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MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions: Past Recipients

Published February 16, 2012

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Grantee Profile: Access to Justice, Action Health, Incorporated, Action Research and Training for Health, Albertine Rift Conservation Society, American Documentary, Inc., Arms Control Association, Bay Area Video Coalition, Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, CLEEN Foundation, Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Center For Housing Policy, Center for Independent Social Research and Education, Center for Investigative Reporting, Center for Neighborhood Technology, Center for Responsible Lending, Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montana, Tlachinollan, Chicago Community Loan Fund, Chicago Rehab Network, Community Investment Corporation, Conservation Strategy Fund, Crisis Action, Crisis Action, FUNDAR, Centro de Analisis e Investigacion, Family Care International, Fundacion para la Sobrevivencia del Pueblo Cofan, Girls' Power Initiative, Nigeria, Henry L. Stimson Center, Housing Partnership Network, Independent Council of Legal Expertise, Institute of Law and Public Policy, Instituto para la Seguridad y la Democracia, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, International Rivers Network, Juvenile Law Center, Kartemquin Educational Films, Kazan Human Rights Center, Knowledge Ecology International, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Mahila SEWA Trust, Moscow Helsinki Group, National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities, National Housing Conference, National Housing Law Project, National Juvenile Defender Center, New York University School of Law Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, North Lawndale Employment Network, Northwestern University Children and Family Justice Center, Project Match, Public Radio Exchange, Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles de Derechos Humanos "Todos los Derechos para Todos", Redress Trust, Resources Himalaya Foundation, Royal Society for the Protection of Nature, Sangath, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Sin Fronteras I.A.P., Social and Economic Rights Action Center, Sociedad Mexicana Pro Derechos de la Mujer, Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, Society for Education Welfare and Action-Rural, Society for Education, Action & Research in Community Health, Socio Legal Information Centre, StoryCorps, Tany Meva Foundation, The Moth, Tobin Project, Urban Institute Tax Policy Center, Ushahidi, W. Haywood Burns Institute, Women of the Don Region, Woodstock Institute

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