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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.

134 grants matching “prices” · $30.8M

$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
$812,502
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2024
To provide technical assistance for states implementing pharmaceutical policy interventions that lower drug prices.
$555,000
United States of Care Campaign · Washington, DC · 2024
To engage stakeholders on hospital pricing practices.
$390,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To estimate the effects of state cost growth benchmarks on health care spending, prices, and premiums.
$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
$300,000
Financial Services Stakeholder Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support research and education on private equity (pe) investment in the health care sector to provide expanded transparency and analysis about its role in health care, focusing the impact of pe on provider pricing an… read allTo support research and education on private equity (pe) investment in the health care sector to provide expanded transparency and analysis about its role in health care, focusing the impact of pe on provider pricing and consolidation issues in the commercial market, including on the role of pe in the use of anticompetitive practices, surprise billing, rural health, and pe health care roll ups, among others. less
$285,650
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2024
To address the impact of high provider prices on patients and their families.
$280,434
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
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
$270,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
To make the transparency in coverage data (i.e., health insurer price transparency) more available to a wide audience including policymakers and researchers by standardizing the data and publishing files for public use.
$270,000
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2024
To provide policymakers and their staff with nonpartisan, evidence-based resources related to commercial prices, including hospital and providers consolidation and competition, as well as technical assistance related to… read allTo provide policymakers and their staff with nonpartisan, evidence-based resources related to commercial prices, including hospital and providers consolidation and competition, as well as technical assistance related to lowering healthcare prices in the united states. less
$230,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To conduct follow-on research that examines the effects of vertical integration between hospitals and physicians on a broad set of outcomes, including on unaffiliated community-based hospitals' prices and clinical advan… read allTo conduct follow-on research that examines the effects of vertical integration between hospitals and physicians on a broad set of outcomes, including on unaffiliated community-based hospitals' prices and clinical advantages and disadvantages. less
$177,314
Catalyst for Payment Reform · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To support a state policy assessment pilot to advance state-specific policy recommendations that address health care pricing in three states.
$132,613
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To provide non-partisan technical assistance to help states implement policies to address high health care prices.
$125,000
Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine · Topsham, ME · 2024
To leverage hospital price and financial data and other price-related tools (e.g., nashp's hospital cost tool, sage transparency, catalyst for payment reform's policy pathway report) to engage and support policymakers a… read allTo leverage hospital price and financial data and other price-related tools (e.g., nashp's hospital cost tool, sage transparency, catalyst for payment reform's policy pathway report) to engage and support policymakers and purchasers on effective policy. less
$99,200
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To assess how list prices affect out-of-pocket costs, formulary coverage, and negotiated prices in prescription drug markets.
$89,887
Catalyst for Payment Reform · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To convene a workgroup to consider the issue of out-of-network pricing and recommend market-based and public policy solutions, with the overall goal of identifying opportunities to mitigate the high and unpredictable co… read allTo convene a workgroup to consider the issue of out-of-network pricing and recommend market-based and public policy solutions, with the overall goal of identifying opportunities to mitigate the high and unpredictable costs for purchasers and their plan members of out-of-network health services. less
$86,880
Institute for Nonprofit News · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024
To create and communicate stories covering topics related to commercial sector prices.
$71,153
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support work in bringing greater visibility to the business practices, financial incentives, and other market forces that drive up health care prices.
$64,000
Lighthouse Policy Group Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
To research state public option programs and related policies aimed at limiting excessive provider prices.
$50,000
Washington Center for Equitable Growth · Washington, DC · 2024
To elevate the public policy discussion on health care consolidation and its impact on health care prices, and identify policy solutions to address consolidation and anticompetitive conduct.
$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
$31,716
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2024
To strengthen state legislatures' capacity to consider policies that address rising commercial sector prices.
$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.
$28,130
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support a health affairs series to increase understanding surrounding high health care prices as a primary driver of health care costs for those with private insurance.
$19,167
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
To research, test, and disseminate best practices for lowering health care prices.
$16,443
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To conduct economic analysis to identify markets that have anticompetitive prices, high total cost of care or low health care quality.
