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.

104 grants matching “outcomes” · $21.9M

$900,000
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024
To conduct a comprehensive outcome evaluation for oregon measure 110.
$576,407
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2024
To support a randomized controlled trial of public safety outcomes through reduces supervision conditions.
$569,718
Community Resources for Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
To support the implementation of policy changes to safely reduce revocations and improve community supervision outcomes.
$450,000
Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2024
To pilot a "living evidence" model in the u.s. Department of education to provide a proof-of-concept for a modernized and accelerated approach to evidence synthesis and outcomes-driven policymaking.
$315,965
The Foundation for Research On Equal Opportunity · Austin, TX · 2024
To research outcomes-based accountability and graduate school accountability.
$279,734
The Regents of the University of California Merced · Oakland, CA · 2024
To assess the outcomes of online colleges and analyze graduate study debt accumulation.
$277,601
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
To expand an in-progress federally-funded multi-state randomized controlled trial of public montessori preschool to include kindergarten and third grade educational outcomes.
$271,136
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
This project uses a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of financial assistance on both short-term and long-term pretrial outcomes, including court attendance, incarceration for failures to appear, and ca… read allThis project uses a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of financial assistance on both short-term and long-term pretrial outcomes, including court attendance, incarceration for failures to appear, and case closures. less
$256,434
University of Florida Board of Trustees · Gainesville, FL · 2024
To research outcomes-based funding policy designs on the return on investment in higher education.
$239,532
National Center for State Courts · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
To conduct a causal inferential impact study to evaluate the outcomes and impact of kentucky's pretrial policies using statewide data in kentucky.
$230,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To conduct follow-on research that examines the effects of vertical integration between hospitals and physicians on a broad set of outcomes, including on unaffiliated community-based hospitals' prices and clinical advan… read allTo conduct follow-on research that examines the effects of vertical integration between hospitals and physicians on a broad set of outcomes, including on unaffiliated community-based hospitals' prices and clinical advantages and disadvantages. less
$200,000
Tennessee State Collaborative On Reforming Education · Nashville, TN · 2024
To advance higher education policy to impact postsecondary student success in tennessee by applying its credential impact framework to the state's outcomes-based funding formula and other postsecondary policies.
$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
$168,000
Common Sense Institute · Greenwood Village, CO · 2024
To conduct and disseminate research on colorado's outcomes-based funding formula to develop policy recommendations on how to revise the formula to improve return-on-investment for students and taxpayers.
$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
Fortune Society · Long Island City, NY · 2024
To research how to incentivize better outcomes for individuals on community supervision.
$145,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2024
To support a two-state pilot for improving outcomes of frequent utilizers of public systems.
$134,053
Loyola University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
This project uses interrupted time series and difference-in-differences designs to measure the effect of statewide policy changes on the use of monetary bail, level of pre-trial detention, and case outcomes. It also use… read allThis project uses interrupted time series and difference-in-differences designs to measure the effect of statewide policy changes on the use of monetary bail, level of pre-trial detention, and case outcomes. It also uses an instrumental variable design to recover the causal effect of monetary bail on pretrial misconduct (failure to appear or subsequent criminal activity). less
$124,535
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2024
To provide analyses to understand the influence of texas' new outcomes-based funding ("obf") formula and providing insights and lessons learned to strengthen other states' efforts to update their own funding formula.
$124,130
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2024
To research the outcomes of parent plus.
$120,782
Alliance for Criminal Justice Innovation Llc · Sedalia, CO · 2024
To lessen the burdens of government by preparing state agencies in maryland to successfully initiate and implement a community partnership initiative, with the overall goal of improving outcomes for young adults under s… read allTo lessen the burdens of government by preparing state agencies in maryland to successfully initiate and implement a community partnership initiative, with the overall goal of improving outcomes for young adults under supervision. less
$102,729
Partners for Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To evaluate grantee's collaborative defense model (the "cdm"), an approach that augments public defense with stronger social service connections, mitigation, and court navigation, with the overall goal of undertaking a … read allTo evaluate grantee's collaborative defense model (the "cdm"), an approach that augments public defense with stronger social service connections, mitigation, and court navigation, with the overall goal of undertaking a process evaluation and a non-experimental evaluation of the cdm's effect on criminal case outcomes and access to social services and lay the groundwork for a randomized controlled trial of the cdm in the future. less
$100,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To adapt and evaluate a scalable version of situational decision-making (sit-d) training for police officers, with the overall goal of improving officer decision-making during high-pressure situations and reducing adver… read allTo adapt and evaluate a scalable version of situational decision-making (sit-d) training for police officers, with the overall goal of improving officer decision-making during high-pressure situations and reducing adverse outcomes. less
$100,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To develop state and federal policy recommendations that remove barriers and provide incentives for community colleges to increase their focus on post-graduation outcomes, based on roi research.
