Funding search · EIN 263241764 · Houston, TX

Laura and John Arnold Foundation

Name: Laura and John Arnold Foundation grants, 2020–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

2,588
grants reported: $754.5M
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $138,933
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

research policy randomized trial controlled state conduct care

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Criminal justice research: pretrial, policing, sentencing, community supervision
Health care cost and drug pricing policy analysis for policymakers
Randomized controlled trials and evidence-to-policy infrastructure (J-PAL, MDRC)
Medicare Advantage, dual-eligibles, and insurance market research
K-12 and postsecondary education reform, student lending accountability
Housing supply, zoning reform, fiscal and tax policy analysis

Typical grant

Median grant is $138,933, with the middle half between $50,713 and $297,174. University research projects and evaluations cluster in the $500,000 to $1,000,000 range; the eight-figure checks go to long-term intermediary partners like The City Fund and MDRC receiving general operating support. Repeat funding is heavy, with MIT, RAND, Yale, Penn, Brown, Harvard, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Urban Institute appearing multiple times across years.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“randomized controlled trial”
“to inform policy discussions”
“evidence-based”
“technical assistance to policymakers”
“policy translation”
“nonpartisan”

Positioning adjacent work

Lead with a causal design: RCT or rigorous evaluation, not descriptive work or program delivery.
Name the specific policymaker audience and the decision your findings will inform.
Ask $500K to $1M for a single university research project; larger only with institutional track record.
Connect to a live reform: pretrial assessment, Medicare Advantage payment, zoning, drug pricing, or supervision revocations.
Pair research with a dissemination or technical assistance arm; they fund translation, not just findings.

Worth knowing: Money concentrates in DC think tanks and a small set of elite research universities, and the same institutions recur year after year, so this reads as a relationship-driven portfolio built around known research teams. Recent years show heavy weighting toward health care cost containment and criminal justice evaluation, with education flowing mostly through a few large intermediaries rather than individual scholars.

