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.

116 grants matching “identified” · $23.1M

$500,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
To support a forum for supervision agency leaders, foster practitioner-researcher connections, and identifying and facilitating opportunities to develop evidence-based supervision reforms.
$500,000
The Niskanen Center · Washington, DC · 2024
To support grantee's state capacity initiative and its efforts to identify opportunities and advance reforms related to the u.s. Government's ability to confront twenty-first century challenges with the right knowledge,… read allTo support grantee's state capacity initiative and its efforts to identify opportunities and advance reforms related to the u.s. Government's ability to confront twenty-first century challenges with the right knowledge, tools, and personnel. less
$493,037
Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2024
To be used by the deason criminal justice reform center to identify and promote strategies for improving access to counsel at the earliest stages of the criminal legal process by launching a campaign to support changes … read allTo be used by the deason criminal justice reform center to identify and promote strategies for improving access to counsel at the earliest stages of the criminal legal process by launching a campaign to support changes to policy and practice in nine states. less
$350,000
Center for a New Economy · San Juan, PR · 2024
To survey the current tax landscape in puerto rico and identify areas for improvement.
$317,519
Results for America · Washington, DC · 2024
To develop and test a model to support states in creating budget processes that identify, incentivize, and prioritization funding interventions backed by rigorous evidence.
$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.
$299,984
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To identify and understand (i) the drivers of health care costs in the small group market, (ii) the budgetary implications of same, and (iii) potential solutions to these issues.
$293,697
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association · Boulder, CO · 2024
To identify and support states that are leading innovative efforts to incentivize and support the adoption of effective student success practices and develop state policy recommendations for other states to follow.
$289,665
Center for Health Policy Development · Portland, ME · 2024
To identify and advance innovative state policy solutions to strengthen contraceptive affordability and access.
$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.
$249,774
National Opinion Research Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
To create an implementation plan in partnership with the tennessee bureau of investigations with the overall goal of testing whether collecting biological evidence from burglary crime scenes identifies significantly mor… read allTo create an implementation plan in partnership with the tennessee bureau of investigations with the overall goal of testing whether collecting biological evidence from burglary crime scenes identifies significantly more serious, chronic offenders. less
$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
$200,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support grantee's fiscally-sponsored project, the 90/10 institute, for the purpose of (i) hosting a 2-day summit of stakeholders to discuss and identify new approaches to pharmaceutical financing and (ii) publishing … read allTo support grantee's fiscally-sponsored project, the 90/10 institute, for the purpose of (i) hosting a 2-day summit of stakeholders to discuss and identify new approaches to pharmaceutical financing and (ii) publishing a white paper resulting from the summit findings. less
$173,400
Correctional Association of New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To identify, obtain, process, visualize, analyze, and publish administrative data on new york state prisons, with the overall goal of making critical information transparent for use by researchers and the public.
$159,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To convene groups of key stakeholders at the harvard kennedy school to engage in cross-sector conversations, identify research needs, and workshop potential policy solutions to accountability challenges, with a particul… read allTo convene groups of key stakeholders at the harvard kennedy school to engage in cross-sector conversations, identify research needs, and workshop potential policy solutions to accountability challenges, with a particular focus on how collective bargaining. less
$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.
$150,000
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support grantee's initiative, pace: pathways to accelerating clean energy, and its efforts to identify the non-cost barriers in u.s. Federal investments and incentives that are intended to accelerate the race to addr… read allTo support grantee's initiative, pace: pathways to accelerating clean energy, and its efforts to identify the non-cost barriers in u.s. Federal investments and incentives that are intended to accelerate the race to address climate change and scale clean energy infrastructure. less
$141,768
Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2024
To support high quality research help identify and disseminate effective strategies for addressing the negative educational consequences caused by the covid-19 pandemic.
$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.
$128,374
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
This project will convene a higher education accountability strategy group to identify the most promising accountability reform ideas for state and federal policymakers to prioritize.