$16,372
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To support research analyzing u.s. Drug pricing compared to pricing in other countries for certain drugs.
$15,160
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To analyze literature and develop a new approach to estimating research and development costs on drug innovation and prices.
$13,130
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
To assess commercial pricing trends in rural hospital markets and assess how rural hospital closures impact prices at near by facilities.
$12,249
Global Health Payment Llc · Towson, MD · 2024
To research best practices of state approaches to healthcare price regulation.
$10,917
University of Maryland Baltimore County · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To create an evidence base for payer price transparency.
$615,000
United States of Care Campaign · Washington, DC · 2023
To engage stakeholders on hospital pricing practices.
$600,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To provide non-partisan technical assistance to states to develop and implement policies that address high health care prices and to disseminate related research, policy tools, and lessons learned.
$570,667
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support work in bringing greater visibility to the business practices, financial incentives, and other market forces that drive up healthcare prices.
$550,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To research medical pricing practices.
$450,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To provide non-partisan technical assistance to help states implement policies to address high healthcare prices.
$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.
$389,050
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
To address the impact of high provider prices on patients and their families.
$360,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To support research, policy, and technical assistance on policy-relevant issues including health insurer price transparency, price regulation, competition and consolidation.
$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.
$250,000
Washington Center for Equitable Growth · Washington, DC · 2023
To elevate the public policy discussion on health care consolidation and its impact on health care prices, and identify policy solutions to address consolidation and anticompetitive conduct.
$250,000
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To conduct economic analysis to identify markets that have anticompetitive prices, high total cost of care or low health care quality.
$250,000
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To engage stakeholders on hospital pricing practices.
$208,874
Waxman Consulting · Washington, DC · 2023
To provide policy development, technical assistance and education on commercial sector prices and provider payment incentives.
$180,000
Project Hope · Bethesda, MD · 2023
To continue a featured series in health affairs forefront to promote greater understanding on addressing high health care prices as the main driver of health care costs for the privately-insured population.
$158,579
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2023
To strengthen state legislatures' capacity to consider policies that address rising commercial sector prices.
$148,575
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2023
To research, test, and disseminate best practices for lowering health care prices.
$146,176
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To support the purpose of tracking the adoption, pricing, consumer cost sharing, and total spending for biosimilars linked to six blockbuster oncology products over a 5-year study period.
$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.
$137,000
Global Health Payment Llc · Towson, MD · 2023
To research best practices of state approaches to healthcare price regulation.
$125,000
Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine · Topsham, ME · 2023
To review financial data and other price-related tools to engage and support policymakers on effective policy.
$115,000
Public Interest Patent Law Institute · La Quinta, CA · 2023
To develop policy proposals, educational materials, and research papers on the u.s. Patent system's impact on the prices of pharmaceutical and biologic products and reforms that will enable the system to promote equitab… read allTo develop policy proposals, educational materials, and research papers on the u.s. Patent system's impact on the prices of pharmaceutical and biologic products and reforms that will enable the system to promote equitable access and market competition. less
$99,114
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To assess how list prices affect out-of-pocket costs, formulary coverage, and negotiated prices in prescription drug markets.
$94,487
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
To research the impacts of the 340b drug pricing program on physician-administered drug prices and drug administration for a large population of privately insured patients.
$87,000
Lighthouse Policy Group Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
To research state public option programs and related policies aimed at limiting excessive provider prices.
$75,709
Purchaser Business Group On Health · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To educate the policymakers, employers and the media on health care pricing.
$63,893
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2023
To assess commercial pricing trends in rural hospital markets and assess how rural hospital closures impact prices at nearby facilities.
$58,157
University of California College of the Law San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To analyze policy solutions for addressing consolidation and high health care prices at the state level.
$39,962
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To examine predatory billing practices and pursue universal hospital billing quality metrics as well as transparent prices.
$25,685
The Century Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
To develop and advance policies to lower health care prices through an equity lens.
$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.
$25,000
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2023
To support nonpartisan educational resource for policymakers and key stakeholders on policy ideas to address prescription drug pricing and other similar issues.
$21,067
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support research into hospital financial metrics and their impacts on commercial prices.