118 grants matching “assessments” · $41.7M

$3.0M
Center for Effective Public Policy · Kensington, MD · 2024
To provide training and technical assistance for the public safety assessment and pretrial reform.
$1.2M
Terner Housing Innovation Labs · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support (1) the scaling of grantee's housing supply simulator tool to new states and municipalities to assist policymakers and researchers in determining the market effects of individual land use policies and (2) pub… read allTo support (1) the scaling of grantee's housing supply simulator tool to new states and municipalities to assist policymakers and researchers in determining the market effects of individual land use policies and (2) publishing assessments on the most effective land use policies for increasing housing supply in various localities. less
$715,979
City of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To assess recent reforms and new initiatives in prosecutorial decision making in philadelphia communities.
$679,339
Curators of the University of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2024
To support a randomized controlled trial ("rct") to assess the effects of transforming seven units in missouri prisons based on the scandinavian model.
$621,822
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024
To conduct research on the public safety assessment in up to ten research and implementation sites.
$451,094
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To assess and estimate the amount of home health care fraud in the united states and the effect of alternative policy interventions on reducing improper home health care use.
$419,925
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To develop the penn wharton budget model's education model to assess college financing reforms.
$284,910
Population Reference Bureau · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the development of a scorecard that assesses the favorability of the policy environment for contraceptive access nationally and within each u.s. State.
$279,734
The Regents of the University of California Merced · Oakland, CA · 2024
To assess the outcomes of online colleges and analyze graduate study debt accumulation.
$255,550
Hcm Strategists Llc · Austin, TX · 2024
To develop a state policy framework and assessment tool for scaling evidence-based student success practices in states.
$250,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To conduct research to identify oncology drugs that are not dose-optimized and assess their potential savings in connection with making the case for the fda requirement of post-marketing dose optimization trials.
$225,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
To support assessment of bail bond industry practices that prioritize profit over public safety and better understand how these practices affect individuals and communities at the pretrial stage.
$198,168
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2024
To evaluate the effectiveness of development course referral using multiple measures assessment on successful gateway course completion and on degree completion or transfer to a four-year college.
$193,514
Actus Policy Research Llc · Olney, MD · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial impact study of the colorado reemployment services and eligibility assessment program.
$177,314
Catalyst for Payment Reform · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To support a state policy assessment pilot to advance state-specific policy recommendations that address health care pricing in three states.
$168,655
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To assess the effects of policy changes in california that were designed to reduce the use of sentencing enhancements.
$147,777
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
To examine and assess the accuracy of medicare advantage provider network directories and subsequently assess the impact the listed networks have on patients' choice of health plans and utilization of services
$136,267
Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
To identify state policy levers that help advance adoption of primary care alternative payment models and facilitate great multi-payer alignment and assessing early use of such levers.
$129,540
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
To assess long-term impacts of incarceration's personal and social costs and understand the needs of individuals released from prison after a felony conviction.
$125,638
John Howard Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
To analyze staffing of prisons in illinois, with the overall goal of assessing the scope and impact of low staffing rates in the state and develop recommendations to address the correctional staffing crisis.
$120,742
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Servi · Alexandria, VA · 2024
To understand and analyze knowledge, policy, and practice gaps regarding medicare-medicaid dually eligible individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) and using such assessment to offer learning … read allTo understand and analyze knowledge, policy, and practice gaps regarding medicare-medicaid dually eligible individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) and using such assessment to offer learning opportunities for state i/dd systems. less
$100,000
Center for Health and Democracy · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To (i) compile and assess data on acquisitions and other health care transactions and (ii) create and disseminate publicly-available, visual and interactive digital tools with such data.
$100,000
Police Executive Research Forum · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct an assessment of texas police department's suspended case assignment procedure.
$99,200
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To assess how list prices affect out-of-pocket costs, formulary coverage, and negotiated prices in prescription drug markets.
$96,381
Cna Corporation · Arlington, VA · 2024
To assess the optimal methods (i) to implement and (ii) for determining the impact of truleo's natural language processing tool.
$90,000
The Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
To assess the impact of telemedicine on low-value care use and spending, both overall and among subpopulations.
$89,251
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
To assess and re-envision current and potential programs that serve the needs of older adults and are fundamental to their economic well-being.
