Funding search · EIN 263241764 · Houston, TX
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
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
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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.
200 grants matching “conducting” · $56.0M
- $900,000
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024
To conduct a comprehensive outcome evaluation for oregon measure 110.
- $800,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct credible research, analyze policy proposals, and provide in-depth technical assistance to federal policymakers to advance common-sense reforms in the medicare advantage program.
- $789,000
The Regents of the University of California San Diego · Oakland, CA · 2024
To conduct research on changes to risk adjustment in medicare advantage (ma) to inform policy proposals and ongoing administrative efforts to reduce incentives for ma plans to engage in aggressive risk coding to increas… read allTo conduct research on changes to risk adjustment in medicare advantage (ma) to inform policy proposals and ongoing administrative efforts to reduce incentives for ma plans to engage in aggressive risk coding to increase payments. less
- $775,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct research and analysis to inform policy discussions on key aspects of the medicare program related to competition and spending including (i) reforms to medicare advantage payment benchmarks, (ii) oversight of … read allTo conduct research and analysis to inform policy discussions on key aspects of the medicare program related to competition and spending including (i) reforms to medicare advantage payment benchmarks, (ii) oversight of agents and brokers, and (iii) benefit redesign in traditional medicare. less
- $710,417
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
To conduct research and policy translation related to insurance design and market structure in the united states healthcare system.
- $670,128
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the change in policy governing police department use and documentation of pretextual stops.
- $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.
- $610,483
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To conduct a mega study - a large-scale randomized controlled trial that aims to simultaneously evaluate ten different low-cost interventions that support first-year college students.
- $574,113
National Policing Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
To conduct a multi-site replication of a prior experimental study, in which a promising, low-cost supervisory intervention led to reduced arrests and use of force.
- $500,000
National Center for Law and Economic Justice · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct impact litigation and educational advocacy to end punitive and racially discriminatory traffic enforcement practices in new york and oklahoma.
- $463,899
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
To conduct an evaluation to understand the effects of a rapid, multi-payer transition from fee-for-service to value-based payments on health care cost and the quality of care.
- $392,174
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To conduct a quasi-experimental study to estimate the impact of small area fair market rents (safmrs), a place-based policy that give families more rental support if they reside in zip codes with higher market rents. Us… read allTo conduct a quasi-experimental study to estimate the impact of small area fair market rents (safmrs), a place-based policy that give families more rental support if they reside in zip codes with higher market rents. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, the study will examine the effects on households' access to high-opportunity neighborhoods, with measures including school quality, neighborhood opportunity index, and rent burden. less
- $339,681
Center for Health Care Strategies · Trenton, NJ · 2024
To support states to advance integration between medicare and medicaid, as well as conducting policy analyses in support of future integration efforts.
- $338,391
Reading Partners · Oakland, CA · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluation of the reading partners program.
- $312,601
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct a study on the handling of deaths in custody by the medicolegal death investigation system in the united states and study-related concerns with medical death investigations.
- $306,566
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2024
To support states to develop a standardized traffic stops data collection infrastructure and conduct routine analysis to address identified racial disparities by tapping underutilized federal funding.
- $299,700
Yes in My Back Yard · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support grantee's efforts to conduct housing enforcement in three states through legal partnerships, legal analysis, and housing project partnerships.
- $290,000
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct research and analysis to develop recommendations for new place-based policies that would effectively facilitate capital access for mission-driven developers in middle neighborhoods as an alternative to simply… read allTo conduct research and analysis to develop recommendations for new place-based policies that would effectively facilitate capital access for mission-driven developers in middle neighborhoods as an alternative to simply extending existing tax incentives. less
- $288,986
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
To conduct and disseminate research that evaluates the effectiveness of state-level initiatives on contraceptive access by estimating causal effect of other similar state-run programs.
- $287,291
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluation of mississippi's kinship care navigator program, a support program for kinship caregivers of children in mississippi.
- $283,005
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
To conduct analyses and provide evidence-based policy recommendations that can support review, approval, and promotion of new indications for safe, effective, affordable generic drugs.