$125,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To develop a novel scoring system to systematically identify promising drug repurposing opportunities that maximize impact on patients and economic impact on the health care system.
$117,044
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support efforts to engage retail chain stakeholders and payers to identify strategies for removing institutional and system barriers to pharmacist-prescribed contraception.
$100,000
Justice Innovation · New York, NY · 2024
To identify data needs and challenges in rural settings and provide guidance to rural counties on how to build robust indigent defense data infrastructure, with the overall goal of improving the availability, quality, a… read allTo identify data needs and challenges in rural settings and provide guidance to rural counties on how to build robust indigent defense data infrastructure, with the overall goal of improving the availability, quality, and use of indigent defense data in rural counties and enabling future research. less
$96,794
Fountain House · New York, NY · 2024
To identify patient-centered behavioral health measures that incorporate psychosocial rehabilitation.
$89,887
Catalyst for Payment Reform · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To convene a workgroup to consider the issue of out-of-network pricing and recommend market-based and public policy solutions, with the overall goal of identifying opportunities to mitigate the high and unpredictable co… read allTo convene a workgroup to consider the issue of out-of-network pricing and recommend market-based and public policy solutions, with the overall goal of identifying opportunities to mitigate the high and unpredictable costs for purchasers and their plan members of out-of-network health services. less
$89,131
University of Maryland Baltimore · College Park, MD · 2024
To investigate racial disparities in the prosecution of criminal cases in three maryland counties and identify policies that reduce these disparities.
$80,182
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
To support a randomized controlled trial of the peer navigator program for emergency department opioid overdose patients in rhode island, with the goal of identifying programs that reduce the rate of recurrent overdose … read allTo support a randomized controlled trial of the peer navigator program for emergency department opioid overdose patients in rhode island, with the goal of identifying programs that reduce the rate of recurrent overdose and overdose death. less
$71,196
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To identify unmet contraceptive need and barriers to care in communities of color.
$63,628
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2024
To support the interdisciplinary policing workshop which brings together early career researchers from political science, criminology, and economics, with the overall goal of advancing causally identified policing resea… read allTo support the interdisciplinary policing workshop which brings together early career researchers from political science, criminology, and economics, with the overall goal of advancing causally identified policing research. less
$59,854
Council On Criminal Justice · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To examine trends in correctional populations with the goal of identifying reforms that can safely reduce incarceration and racial disparities.
$53,343
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024
To build the knowledge base to identify policies to improve harm reduction services.
$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.
$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 Kentucky Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2024
To examine policies in the student loan system through an equity lens and identify potential reforms to maximize roi for students and tax payers.
$38,147
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To identify low-value medical devices and reduce their use.
$30,564
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
To conduct research identifying nursing homes with real estate investment trusts (reits).
$20,182
The State University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2024
To identify the factors that influence rural provider participation in population-based payment models.
$16,660
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2024
To identify and strengthen partnerships with jurisdictions - particularly states or multiple jurisdictions within states - that show potential for participating in rigorous quantitative or mixed-methods studies of pretr… read allTo identify and strengthen partnerships with jurisdictions - particularly states or multiple jurisdictions within states - that show potential for participating in rigorous quantitative or mixed-methods studies of pretrial release conditions. less
$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.
$9,301
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
To directly engage reform-minded sheriffs to identify and understand sheriff barriers to reform.
$666,516
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To identify and highlight low-value medical practices and work with policymakers/payers to reduce the use of such practices.
$550,000
University of Washington · Chicago, IL · 2023
To conduct research exploring the impacts of monetary sanctions and identifying alternative legal system reforms.
$510,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To develop a novel scoring system to systematically identify promising drug repurposing opportunities that maximize impact on patients and economic impact on the health care system.
$400,000
Center for a New Economy · San Juan, PR · 2023
To survey the current tax landscape in puerto rico and identify areas for improvement.
$300,000
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To identify low-value medical devices and reduce their use.
$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.
$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.