$83,238
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
To develop a research protocol for quasi-experimental, causal analysis to assess the impact of pretrial supervision and support services on pretrial failures, jail bookings and detention lengths, case dispositions, sent… read allTo develop a research protocol for quasi-experimental, causal analysis to assess the impact of pretrial supervision and support services on pretrial failures, jail bookings and detention lengths, case dispositions, sentence lengths, and post-disposition recidivism. less
$79,693
University of California College of the Law San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To conduct research to assess the unique effects that academic medical center ("amcs") acquisitions may be having on health care markets and the policies that may enable amcs to evade antitrust oversight.
$61,871
Curators of the University of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2024
To assess the early impacts of recent legislative initiatives to reduce or eliminate the use of fines and fees in the juvenile legal system.
$43,333
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the assessment of policy changes that widen the gap between the food and drug administration and centers for medicare and medicaid services to enhance interagency communication.
$40,036
Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2024
To assess current approaches for limiting medical debt and analyze new potential policies for medical debt prevention.
$30,000
Police Executive Research Forum · Washington, DC · 2024
To assess the impact of martin v. Boise on the issue of homelessness.
$29,048
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To conduct research to assess how medicare advantage plans create value and effectively manage utilization with the ultimate goal of helping to make the delivery of health care more effective and less expensive.
$19,920
Minnesota Justice Research Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
To support the assessment of research and potential policy opportunities and challenges to advance supervision reform in minnesota.
$13,130
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
To assess commercial pricing trends in rural hospital markets and assess how rural hospital closures impact prices at near by facilities.
$5,527
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
To assess the impact that access to capital has on nursing homes' operations.
$4.6M
Center for Effective Public Policy · Kensington, MD · 2023
To provide training and technical assistance for the public safety assessment and pretrial reform.
$1.1M
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2023
To develop domestic violence pretrial assessments.
$1.0M
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
To conduct research on the public safety assessment in up to ten research and implementation sites.
$373,662
The Regents of the University of California Merced · Oakland, CA · 2023
To assess the outcomes of online colleges and analyze graduate study debt accumulation.
$356,667
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the assessment of policy changes that widen the gap between the food and drug administration and centers for medicare and medicaid services to enhance interagency communication.
$347,681
Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2023
To assess current approaches for limiting medical debt and analyze new potential policies for medical debt prevention.
$317,542
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To develop the penn wharton budget model's education model to assess college financing reforms.
$280,000
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To assess state efforts to address health disparities.
$196,087
Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
To identify state policy levers that help advance adoption of primary care alternative payment models and facilitate great multi-payer alignment and assessing early use of such levers.
$193,019
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
To assess and re-envision current and potential programs that serve the needs of older adults and are fundamental to their economic well-being.
$178,299
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2023
To research 340b contract pharmacy penetration and assess its impact among safety-net providers.
$165,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To conduct research to assess how medicare advantage plans create value and effectively manage utilization with the ultimate goal of helping to make the delivery of health care more effective and less expensive.
$154,800
Actus Policy Research Llc · Olney, MD · 2023
To conduct a randomized controlled trial impact study of the colorado reemployment services and eligibility assessment program.
$147,349
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Servi · Alexandria, VA · 2023
To understand and analyze knowledge, policy, and practice gaps regarding medicare-medicaid dually eligible individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) and using such assessment to offer learning … read allTo understand and analyze knowledge, policy, and practice gaps regarding medicare-medicaid dually eligible individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) and using such assessment to offer learning opportunities for state i/dd systems. less
$130,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To conduct research to identify oncology drugs that are not dose-optimized and assess their potential savings in connection with making the case for the fda requirement of post-marketing dose optimization trials.
$123,730
Claremont Graduate University · Claremont, CA · 2023
To assess the impact of increased use of diversion in dallas and los angeles on participation and completion of diversion programs.
$117,994
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
To examine and assess the accuracy of medicare advantage provider network directories and subsequently assess the impact the listed networks have on patients choice of health plans and utilization of services.
$117,476
The Brigham and Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
To assess the impact of telemedicine on low-value care use and spending, both overall and among subpopulations.
$113,000
Minnesota Justice Research Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
To support the assessment of research and potential policy opportunities and challenges to advance supervision reform in minnesota.
$100,000
Just City · Memphis, TN · 2023