- $277,392
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct and disseminate research studying how zoning regulations and other local land use policies impact housing supply and affordability, to provide evidence-based solutions to bring naturally-occurring affordable … read allTo conduct and disseminate research studying how zoning regulations and other local land use policies impact housing supply and affordability, to provide evidence-based solutions to bring naturally-occurring affordable housing to communities. less
- $275,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
To conduct research to analyze delays to biosimilar competition.
- $273,359
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluation of roots, an early numeracy tutoring program for kindergarten students developed by the university of oregon.
- $266,320
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate tutored by teachers, an online tutoring program for elementary school students aimed at improving math and english language arts achievement.
- $252,420
University of Washington · Chicago, IL · 2024
To conduct a ten-year follow-up study of a 2013 randomized control trial on vacant lot greening in philadelphia, pennsylvania.
- $250,000
The Regents of the University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial on the impact of online student support hubs on student performance.
- $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.
- $248,573
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
To build upon previous nursing home profit transparency work on profit tunneling conducted in illinois to identify legal and policy options for nursing home ownership transparency and accountability at the state and fed… read allTo build upon previous nursing home profit transparency work on profit tunneling conducted in illinois to identify legal and policy options for nursing home ownership transparency and accountability at the state and federal levels, with the overall goal of improving nursing home care. less
- $239,532
National Center for State Courts · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
To conduct a causal inferential impact study to evaluate the outcomes and impact of kentucky's pretrial policies using statewide data in kentucky.
- $239,112
Economic Mobility Corporation · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluation of the valley initiative for development and advancement (vida), an organization that supports adults seeking to complete occupational training programs at area colleg… read allTo conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluation of the valley initiative for development and advancement (vida), an organization that supports adults seeking to complete occupational training programs at area colleges. less
- $230,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To conduct follow-on research that examines the effects of vertical integration between hospitals and physicians on a broad set of outcomes, including on unaffiliated community-based hospitals' prices and clinical advan… read allTo conduct follow-on research that examines the effects of vertical integration between hospitals and physicians on a broad set of outcomes, including on unaffiliated community-based hospitals' prices and clinical advantages and disadvantages. less
- $225,000
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2024
To conduct and publish new research into land use and permitting reforms, with the goal of addressing the housing supply shortage in the united states and creating more opportunities for housing production.
- $208,332
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluation of safecare, an in-home, parent-training program that aims to reduce child neglect and maltreatment.
- $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.
- $184,973
University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
To support scholars to conduct rigorous impact evaluations in the criminal justice policy space, with the overall goal of increasing current and future capacity for strong, causal cj research.
- $180,623
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
To conduct quantitative analyses and develop policy options regarding changes to the medicare physician fee schedule that encourage more efficient use of advanced practice clinicians and reduce medicare spending.
- $175,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To conduct a retrospective evaluation of the firearm assault shoot team ("fast"), a police program to improve non-fatal shooting case clearance rates in denver, colorado.
- $168,000
Bellwether Education Partners · Sudbury, MA · 2024
To conduct a literature review and fifty-state policy scan to understand if and how states and systems are using accountability-related policies to increase the value and return-on-investment of college degree programs.
- $168,000
Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
To conduct and disseminate research on colorado's outcomes-based funding formula to develop policy recommendations on how to revise the formula to improve return-on-investment for students and taxpayers.
- $165,000
Rubrum Advising Llc · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024
To conduct research to determine whether medical devices approved for cleared under fda breakthrough device designation are demonstrably beneficial for patient and population health in a manner outlined by their origina… read allTo conduct research to determine whether medical devices approved for cleared under fda breakthrough device designation are demonstrably beneficial for patient and population health in a manner outlined by their original indication, with the resulting research to be published in a peer-reviewed journal for the benefit of researchers, policymakers, and the general public. less
- $158,318
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
To conduct research to explore strategies to increase voter turnout among returning citizens.
- $153,613
University of North Carolina System Office · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
To conduct a randomized, controlled trial of cuny's ace student success model to identify factors contributing to college completion and debt outcomes.
- $150,309
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct randomized control trial to evaluate kentucky's wraparound program, a care-coordination model for children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs, and their families.
- $150,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct research to evaluate the new excise tax on stock buybacks, especially with regard to relative tax advantages between stock buybacks and stock dividends, the use of buybacks, and investment incentives.
