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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.

141 grants matching “medicare” · $31.7M

$1.0M
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support new research and data analysis to inform forthcoming policy discussions related to medicare sustainability and affordability in four areas: 1) medicare advantage; 2) medicare spending, financing, and affordab… read allTo support new research and data analysis to inform forthcoming policy discussions related to medicare sustainability and affordability in four areas: 1) medicare advantage; 2) medicare spending, financing, and affordability; 3) medicare and prescription drugs in the post-inflation reduction act era; and 4) rapid-response analyses of emerging medicare policy issues. less
$878,275
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To generate evidence on emerging issues in medicare advantage of interest to policymakers, specifically 1) affinity plans and 2) ghost networks, to inform policy discussions and bolster arguments for reforms to reduce o… read allTo generate evidence on emerging issues in medicare advantage of interest to policymakers, specifically 1) affinity plans and 2) ghost networks, to inform policy discussions and bolster arguments for reforms to reduce overpayments and increase accountability and competition. less
$800,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To establish a collaborative of foremost experts on dual-eligible research to provide policy-responsive analyses on integration between medicare and medicaid.
$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
$446,324
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To raise awareness for meaningful medicare reforms.
$424,768
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To examine the implications of medicare advantage provider selection on medicare spending and beneficiaries with complex health needs.
$350,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide legal expertise regarding the medicare drug price negotiation program outlined in the inflation reduction act, and to defend and support the implementation of federal and state efforts addressing the affordab… read allTo provide legal expertise regarding the medicare drug price negotiation program outlined in the inflation reduction act, and to defend and support the implementation of federal and state efforts addressing the affordability and accessibility of prescription drugs. 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.
$311,661
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2024
To research reforms to reforms to medicare advantage and traditional medicare to help put the medicare program as a whole on a more fiscally sustainable path.
$310,431
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide tools that prevent medicare insolvency.
$305,134
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To analyze medicare advantage ("ma") payments and benefits, and their relationship to plan enrollment as well as to ma networks, to understand opportunities for ma policy changes with the goal of reducing ma spending an… read allTo analyze medicare advantage ("ma") payments and benefits, and their relationship to plan enrollment as well as to ma networks, to understand opportunities for ma policy changes with the goal of reducing ma spending and increasing value. less
$297,575
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
To analyze how well the medicare advantage star rating system measures and incentivizes quality.
$297,512
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the development of effective bipartisan policy to integrate medicare and medicaid for the dual-eligible population.
$291,618
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To make the case for meaningful reforms to medicare advantage through robust analysis and development of effective policy options.
$267,274
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To estimate the cost and coverage effects of increasing the age of medicare eligibility.
$260,060
Patient-Centered Primary Care Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To educate and build greater support for advancing primary care payment reform through adoption of a hybrid capitated payment model in the medicare shared savings program ("mssp") and reforming the medicare physician fe… read allTo educate and build greater support for advancing primary care payment reform through adoption of a hybrid capitated payment model in the medicare shared savings program ("mssp") and reforming the medicare physician fee schedule. less
$251,597
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
To improve the non-partisan information available to medicare policymakers relating to: (1) the use of non-fee-for-service payments in medicare advantage; (2) the scope for medicare advantage plans to evade medical loss… read allTo improve the non-partisan information available to medicare policymakers relating to: (1) the use of non-fee-for-service payments in medicare advantage; (2) the scope for medicare advantage plans to evade medical loss ratio requirements using related businesses; (3) the design of payment incentives to increase participation in accountable care organizations; and (4) emerging medicare policy debates. less
$251,382
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To research the extent of overpayments in medicare advantage plans for dual-eligible beneficiaries.
$246,029
Medicare Rights Center · New York, NY · 2024
To educate policymakers and other key stakeholders on the experiences of medicare beneficiaries with limited incomes and the importance of beneficiary-centered integrated care design.
