Funding search · Laura and John Arnold Foundation · grants
Laura and John Arnold Foundation: all 2,588 grants
Largest first · $754.5M across 2020–2024 · back to the overview
- $85,000
Tides Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support grantee's community justice project to further develop and expand its city violence prevention index report.
- $84,897
Regents of the University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
To provide data analysis and descriptive information on charging and release decisions to inform policy decision-making in the state of new mexico.
- $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.
- $84,000
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2023
To plan a multi-site randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of implementing a bodyworn-video analysis tool for supervision.
- $83,848
University of Maryland Baltimore · College Park, MD · 2024
To support early career scholars from diverse backgrounds and high-quality research on improving justice and fairness in community supervision.
- $83,302
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2023
To identify and strengthen partnerships with jurisdictions - particularly states or multiple jurisdictions within states - that show potential for participating in rigorous quantitative or mixed-methods studies of pretr… read allTo identify and strengthen partnerships with jurisdictions - particularly states or multiple jurisdictions within states - that show potential for participating in rigorous quantitative or mixed-methods studies of pretrial release conditions. less
- $83,238
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
To develop a research protocol for quasi-experimental, causal analysis to assess the impact of pretrial supervision and support services on pretrial failures, jail bookings and detention lengths, case dispositions, sent… read allTo develop a research protocol for quasi-experimental, causal analysis to assess the impact of pretrial supervision and support services on pretrial failures, jail bookings and detention lengths, case dispositions, sentence lengths, and post-disposition recidivism. less
- $83,140
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To research and support the establishment of model substance use disorder treatment program licensure and accreditation policies.
- $83,066
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024
To convene academics and pennsylvania department of corrections staff on the topic of current correctional practices and policies and areas for future research.
- $82,800
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To conduct and disseminate research on the structure of federal financing for graduate and professional programs, with the goal of informing possible reforms to federal financing and accountability frameworks.
- $82,708
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2024
To curate a special issue within a peer reviewed journal addressing the impact of gun violence on women.
- $82,210
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To evaluate the intended and unintended consequences of proliferating state policies to limit unnecessary opioid prescribing, particularly policies designed to increase provider use of prescription drug monitoring progr… read allTo evaluate the intended and unintended consequences of proliferating state policies to limit unnecessary opioid prescribing, particularly policies designed to increase provider use of prescription drug monitoring programs. less
- $82,189
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide technical assistance to two states seeking to reform grant aid.
- $82,027
Abortion Care Network · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To pilot and evaluate a contraception gap fund and professional development program to support women's healthcare providers.
- $81,657
Pennsylvania Prison Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support coordination of uniform metrics and monitoring practices in illinois and new york.
- $81,431
Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice · Montgomery, AL · 2024
To provide a descriptive analysis of a pilot intervention designed to increase compliance with orders to pay fines and fees, and eliminate racial disparities in debt accumulation.
- $81,355
Harris County Texas · Houston, TX · 2020
To provide technical assistance to significantly reduce youth involvement and racial disparities in harris county's justice system.
- $81,211
University of Maryland Baltimore County · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To create an evidence base for payer price transparency.
- $81,000
Small Business Majority Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To explore small business owner sentiment on fair chance hiring.
- $80,995
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2023
To evaluate the lifeskills training substance abuse prevention program in minnesota.
- $80,995
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2022
To evaluate the lifeskills training substance abuse prevention program in minnesota.
- $80,930
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
To support a randomized controlled trial of a program designed to reduce maternal depression and improve early cognitive development.
- $80,719
New York University · New York, NY · 2020
To conduct a civil rights and civil liberties audit of a six-month pilot test of the aerial investigative research program in baltimore, maryland.
- $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.
- $80,635
London School of Economics and Political Science · 2023
To support identification of policies to reduce tax evasion.
- $80,379
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2023
To examine how disasters reveal the pre-existing and routine strains of criminal legal involvement for individuals on community supervision.
- $80,338
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To track and evaluate policy changes and provide research to guide statewide reforms in california, including covid-19 policies.
- $80,334
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
To determine the feasibility of conducting a clustered randomized controlled trial of probation supervision.
- $80,312
Regents of the University of California at Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2024
This project uses synthetic controls to evaluate the impact of banning pretextual police stops and a difference-in-differences design to evaluate the impact of federal training for local law enforcement on how to make p… read allThis project uses synthetic controls to evaluate the impact of banning pretextual police stops and a difference-in-differences design to evaluate the impact of federal training for local law enforcement on how to make pretextual stops. less
- $80,182
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
To support a randomized controlled trial of the peer navigator program for emergency department opioid overdose patients in rhode island, with the goal of identifying programs that reduce the rate of recurrent overdose … read allTo support a randomized controlled trial of the peer navigator program for emergency department opioid overdose patients in rhode island, with the goal of identifying programs that reduce the rate of recurrent overdose and overdose death. less
- $80,099
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To fund a randomized controlled trial of a math tutoring program for ninth grade students in high poverty high schools.
