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The MacArthur Foundation announced 22 fellows, including artists, scientists, and authors, each receiving an $800,000 'genius' grant for their impactful work in community engagement, Native American issues, climate science, and more, often recognizing deep community ties and resilience.
The 2025 MacArthur 'genius' awards, totaling $800,000 each, were announced, honoring 22 individuals including a political scientist, novelist, photographer, and scientists, for their innovative work and deep community engagement, often recognizing their contributions amidst personal and societal challenges.
The MacArthur Foundation announced its 2025 class of fellows, each receiving an $800,000 'genius' award for their contributions across various fields including science, arts, activism, and research, highlighting diverse talents and impactful work.
The MacArthur Foundation has announced its new class of 20 MacArthur Fellows, who will each receive an $800,000 fellowship often referred to as the "genius" award. The fellows, who were anonymously nominated and recommended by an independent selection committee, come from diverse fields such as poetry, music, law, and environmental engineering. Many of the recipients were surprised and overwhelmed by the news, and while some are still considering how to use the financial award, others have already begun brainstorming plans to support artists and pursue their creative endeavors.
More than 20 nonprofit organizations, including the MacArthur Foundation, the Knight Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, have pledged to invest a total of $500 million over the next five years in local media organizations through an initiative called Press Forward. The funds will be used to support existing local newsrooms, build shared tools, provide resources to underserved areas, and invest in nonpartisan public policy development. The goal is to address the crisis in local news and the rapid disappearance of local news outlets, which has left many communities without independent sources of information. The initiative aims to eventually raise and invest $1 billion to sustain news outlets that lack sufficient revenue.