- $150,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
To conduct research that will aim to establish the use of contact days as a clinical trial endpoint and as a measure of cancer care efficiency.
- $150,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
To conduct and publish policy research by collecting information on state policies related to how states handle reimbursement to 340b providers in medicaid managed care.
- $150,000
Institute for Progress and Altruism · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct research on best practices in transit development and translate this research into actionable policy interventions at the federal level.
- $140,592
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To conduct a research study to evaluate a court-based intervention to reduce judges' inequitable decisions in bail decisions.
- $130,000
Boston College Trustees · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024
To conduct analyses of u.s. Department of education data to inform higher education policy regarding items including, but not limited to, institutional accountability measures, pell use in non-degree programs, an colleg… read allTo conduct analyses of u.s. Department of education data to inform higher education policy regarding items including, but not limited to, institutional accountability measures, pell use in non-degree programs, an college scorecard work. less
- $129,183
Wested · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To conduct a quasi-experimental design to evaluate an online math tutoring program air tutors for upper grade elementary school students.
- $125,000
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
To conduct an evaluation of the civil rights, civil liberties, and ethical concerns presented by law enforcement's use of body cameras, review and analysis.
- $121,733
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct a randomized control trial ("rct") evaluation of coop careers.
- $120,846
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To conduct an evaluation to measure the level of racial inequality in the use of low-value care and to quantify the harms associated with low-value care across the medicare population and by racial-ethnic groups.
- $120,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial to study whether a street cleaning intervention in neighborhoods experiencing high rates of violent crime in philadelphia, pennsylvania reduces gun violence.
- $117,500
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
To conduct a landscape analysis and research in ohio on the need for better indigent defense.
- $116,970
Justice Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To explore prison terms and the aging prison population drive correctional costs by reviewing existing research and conducting an in-depth analysis in 3-5 states.
- $105,000
Rocky Mountain Institute · Basalt, CO · 2024
To conduct non-partisan research and analysis on estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from prospective federal permitting bills.
- $100,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial of the state of michigan's maternal infant health program.
- $100,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct a landscape analysis of federal place-based development programs.
- $100,000
Police Executive Research Forum · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct an assessment of texas police department's suspended case assignment procedure.
- $99,935
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct research investigating the effects of debt relief from legal fines and fees on financial, criminal justice, and health outcomes to answer newly emerging questions relate to jail incarceration, supervision rev… read allTo conduct research investigating the effects of debt relief from legal fines and fees on financial, criminal justice, and health outcomes to answer newly emerging questions relate to jail incarceration, supervision revocation, legal legitimacy, fairness, mental health, and financial well-being. less
- $99,557
Oregon State University Foundation · Corvallis, OR · 2024
To conduct exploratory research to test the possibility of rigorously evaluating if evictions increase criminal activities among evicted tenants.
- $99,011
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct and publish a landscape scan that examines how fair chance housing laws have developed and been implemented across jurisdictions.
- $90,000
United States Air Force Academy · Air Force Academy, CO · 2024
To conduct scientific research on the effects of parole versus serving additional time in prison.
- $87,000
National Opinion Research Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
To conduct a landscape analysis on the entrance and growth of for-profit entities in the pace market.
- $85,398
University of Maryland Baltimore · College Park, MD · 2024
To conduct a planning study that explores the feasibility of conducting a randomizing controlled trial ("rct") that provides targeted programs and support to teachers who are likely to engage in extensive referring as a… read allTo conduct a planning study that explores the feasibility of conducting a randomizing controlled trial ("rct") that provides targeted programs and support to teachers who are likely to engage in extensive referring as a strategy to reduce racial discipline disparities. less
- $80,334
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
To determine the feasibility of conducting a clustered randomized controlled trial of probation supervision.
- $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.
- $79,154
Tufts Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024
To conduct an evaluation to measure the level of racial inequality in the use of low-value care and to quantify the harms associated with low-value care across the medicare population and by racial-ethnic groups.
- $76,522
Justice System Partners · South Easton, MA · 2024
To conduct research to understand drivers of prosecutorial decision-making across key decision points.