To support policy development, best practices guidance, and an assessment of office decision-making and discretion in the shelby county district attorney's office.
$99,845
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
To assess the feasibility of an evaluation of the center for medicare & medicaid services' ("cms") 1115 medicaid waiver for california that, for the first time, grants medicaid eligibility for all eligible incarcerated … read allTo assess the feasibility of an evaluation of the center for medicare & medicaid services' ("cms") 1115 medicaid waiver for california that, for the first time, grants medicaid eligibility for all eligible incarcerated people up to 90 days before release. less
$99,114
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To assess how list prices affect out-of-pocket costs, formulary coverage, and negotiated prices in prescription drug markets.
$89,553
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association · Boulder, CO · 2023
To conduct research that assesses the impact of college closures on students' educational outcomes and identifies which policies best mitigate the potential harms of closures.
$88,144
St Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2023
To assess state strategies to leverage block grants from the substance abuse and mental health services administration to improve the quality of substance use disorder treatment.
$88,097
Impact Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
To assess the viability of and potentially preparing the plans for a full research project to estimate the range of costs and benefits with paying incarcerated people for their labor.
$63,893
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2023
To assess commercial pricing trends in rural hospital markets and assess how rural hospital closures impact prices at nearby facilities.
$43,162
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
To assess the impact that access to capital has on nursing homes' operations.
$37,153
Tufts Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2023
To assess how the fda and cms can coordinate drug approval and medicare coverage determinations for new drugs and biologic approved under accelerated approval paths with lower clinical evidence standards.
$22,097
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2023
To study and assess the state of research around enforcement of low-level offenses and related racial disparities.
$3.5M
Center for Effective Public Policy · Kensington, MD · 2022
To provide training and technical assistance for the public safety assessment and pretrial reform.
$1.7M
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
To conduct research on the public safety assessment in up to ten research and implementation sites.
$589,071
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022
To providing funding for a randomized controlled trial of the expanded implementation of the enhanced assess, acknowledge, and act rape resistance program on five university campuses.
$400,000
The Regents of the University of California Merced · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support two research projects: 1) to identify early indicators of problematic behavior among online colleges and 2) to assess how foundational elements of the federal financial aid system may perpetuate historic ineq… read allTo support two research projects: 1) to identify early indicators of problematic behavior among online colleges and 2) to assess how foundational elements of the federal financial aid system may perpetuate historic inequities. less
$330,000
Fair Trials Americas · Washington, DC · 2022
To assess implementation of new access to counsel laws in california.
$324,589
Catalyst for Payment Reform · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To support a state policy assessment pilot to advance state-specific policy recommendations that address health care pricing in three states.
$300,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To conduct research to assess how medicare advantage plans create value and effectively manage utilization with the ultimate goal of helping to make the delivery of health care more effective and less expensive.
$284,701
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2022
To research 340b contract pharmacy penetration and assess its impact among safety-net providers.
$235,764
Tufts Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022
To assess how the fda and cms can coordinate drug approval and medicare coverage determinations for new drugs and biologic approved under accelerated approval paths with lower clinical evidence standards.
$233,580
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To conduct a randomized controlled trial to assess if changes in correctional practices and physical environment are associated with prison misconduct and recidivism.
$225,000
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association · Boulder, CO · 2022
To conduct research that assesses the impact of college closures on students' educational outcomes and identifies which policies best mitigate the potential harms of closures.
$213,615
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
To assess the advantages and disadvantages of health insurers' acquisition of primary care practices.
$173,730
Claremont Graduate University · Claremont, CA · 2022
To assess the impact of increased use of diversion in dallas and los angeles on participation and completion of diversion programs.
$147,100
Minnesota Justice Research Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
To support the assessment of research and potential policy opportunities and challenges to advance supervision reform in minnesota.
$118,720
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
To assess long-term impacts of incarceration's personal and social costs and understand the needs of individuals released from prison after a felony conviction.
$61,911
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2022
To assess commercial pricing trends in rural hospital markets and assess how rural hospital closures impact prices at near by facilities.
$60,780
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To assess the impact of the new bail procedures in harris county, texas.
$50,000
The Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To assess a publicly resourced restitution fund to better support crime victims.
$49,964
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2022
To provide funding to identify and assess the policy barriers and opportunities regarding the use of evidence-based higher education practices.
