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	MacArthur Foundation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The MacArthur Fellows Program awards five-year, unrestricted fellowships, "to individuals across all ages and fields who show exceptional merit and promise of continued creative work." The amount of the award is currently $500,000, which is paid over five years, with no strings attached.
		MacArthur left ninety-two percent of his estate to begin the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
		Adele Simmons was the third president of the foundation, serving from 1989 to 1999.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MacArthur_Foundation (656 words)

	General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)
		In 1915 MacArthur was promoted to major and the following year became the Army's first public relations officer, performing so well that he is largely credited with selling the American people on the Selective Service Act of 1917, as the country moved ever closer to joining the war in Europe.
		Although he antagonized many of the old guard, MacArthur made good on his mandate to drag the moribund Academy into the 20th century, enabling it to produce officers fit to lead the country in the type of modern war he had just experienced first hand.
		MacArthur, despite the able assistance of top aide Dwight Eisenhower, would not have enough time or money to build a force capable of resisting the Japanese.
	www.empereur.com /G._Douglas_MacArthur.html (1759 words)

	MacArthur Foundation
		The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation was created in 1978 through the bequest of John D. MacArthur, a Pennsylvania native who amassed a great fortune in the insurance business and in real-estate investments in Florida.
		At its inception, the MacArthur Foundation attracted attention because it was a new, general purpose, nationally focused foundation with an asset base that almost immediately made it among the country's largest.
		The MacArthur Foundation was unusual in that the donor left no specific instructions as to the purpose of his philanthropic legacy.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/772.html (266 words)

	Foundation : MacArthur Memorial - The City of Norfolk, VA.
		The General Douglas MacArthur Foundation was established in 1962, to commemorate the life and achievements of General Douglas MacArthur, particularly as they relate to his credo "Duty, Honor, Country" and its relevance to future generations of Americans.
		The Foundation's initial efforts resulted in a larger-than-life bronze statue of the General and the construction of three new buildings for the Memorial complex.
		She was an honorary chairman of the Foundation and had, from the beginning, been intimately involved in the development of the Memorial and the Foundation.
	www.macarthurmemorial.org /foundation.asp (344 words)

	MacArthur Foundation honors three Harvard faculty members, Radcliffe fellow
		The four join 21 other MacArthur Foundation fellows engaged in a broad spectrum of endeavors - from deep sea exploring to journalism to sculpting - who have in common creativity and originality.
		Eggan, an assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and principal investigator of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, is at the forefront of stem cell biology.
		The MacArthur Foundation said that Zaldarriaga's analyses reveal the "power of CMB observations such as lensing and polarization to generate gravitational maps of the early universe and for exploring indirectly the properties of otherwise undetectable matter in the intervening space."
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2006/09.21/99-macarthur.html (1937 words)

	Profile of the The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation offering film financing, funding and grants, 3/03
		According to the mission statement, the MacArthur Foundation is "a private, independent grantmaking institution dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster improvement in the human condition.
		The Foundation seeks the development of healthy individuals and effective communities; peace within and among nations; responsible choices about human reproduction; and a global ecosystem capable of supporting healthy human societies." All funding given by MacArthur, even for filmmaking, must fall under this group of criteria, open as it may seem.
		MacArthur is interested in giving money to worthy causes with proven performance records, not just chancing it on a new filmmaker with an idea.
	www.newenglandfilm.com /news/archives/03march/macarthur.htm (989 words)

	The Chronicle: July 14, 2000: MacArthur Foundation Seeks a Narrower, Deeper Focus
		Fanton was attracted to the foundation, one of the country's 10 wealthiest, precisely because of the nature and range of its activities.
		The foundation's patience is evident on the other side of the world as well, where its efforts to encourage research-oriented universities in Russia are slowly producing results.
		In its own words, the foundation "seeks the development of healthy individuals and effective communities; peace within and among nations; responsible choices about human reproduction; and a global ecosystem capable of supporting healthy human societies." It supports research, policy development and dissemination, education and training, and on-the-ground projects.
	chronicle.com /free/v46/i45/45a03401.htm (3101 words)

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		In addition to its support of radical environmentalism, the MacArthur Foundation funds groups that advocate gun control, juvenile justice reform, alternatives to incarceration for criminals, low-rent housing for the poor, radical feminist causes, gay rights, and “community change” initiatives to counter America's allegedly rampant racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia.
		The MacArthur Foundation favors redistributive economic policies that can avert “costly conflicts between haves and have-nots.” It is a member organization of the Peace and Security Funders Group and the International Human Rights Funders Group.
		Each year since 1981, the Foundation has awarded its MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes nicknamed the "genius grant") to approximately two- to three-dozen individuals who "show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work." People of any age and any field of endeavor are eligible for an award, so long as they are U.S. residents.
	www.discoverthenetwork.org /funderProfile.asp?fndid=5223 (549 words)

