The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
macfound.org Direct + LP
The MacArthur Foundation is a philanthropic organization that provides grants and impact investments to support creative solutions to social challenges. It focuses on issues such as climate change, criminal justice reform, local news, artificial intelligence, and community well-being.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is an investor headquartered in Chicago, United States. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, in climate change, criminal justice, local news and artificial intelligence.
“We boldly invest in creative solutions to urgent challenges, sparking hope for our future.”
— The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Other
- Stage
- Not stated
- Headquarters
- Chicago, United States
- Invests in
- US, Nigeria, India
- Sectors
- climate change, criminal justice, local news, artificial intelligence, Native communities, Nigeria youth, journalism, Chicago
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 20 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Agence Française de Développement (AFD) 2 shared companies: un.org, undp.org
- Green Delta Capital Limited 1 shared company: un.org
- Libyan Investment Authority 1 shared company: un.org
- SKALO GmbH & Co. KG 1 shared company: un.org
- 3VC 1 shared company: list-manage.com
- A-Street Management LP 1 shared company: list-manage.com
- Ahren Innovation Capital LLP 1 shared company: list-manage.com
- AURELIUS 1 shared company: list-manage.com
- Axeleo Capital 1 shared company: list-manage.com
- Bethnal Green Ventures 1 shared company: list-manage.com
and 10 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.macfound.org/name, status
- https://www.macfound.org/about/is_investor, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description
- https://www.macfound.org/about/how-we-work/layer
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Record 1484 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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