$49,745
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2022
To assess legal and policy barriers to harm reduction programs.
$47,213
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
To reduce leakage in defined contribution plans and to assess the feasibility of two innovative retirement policy concepts.
$46,444
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
To create a novel dataset from publicly available jail rosters and criminal case records and assess the causal impacts of pretrial decisions.
$39,668
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To assess the impact of three community supervision policy reforms.
$33,508
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To assess the ability of newly available datasets to answer policy relevant questions for individuals enrolled in the both medicaid and medicare.
$29,122
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
To support development of a model to assess return on investment from colleges' participation in federal financial aid as a basis to examine potential accountability reforms.
$19,752
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2022
To support research assessing the advantages and disadvantages of repayment rate outcome measures.
$9,954
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2022
To support an assessment of the extent to which journals publishing policy-relevant social intervention research currently align with the transparency and openness promotion guidelines.
$4.8M
Center for Effective Public Policy · Kensington, MD · 2020
To provide training and technical assistance for the public safety assessment and pretrial reform.
$2.5M
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2020
To conduct research on the public safety assessment in up to ten research and implementation sites.
$390,000
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2020
To provide funding to identify and assess the policy barriers and opportunities regarding the use of evidence-based higher education practices.
$339,851
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To assess the ability of newly available datasets to answer policy relevant questions for individuals enrolled in the both medicaid and medicare.
$300,000
Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2020
To assess legal and policy barriers to harm reduction programs.
$300,000
Washington Health Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2020
To assess low-value care utilization among eight employers in washington state and help them implement strategies to reduce the use of such care.
$275,000
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2020
To reduce leakage in defined contribution plans and to assess the feasibility of two innovative retirement policy concepts.
$250,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2020
To (i) assess beliefs and attitudes about medication treatment for opioid use disorder ("moud") among decision makers within the criminal justice system and (ii) evaluate the delaware department of corrections' moud pro… read allTo (i) assess beliefs and attitudes about medication treatment for opioid use disorder ("moud") among decision makers within the criminal justice system and (ii) evaluate the delaware department of corrections' moud program, with the overall goal of increasing the evidence base of effective treatment options for opioid use disorders. less
$242,443
University of Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2020
To assess community perceptions about the six-month pilot test of the aerial investigative research program in baltimore, maryland.
$225,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To assess the impact of three community supervision policy reforms.
$200,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2020
To create a novel dataset from publicly available jail rosters and criminal case records and assess the causal impacts of pretrial decisions.
$186,809
St Louis University · St Louis, MO · 2020
To assess state strategies to leverage block grants from the substance abuse and mental health services administration to improve the quality of substance use disorder treatment.
$170,021
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
To assess the impact of the new bail procedures in harris county, texas.
$150,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2020
To conduct a comprehensive assessment of state laws and policies that act as barriers to evidence-based substance use disorder treatment and disseminate nonpartisan educational resources to key stakeholders.
$131,714
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2020
To evaluate the public safety assessment.
$117,751
University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2020
To assess the impact of transportation subsidies to reduce failure to appear in court.
$100,000
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2020
To support research assessing the advantages and disadvantages of repayment rate outcome measures.
$100,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2020
To analyze the public safety assessment.
$70,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To assess challenges and opportunities of design choices for federal program-level metrics to advance accountability and transparency in higher education.
$50,000
Trustees of Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2020
To support an assessment of the extent to which journals publishing policy-relevant social intervention research currently align with the transparency and openness promotion guidelines.
$39,474
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2020
To assess the frequency that patients experience out-of-network billing when using in-network hospitals.
$25,075
The Bail Project · Venice, CA · 2020
To assess the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial to test the impact of money bail.
$15,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To assess the budgeting process for state and local government and identify opportunities for greater impact.
$13,190
Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2020
To assess the legal and policy barriers related to surprise out-of-network air ambulance billing, as well as developing potential nonpartisan policy solutions.
$1,887
Manatt Phelps and Phillips Llp · Washington, DC · 2020
To assess the district of columbia's reproductive health policies and provide technical assistance.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