	Capital Research Center: A Look at the MacArthur Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Foundation claims to be “dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition,” but it is hard to square this noble-sounding commitment to the Foundation’s controversial role as a major conduit of funds to liberal advocacy groups.
		The organizations receiving MacArthur money are among the most influential in the liberal movement: the Economic Policy Institute, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Campaign for America’s Future, Alliance for Justice, Environmental Defense, Friends of the Earth and the Union of Concerned Scientists are just a few.
		MacArthur’s giving during the 1980s included grants to major advocates of the environmental agenda: the World Resources Institute received overall funding that exceeded $20 million and nearly $500,000 went to the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund.
	www.capitalresearch.org /news/news.asp?ID=147 (551 words)

	Olufunmilayo Olopade, MB, BS, FACP, named 2005 MacArthur Fellow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Each received a phone call from the Foundation this week informing them that they will be given $500,000 in "no strings attached" support over the next five years.
		MacArthur Fellows are selected for their creativity, originality, and potential.
		By providing resources without stipulations or reporting requirements, the MacArthur Foundation offers the opportunity for Fellows to accelerate their current activities or take their work in new directions.
	www.bcrfcure.org /rese_funmi_macarthur.html (224 words)

	PND - News - Chicago Sun-Times Profiles MacArthur Foundation
		The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the nation's tenth-largest charitable foundation with nearly $4 billion in assets, paid its chief financial officer more than $760,000 in 2002, fourth among top foundation executives in the country, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
		According to the paper, while the foundation is among the top ten foundations in giving, it ranks third in board and officer compensation and is fourth in the ratio of its overall expenses to giving.
		The program, perhaps the foundation's most original and innovative, was the brainchild of MacArthur's son Roderick, who, according to radio personality Paul Harvey, a longtime friend of John MacArthur's and a member of the foundation's board from its establishment until 2002, had a contentious relationship with his father.
	foundationcenter.org /pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=70400059 (492 words)

	Macarthur Foundation Awards $2 Million Grant
		Each year, the Foundation makes a small number of large, institution-building grants to organizations that have previously received support from the Foundation and have reached a stage of institutional development where such an investment would be particularly timely.
		The Foundation’s Conservation and Sustainable Development program focuses on preserving the biodiversity of living organisms and maintaining tropical ecosystems, which are home to some of the world’s most diverse natural communities and critically endangered species.
		The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, with headquarters in Chicago, is a private, independent grant-making institution dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition.
	www.news.vu /en/news/environment/041114-Macarthur-Foundation-Awards-Grant.shtml (980 words)

	2005 MacArthur Fellows Announcement
		The MacArthur Fellows Program was the first major grantmaking initiative of the Foundation. The inaugural class of MacArthur Fellows was named in 1981. Including this year’s Fellows, 707 people, ranging in age from 18 to 82, have been named MacArthur Fellows since the inception of the program.
		The Foundation believes its grantmaking is most effective when focused upon relatively few areas of work, combined with sufficient resources over a long enough period of time to make a measurable difference.
		Through the support it provides, the Foundation fosters the development of new knowledge, nourishes individual creativity, strengthens institutions, participates in the formation of effective policy, and provides information to the public, primarily through support for public interest media.
	www.macarthurfellows.org /Fellows2005/contents/announce.htm (504 words)

	Marin Alsop: Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The MacArthur Fellowship's biography of Marin Alsop, as listed on its web site www.macarthur.org, reads in part: "Marin Alsop, principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and music director of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music [and music director designate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra], is among the most accomplished conductors working today.
		MacArthur Fellowships are awarded to outstanding individuals serving many different fields, including science, public issues, social science, arts and humanities.
		Indeed, the purpose of the MacArthur Fellows Program is to enable recipients to exercise their own creative instincts for the benefit of human society.
	www.marinalsop.com /macarthur_fellowship.html (1040 words)

	Georgia Institute of Technology :: News Room :: Sam Nunn School Receives MacArthur Foundation Grant
		The Foundation’s Science, Technology and Security Initiative is designed to nurture a new generation of experts working on issues at the intersection of science, technology and policy and to close gaps in knowledge about the technical aspects of national and international security.
		A major goal of MacArthur’s grantmaking in international peace and security is to reduce the dangers posed by nuclear and biological weapons.
		The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grant making institution dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition.
	www.gatech.edu /news-room/release.php?id=831 (838 words)