$100,000
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024
To plan a causal evaluation at law enforcement agencies (prioritizing sheriffs' offices) to understand the impact of training on use of force and related outcomes.
$99,935
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct research investigating the effects of debt relief from legal fines and fees on financial, criminal justice, and health outcomes to answer newly emerging questions relate to jail incarceration, supervision rev… read allTo conduct research investigating the effects of debt relief from legal fines and fees on financial, criminal justice, and health outcomes to answer newly emerging questions relate to jail incarceration, supervision revocation, legal legitimacy, fairness, mental health, and financial well-being. less
$93,063
Trinity College · Hartford, CT · 2024
To explore the feasibility of a causal study to examine the relationship between valid state identification and post-release outcomes, including recidivism, housing, and employment.
$86,971
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To study how the shift toward non-prosecution of non-violent misdemeanors affects panel system outcomes by race/ethnicity.
$70,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
To support an empirical study of the causal effect of pretrial electronic monitoring ("em") on defendants' outcomes, including pretrial misconduct, sentencing outcomes, post-trial crime, and cost of em/detention pretria… read allTo support an empirical study of the causal effect of pretrial electronic monitoring ("em") on defendants' outcomes, including pretrial misconduct, sentencing outcomes, post-trial crime, and cost of em/detention pretrial. less
$68,459
Curators of the University of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2024
To explore the feasibility of studying causal effects of access to subsidized housing (both project- and voucher-based housing), among justice-involved individuals on a range of short- and long-term outcomes.
$61,299
Mathematica · Princeton, NJ · 2024
To support extension of a randomized controlled trial of kipp middle schools and their long-term outcomes.
$53,918
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To create a database that will support research on the impact of charter school attendance on long-term educational outcomes for students.
$43,867
University of Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2024
To evaluate the impact of reforms in tennessee, with the overall goal of ensuring that pretrial decision-making is both fair to the accused and promotes positive downstream outcomes for the community.
$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.
$34,814
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2024
To continue the implementation of an online student success coaching intervention in partnership with houston community college and the pilot randomized controlled trial ("rct") on the outcomes of the intervention to un… read allTo continue the implementation of an online student success coaching intervention in partnership with houston community college and the pilot randomized controlled trial ("rct") on the outcomes of the intervention to understand the effectiveness of coaching for online students and how coaching models need to be adapted for distance-learning settings. less
$19,974
Behavioral Ideas Lab · New York, NY · 2024
To evaluate new court notice and communication materials to improve outcomes for californias with outstanding fines and fees.
$14,590
Institute for Exceptional Care · Washington, DC · 2024
To develop a consumer-informed framework of the outcomes that matter most to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
$10,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support research into college recruitment efforts around debt cancellation and how participation in income-driven enrollment affects borrowers' financial outcomes.
$6,018
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct research using real-time commercial real estate data to evaluate the impact of opportunity zone designations on economic outcomes.
$2,862
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To help evaluate the impact of a hybrid learning model created by an education partnership on student outcomes.
$900,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2023
To support expansion of the lantern project, a scalable model for data-driven decision-making to help safely reduce supervision revocations and achieve better supervision outcomes.
$562,788
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
To conduct a comprehensive outcome evaluation for oregon measure 110.
$373,662
The Regents of the University of California Merced · Oakland, CA · 2023
To assess the outcomes of online colleges and analyze graduate study debt accumulation.
$335,610
The Foundation for Research On Equal Opportunity · Austin, TX · 2023
To research outcomes-based accountability and graduate school accountability.
$311,224
Justice System Partners · South Easton, MA · 2023
To measure the effect of removing drug testing as a supervision requirement for people without a serious substance use issue on community supervision outcomes and recidivism.
$300,000
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To conduct research to improve the quality of clinical outcomes, serious adverse event information, and transparent listing of conflicts of interest throughout the clinical decision- making process.
$278,506
Fortune Society · Long Island City, NY · 2023
To research how to incentivize better outcomes for individuals on community supervision.
$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.
$224,246
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To study how the shift toward non-prosecution of non-violent misdemeanors affects panel system outcomes by race/ethnicity.
$208,151
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2023
To research the outcomes of parent plus.
$200,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
To support research on the role of safety net policies and occupational licensing restrictions on reintegration outcomes.
$164,484
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2023
To study policy interventions to deliver better outcomes for people on probation, their families and their communities.
$100,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To develop state and federal policy recommendations that remove barriers and provide incentives for community colleges to increase their focus on post-graduation outcomes, based on roi research.
$94,788
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
To conduct a randomized controlled trial on the effects of legal financial obligations on criminal defendants' recidivism and other life outcomes.
$90,000
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2023
To analyze key borough-based outcomes related to charging, pretrial release dispositions, and sentencing in 2021 and 2022 and providing technical assistance to the manhattan district attorney's office.