- $75,951
Justice Initiative of Texas · Austin, TX · 2024
To conduct research and create a publicly available dataset documenting and analyzing the circumstances under which people are dying in the custody of texas prisons and jails, with the overall goal of improving transpar… read allTo conduct research and create a publicly available dataset documenting and analyzing the circumstances under which people are dying in the custody of texas prisons and jails, with the overall goal of improving transparency, accountability, and equity in the criminal justice system and improving carceral conditions. less
- $67,826
Economic Mobility Corporation · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial of the expansion of the asap program in two west virginia community colleges.
- $52,557
Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
To conduct research by using medicare advantage encounter data and traditional medicare claims to develop a process to include medicare advantage data in the calculation of inflation rebates for part b drugs, with the u… read allTo conduct research by using medicare advantage encounter data and traditional medicare claims to develop a process to include medicare advantage data in the calculation of inflation rebates for part b drugs, with the ultimate goal of providing technical guidance to centers for medicare & medicaid services to improve the implementation of rebate calculations under the inflation reduction act for part b drugs. less
- $50,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct research to evaluate the impact of a new pretrial policy in louisiana.
- $50,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
To conduct and disseminate research that forecasts the revenue impact of limiting the amount of income excludable under irs code 933 and potential effects on public policy.
- $50,000
Washington Center for Equitable Growth · Washington, DC · 2024
To elevate the public policy discussion on health care consolidation and its impact on health care prices, and identify policy solutions to address consolidation and anticompetitive conduct.
- $50,000
University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
To conduct and disseminate research intended to (1) identify cost-determining factors for building housing and (2) construct a publicly available national dataset of geolocated building permits.
- $49,932
Justice Innovation · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct a national study of prosecutors' charging decisions and recommendations with a goal of informing policy and promoting transparency.
- $41,166
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct research projects examining the effects of the medicare-medicaid financial alignment initiative demonstrations in massachusetts and washington.
- $34,500
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
To bring together and support junior scholars conducting cutting edge causal research on criminal justice issues in grantee's law, economics, and policy seminar, with the overall goal of increasing the understanding and… read allTo bring together and support junior scholars conducting cutting edge causal research on criminal justice issues in grantee's law, economics, and policy seminar, with the overall goal of increasing the understanding and appreciation of casual reasoning and cutting-edge econometric methodology. less
- $31,233
Regents of the University of California at Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2024
To conduct an educational seminar series with criminologists and socio-legal scholars on criminal justice issues and research conducted by economists and other applied social scientists with the goal of increasing their… read allTo conduct an educational seminar series with criminologists and socio-legal scholars on criminal justice issues and research conducted by economists and other applied social scientists with the goal of increasing their understanding and appreciation of casual reasoning and cutting-edge econometric methodology among leaders in the criminology field. less
- $30,564
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
To conduct research identifying nursing homes with real estate investment trusts (reits).
- $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.
- $27,787
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct and disseminate timely, policy-relevant research on higher education accountability.
- $25,000
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy · Boston, MA · 2024
To conduct and disseminate research on which policy levers support the implementation of an integrated student support model in institutions of higher education.
- $24,670
West Virginia Univ Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024
To support the workshop on the economic and criminogenic impacts of the opiate epidemic, with the overall goal of bringing researchers who conduct strong causal research in the criminal justice field together to present… read allTo support the workshop on the economic and criminogenic impacts of the opiate epidemic, with the overall goal of bringing researchers who conduct strong causal research in the criminal justice field together to present their research. less
- $20,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2024
To conduct research and create a policy framework for a new approach to juvenile supervision.
- $16,451
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
To conduct an evaluation on how the growth in medicare advantage enrollment affects how private insurers are paid under medicare advantage.
- $16,443
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To conduct economic analysis to identify markets that have anticompetitive prices, high total cost of care or low health care quality.
- $11,155
Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR · 2024
To bring together and support junior scholars conducting cutting edge causal research on criminal justice issues to increase the understanding and appreciation of casual reasoning and cutting-edge econometric methodolog… read allTo bring together and support junior scholars conducting cutting edge causal research on criminal justice issues to increase the understanding and appreciation of casual reasoning and cutting-edge econometric methodology. less
- $10,000
97 Percent Org · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To conduct a survey to better understand the characteristics, concerns, and sentiments of gun owners.