	NPR Receives $14 Million from MacArthur Foundation
		This is the MacArthur Foundation's second gift to the NPR Endowment; they provided a $3 million challenge grant in 1999.
		The MacArthur Foundation, which marks its 25th anniversary in 2003, announced special grants today, with the $14 million grant to NPR being the largest grant in a series of grants totaling $42 million.
		MacArthur awarded grants of $1 million each to the World Resources Institute, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Global Fund for Women and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.
	www.npr.org /about/press/030113.macarthur.html (1466 words)

	John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to Give $50 Million for Studies of Security Issues STEPHANIE STROM / NY ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		MacArthur said yesterday that it would spend $50 million over the next six years to encourage academic scientists and researchers to devote more of their efforts to issues of national and international security.
		MacArthur will also make grants to several international research centers, including the Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics in China and the Analytical Center for Nonproliferation in Russia, as well as several research institutes in the United States to support their work toward eliminating chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
		MacArthur has long had an interest in security issues, spending roughly $12 million a year on programs and organizations that address global security, and Mr.
	mindfully.org /Reform/2003/MacArthur-Foundation-Terrorism19aug03.htm (669 words)

	MacArthur Foundation Grants Shelter Madagascar's Biodiversity
		The MacArthur Foundation's capital contribution is expected to attract investments from other sources, such as international agencies, governments, and other foundations.
		The Foundation provides support for efforts in nine ecological regions of the world - Madagascar, the Albertine Rift, and the Lower Guinean Forest in Africa; the Eastern Himalaya, the Lower Mekong, and Indo-Melanesia in Asia and the Pacific Rim; and the Northern Andes, Southern Andes, and Insular Caribbean in Latin America and the Caribbean.
		The MacArthur Foundation also provides support for conservation work in the world’s most biologically rich yet threatened areas through its funding of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, a joint initiative with Conservation International, the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility, and the government of Japan.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/feb2004/2004-02-05-05.asp (1124 words)

	MacArthur Foundation
		The MacArthur Foundation has funded research in early childhood education and community projects, and teaching and learning in the areas of policy, standards, school governance, and restructuring, and other educational reforms.
		Like others interested in the field, the Foundation believes that more attention must be paid to the fundamental issues of teaching and learning, with a goal of improved quality of instruction in the classroom.
		The Foundation believes that policymakers at the local, state, and federal level need timely, solid, clear, and unbiased research and analysis of the complex issues, legislation, programs, and policies that shape life in the United States today.
	www.ed.arizona.edu /adaa/MacArthur.htm (511 words)

	MacArthur-Foundation.org
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		It came to the MacArthur Foundation through the link that I was John MacArthurÂ’s lawyer.
		John MacArthur took the attitude that he would do what he did best; he would make the money, and after his death the Board of his Foundation would have to learn how to spend it.
	macarthur-foundation.blogspot.com (967 words)

	MACARTHUR FOUNDATION AWARDS $4 MILLION TO NPR
		Of the $4 million, MacArthur has designated $3 million as a challenge grant for NPR's Endowment Fund for Excellence, which must be matched by other supporters.
		The NPR Foundation is a not-for-profit subsidiary of NPR, formed in 1993 to provide NPR with volunteer fundraising leadership.
		The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution dedicated to helping groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition.
	www.npr.org /about/press/990623.macarthur.html (742 words)

	Palm Beach Atlantic University - $250,000 MacArthur Foundation Gift Supports Warren Library
		Their generosity established the Catherine T. MacArthur School of Continuing Education in 1989, to serve the educational needs of non-traditional students, who work full-time and study in the evenings and on weekends.
		The school was renamed the Catherine T. MacArthur School of Leadership in May 2006 to better reflect the curriculum, which focuses on leadership and management of organizations.
		John D MacArthur was introduced to Palm Beach Atlantic by his physician, Dr. Donald E. Warren, who is the University’s founding trustee chairman.
	www.pba.edu /media/news-releases/macarthur-library-gift.cfm (385 words)

	University of Virginia News Story
		The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named Brooks Pate, a University of Virginia professor of chemistry, one of 23 recipients of this year's MacArthur Fellowships.
		An important underpinning of the MacArthur program is confidence that the fellows are in the best position to decide how to make the most effective use of their fellowship awards.
		The foundation neither requires nor expects specific projects from the fellows, nor does it ask for reports on how the money is used.
	www.virginia.edu /topnews/releases2001/macarthur-oct-23-2001.html (760 words)

	PND - News - MacArthur Foundation Announces 2006 'Genius Award' Recipients
		The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named twenty-five new MacArthur Fellows for 2006.
		Selected for their creativity, originality, and potential, the recipients of what are often referred to as the "Genius Awards" each receive $500,000 over five years with no strings attached.
		The fellowships are awarded to women and men of all ages and at all career stages and are desigend to enable fellows to accelerate their current activities or take their work in new directions.
	foundationcenter.org /pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=157200002 (191 words)

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