$239,676
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To study the effectiveness of spending limits in reducing wasteful medicare payments for physical therapy.
$230,873
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To educate the policy community on medicare-related taxes and the need to strengthen medicare's financing to improve its fiscal situation.
$223,306
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
To study the effects of auctions as a tool to reduce fraud in the medicare program.
$185,000
National Opinion Research Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
To examine the effects of private equity (pe) ownership of physician group practices on spending, utilization, and health outcomes in medicare, in order to better understand pe ownership and how pressures to increase pr… read allTo examine the effects of private equity (pe) ownership of physician group practices on spending, utilization, and health outcomes in medicare, in order to better understand pe ownership and how pressures to increase profitability affect the medicare program and beneficiaries. less
$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.
$165,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To update grantee's 2019 state survey of medicaid physician fees with 2024 data to support efforts to evaluate and analyze medicaid fees, fee changes (2019 to 2024), and medicaid-to-medicare fee ratios.
$147,777
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
To examine and assess the accuracy of medicare advantage provider network directories and subsequently assess the impact the listed networks have on patients' choice of health plans and utilization of services
$145,000
Tufts Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024
To research and develop federal policy options and strategies to improve medicare's coverage with evidence development program, for the benefit of policymakers, researchers, and the general public.
$121,331
Altarum Medicare-Medicaid Services for States · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
To provide technical assistance and support to the state of tennessee to refine its integrated model and make it more widely available to dual-eligible individuals in tennessee.
$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.
$120,742
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Servi · Alexandria, VA · 2024
To understand and analyze knowledge, policy, and practice gaps regarding medicare-medicaid dually eligible individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) and using such assessment to offer learning … read allTo understand and analyze knowledge, policy, and practice gaps regarding medicare-medicaid dually eligible individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) and using such assessment to offer learning opportunities for state i/dd systems. less
$100,000
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2024
To develop and socialize a set of policy proposals to reduce medicare spending.
$99,332
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the creation of policy briefs to educate policymakers on the diversity of the population of people eligible for medicare and medicaid.
$90,000
Center for Health Care Strategies · Trenton, NJ · 2024
To improve medicare policy and integrated education and knowledge among medicaid, disability, and aging staff across key states interested in or pursuing medicare-medicaid integration, and providing technical assistance… read allTo improve medicare policy and integrated education and knowledge among medicaid, disability, and aging staff across key states interested in or pursuing medicare-medicaid integration, and providing technical assistance and other support for the benefit of improving integration in such states. less
$79,280
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To drive attention to the issue of medicare solvency and sustainability and make the case for meaningful medicare reforms through robust analysis and development of effective policy options.
$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.
$75,236
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
To create a publicly-available, web-based compendium of policy options for the medicare advantage and medicare part d programs.
$54,442
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To support research examining whether medicare advantage enrollment is associated with less wasteful health care spending.
$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
$43,500
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
To compare the prices that medicare advantage plans pay for hospital and physician services to the prices paid by traditional medicare and examining how medicare advantage prices differ across areas with different level… read allTo compare the prices that medicare advantage plans pay for hospital and physician services to the prices paid by traditional medicare and examining how medicare advantage prices differ across areas with different levels of medicare advantage penetration. less
$43,333
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the assessment of policy changes that widen the gap between the food and drug administration and centers for medicare and medicaid services to enhance interagency communication.
$41,839
Kng Health Consulting Llc · Rockville, MD · 2024
To compare performance on utilization, spending, and health outcomes among high-cost medicare beneficiaries in medicare advantage, accountable care organizations, and fee-for-service medicare.
$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.
$40,833
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
To promote public education and support policy reforms to address the long-term sustainability of medicare.
$34,980
Anne Tumlinson Innovations Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the development of a federal policy solution that would integrate medicare and medicaid for the dual-eligible population.
$33,616
Medicare Rights Center · New York, NY · 2024
To develop a series of educational case studies on the experience of dual-eligible individuals and other beneficiaries navigating the medicare and medicaid programs.