- $9,733
Justice in Aging · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct a legal analysis in massachusetts for program elements of the state's one care program.
- $8,670
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct research on various alternatives to section 199a of the internal revenue code and exploring how these potential tax reforms would impact parity across business forms.
- $6,018
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct research using real-time commercial real estate data to evaluate the impact of opportunity zone designations on economic outcomes.
- $4,960
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct research to examine the trends in hourly wages to better understand the evolution of economic progress and material living standards in the u.s.
- $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.
- $800,000
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct research, analyze and develop policy options, and engage stakeholders on the issues related to surprise billing and market consolidation and competition.
- $796,098
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
To conduct policy-relevant research on critical issues relating to u.s. Transportation infrastructure.
- $700,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
To conduct a randomized controlled trial of the state of michigan's maternal infant health program.
- $663,871
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2023
To conduct a randomized control trial to examine the impact of medical cannabis on opioid analgesic use.
- $616,618
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
To conduct research and policy translation related to insurance design and market structure in the united states healthcare system.
- $595,572
National Center for Law and Economic Justice · New York, NY · 2023
To conduct impact litigation and educational advocacy to end punitive and racially discriminatory traffic enforcement practices in new york and oklahoma.
- $571,842
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
To conduct an evaluation on how the growth in medicare advantage enrollment affects how private insurers are paid under medicare advantage.
- $562,788
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
To conduct a comprehensive outcome evaluation for oregon measure 110.
- $550,000
University of Washington · Chicago, IL · 2023
To conduct research exploring the impacts of monetary sanctions and identifying alternative legal system reforms.
- $536,028
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
To conduct an evaluation to understand the effects of a rapid, multi-payer transition from fee-for-service to value-based payments on health care cost and the quality of care.
- $406,295
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2023
To conduct a historical analysis of firearms regulation in five states and share what has been learned through a variety of deliverables, including a database of regulations and a field guide.
- $363,028
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To conduct a randomized controlled trial to study whether a street cleaning intervention in neighborhoods experiencing high rates of violent crime in philadelphia, pennsylvania reduces gun violence.
- $300,000
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To conduct research to improve the quality of clinical outcomes, serious adverse event information, and transparent listing of conflicts of interest throughout the clinical decision- making process.
- $300,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct a landscape analysis of federal place-based development programs.
- $286,668
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
To conduct analyses on rural hospital ownership and the economic effects of consolidation in rural hospital markets.
- $284,852
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
To conduct research reviewing overpayment in the medicare program.
- $273,634
University of North Carolina System Office · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
To conduct a randomized, controlled trial of cuny's ace student success model to identify factors contributing to college completion and debt outcomes.
- $269,700
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2023
To conduct research that leads to the development of a data-driven model of legal financial obligation reform.
- $260,000
Public Agenda · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To conduct a survey and in-depth interviews about employer-sponsored insurance.
- $250,000
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To conduct economic analysis to identify markets that have anticompetitive prices, high total cost of care or low health care quality.
- $250,000
Washington Center for Equitable Growth · Washington, DC · 2023
To elevate the public policy discussion on health care consolidation and its impact on health care prices, and identify policy solutions to address consolidation and anticompetitive conduct.
- $243,827
Justice System Partners · South Easton, MA · 2023
To conduct research to understand drivers of prosecutorial decision-making across key decision points.
- $211,161
University of Washington · Chicago, IL · 2023
To conduct a ten-year follow-up study of a 2013 randomized control trial on vacant lot greening in philadelphia, pennsylvania.
- $194,882
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To conduct a retrospective evaluation of the firearm assault shoot team ("fast"), a police program to improve non-fatal shooting case clearance rates in denver, colorado.
- $191,003
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
To conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluation of safecare, an in-home, parent-training program that aims to reduce child neglect and maltreatment.
- $187,865
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2023
To conduct quantitative analyses and develop policy options regarding changes to the medicare physician fee schedule that encourage more efficient use of advanced practice clinicians and reduce medicare spending.
- $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.
- $162,756
Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
To conduct research on the use of certificates of public advantage ("copa") in regulating hospital market competition and explore policy options.