$89,553
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association · Boulder, CO · 2023
To conduct research that assesses the impact of college closures on students' educational outcomes and identifies which policies best mitigate the potential harms of closures.
$84,105
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2023
To conduct research using real-time commercial real estate data to evaluate the impact of opportunity zone designations on economic outcomes.
$68,496
Institute for Exceptional Care · Washington, DC · 2023
To develop a consumer-informed framework of the outcomes that matter most to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
$64,630
University of Florida Board of Trustees · Gainesville, FL · 2023
To research outcomes-based funding policy designs on the return on investment in higher education.
$13,988
Impact for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2023
To produce a paper that analyzes the use and outcomes of traffic stops in chicago.
$10,000
US Department of Education · Washington, DC · 2023
To support dept of ed's completion summit series that will highlight best practices in improving completion and maximizing student outcomes.
$968,979
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2022
To support expansion of the lantern project, a scalable model for data-driven decision-making to help safely reduce supervision revocations and achieve better supervision outcomes.
$838,926
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
To conduct a comprehensive outcome evaluation for oregon measure 110.
$714,127
Community Resources for Justice · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the implementation of policy changes to safely reduce revocations and improve community supervision outcomes.
$580,172
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2022
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
$571,055
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2022
To support a randomized controlled trial of public safety outcomes through reduced supervision conditions.
$375,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2022
To support a two-state pilot for improving outcomes of frequent utiliziers of public systems.
$351,352
Mathematica · Princeton, NJ · 2022
To support the extension of a randomized controlled trial of kipp middle schools and their long-term outcomes.
$319,378
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To pilot a project aimed at improving outcomes for youth ages 16 to 24 who are out of school and work in chicago.
$237,178
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
To support research on the role of safety net policies and occupational licensing restrictions on reintegration outcomes.
$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.
$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.
$162,456
Institute for Exceptional Care · Washington, DC · 2022
To develop a consumer-informed framework of the outcomes that matter most to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
$158,455
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2022
To study policy interventions to deliver better outcomes for people on probation, their families and their communities.
$150,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To develop state and federal policy recommendations that remove barriers and provide incentives for community colleges to increase their focus on post-graduation outcomes, based on roi research.
$125,000
The American Legion · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
To support advocacy for increased accountability in higher education, to improve outcomes for student veterans.
$90,611
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To study how the shift toward non-prosecution of non-violent misdemeanors affects panel system outcomes by race/ethnicity.
$69,940
Impact for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2022
To produce a paper that analyzes the use and outcomes of traffic stops in chicago.
$50,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To help evaluate the impact of a hybrid learning model created by an education partnership on student outcomes.
$24,707
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the development of outcomes-based accountability metrics for colleges.
$19,752
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2022
To support research assessing the advantages and disadvantages of repayment rate outcome measures.
$19,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
To conduct a randomized controlled trial on the effects of legal financial obligations on criminal defendants' recidivism and other life outcomes.
$13,559
Healthpartners Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
To study the feasibility of implementing a patient-reported outcome tool.
$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.
$6,697
University of Florida Board of Trustees · Gainesville, FL · 2022
To support an analysis of outcomes in online postsecondary education nationwide.
$4,386
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To fund a study of the effects of vertical and horizontal defense representation models on case and criminal justice outcomes.
$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
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.
$250,000
The American Legion · Indianapolis, IN · 2020
To support advocacy for increased accountability in higher education, to improve outcomes for student veterans.
$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.
$133,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2020
To support a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of the pathways from prison to postsecondary education program on postsecondary education and recidivism outcomes.
$111,859
Thrive Chicago Nfp · 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.
$100,000
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2020
To support research assessing the advantages and disadvantages of repayment rate outcome measures.
$98,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2020
To conduct an analysis of supervision policies and outcomes in washington state.
$92,169
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2020
To develop bipartisan policy recommendations to improve institutional responsibility for student outcomes.
$80,685
Institute for Women'S Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2020
To support a feasibility study to set up the first rigorous evaluation regarding the impact of affordable, campus-based child care on educational outcomes.
$77,650
University of Florida Board of Trustees · Gainesville, FL · 2020
To study state higher education performance-based funding policies on college access, success, and labor market outcomes.
$65,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To support analysis of short-term postsecondary programs and their outcomes for college students.
$39,960
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2020
To conduct research on the process and outcomes of 911 calls for service.
$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.
$13,341
Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2020
To rigorously analyze the benefits of entering a four-year public college versus a two-year college on outcomes such as labor force participation, income, debt, and loan repayment.
$8,453
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2020
To research plea bargaining practices and sentencing outcomes in the district attorney's office in durham county, north carolina.
$2,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2020
To conduct a randomized controlled trial on the effects of legal financial obligations on criminal defendants' recidivism and other life outcomes.

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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