$221,711
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2023
To investigate racial disparities in the prosecution of criminal cases in three maryland counties and identify policies that reduce these disparities.
$200,000
Council On Criminal Justice · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To examine trends in correctional populations with the goal of identifying reforms that can safely reduce incarceration and racial 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.
$175,731
Economic Mobility Corporation · New York, NY · 2023
To support a randomized controlled trial of per scholas, inc.'s information technology workforce training program, to identify programs that improve earning potential.
$170,000
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
To build the knowledge base to identify policies to improve harm reduction services.
$145,988
The State University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2023
To identify the factors that influence rural provider participation in population based payment models.
$132,888
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support grantee's center on reproductive health, law, and policy and its efforts to engage retail chain stakeholders and payers to identify strategies for removing institutional and system barriers to contraception a… read allTo support grantee's center on reproductive health, law, and policy and its efforts to engage retail chain stakeholders and payers to identify strategies for removing institutional and system barriers to contraception access. 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.
$96,894
Center for Health Policy Development · Portland, ME · 2023
To develop, identify, and disseminate innovative state strategies to expand options for contraceptive access.
$90,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
To directly engage reform-minded sheriffs to identify and understand sheriff barriers to reform.
$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.
$83,302
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2023
To identify and strengthen partnerships with jurisdictions - particularly states or multiple jurisdictions within states - that show potential for participating in rigorous quantitative or mixed-methods studies of pretr… read allTo identify and strengthen partnerships with jurisdictions - particularly states or multiple jurisdictions within states - that show potential for participating in rigorous quantitative or mixed-methods studies of pretrial release conditions. less
$67,808
University of Washington · Chicago, IL · 2023
To identify and prioritize research needs and research projects arising from the united states supreme court's decision in new york state rifle & pistol association, inc v. Bruen.
$50,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
To produce a consensus report about successful reentry and identify gaps in existing knowledge.
$38,683
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To help the cook county adult probation department identify and respond effectively to individuals with serious mental illness.
$34,079
Manatt Health Strategies Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
To identify and educate policymakers on strategies to promote financial integration for individuals dually covered by medicare and medicaid.
$23,375
Search Group Incorporated · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To identify policies that reduce racial disparities in incarceration.
$20,634
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support an interactive research feature that will identify revenue sources to replace revenues generated from fines, fees, and forfeitures.
$1.1M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
To conduct research exploring the impacts of monetary sanctions and identifying alternative legal system reforms.
$750,000
Health Care Cost Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Identifying trends and drivers of health care spending for employer-sponsored healthcare and reducing healthcare costs.
$418,385
Council On Criminal Justice · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To examine trends in correctional populations with the goal of identifying reforms that can safely reduce incarceration and racial disparities.
$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
$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.
$350,000
Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the development of policy solutions to improve the enrollment experience for dual-eligible individuals; provide technical assistance and storytelling to support the educational efforts and implementation of t… read allTo support the development of policy solutions to improve the enrollment experience for dual-eligible individuals; provide technical assistance and storytelling to support the educational efforts and implementation of the most promising policy solutions identified. less
$306,713
Manatt Health Strategies Llc · Washington, DC · 2022
To identify and educate policymakers on strategies to promote financial integration for individuals dually covered by medicare and medicaid.
$283,536
Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2022
To support high quality research help identify and disseminate effective strategies for addressing the negative educational consequences caused by the covid-19 pandemic.
$275,524
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
To investigate racial disparities in the prosecution of criminal cases in three maryland counties and identify policies that reduce these disparities.
$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.
$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.
$215,000
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
To build the knowledge base to identify policies to improve harm reduction services.
$200,000
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To identify unmet contraceptive needs and barriers to care in communities of color.
$189,418
Center for Health Policy Development · Portland, ME · 2022
To develop, identify, and disseminate innovative state strategies to expand contraceptive access in medicaid.