- $80,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To research the extent of profit-shifting to low-tax jurisdictions by u.s. Multinational corporations.
- $80,000
Trustees of the Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2024
To examine the effect of housing subsidies, including the relative effectiveness of different forms of housing subsidies, on the likelihood of intimate partner violence.
- $80,000
Justice System Partners · South Easton, MA · 2023
To convene prosecutors and researchers from across the country with the goal of amplifying and supporting their collaboration
- $80,000
Psl Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2023
To support policyengine, by enhancing policyengine's microsimulation model via including labor supply elasticities.
- $80,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
To conduct and disseminate timely, policy-relevant research on higher education accountability.
- $80,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2022
To identify barriers to contraceptive access in medicaid managed care and develop policies to strengthen access to care.
- $80,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To conduct a study evaluating whether data from unified enrollment systems can be used to rigorously measure school quality.
- $80,000
Medicines360 · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To examine how prescription drugs can be developed by a nonprofit company.
- $80,000
The Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2020
To provide the bureau of justice assistance with the staff capacity to adequately administer a competitive grant program designed to assist populations at risk from the opioid epidemic.
- $80,000
University of Kentucky Research Foundation · Lexington, KY · 2020
To support an evaluation of labor market returns of short-term credentials in higher education.
- $80,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
To evaluate the increasing role of enhanced plans in medicare part d.
- $79,908
Justice System Partners · South Easton, MA · 2020
To study probation revocation reform in two judicial districts in iowa.
- $79,693
University of California College of the Law San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To conduct research to assess the unique effects that academic medical center ("amcs") acquisitions may be having on health care markets and the policies that may enable amcs to evade antitrust oversight.
- $79,570
Hope Glassberg Llc · Dobbs Ferry, NY · 2023
To develop key policy recommendations aimed at strengthening the infrastructure for federally qualified health centers to participate in population-based payment models.
- $79,280
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To drive attention to the issue of medicare solvency and sustainability and make the case for meaningful medicare reforms through robust analysis and development of effective policy options.
- $79,154
Tufts Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2024
To conduct an evaluation to measure the level of racial inequality in the use of low-value care and to quantify the harms associated with low-value care across the medicare population and by racial-ethnic groups.
- $78,621
Police Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2020
To create nonpartisan, democratic norms that define the roles and responsibilities of police around election day.
- $78,400
The Gault Center · Washington, DC · 2024
To advance juvenile fines and fees reform.
- $78,000
Curators of the University of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2020
To support a randomized controlled trial of a mentoring program for recent college dropouts.
- $77,651
University of Arkansas System · Little Rock, AR · 2024
To study crisis stabilization units in arkansas.
- $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.
- $77,600
Equal Justice USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To support the dissemination of a report and host a related convening on lessons learned from newark's efforts to reduce violence.
- $77,487
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To fund a randomized controlled trial of a math tutoring program for ninth grade students in high poverty high schools.
- $77,292
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support researching and analyzing the medicare advantage program.
- $76,928
Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2020
To fund a follow-up randomized controlled trial comparing full-day preschool to half-day preschool.
- $76,754
Justice Innovation · New York, NY · 2022
To support a national roundtable dedicated to fostering leading-edge thinking in the justice policy space of reentry and reintegration.
- $76,522
Justice System Partners · South Easton, MA · 2024
To conduct research to understand drivers of prosecutorial decision-making across key decision points.
- $76,431
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy · Bethesda, MD · 2024
To support content development and no-spin summaries of program evaluations aimed at policy and research audiences.
- $76,337
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2020
To evaluate the implementation and testing of a syringe service program based model for linking patients with opioid use disorder to medication assisted treatment.
- $76,323
Community Resources for Justice · Boston, MA · 2022
To conduct surveys of salt lake county, utah; davidson county, tennessee; and jefferson county, kentucky defendants and to conduct a mixed methods study to examine the reasons for failure to appear.
- $76,321
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
To provide educational and nonpartisan technical assistance to north carolina to develop an integrated care model for dual-eligible individuals.
- $76,290
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York City, NY · 2024
To support implementation and expansion of the critical time intervention program to prevent recurrent homelessness in people with severe mental illness.
- $76,290
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2022
To support implementation and expansion of the critical time intervention program to prevent recurrent homelessness in people with severe mental illness.