- $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.
- $150,907
Wested · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To conduct a quasi-experimental design to evaluate an online math tutoring program air tutors for upper grade elementary school students.
- $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.
- $128,000
Reading Partners · Oakland, CA · 2023
To conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluation of the reading partners program.
- $127,420
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
To conduct research on how to reduce gun violence.
- $94,788
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
To conduct a randomized controlled trial on the effects of legal financial obligations on criminal defendants' recidivism and other life outcomes.
- $90,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct research.
- $90,000
Community Resources for Justice · Boston, MA · 2023
To conduct a national landscape of pretrial services and release conditions.
- $90,000
97 Percent Org · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To conduct a survey to better understand the characteristics, concerns, and sentiments of gun owners.
- $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.
- $84,105
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2023
To conduct research using real-time commercial real estate data to evaluate the impact of opportunity zone designations on economic outcomes.
- $66,668
Justice in Aging · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct a legal analysis in massachusetts for program elements of the states one care program.
- $65,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct research to examine the trends in hourly wages to better understand the evolution of economic progress and material living standards in the u.s.
- $58,898
University of Cincinnati Research Institute · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
To conduct a study of the current state of sobering center practices.
- $50,000
Economic Mobility Corporation · New York, NY · 2023
To conduct a randomized controlled trial of the expansion of the asap program in two west virginia community colleges.
- $48,454
The Niskanen Center · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct research to study and review current proposals and methodologies for determining product-level greenhouse gas emissions.
- $47,636
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct an analysis of new jersey pilot program alternative responses to reduce instances of violence & escalation ("arrive") together, a co-responder program.
- $40,739
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
To conduct a randomized controlled trial on the impact of having a public defender at a criminal defendant's preliminary arraignment.
- $37,200
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct and disseminate research on the structure of federal financing for graduate and professional programs, with the goal of informing possible reforms to federal financing and accountability frameworks.
- $35,054
The Foundation for Research On Equal Opportunity · Austin, TX · 2023
To conduct and present a policy proposal for federal higher education accountability and a return-on-investment analysis.
- $25,000
Washington Health Alliance · Seattle, WA · 2023
To conduct research to analyze and report on hospital prices as a percent of medicare in the state of washington.
- $24,498
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of all randomized trials on efforts to improve the fairness, safety, and effectiveness of policing conducted to date globally.
- $24,480
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct a risk adjustment work group.
- $20,000
Public Agenda · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To conduct policy research on student experiences at for-profit colleges, community colleges, and large public and nonprofit online institutions to support educational opportunities for students in the united states.
- $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.
- $1.3M
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To conduct research on how to reduce gun violence.
- $1.1M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
To conduct research exploring the impacts of monetary sanctions and identifying alternative legal system reforms.
- $916,622
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To conduct research with the philadelphia district attorney's office to evaluate which prosecutor-driven policies can improve fairness and efficiency in the criminal justice system.
- $838,926
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
To conduct a comprehensive outcome evaluation for oregon measure 110.
- $703,902
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
To conduct policy-relevant research on critical issues relating to u.s. Transportation infrastructure.
- $528,386
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
To conduct an evaluation to understand the effects of a rapid, multi-payer transition from fee-for-service to value-based payments on health care cost and the quality of care.
- $400,000
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To conduct economic analysis to identify markets that have anticompetitive prices, high total cost of care or low health care quality.
- $304,565
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2022
To conduct research that leads to the development of a data-driven model of legal financial obligation reform in jefferson county, alabama.
- $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.
- $300,000
Tufts Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022
To conduct an evaluation to measure the level of racial inequality in the use of low-value care and to quantify the harms associated with low-value care across the medicare population and by racial-ethnic groups.
- $300,000
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To conduct a randomized controlled trial of the michigan contraceptive access research and evaluation program.
- $300,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To conduct research projects examining the effects of the medicare-medicaid financial alignment initiative demonstrations in massachusetts and washington.
- $250,000
Washington Center for Equitable Growth · Washington, DC · 2022
To elevate the public policy discussion on health care consolidation and its impact on health care prices, and identify policy solutions to address consolidation and anticompetitive conduct.
