J. Roderick MacArthur Foundation

Not to be confused with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3), Private Foundation
Issue Areas: Multi-Issue Advocacy
Location: Niles, IL View on map
Tax ID: 51-0214450
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $548,407 Revenue: $6,258,354 Expenses: $6,270,483

The J. Roderick MacArthur Foundation is a private foundation founded by Rod MacArthur, the son of philanthropist John D. MacArthur. It provides substantial financial support to Harper’s magazine.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $548,407 $6,258,354 $6,270,483 View
2023 $225,708 $6,073,960 $6,085,735 View
2022 $223,103 $6,053,750 $6,072,308 View
2021 $243,809 $5,390,054 $5,410,509 View
2020 $260,786 $5,261,319 $5,280,096 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Marylou BaneTreasurer/Asst Secretary$3,630

Grant Activity

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $99,066,499
  • Number of Grants: 63
  • Number of Recipients: 14

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$6,062,7002023 Harper's Magazine FoundationTo support the continuing operations of Harper's Magazine
$6,050,8002022 Harper's Magazine FoundationTo support the continuing operations of Harper's Magazine
$5,910,5002024 Harper's Magazine FoundationTo support the continuing operations of Harper's Magazine
$5,260,3002020 Harper's Magazine FoundationTo support the continuing operations of Harper's Magazine
$5,247,9002021 Harper's Magazine FoundationTo support the continuing operations of Harper's Magazine
$142,1002021 Teachers College Columbia UniversityTo supprt the study of differences in brain activation associated with reading text through digital and print media in the Neurocognition of Language Lab at the College
$18,6112024 Teachers College Columbia UniversitySymposium on Educational Neuroscience of Reading

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