- $75,951
Justice Initiative of Texas · Austin, TX · 2024
To conduct research and create a publicly available dataset documenting and analyzing the circumstances under which people are dying in the custody of texas prisons and jails, with the overall goal of improving transpar… read allTo conduct research and create a publicly available dataset documenting and analyzing the circumstances under which people are dying in the custody of texas prisons and jails, with the overall goal of improving transparency, accountability, and equity in the criminal justice system and improving carceral conditions. less
- $75,709
Purchaser Business Group On Health · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To educate the policymakers, employers and the media on health care pricing.
- $75,672
Loyola University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support a national institute of justice-funded process and impact evaluation of illinois's pretrial fairness act.
- $75,336
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York City, NY · 2024
To devise and implement strategies to reduce revocation of probation and parole.
- $75,276
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To analyze the health impacts of an institutional sales ban on sugar-sweetened beverages.
- $75,236
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
To create a publicly-available, web-based compendium of policy options for the medicare advantage and medicare part d programs.
- $75,121
Economic Mobility Corporation · New York, NY · 2022
To conduct a randomized controlled trial of the expansion of the asap program in two west virginia community colleges.
- $75,000
Council On Criminal Justice · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To develop an initiative that improves information sharing across cities and strengthens government capacity to respond to crises, with the overall goal of enabling mayors to be effective and trusted leaders in creating… read allTo develop an initiative that improves information sharing across cities and strengthens government capacity to respond to crises, with the overall goal of enabling mayors to be effective and trusted leaders in creating and sustaining public safety. less
- $75,000
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2024
To (i) compile and provide educational and non-partisan information and resources about value-based payment reforms in health care at the state level; (ii) educate state legislators and legislative staff about policy op… read allTo (i) compile and provide educational and non-partisan information and resources about value-based payment reforms in health care at the state level; (ii) educate state legislators and legislative staff about policy options that further value-based payment reforms in health care; and (iii) provide technical assistance to state legislators and legislative staff related to same. less
- $75,000
New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To develop and disseminate a guide to federal workforce development investments, policies, and practices.
- $75,000
Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers · Camden, NJ · 2023
To support national consumer scholars program.
- $75,000
Center for Health Care Strategies · Hamilton, NJ · 2023
To support grantee's better care playbook initiative and its work providing educational resources and other innovative tools supporting dual-eligible healthcare beneficiaries in obtaining efficient and equitable healthc… read allTo support grantee's better care playbook initiative and its work providing educational resources and other innovative tools supporting dual-eligible healthcare beneficiaries in obtaining efficient and equitable healthcare services. less
- $75,000
Justleadershipusa · New York, NY · 2023
To support the official launch event for the justus coordinating council.
- $75,000
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2023
To support the long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of bottom line, a program that helps low-income students get into and graduate from college.
- $75,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2023
To produce updates of the confined and costly report on the impact of revocations on state prison populations.
- $75,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support analysis on a range of issues related to implementing the public option in the employer markets in three states.
- $75,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support the development of strategies to increase housing access for people with criminal records.
- $75,000
Waxman Consulting · Washington, DC · 2023
To convene a cross section of stakeholders focused on implementing policies to streamline medicaid participation for people preparing for release from incarceration.
- $75,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
To support a randomized controlled trial of a program designed to reduce maternal depression and improve early cognitive development.
- $75,000
National Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2022
To pilot a model in the state of california that aims to reduce the number of low risk youth on probation.
- $75,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To study the impact of a public option on connecticut's health care market.
- $75,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2022
To conduct research and create a policy framework for a new approach to juvenile supervision.
- $75,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
To support an evaluation of the impact of a 2006 policy change that uncapped graduate student loans.
- $75,000
Tides Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support the community justice reform coalition in creating a website that publishes information about grant funding for community violence intervention and prevention.
- $75,000
Just Detention International · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
To support corrections leadership in reimagining the u.s. Prison system.
- $75,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2020
To support successful reentry in the wake of covid-19 and improve the health and safety of people living and working behind walls.
- $75,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2020
To support the square one project to reassess the nation's approach to crime.
- $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.
- $74,550
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To support an interactive research feature that will identify revenue sources to replace revenues generated from fines, fees, and forfeitures.
- $73,862
University of North Carolina System Office · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
To support the student success innovation lab and its efforts to facilitate evaluations of pilot programs of postsecondary student success interventions.
- $73,767
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
To conduct research and policy analysis related to public pension programs.
- $73,711
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
To research policy options to facilitate a competitive landscape for cell and gene therapies.
- $72,848
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2020
To conduct a randomized controlled trial in allegheny county, pennsylvania on the impact of having a public defender at a criminal defendants preliminary arraignment.
- $72,762
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2020
To fund a randomized controlled trial of a math tutoring program for ninth grade students in high poverty high schools.
- $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.
- $71,941
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
To measure the causal effects of policy changes for people with low-level misdemeanor charges in two north carolina counties.