The City Fund3 grants · $30.9M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology19 grants · $28.2M
Urban Institute76 grants · $26.4M
Mdrc40 grants · $24.7M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania41 grants · $21.6M
President and Fellows of Harvard College65 grants · $21.1M
Center for Effective Public Policy5 grants · $17.0M
Research Triangle Institute39 grants · $14.5M
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning2 grants · $13.3M
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley56 grants · $11.1M

Giving over time

$212.4M

2020

$185.8M

2022

$162.9M

2023

$193.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,588 grants.

$17.3M
The City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2020
To provide general operating support.
$12.5M
The City Fund · Beaverton, OR · 2024
To provide general operating support to support grantee's efforts to partner with local leaders to create innovative public school systems, with the overall goal of improving the quality of public education in cities ac… read allTo provide general operating support to support grantee's efforts to partner with local leaders to create innovative public school systems, with the overall goal of improving the quality of public education in cities across the united states. less
$10.0M
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning · Nashville, TN · 2023
To support the national tutoring program.
$10.0M
America Achieves · New York, NY · 2022
To support a national tutoring program and accompanying research to improve academics and wellness for students.
$10.0M
Civica Foundation · Lehi, UT · 2022
To support the grantee's program to produce nonprofit biosimilar insulin.
$6.4M
Evidence for Healthcare Improvement · Boston, MA · 2020
To support the institute for clinical and economic review research that provides independent analyses of the comparative cost effectiveness for newly-introduced pharmaceutical drugs.
$5.0M
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To support research to advance and elevate tax and spending policy.
$5.0M
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2024
To support grantee to develop and advance multiple strategies to significantly increase its organizational impact in areas including: (i) strengthening connections between its research and policymakers; (ii) building a … read allTo support grantee to develop and advance multiple strategies to significantly increase its organizational impact in areas including: (i) strengthening connections between its research and policymakers; (ii) building a more rigorous approach to technical assistance; (iii) advancing its leadership on the use of new evaluation methodologies and data; and (iv) leveraging data efficiently for evaluation, decision-making, and program improvement. less
$5.0M
Habitat for Humanity International · Americus, GA · 2023
To provide a program-related investment in support of habitat affiliates with early-stage capital for affordable housing development.
$5.0M
Habitat for Humanity International · Americus, GA · 2022
To provide habitat affiliates with early-stage capital for affordable housing development.
$4.8M
Center for Effective Public Policy · Kensington, MD · 2020
To provide training and technical assistance for the public safety assessment and pretrial reform.
$4.6M
Center for Effective Public Policy · Kensington, MD · 2023
To provide training and technical assistance for the public safety assessment and pretrial reform.
$4.0M
Justice Action Network Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To support grantee's charitable and non-partisan criminal justice reform activities.
$4.0M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To support the abdul latif jameel poverty action lab's north america regional office.
$3.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To support j-pal north america, including by funding landmark randomized evaluations, expanding the capacity and diversity of researchers who work on randomized evaluations, translating findings into actionable insights… read allTo support j-pal north america, including by funding landmark randomized evaluations, expanding the capacity and diversity of researchers who work on randomized evaluations, translating findings into actionable insights that inform policy at scale, and institutionalizing the use of evidence as a driving force behind u.s. Policymaking. less
$3.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To support the abdul latif jameel poverty action lab north america in its work to generate randomized controlled trials that measure the impact of social programs and policies.
$3.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To support the abdul latif jameel poverty action lab north america in its work to generate randomized controlled trials that measure the impact of social programs and policies.
$3.5M
Center for Effective Public Policy · Kensington, MD · 2022
To provide training and technical assistance for the public safety assessment and pretrial reform.
$3.3M
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning · Nashville, TN · 2024
To support grantee's states leading recovery grant program.
$3.2M
Coalition for Public Safety · Washington, DC · 2020
To support nonpartisan criminal justice reform efforts in 2020.
$3.2M
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2020
To study the impacts of preschool, summer curricula, and enhanced teacher training on early childhood learning.
$3.1M
Children'S Hospital Corporation Dba Children'S Hospital Boston · Boston, MA · 2020
To fund a randomized controlled trial analyzing how carbohydrates, fat, and added sugar affect body fat and metabolism.
$3.1M
Persistent Surveillance Systems Llc · Xenia, OH · 2020
To conduct a six-month pilot test of the aerial investigative research program to assist the baltimore city police department.
$3.0M
Center for Effective Public Policy · Kensington, MD · 2024
To provide training and technical assistance for the public safety assessment and pretrial reform.
$3.0M
Coalition for Public Safety · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide general operating support.
$3.0M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To support the abdul latif jameel poverty action lab north america in its work to generate randomized controlled trials that measure the impact of social programs and policies.
$3.0M
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To fund the tax policy center.
$3.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To provide general operating support.
$3.0M
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To fund the tax policy center.
$3.0M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To provide general operating support.
$2.8M
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To support the operations of the harvard healthcare markets and regulations lab.
$2.5M