$29,861
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide technical assistance and policy expertise regarding the medicare drug price negotiation program outlined in the inflation reduction act.
$29,172
National Council On Aging · Arlington, VA · 2024
To research the pitfalls for low-income individuals transitioning from medicaid to medicare coverage and promote more seamless and cost-efficient health care coverage for those individuals.
$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.
$18,500
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To educate bipartisan policy audiences on models that integrate medicare and medicaid.
$17,591
The Regents of the University of California San Diego · Oakland, CA · 2024
To improve the medicare advantage payment system.
$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.
$15,143
Center for Health Care Strategies · Trenton, NJ · 2024
To support improving policy knowledge across key states that are interested in or actively pursuing medicare-medicaid integration.
$15,000
Center for Medicare Advocacy · Willimantic, CT · 2024
To support cms's annual conference; convenes diverse leaders to advance policy objectives.
$850,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To establish a collaborative of foremost experts on dual-eligible research to provide policy-responsive analyses on integration between medicare and medicaid.
$741,130
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To support research, policy, and technical assistance on policy-relevant issues including alternative payment models, physician payment policy, and medicare advantage.
$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.
$434,400
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2023
To develop and socialize a set of policy proposals to reduce medicare spending.
$420,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
To evaluate the inflation reduction act's impact on changes in drug pricing, insurer benefit design, and use of anticancer drugs among medicare beneficiaries.
$356,667
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the assessment of policy changes that widen the gap between the food and drug administration and centers for medicare and medicaid services to enhance interagency communication.
$342,088
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the development of effective bipartisan policy to integrate medicare and medicaid for the dual-eligible population.
$337,339
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To make the case for meaningful reforms to medicare advantage through robust analysis and development of effective policy options.
$325,000
Nevada Division of Health Care Finance and Policy · Carson City, NV · 2023
To improve nevada's current program for dual-eligible beneficiaries and advance medicare-medicaid integration.
$314,816
Anne Tumlinson Innovations Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the development of a federal policy solution that would integrate medicare and medicaid for the dual-eligible population.
$300,000
Justice in Aging · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the grantees provision of education and technical assistance to advance medicare-medicaid integrated models at the federal and state levels.
$300,000
Tufts Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2023
To research and develop federal policy options and strategies to improve medicare's coverage with evidence development program, for the benefit of policymakers, researchers, and the general public.
$284,852
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
To conduct research reviewing overpayment in the medicare program.
$270,000
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
To examine and analyze fraud, waste, and abuse in medicare.
$270,000
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2023
To examine the medicare physician fee schedule and analyze potential reforms to improve health care affordability.
$263,825
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the creation of policy briefs to educate policymakers on the diversity of the population of people eligible for medicare and medicaid.
$260,281
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To analyze medicare advantage ("ma") payments and benefits, and their relationship to plan enrollment as well as to ma networks, to understand opportunities for ma policy changes with the goal of reducing ma spending an… read allTo analyze medicare advantage ("ma") payments and benefits, and their relationship to plan enrollment as well as to ma networks, to understand opportunities for ma policy changes with the goal of reducing ma spending and increasing value. less
$260,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023
To provide technical assistance and policy expertise regarding the medicare drug price negotiation program outlined in the inflation reduction act.
$218,658
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
To study the effects of auctions as a tool to reduce fraud in the medicare program.
$210,840
Manatt Health Strategies Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
To research strategies for integrating financing mechanisms for medicare and medicaid.
$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.
$183,940
Altarum Medicare-Medicaid Services for States · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
To provide technical assistance and support to the state of tennessee to refine its integrated model and make it more widely available to dual-eligible individuals in tennessee.
$170,084
Medicare Rights Center · New York, NY · 2023
To develop a series of educational case studies on the experience of dual-eligible individuals and other beneficiaries navigating the medicare and medicaid programs.
