MacArthur Foundation donations made to Metropolitan Planning Council

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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

We do not have any donee information for the donee Metropolitan Planning Council in our system.

Full donee page for donee Metropolitan Planning Council

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 31 180,000 425,771 12,750 18,937 50,000 75,000 100,000 180,000 300,000 450,000 700,000 900,000 4,000,000
FIXME 31 180,000 425,771 12,750 18,937 50,000 75,000 100,000 180,000 300,000 450,000 700,000 900,000 4,000,000

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 2016 2015 2013 2012 2010 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1996 1995 1993 1992 1991 1990 1988 1987 1986
FIXME (filter this donor) 31 13,198,887.00 200,000.00 250,000.00 180,000.00 250,000.00 360,000.00 300,000.00 700,000.00 900,000.00 500,000.00 470,000.00 5,000,000.00 462,750.00 440,000.00 925,000.00 133,937.00 750,000.00 50,000.00 900,000.00 99,700.00 15,000.00 100,000.00 140,000.00 72,500.00
Total 31 13,198,887.00 200,000.00 250,000.00 180,000.00 250,000.00 360,000.00 300,000.00 700,000.00 900,000.00 500,000.00 470,000.00 5,000,000.00 462,750.00 440,000.00 925,000.00 133,937.00 750,000.00 50,000.00 900,000.00 99,700.00 15,000.00 100,000.00 140,000.00 72,500.00

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

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Full list of donations in reverse chronological order (31 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 31)Donation dateCause areaURLInfluencerNotes
200,000.00152016FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- to support the Cost of Segregation study to include analysis of the independent and combined costs of economic and racial segregation in the Chicago region. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
250,000.00142015FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- study the costs of economic isolation in Chicago and to develop policy recommendations to reduce residential income segregation and its accompanying costs. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
180,000.00162013FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of advancing the preservation of affordable housing in suburban Cook County (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
150,000.00172012FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support an international conference on financing resilient cities. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
100,000.00192012FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To conduct an inventory of organizations, projects underway, and the tools and public powers used by conservation and economic development agencies operating in the Calumet industrial region of Illinois and Indiana. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
360,000.00122010FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To participate in The Preservation Compact (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
300,000.00132007FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of the Regional Action Agenda project (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
700,000.0072005FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of public education and communications related to progress of the Plan for Transformation as it nears completion (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
900,000.0032004FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- In support of the Regional Action Agenda (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
500,000.0082003FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- For activities supporting the Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan for Transformation, including public education and communications, developer roundtables, and employer-assisted housing programs (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
470,000.0092002FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support monitoring and communications activities related to public housing (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
4,000,000.0012001FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the endowment fund. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
1,000,000.0022001FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Regional Action Agenda project (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
450,000.00102000FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support data development and communications activities related to public housing. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
12,750.00312000FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To provide technical assistance to public housing residents, public agencies, and community groups in preparing for the redevelopment of public housing. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
40,000.00261999FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support a regional rental housing market study and a public housing dialogue group. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
400,000.00111999FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To provide public housing residents with reliable information and coordinated Section 8 services. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
900,000.0031998FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Regional Action Agenda (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
25,000.00271998FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To conduct site visits and to educate Chicago civic and community leaders about employer-assisted housing. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
115,000.00181996FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Regional Futures Initiative, which seeks to advance comprehensive tax reform in Illinois (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
18,937.00281996FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support state recruitment efforts. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
750,000.0061995FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Regional Cooperation Initiative (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
50,000.00241993FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support a planning conference on urban development. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
900,000.0031992FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Regional Civic Initiative, addressing issues of public policy and urban planning critical to the future of the Chicago metropolitan area (over three years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
99,700.00211991FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support planning of the Regional Civic Initiative. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
15,000.00291990FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the documentation and information dissemination component of the CHA Project. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
100,000.00191988FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the CHA Project (over two years). Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
50,000.00241987FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the CHA Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Project. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
15,000.00291987FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support a study on the siting and construction of a new stadium in Chicago. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
75,000.00221987FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Metro Project. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.
72,500.00231986FIXMEhttps://www.macfound.org/grants/-- To support the Regional Agenda Project. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Illinois; affected cities: Chicago.