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2020
To conduct research on the public safety assessment in up to ten research and implementation sites.
$2.5M
Charter Fund · Broomfield, CO · 2020
To support the expansion and replication of high-quality schools in camden, new jersey.
$2.5M
Pew Charitable Trusts · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
To support improved management of state and local public retirement systems.
$2.5M
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2020
To provide operational support to launch the texas policy lab.
$2.4M
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To launch a prison research and innovation initiative to infuse transparency, accountability, and innovation into the prison sector.
$2.3M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To support the abdul latif jameel poverty action lab's north america regional office.
$2.3M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2020
To support the clean slate campaign.
$2.2M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
To support implementation of the transitional care model across four hospital systems.
$2.1M
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To help reimagine the american prison system through strategic communications and expanding and evaluating the restoring promise initiative.
$2.0M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To continue to develop and publicly disseminate policy options to regulate and control drug spending.
$2.0M
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support the restoring promise initiative that partners with state departments of corrections to design and facilitate rigorous evaluation of reimagined housing units for incarcerated young adults in a way that center… read allTo support the restoring promise initiative that partners with state departments of corrections to design and facilitate rigorous evaluation of reimagined housing units for incarcerated young adults in a way that centers human dignity, safety, and race equity. less
$2.0M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support improvement of the penn wharton budget model.
$2.0M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
To support the analysis and impact of federal budget policy reform proposals for policymakers.
$2.0M
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To launch a prison research and innovation initiative to infuse transparency, accountability, and innovation into the prison sector.
$2.0M
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
To support grantee's center on health insurance reforms in providing policymakers and key stakeholders with educational resources and non-partisan technical assistance to support effective cost containment strategies.
$1.9M
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2022
To support civic news organizations' business development.
$1.9M
American Journalism Project · Washington, DC · 2020
To support civic news organizations' business development.
$1.9M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To expand pwbm's ability to provide accurate, accessible, and transparent budget and economic analysis of public policy by providing more access to the model and data while deepening the model's capabilities.
$1.8M
Center for Health Policy Development · Portland, ME · 2020
To provide educational resources for prescription drug and commercial health care prices.
$1.8M
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2020
To support grantee's continued efforts to communicates viable, evidence-based methodologies and solutions to drug pricing that balance patient affordability with sustained incentives for innovation.
$1.7M
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
To conduct research on the public safety assessment in up to ten research and implementation sites.
$1.7M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support implementation of the transitional care model across four hospital systems.
$1.7M
Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the acceleration of donor-advised fund capital toward impact investing.
$1.6M
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2020
To fund the state medicaid alternative reimbursement and purchasing test for high cost drugs (smart-d) and support the development of value-based alternative drug purchasing models through pharmacy policy interventions,… read allTo fund the state medicaid alternative reimbursement and purchasing test for high cost drugs (smart-d) and support the development of value-based alternative drug purchasing models through pharmacy policy interventions, technical assistance, and education. less
$1.5M
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2020
To develop and fund initial operations of the brown policy lab.
$1.5M
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support grantee's work in bringing greater attention and visibility to hospital and health system spending, prices, finance, and business practices that impact access to care and lead to higher costs for families, em… read allTo support grantee's work in bringing greater attention and visibility to hospital and health system spending, prices, finance, and business practices that impact access to care and lead to higher costs for families, employers, and the government. less
$1.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To construct a cyclotron facility and procuring the installation of the first 30 mev proton beam within the cyclotron facility.
$1.5M
The Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
To support the program on regulation, therapeutics, and law ("portal") project on prescription drug policy and promoting meaningful drug innovation and regulation.
$1.5M
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2023
To advance evidence-based policy through high-quality research and technical assistance to generate sustainable, measurable change across several grantee divisions.
$1.5M
The Brigham and Womens Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
To support the program on regulation, therapeutics, and law ("portal") project on prescription drug policy and promoting meaningful drug innovation and regulation.
$1.5M
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To support improvement of the penn wharton budget model.
$1.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
For continued support of the state and local government innovation initiative.
$1.5M
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2022
To advance evidence-based policy through high-quality research and technical assistance to generate sustainable, measurable change across several grantee divisions.
$1.5M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2020
To develop and disseminate research on policy options that maximize access to and affordability of prescription drugs without stifling innovation.
