MacArthur Foundation donations made to Council on Foreign Relations

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Basic donor information

ItemValue
Country United States
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._and_Catherine_T._MacArthur_Foundation
Facebook username macarthurfdn
Websitehttps://www.macfound.org/
Donations URLhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/
Twitter usernamemacfound
Page on philosophy informing donationshttps://www.macfound.org/about/how-we-work/
Grant application process pagehttps://www.macfound.org/info-grantseekers/
Data entry method on Donations List WebsiteSQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/macarthur-foundation

Brief history: https://www.macfound.org/about/our-history/

Full donor page for donor MacArthur Foundation

Basic donee information

ItemValue
Country
Facebook page councilonforeignrelations
Websitehttp://www.cfr.org/
Twitter usernameCFR_org
Wikipedia pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations
Instagram usernamecfr_org

Full donee page for donee Council on Foreign Relations

Donor–donee relationship

Item Value

Donor–donee donation statistics

Cause areaCountMedianMeanMinimum10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile Maximum
Overall 28 200,000 219,367 6,664 30,000 50,000 72,480 100,000 200,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 450,000 525,000
FIXME 28 200,000 219,367 6,664 30,000 50,000 72,480 100,000 200,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 450,000 525,000

Donation amounts by cause area and year

If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.

Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.

Cause area Number of donations Total 2013 2012 2010 2009 2007 2005 2002 2001 2000 1999 1997 1996 1995 1994 1991 1988 1982
FIXME (filter this donor) 28 6,142,271.00 700,000.00 650,000.00 400,000.00 490,000.00 90,000.00 525,000.00 50,000.00 725,000.00 163,127.00 170,000.00 400,000.00 56,664.00 50,000.00 500,000.00 422,480.00 450,000.00 300,000.00
Total 28 6,142,271.00 700,000.00 650,000.00 400,000.00 490,000.00 90,000.00 525,000.00 50,000.00 725,000.00 163,127.00 170,000.00 400,000.00 56,664.00 50,000.00 500,000.00 422,480.00 450,000.00 300,000.00

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Full list of documents in reverse chronological order (0 documents)

There are no documents associated with this combination of donor and donee.

Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (28 donations)

Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations

Graph of donations and their timeframes
Amount (current USD)Amount rank (out of 28)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
350,000.0082013FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To assess the geopolitics of China, India and Pakistan (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
350,000.0082013FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To assess the geopolitics of China, India and Pakistan (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
400,000.0042012FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Maintaining Stability at Lower Numbers project (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
250,000.00132012FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support a policy research project on the future of U.S. policy towards Pakistan. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
400,000.0042010FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support policy research on security challenges on China's periphery (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
200,000.00142009FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To research and identify politically and technically viable options for limiting uranium enrichment in Iran and other countries. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
90,000.00182009FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To promote maternal health as a strategic component of U.S. foreign policy. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
200,000.00142009FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Program on International Justice (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
90,000.00182007FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of an international symposium on repositioning maternal health as a crucial global health and foreign policy concern. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
525,000.0012005FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of research and outreach to reduce the dangers associated with nuclear weapons and technology (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
50,000.00212002FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support policy analysis and the development of recommendations for sound U.S. military policy in space. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
300,000.00112001FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support bipartisan, bicameral congressional staff forums (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected cities: Washington, D.C..
375,000.0072001FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Next Generation Fellows Program (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
50,000.00212001FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of programs related to the September 11 attacks. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
163,127.00162000FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the participation of Russian scholars in the Program on New Approaches to Russian Security, a network of younger scholars of post-Soviet security issues. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
30,000.00261999FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support a project on women's human rights and U.S. foreign policy. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
40,000.00251999FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support collaborative programs with Chicago institutions on foreign policy issues. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
100,000.00171999FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Cuba Program, which seeks to broaden the national debate on normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected cities: Washington, D.C..
400,000.0041997FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support fellowships for three junior scholars (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
6,664.00281996FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To educate the public on the role of Congress in the foreign policy process. Affected countries: United States; affected cities: Washington, D.C..
50,000.00211996FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support a project on international defense downsizing and multilateral responses (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
50,000.00211995FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Palestinian Public Works Initiative. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
500,000.0021994FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support programs to address forces that shape international affairs and their effects on American foreign policy interests in the post-cold war period (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
25,000.00271991FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support a working seminar to be held on the relationship between industrial nations' policies and environmental stability in the rural developing countries. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
325,000.00101991FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the professional development of young people in the fields of foreign policy and national security affairs (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
72,480.00201991FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support a study group on U.S.-Israel relations in the post-Gulf War period. Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
450,000.0031988FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the International Affairs Fellowship Program for young people involved in policy studies and policymaking (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.
300,000.00111982FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the International Affairs Fellowship Program (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: New York; affected cities: New York.