$166,500
Project Hope · Bethesda, MD · 2023
To educate bipartisan policy audiences on models that integrate medicare and medicaid.
$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.
$150,000
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2023
To research reforms to reforms to medicare advantage and traditional medicare to help put the medicare program as a whole on a more fiscally sustainable path.
$147,349
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Servi · Alexandria, VA · 2023
To understand and analyze knowledge, policy, and practice gaps regarding medicare-medicaid dually eligible individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) and using such assessment to offer learning … read allTo understand and analyze knowledge, policy, and practice gaps regarding medicare-medicaid dually eligible individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) and using such assessment to offer learning opportunities for state i/dd systems. less
$137,960
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023
To evaluate "perverse incentives" of high prescription drug prices adversely affect cancer care quality and costs to beneficiaries and the medicare program.
$120,984
National Council On Aging · Arlington, VA · 2023
To research the pitfalls for low-income individuals transitioning from medicaid to medicare coverage and promote more seamless and cost-efficient health care coverage for those individuals.
$117,994
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
To examine and assess the accuracy of medicare advantage provider network directories and subsequently assess the impact the listed networks have on patients choice of health plans and utilization of services.
$99,845
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
To assess the feasibility of an evaluation of the center for medicare & medicaid services' ("cms") 1115 medicaid waiver for california that, for the first time, grants medicaid eligibility for all eligible incarcerated … read allTo assess the feasibility of an evaluation of the center for medicare & medicaid services' ("cms") 1115 medicaid waiver for california that, for the first time, grants medicaid eligibility for all eligible incarcerated people up to 90 days before release. less
$98,635
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
To examine how rising medicare advantage enrollment impacts medicare sustainability.
$90,000
Center for Health Care Strategies · Hamilton, NJ · 2023
To support improving policy knowledge across key states that are interested in or actively pursuing medicare-medicaid integration.
$77,292
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support researching and analyzing the medicare advantage program.
$60,747
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget · Washington, DC · 2023
To raise awareness and provide evidence-based policy solutions to improve medicare's fiscal sustainability.
$47,479
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
To examine the relationship between rebates and medicare formulary placement and spending.
$37,153
Tufts Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2023
To assess how the fda and cms can coordinate drug approval and medicare coverage determinations for new drugs and biologic approved under accelerated approval paths with lower clinical evidence standards.
$36,000
The Regents of the University of California San Diego · Oakland, CA · 2023
To improve the medicare advantage payment system.
$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.
$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.
$21,546
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
To support research evaluating how combining medicare and medicaid benefits in a fide-snp impacts spending, service utilization, and care coordination.
$17,376
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To evaluate the increasing role of enhanced plans in medicare part d.
$5,000
National Academy of Social Insurance · Washington, DC · 2023
To convene a policy working group to analyze and examine the potential impacts of covid-19 on medicare's fiscal sustainability.
$450,000
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To raise awareness and provide evidence-based policy solutions to improve medicare's fiscal sustainability.
$428,955
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To raise awareness for meaningful medicare reforms.
$400,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
To evaluate how the growth in medicare advantage enrollment affects how private insurers are paid under medicare advantage and how targets are established for advanced alternative payment models in traditional fee-for-s… read allTo evaluate how the growth in medicare advantage enrollment affects how private insurers are paid under medicare advantage and how targets are established for advanced alternative payment models in traditional fee-for-service medicare. less
$350,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To research medicare payment policy changes to reduce low-value post-acute care.
$347,193
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
To generate evidence of overpayment in the medicare program.
$324,165
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
To promote public education and support policy reforms to address the long-term sustainability of medicare.
$315,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support researching and analyzing the medicare advantage program.
$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.
$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
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To conduct research projects examining the effects of the medicare-medicaid financial alignment initiative demonstrations in massachusetts and washington.
$295,275
The Regents of the University of California San Diego · Oakland, CA · 2022
To improve the medicare advantage payment system.
