macarthur foundation

Selected for their creativity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future, the recipients of this year's "genius awards" will each receive $500,000 over five years with no strings attached....

Leveraging up to $20 million in low-interest loans from the Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, the initiative is designed to address high foreclosure rates and stabilize property values in key neighborhoods across the city....

Awarded through the foundation's How Housing Matters initiative, the grants will support a mix of studies on the relationship between housing and a series of social and economic concerns including education, health, and economic opportunity....

The Chicago-based foundation will provide a $20 million guaranty for the program, with the aim of attracting $100 million for nonprofit developers working to preserve and renovate rental properties serving more than two thousand low-income residents....

Selected for their creativity, originality, and potential, the 2010 MacArthur Fellows include a stone carver, a marine biologist, a jazz pianist, and a high school physics teacher....

Through the Working Capital Loan Fund for Arts and Culture, the foundation offers short-term loans and longer term lines of credit to help meet the cash flow and working capital needs of small to mid-sized arts organizations....

The report from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society found that by 2050 Americans may live 3.1 to 7.9 years longer than current projections, resulting in higher costs for government programs that serve older citizens....

The MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning competition will seek to identify designers, inventors, and researchers to build digital media experiences that help young people interact, share, build, and explore in new, innovative ways....

The grant to a network of twenty scientific research and education centers across Russia will support conferences for young scientists and the international peer review of grant proposals submitted to the Russian government....

Selected for their creativity, originality, and potential, the twenty-four recipients of the MacArthur Fellowships, often called "genius awards," will each receive $500,000 over five years with no strings attached....