The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday announced 21 people will each receive $625,000 over five years to use as they please.

PBS NewsHour was awarded $3.5 million by the MacArthur Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The funding will enable travel across the country for reporting ...

(BOSTON, July 5, 2007) PBS Frontline today announced a $5 million grant from MacArthur for its Frontline documentary series and its companion international newsmagazine FRONTLINE/World.

May 18, 2016 - Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with major support from Ford Foundation. Additional funding is provided the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Trust, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L.

October 9, 2025 - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced its 2025 class of fellows on Wednesday, a prize often called the “genius award.”

November 20, 2025 - Carnegie Corporation of New York Doris Duke Foundation Ford Foundation Charles F. Kettering Foundation Heising-Simons Foundation William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation Lumina Foundation for Education John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation David and Lucile Packard Foundation Park Foundation Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund The Walton Family Foundation

September 7, 2023 - The MacArthur Foundation gives more than $30 million annually to help support PBS, NPR and other journalism ventures.

September 26, 2019 - Female academics whose expertise and influence in areas as diverse as the impact of slavery on modern America, legislating against cyber harassment, and global warming and its effect on rising sea levels were named as three of this year's 26 MacArthur fellows and recipients of genius grants.

September 28, 2021 - The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday announced the 25 recipients, who will each receive $625,000.

The MacArthur Foundation chose 23 recipients this year, all of whom will receive $500,000 over the next five years to fund their projects. This year, several of this year's winners in arts and writing focused on one theme; the role of war and ...

February 7, 2011 - MacArthur Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to PBS Documentary Series. The three-year grant will renew the foundation's support for POV, the award-winning PBS documentary film series....

November 18, 2015 - Support for FRONTLINE is provided by viewers like you, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Trust with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen. Additional support for the FRONTLINE Trust is provided by: Jay Allen, The Arches Foundation, Joseph Azrack and Abigail Congdon, Mark and Deborah Blackman, Julia Brown, Charina Endowment Fund, The Clinton Family Fund, Suzanne and Mark Colodny, Laura DeBonis and Scott Nathan, Katharine Duncan, Emerson Collective, William H. Harris, James G. Hart Foundation, Jeffrey and Christa Hawkins, Amy Hubbard, Thomas P. Jalkut, Deborah McManus, Mark and Gayle Namchuk, Daniel Peightel, The Fredric J. Ridel Living Trust, Jeff and Terri Rosica, Corey David Sauer, Joseph Schull and Anna Yang, Joseph Scully, Joshua Steiner and Antoinette Delruel

May 18, 2016 - CHICAGO — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced a major expansion of its support for nonprofit journalism at the PBS Annual Meeting Wednesday.

August 19, 2025 - MIAMI – August 19, 2025 – The ... Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today announced that they will commit nearly $37 million to provide immediate relief to public media stations at risk of closure following federal ...

July 5, 2007 - 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 ...

October 2, 2012 - Safeguard the independent, trusted journalism millions rely on at PBS News Hour. ... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced the MacArthur Fellows for 2012 on Tuesday.