$13,005
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
To support a white paper exploring trends on provider prices and consolidation in support of coalition efforts to lower health care prices.
$9,955
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2023
To examine the 340b drug discount program's impact on drug pricing.
$9,814
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To support research on the market-wide impacts of tiered network health plans on physician prices and referrals.
$5,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To support a conference, a prescription for the future of drug pricing.
$1.0M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To research and develop policies on surprise medical billing, analyze the relationship between private equity and commercial health care prices, and develop affordability policies and strategies to reduce health care pr… read allTo research and develop policies on surprise medical billing, analyze the relationship between private equity and commercial health care prices, and develop affordability policies and strategies to reduce health care prices. less
$832,397
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2022
To provide technical assistance for states implementing pharmaceutical policy interventions that lower drug prices.
$674,291
Purchaser Business Group On Health · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To educate the policymakers, employers and the media on health care pricing.
$570,667
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support work in bringing greater visibility to the business practices, financial incentives, and other market forces that drive up health care prices.
$400,000
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To conduct economic analysis to identify markets that have anticompetitive prices, high total cost of care or low health care quality.
$388,833
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
To research and examine the impacts of vertical integration on physician pricing and behavior, the effect of hospital consolidation on the labor market, and the impact of private equity acquisitions in health care.
$324,589
Catalyst for Payment Reform · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To support a state policy assessment pilot to advance state-specific policy recommendations that address health care pricing in three states.
$320,000
University of California College of the Law · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To analyze policy solutions for addressing consolidation and high health care prices at the state level.
$312,258
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2022
To research, test, and disseminate best practices for lowering health care prices.
$275,139
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To research the effect of health insurer acquisition of physicians and ambulatory surgery centers on prices, costs, and the quality of medical care.
$250,000
Washington Center for Equitable Growth · Washington, DC · 2022
To elevate the public policy discussion on health care consolidation and its impact on health care prices, and identify policy solutions to address consolidation and anticompetitive conduct.
$226,570
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022
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.
$189,203
Waxman Consulting · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide policy development, technical assistance and education on commercial sector prices and provider payment incentives.
$173,000
Lighthouse Policy Group Llc · Washington, DC · 2022
To research state public option programs and related policies aimed at limiting excessive provider prices.
$171,870
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2022
To support a health affairs series to increase understanding surrounding high health care prices as a primary driver of health care costs for those with private insurance.
$145,000
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2022
To support nonpartisan educational resource for policymakers and key stakeholders on policy ideas to address prescription drug pricing and other similar issues.
$144,942
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2022
To support nonpartisan, evidence-informed resources relating to commercial health care prices.
$142,601
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To produce nonpartisan, educational analyses, policy briefs, and explainers examining the effect of proposed health policy changes on prices, costs and affordability.
$140,925
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To support the purpose of tracking the adoption, pricing, consumer cost sharing, and total spending for biosimilars linked to six blockbuster oncology products over a 5-year study period.
$140,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To examine predatory billing practices and pursue universal hospital billing quality metrics as well as transparent prices.
$134,788
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
To research the impacts of the 340b drug pricing program on physician-administered drug prices and drug administration for a large population of privately insured patients.
$112,580
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To support research analyzing u.s. Drug pricing compared to pricing in other countries for certain drugs.
$110,000
Integrated Healthdata Systems · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2022
To help identify monopolistic health systems that gained large market share and raised prices and quantify the impact of that market manipulation.
$89,595
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2022
To examine the 340b drug discount program's impact on drug pricing.
$86,733
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
To research biologic prices, spending, and utilization of physician-administered drugs in the commercial market.
$81,211
University of Maryland Baltimore County · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To create an evidence base for payer price transparency.
$72,311
Waxman Consulting · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide nonpartisan information and technical assistance to stakeholders to help lower prescription drug prices and commercial sector prices.
$70,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To support a white paper exploring trends on provider prices and consolidation in support of coalition efforts to lower health care prices.
$61,911
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2022
To assess commercial pricing trends in rural hospital markets and assess how rural hospital closures impact prices at near by facilities.
$58,802
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To analyze the effects of private equity and physician management acquisitions on prices, costs, and quality.
