father and remembered the past.

Chicago Tribune

Racism feud erupts in South Dakota after Rapid City hotelier bans ‘Natives’

A shooting, social media posts, ostensible racism and a feud with local government have disrupted quiet Rapid City, South Dakota, writes Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK

Jazz ‘genius’ Cécile McLorin Salvant: ‘In periods of loneliness and fear, it’s instinctual to want to talk about love’

Fresh from receiving a MacArthur Foundation grant – and releasing an album inspired by Kate Bush and ghostly folk – the daring singer is already absorbed in the next challenge

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