MacArthur Foundation is one of the largest U.S. philanthropic foundations. It "was founded in 1978 when John D. MacArthur passed away. He left ninety-two percent of his approximately $1 billion estate to begin the foundation. The foundation was created in John's will but with no instructions on how the money should be used. He left that up to his hand-picked board of directors. The composition of the first board included Catherine T. MacArthur (his wife), J. Roderick MacArthur (their son), three officers of Bankers Life (the company he established), and Paul Harvey (radio commentator)." [1]
- Founding President - John Corbally
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Officers
- Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot - Chair of the Board
- Jonathan F. Fanton - President (Since 1999)
- John Hurley - Vice President, Program on Global Security and Sustainability and Secretary of the Foundation
- William E. Lowry - Vice President, Human Resources
- Susan Manske - Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
- Joshua J. Mintz - Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
- Elspeth A. Revere - Vice President, General Program
- Julia Stasch - Vice President, Program on Human and Community Development
- Arthur M. Sussman - Vice President
- Marc P. Yanchura - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Directors
Investment Committee
Contact details
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
140 S. Dearborn Street,
Chicago, IL 60603-5285
USA
Phone: (312) 726-8000
Web: http://www.macfound.org
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch articles
- MacArthur Fellowship
- Adele S. Simmons
- Conservatives target the MacArthur Foundation
- Mechai Viravaidya
- Magaly de Oliveira Marques
- Murray Gell-Mann - former board member
References
- ↑ John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Learning to Give, accessed October 22, 2008.