MacArthur Fund Unveils New Approach to Environmental Grants

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced a new grant-making effort that expands its environmental giving beyond efforts to preserve land, seascapes, and species to tackle major threats to ecosystems, such as climate change, overfishing, and harmful agricultural practices.

The Chicago fund, one of America’s biggest philanthropies, plans to spend roughly the same amount on conservation issues — $176-million over the next decade — as it has been devoting to the cause in the past.