- $245,394
Justice System Partners · South Easton, MA · 2022
To conduct research to understand drivers of prosecutorial decision-making across key decision points.
- $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.
- $226,041
University of North Carolina System Office · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
To conduct a randomized, controlled trial of cuny's ace student success model to identify factors contributing to college completion and debt outcomes.
- $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.
- $212,812
The National Campaign To Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy · Washington, DC · 2022
To support efforts to develop measures for contraceptive access, and to conduct research related to the implementation of otc contraceptive pills.
- $200,000
Public Agenda · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To conduct policy research on student experiences at for-profit colleges, community colleges, and large public and nonprofit online institutions to support educational opportunities for students in the united states.
- $200,000
Justice Innovation · New York, NY · 2022
To conduct a national study of prosecutors' charging decisions and recommendations with a goal of informing policy and promoting transparency.
- $180,000
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2022
To conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the rochester forensic assertive community treatment model in minnesota.
- $175,268
The Foundation for Research On Equal Opportunity · Austin, TX · 2022
To conduct and present a policy proposal for federal higher education accountability and a return-on-investment analysis.
- $166,011
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To conduct a randomized controlled trial in allegheny county, pennsylvania on the impact of having a public defender at a criminal defendant's preliminary arraignment.
- $149,700
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2022
To conduct a randomized control trial to examine the impact of medical cannabis on opioid analgesic use.
- $97,920
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To conduct a risk adjustment work group.
- $89,301
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To conduct independent research examining the impact of an aerial investigative research pilot.
- $82,800
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To conduct and disseminate research on the structure of federal financing for graduate and professional programs, with the goal of informing possible reforms to federal financing and accountability frameworks.
- $80,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To conduct a study evaluating whether data from unified enrollment systems can be used to rigorously measure school quality.
- $80,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
To conduct and disseminate timely, policy-relevant research on higher education accountability.
- $76,323
Community Resources for Justice · Boston, MA · 2022
To conduct surveys of salt lake county, utah; davidson county, tennessee; and jefferson county, kentucky defendants and to conduct a mixed methods study to examine the reasons for failure to appear.
- $75,121
Economic Mobility Corporation · New York, NY · 2022
To conduct a randomized controlled trial of the expansion of the asap program in two west virginia community colleges.
- $75,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2022
To conduct research and create a policy framework for a new approach to juvenile supervision.
- $73,767
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
To conduct research and policy analysis related to public pension programs.
- $66,633
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
To conduct the first comprehensive study of how law enforcement agencies are responding to the opioid overdose crisis.
- $60,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To conduct research identifying nursing homes with real estate investment trusts (reits).
- $55,504
Justice Innovation · New York, NY · 2022
To conduct a national study of practices to address intimate partner violence in the context of pretrial reform.
- $35,000
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2022
To conduct public education around surprise medical billing.
- $28,113
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2022
To conduct an analysis of pretrial released felony defendants in four arizona counties, with the overall goal of identifying predictors of a failure to appear for court.
- $19,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
To conduct a randomized controlled trial on the effects of legal financial obligations on criminal defendants' recidivism and other life outcomes.
- $15,000
The Foundation for Research On Equal Opportunity · Austin, TX · 2022
To conduct and publish analyses on return on investment in higher education.
- $5,000
US Right To Know · Oakland, CA · 2022
To conduct freedom of information act requests and develop a series of research papers in nutrition and health research.
- $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.
- $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.
- $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.
- $820,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2020
To conduct research in five states to determine the amount collected from fines and fees, how this revenue is used, and alternate revenue sources.
- $561,764
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To conduct a study evaluating whether data from unified enrollment systems can be used to rigorously measure school quality.
- $538,262
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
To conduct research with the philadelphia district attorney's office to evaluate which prosecutor-driven policies can improve fairness and efficiency in the criminal justice system.
- $500,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2020
To conduct a randomized control trial to examine the impact of medical cannabis on opioid analgesic use.
- $461,679
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2020
To conduct an independent evaluation of a six-month pilot test of the aerial investigative research program in baltimore, maryland.
- $425,883
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2020
To conduct research on tax avoidance to determine ways to better design and enforce taxes.
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
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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