$171,827
Economic Mobility Corporation · New York, NY · 2022
To support a randomized controlled trial of per scholas, inc.'s information technology workforce training program, to identify programs that improve earning potential.
$130,000
Search Group Incorporated · Sacramento, CA · 2022
To identify policies that reduce racial disparities in incarceration.
$110,000
Integrated Healthdata Systems · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022
To help identify monopolistic health systems that gained large market share and raised prices and quantify the impact of that market manipulation.
$100,000
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To identify low-value medical devices and reduce their use.
$97,013
University of Kentucky Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2022
To examine policies in the student loan system through an equity lens and identify potential reforms to maximize roi for students and taxpayers.
$90,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To help the cook county adult probation department identify and respond effectively to individuals with serious mental illness.
$80,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
To identify barriers to contraceptive access in medicaid managed care and develop policies to strengthen access to care.
$74,550
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To support an interactive research feature that will identify revenue sources to replace revenues generated from fines, fees, and forfeitures.
$60,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To conduct research identifying nursing homes with real estate investment trusts (reits).
$50,664
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2022
To research and identify policy options for advancing efficiency and savings in medicare.
$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.
$40,051
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To examine how policy and practice can identify risk of recidivism.
$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.
$10,000
Center for Law and Social Policy · Washington, DC · 2022
To identify barriers to successful reintegration for individuals on parole.
$8,508
Tufts Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022
To identify and analyze opportunities to shift away from practices and procedures that fail to deliver good outcomes for their cost.
$550,000
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To identify and highlight low-value medical practices and work with policymakers/payers to reduce the use of such practices.
$400,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2020
To identify barriers to contraceptive access in medicaid managed care and develop policies to strengthen access to care.
$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.
$350,000
Pacific Business Group On Health · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To support grantee's efforts to identify and disseminate innovative alternative payment and care delivery models and strengthen the role of employer purchasers.
$309,595
Boston College Trustees · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2020
To identify causes of unfunded liabilities in public pension plans.
$300,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2020
To produce a series of policy briefs that identify issues that raise healthcare spending.
$300,000
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To identify low-value medical devices and reduce their use.
$298,183
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2020
To examine how policy and practice can identify risk of recidivism.
$250,000
National Consumer Law Center · Boston, MA · 2020
To bring consumer law expertise to identifying and challenging harmful debt and monetary sanction practices.
$246,909
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2020
To fund a randomized controlled trial of the rapid employment and development initiative program, which provides transitional jobs, cognitive behavioral therapy, and additional services for men at high risk of being per… read allTo fund a randomized controlled trial of the rapid employment and development initiative program, which provides transitional jobs, cognitive behavioral therapy, and additional services for men at high risk of being perpetrators or victims of violent crime, with the overall goal of identifying programs to help reduce crime among this population. less
$225,000
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2020
To research and identify policy options for advancing efficiency and savings in medicare.
$200,000
Tufts Medical Center Parent · Boston, MA · 2020
To identify and analyze opportunities to shift away from practices and procedures that fail to deliver good outcomes for their cost.
$200,000
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2020
To develop a taxonomy of fraud, waste, and abuse indicators that can be used to identify potentially fraudulent substance use disorder treatment providers.
$185,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2020
To help the cook county adult probation department identify and respond effectively to individuals with serious mental illness.
$150,000
Search Group Incorporated · Sacramento, CA · 2020
To identify policies that reduce racial disparities in incarceration.
$145,000
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2020
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.
$50,729
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2020
To support a review of evidence for existing methadone regulatory schemes and to identify research needs to inform future methadone policy.
$30,000
University of Florida Board of Trustees · Gainesville, FL · 2020
To support analysis of higher education outcomes during the last u.s. Recession in order to identify ways to protect and ensure return on investment for students impacted by the pandemic.
$23,317
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2020
To fund a low-cost randomized controlled trial designed to help the fresno, california identify the most effective outdoor water restriction enforcement strategy.
$15,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To assess the budgeting process for state and local government and identify opportunities for greater impact.

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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