$47,500
United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
To develop educational materials to highlight common patent abuse tactics used to keep lower costs generics and biosimilar products out of the marketplace and improve consumer and stakeholder understanding of drug prici… read allTo develop educational materials to highlight common patent abuse tactics used to keep lower costs generics and biosimilar products out of the marketplace and improve consumer and stakeholder understanding of drug pricing issues ripe for reform. less
$42,303
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To analyze policy options to lower hospital prices and examine the implications on the privately insured population.
$27,874
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To examine the impact of biosimilar competition on biologic prices.
$14,453
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022
To analyze the relationship between prices, regulations, and investments in prescription drugs.
$10,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To evaluate hospital compliance with federal hospital price transparency rules.
$7,046
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To compare net prices for u.s. Prescription drugs against other high-income countries.
$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.
$1.1M
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
$700,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2020
To analyze the affects of private equity and physician management acquisitions on prices, costs, and quality.
$600,000
Pacific Business Group On Health · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To launch an employer-led initiative to highlight the impact of high health care prices on businesses.
$450,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2020
To analyze policy options to lower hospital prices and examine the implications on the privately insured population.
$350,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2020
To research and examine the impacts of vertical integration on physician pricing and behavior, the effect of hospital consolidation on the labor market, and the impact of private equity acquisitions in health care.
$300,000
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To produce nonpartisan, educational analyses, policy briefs, and explainers examining the effect of proposed health policy changes on prices, costs and affordability.
$250,000
Doctors for America · Washington, DC · 2020
To develop a physician-centered coalition that will educate the public and key stakeholders about prescription drug pricing in the united states.
$250,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2020
To analyze literature and develop a new approach to estimating research and development costs on drug innovation and prices.
$200,000
Waxman Consulting · Washington, DC · 2020
To inform ongoing investigations into pharmaceutical industry pricing practices.
$200,000
The Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To support research and technical assistance efforts related to carbon pricing policies in canada and china.
$195,000
Health Care Cost Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To research the difference in medicare rates versus commercial prices for providers.
$170,501
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2020
To provide nonpartisan policy recommendations and technical support to interested states related to reducing health care prices.
$130,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2020
To compare net prices for u.s. Prescription drugs against other high-income countries.
$130,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To examine the impact of biosimilar competition on biologic prices.
$120,000
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2020
To educate policymakers and stakeholders on drug pricing and surprise billing policies.
$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.
$117,877
T1international USA · Indianapolis, IN · 2020
To support efforts to educate people about rising prescription drug prices.
$112,006
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2020
To study the impact of extending reference pricing incentives to high-cost specialty pharmaceutical classes and physician-administered drugs.
$106,653
Center for Health Policy Development · Portland, ME · 2020
To support the launch of the center for prescription drug price action.
$90,000
Healthpartners Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To analyze the characteristics and consequences of off patent, non-competitive drugs, and assist policymakers in developing policy proposals to address price spikes common among these types of drugs.
$74,648
Health Care for All · Boston, MA · 2020
To educate the public, policymakers, and key stakeholders about drug price increases and increased drug pricing transparency, and strengthen efforts to counter marketing efforts by the pharmaceutical industry.
$57,981
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To evaluate policies intended to lower prices for health care services including a public option and price regulation.
$48,106
Manatt Phelps and Phillips Llp · Washington, DC · 2020
To convene stakeholders to discuss policy solutions for addressing high health care prices.
$47,208
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2020
To analyze policy options related to reference pricing and patent and market exclusivity.
$40,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To analyze the impact of patient assistance programs on prescription drug pricing in the united states.
$36,318
The Foundation for Research On Equal Opportunity · Austin, TX · 2020
To analyze policies and help inform the policy discussion surrounding hospital prices in highly concentrated markets.
$30,079
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2020
To evaluate how competition in the u.s. Pharmaceutical market through the introduction of new insulin products affects the price of insulin.
$19,530
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2020
To partner with the regents of the university of california, berkeley to study the impact of minimum wage policies on producer prices.
$9,497
Waxman Consulting · Washington, DC · 2020
To create an evidence-base to support the policy debate related to high prescription drug pricing.

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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