$1.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To support the state and local government innovation initiative at the abdul latif jameel poverty action lab's regional office in north america.
$1.5M
Regents University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
To conduct a randomized controlled trial of the michigan contraceptive access research and evaluation program.
$1.5M
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2020
To scale up grantee's workforce development program that provides information technology training for low-income adults.
$1.4M
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2020
To advance evidence-based policies that offer concrete, measurable, and lasting improvements to society.
$1.4M
Reason Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
To improve state and municipal pension systems.
$1.4M
Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2024
To support the acceleration of donor-advised fund capital toward impact investing.
$1.4M
Per Scholas · Bronx, NY · 2022
To scale up grantee's workforce development program that provides information technology training for low-income adults.
$1.3M
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2023
To study the impacts of preschool, summer curricula, and enhanced teacher training on early childhood learning.
$1.3M
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2020
To implement a scalable technology solution to reduce revocations and recidivism in three states.
$1.3M
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2022
To advance evidence-based policies that offer concrete, measurable, and lasting improvements to society.
$1.3M
Colorado Seminary · Denver, CO · 2020
To help establish a policy lab in the state of colorado.
$1.3M
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To conduct research on how to reduce gun violence.
$1.3M
Social Finance · Boston, MA · 2023
To support the acceleration of donor-advised fund capital toward impact investing.
$1.3M
Mathematica · Princeton, NJ · 2022
To support a randomized controlled trial to evaluate a nurse-led hospital discharge and home follow-up program for chronically ill older adults.
$1.3M
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget · Washington, DC · 2024
To support fiscal policy work related to tax and budget policy.
$1.3M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To support the state and local innovation initiative ("slii") of grantee's abdul latif jameel poverty action lab ("j-pal") north america.
$1.2M
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2020
To launch phase i of the scaling up community college efforts for student success (success) project to pilot and evaluate lower-cost student success interventions to improve such outcomes as completion and time-to-degre… read allTo launch phase i of the scaling up community college efforts for student success (success) project to pilot and evaluate lower-cost student success interventions to improve such outcomes as completion and time-to-degree. less
$1.2M
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2022
To study the impacts of preschool, summer curricula, and enhanced teacher training on early childhood learning.
$1.2M
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget · Washington, DC · 2023
To support fiscal policy and higher education analysis work.
$1.2M
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget · Washington, DC · 2022
To support fiscal policy and higher education analysis work.
$1.2M
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2020
To provide technical support, capacity building resources, and training to reproductive health providers in utah.
$1.2M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2020
To pilot a project aimed at improving outcomes for youth ages 16 to 24 who are out of school and work in chicago.
$1.2M
Terner Housing Innovation Labs · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support (1) the scaling of grantee's housing supply simulator tool to new states and municipalities to assist policymakers and researchers in determining the market effects of individual land use policies and (2) pub… read allTo support (1) the scaling of grantee's housing supply simulator tool to new states and municipalities to assist policymakers and researchers in determining the market effects of individual land use policies and (2) publishing assessments on the most effective land use policies for increasing housing supply in various localities. less
$1.2M
Southern Poverty Law Center · Montgomery, AL · 2020
To support litigation and public education efforts concerning indigent incarceration and drivers license suspensions.
$1.1M
The Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
To develop a research infrastructure that helps cities better understand and respond to waves of gun violence.
$1.1M
Center for Effective Public Policy · Kensington, MD · 2022
To provide technical assistance for pretrial reform implementation in illinois.
$1.1M
The City Fund · Falls Church, VA · 2020
To improve the quality of public education in cities across the united states.
$1.1M
Project On Predatory Student Lending · Jamaica Plain, MA · 2024
To provide general operating support.
$1.1M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
To conduct research exploring the impacts of monetary sanctions and identifying alternative legal system reforms.
$1.1M
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To support and expand grantee's gun policy in america initiative which provides the public, policymakers, and journalists with needed information on the effects of gun policies.
$1.1M
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2020
To evaluate the least burdensome release conditions and supervision practices that improve court appearance.
$1.1M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
To support further research and policy development on surprise medical billing, analysis on the relationship between private equity and commercial health care prices, and the development of affordability policies and st… read allTo support further research and policy development on surprise medical billing, analysis on the relationship between private equity and commercial health care prices, and the development of affordability policies and strategies to reduce health care prices. less
$1.1M
Regents University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
To support the operations of the california policy lab, which seeks to improve california state and local government programs and policy.
$1.1M
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2020
To support the operations of the california policy lab, which seeks to improve california state and local government programs and policy.
$1.1M
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2023
To develop domestic violence pretrial assessments.

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