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http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.2626595/k.8D31/MacArthur_Award_for_Creative_and_Effective_Institutions_2007.htm

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Grantmaking

MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions, 2007

Expanding on its tradition of encouraging individual creativity and building effective institutions to help address some of the world’s most challenging problems, the MacArthur Foundation selects a group of small non-profit organizations around the world for this prestigious award each year.  Winners are awarded up to $500,000.  Read more about the award. The 2007 award winners are:

Action Health Incorporated Protecting the sexual and reproductive health of young Nigerians (Lagos, Nigeria) Institute for Security and Democracy Reforming police, strengthening democracy in Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico) Institute of Law and Public Policy Championing constitutional and legal reform in Russia (Moscow, Russia) Kartemquin Films Filming documentaries, changing society (Chicago, Illinois) National Housing Law Project Advocating housing justice for America's most vulnerable (Oakland, California) Resources Himalaya Foundation Protecting biodiversity where earth meets sky (Kathmandu, Nepal) Society for Education Welfare and Action -- Rural Saving the lives of mothers and their babies in India (Jhagadia, India) Woodstock Institute Increasing and protecting financial assets of low-income people and communities (Chicago, Illinois)

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