John D & Catherine T Macarthur Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 23-7093598 · Headquarters: Chicago, IL 60603-5285 · Website
NTEE code: T20Z · Applications: Preselected only — does not accept unsolicited applications
Total grants paid: $3,505,315,103.00 (2016–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 8367 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($2,621,968,119.00); $883,346,984.00 across 4926 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $269,000,000.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Miami Foundation Inc. | Miami, FL | $32,500,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423189349103932 |
| Sesame Workshop | New York, NY | $25,669,088.00 | FY2020 | 202133169349104553 |
| Sesame Workshop | New York, NY | $25,107,013.00 | FY2019 | 202023179349103467 |
| Community Solutions International Inc. | New York, NY | $24,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202313179349104401 |
| Community Solutions International Inc. | New York, NY | $23,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423189349103932 |
| Sesame Workshop | New York, NY | $22,883,246.00 | FY2021 | 202340929349100004 |
| Community Solutions International Inc. | New York, NY | $21,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503169349102460 |
| Sesame Workshop | New York, NY | $17,340,653.00 | FY2022 | 202313179349104401 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503169349102460 |
| Community Solutions International Inc. | New York, NY | $10,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202340929349100004 |
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc. | New York, NY | $7,500,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503169349102460 |
| Rf Catalytic Capital Inc. | New York, NY | $7,200,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423189349103932 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | $6,500,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503169349102460 |
| Lever for Change | Chicago, IL | $6,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202340929349100004 |
| Chicago Community Foundation | Chicago, IL | $5,300,000.00 | FY2023 | 202423189349103932 |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | New York, NY | $5,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202133169349104553 |
| Social Science Research Council | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202133169349104553 |
| Iff | Chicago, IL | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202340929349100004 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $5,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202023179349103467 |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | $5,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202313179349104401 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $269,000,000.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $468,169,033.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1086 | 686 | 400 | $98,119,736.00 |
| FY2023 | $417,507,266.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1465 | 996 | 469 | $87,102,518.00 |
| FY2022 | $390,078,271.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1487 | 1006 | 481 | $93,569,955.00 |
| FY2021 | $423,564,293.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1491 | 994 | 497 | $111,765,437.00 |
| FY2020 | $403,236,288.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1528 | 998 | 530 | $95,971,028.00 |
| FY2019 | $374,062,328.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1410 | 865 | 545 | $95,937,604.00 |
| FY2018 | $393,262,904.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1583 | 966 | 617 | $95,097,439.00 |
| FY2017 | $317,610,895.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1601 | 891 | 710 | $101,517,432.00 |
| FY2016 | $317,823,825.00 | qualifying_distributions | 1642 | 965 | 677 | $104,265,835.00 |
| All years on file | $3,505,315,103.00 | 13293 | 8367 | 4926 | $883,346,984.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/655644a4-5d55-4d67-95cb-cdedc4f65948
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 23-7093598.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).