MacArthur Foundation

🎉 Meet the 2024 MacArthur Fellows! These 22 exceptionally creative individuals redefine their fields with imagination and intention. They shift how we connect to one another, through our shared history and our stories. #MacFellow The 2024 MacArthur Fellows are: 🌾 Loka Ashwood, sociologist 💻 Ruha Benjamin, transdisciplinary scholar and writer 🎤 Justin Vivian Bond, artist and performer 📝 Jericho Brown, poet 🎧 Tony Cokes, media artist 📱 Nicola Dell, computer and information scientist 🎻 Johnny Gandelsman, violinist and producer 🎥 Sterlin Harjo, filmmaker 📖 Juan Felipe Herrera, poet, educator, and writer 📚 Ling Ma, fiction writer 📜 Jennifer L. Morgan, historian 🦎 Martha Muñoz, evolutionary biologist 📓 Shailaja Paik, historian 🪲 Joseph Parker, evolutionary biologist 🎨 Ebony G. Patterson, multimedia artist 🩰 Shamel Pitts, dancer and choreographer 📷 Wendy Red Star, visual artist 🎒 Jason Reynolds, children’s and young adult writer ⚖️ Dorothy Roberts, legal scholar and public policy researcher 🪐 Keivan Stassun, science educator and astronomer 🐋 Benjamin Van Mooy, oceanographer ♿ Alice Wong, writer, editor, and disability justice activist Learn more about the Fellows and their work on our website: https://lnkd.in/gGEsYSJY

"So many people have amazing investigative aptitudes and skills but were never thought of as investigative reporters." In a recent Grantee Story, Type Investigations’ Director of Partnerships, Noy Thrupkaew, shares how the organization seeks to produce high-impact investigative journalism while building equity in the industry. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gA9zppKQ

Many nonprofit leaders report that political uncertainty and funding cuts are negatively impacting their organizations. The Center for Effective Philanthropy shared in a Snapshot Research report that nonprofits need more unrestricted support to weather federal funding freezes as many state and local budgets shift. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/e-9AzJnk

“'Meanwhile' feels like both a provocation and a request to consider what flourishing looks like in this chaotic moment." Alissa Wilkinson of The New York Times writes about a new film directed by Catherine Gund and written by #MacFellow Jacqueline Woodson. "Meanwhile," described by its creators as a docu-poem, explores the role artists play in effectuating change. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eHwpJEsw

“It all started with a simple, innocent question: what would it take to recreate Carver’s blue?” #MacFellow Amanda Williams shares how she drew inspiration from inventor George Washington Carver’s patented Prussian Blue pigment to create her own paint using red clay soil from Alabama. Read more at The New York Times ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gZ7pzmNB

🎉 Press Forward was recognized by Fast Company as one of this year's Most Innovative Companies in the not-for-profit space! This honor highlights the vital work of local news outlets in strengthening communities. At a time when our divisions can feel insurmountable, local news can be a bridge—connecting neighbors, informing communities, and shining a light on important issues and solutions. Communities across the U.S. are hungry for reliable, original local news, and in 36 regions and states – from Alaska to Arkansas and Appalachia – local people and institutions are coming together to form Press Forward local chapters to rally for it. Our work is just beginning. Learn more: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ef7zpxP5

"I understand the transformative power that museums can provide by connecting people with the natural world." #MacFellow Dr. Martha Muñoz recently shared what inspired her career journey on the Latino News Network podcast. Check out the full interview on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Apple ⬇️ https://apple.co/3F6zAKj Spotify ⬇️ https://spoti.fi/3R5bxOJ

Like any business or commercial enterprise, nonprofit arts and culture organizations need working capital. Allison Clark, Associate Director, Impact Investments, and Sandra Aponte, Program Officer, Chicago Commitment, discuss how two of our programs collaborated to better support arts organizations’ financial resiliency. Read their Perspective ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gPigxBaJ

"I think the work that I produce tells me what my interests are, and I don't always know right off the bat." #MacFellow Ling Ma speaks with Utah Public Radio about her writing career, themes in her work, and being named a Fellow. Read more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gUjvcBMi

Artists who engage public issues can catalyze conversation and action. The Creative Catalyst Fellowship from the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund supports more accurate, authentic, and nuanced narratives about the diversity of Asian American and Pacific Islanders’ movements and communities. Learn more ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gkkvp2-9