$290,000
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget · Washington, DC · 2022
To raise awareness and provide evidence-based policy solutions to improve medicare's fiscal sustainability.
$280,501
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide tools that prevent medicare insolvency.
$245,167
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To research the extent of overpayments in medicare advantage plans for dual-eligible beneficiaries.
$236,843
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support the creation of policy briefs to educate policymakers on the diversity of the population of people eligible for medicare and medicaid.
$235,764
Tufts Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2022
To assess how the fda and cms can coordinate drug approval and medicare coverage determinations for new drugs and biologic approved under accelerated approval paths with lower clinical evidence standards.
$226,806
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2022
To examine how rising medicare advantage enrollment impacts medicare sustainability.
$225,000
Nevada Division of Health Care Finance and Policy · Carson City, NV · 2022
To improve nevada's current program for dual-eligible beneficiaries and advance medicare-medicaid integration.
$186,909
National Council On Aging · Arlington, VA · 2022
To research the pitfalls for low-income individuals transitioning from medicaid to medicare coverage and promote more seamless and cost-efficient health care coverage for those individuals.
$180,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To support research examining whether medicare advantage enrollment is associated with less wasteful health care spending.
$175,000
Kng Health Consulting Llc · Rockville, MD · 2022
To compare performance on utilization, spending, and health outcomes among high-cost medicare beneficiaries in medicare advantage, accountable care organizations, and fee-for-service medicare.
$150,390
Speire Healthcare Strategies Llc · Nashville, TN · 2022
To assist states with the alignment of services for dual-eligible members through a single plan for medicare and medicaid.
$95,000
Center for Health Care Strategies · Hamilton, NJ · 2022
To support improving policy knowledge across key states that are interested in or actively pursuing medicare-medicaid integration.
$95,000
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To support research evaluating how combining medicare and medicaid benefits in a fide-snp impacts spending, service utilization, and care coordination.
$50,664
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2022
To research and identify policy options for advancing efficiency and savings in medicare.
$33,508
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To assess the ability of newly available datasets to answer policy relevant questions for individuals enrolled in the both medicaid and medicare.
$9,729
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
To analyze and synthesize policy options to improve the sustainability of medicare.
$500,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To research medicare payment policy changes to reduce low-value post-acute care.
$432,000
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2020
To support a novel policy platform aimed at increasing integration between medicare and medicaid for dual eligibles.
$339,851
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To assess the ability of newly available datasets to answer policy relevant questions for individuals enrolled in the both medicaid and medicare.
$225,000
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2020
To research and identify policy options for advancing efficiency and savings in medicare.
$211,584
Speire Healthcare Strategies Llc · Nashville, TN · 2020
To assist states with the alignment of services for dual-eligible members through a single plan for medicare and medicaid.
$200,000
Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2020
To analyze what drives how consumers decide which plans to choose for integrated medicare and medicaid services.
$195,000
Health Care Cost Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To research the difference in medicare rates versus commercial prices for providers.
$158,960
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2020
To produce near-term policy recommendations for increasing integration between medicare and medicaid.
$125,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2020
To examine the relationship between rebates and medicare formulary placement and spending.
$119,336
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To examine trends in prescription drug prices and medicare part d formulary coverage and broadly disseminate the findings policy briefs, papers, and convenings.
$80,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
To evaluate the increasing role of enhanced plans in medicare part d.
$60,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2020
To examine how the medicare part b payment structure affects biosimilar uptake.
$53,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2020
To review data sources that can be used to conduct research on the population eligible for both medicare and medicaid.
$14,784
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices · Washington, DC · 2020
To convene state leaders and national experts to discuss promising solutions for integrating care and managing costs for dual-eligible medicare and medicaid populations.
$3,000
National Academy of Social Insurance · Washington, DC · 2020
To host a convening study panel to examine various ways to change medicare eligibility and inform and improve health care policies.

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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