MacArthur Foundation Grant for Population and Reproductive Health (Nigeria)

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, philanthropic organisation based in the United States that makes grants with the aim of helping improve the human condition around the globe. The MacArthur Foundation in Nigeria is one of four offices of the Foundation that are located outside of the United States. The others are in Mexico, India, and Russia.

The Foundation supports efforts of civil society organisations they consider effective in analysing how public funds are allocated and in providing a sound basis for budget allocations for health. The Foundation supports civil society organisations that work for changes needed in health, education, and legal policies and that help to create the political will needed for their implementation. Special attention is given to activities that focus on increased budgets for maternal health, decreased deaths from abortion, and improved access to quality emergency obstetric care.

To promote the reproductive health and rights of young people, the Foundation focuses its grant making on initiatives that implement the federal government's national sexuality education curriculum. Grants are also made for the development and bringing to scale of models for out-of-school youth, so that they can be replicated in other states and nationally.


According to the Foundation, grants are awarded only to organisations that define clear objectives for their work and measures of progress toward those objectives. Typically, the Foundation provides multi-year support. Proposals must fit clearly within the geographic and thematic priorities of the Population and Reproductive Health area to be considered. Grants are made for work at the national level and for work in six states: Borno, Cross River, Enugu, Lagos, Kano, and Plateau.

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