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The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, we work to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and…

The road to making legal equal protection real, proactive, and effective is long, but it begins with being clear about the destination.

RWJF shares how it works to uproot structural racism by learning from communities who are best positioned to create lasting solutions.

Philanthropic funds that take a broader view are helping cotton growers produce more sustainably and profitably. Will industry and government commit, too?

Candid insights | Find out how philanthropic collaboratives—organizations that distribute resources from multiple donors to nonprofits—are finding new and effective ways to equitably measure impact across their portfolio of grantees.

The 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education found that separating students by race violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause, but the legacy of segregation remains.

Singer Amy Winehouse died from alcohol toxicity in 2011, the same year that the American Society of Addiction Medicine publicly recognized addiction as a brain disorder.

Considerable research evidence links childhood experiences of poverty to harmful effects on physical and mental health, social and behavioral functioning, and cognitive, academic, and educational outcomes. Yet little is known…

Digital advocacy organizations are distinct from many traditional NGOs, such as Oxfam or Greenpeace. Most NGOs engage in advocacy campaigns based on long-term commitment to a cause, and where expert…

The Breakfast Club teaches youth how to raise hogs, helping first-generation farmers pursue a career in agriculture.

Chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes, asthma, HIV infection, and mental illness may be greatly undertreated among incarcerated people.

Universities are more than just halls of learning; they are vibrant ecosystems and often the beating heart of the towns they reside in. Their reach goes beyond academia and plays…