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
- $71,509
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2023
To support research on the strengths and limitations of the national state health insurance assistance program (ship).
- $71,500
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022
To support policy analysis and research focused on economic growth for puerto rico.
- $71,250
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To evaluate the causal impact of the lawndale christian legal center's holistic defense model.
- $71,203
The Regents of the University of California Merced · Oakland, CA · 2024
To support two research projects focused in the area of consumer protection and equity in higher education
- $71,196
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To identify unmet contraceptive need and barriers to care in communities of color.
- $71,179
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
To study prosecutorial discretion when making diversion decisions and client perceptions of diversion.
- $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.
- $71,013
Advancing States · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the advancing states' hcbs conference.
- $70,500
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To research the efficient design of economic regulation on the united states.
- $70,244
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
To address a lack of research on the impact of correctional oversight by providing an applied econometric framework that researchers can use in the future to design studies that measure the value of oversight; overall g… read allTo address a lack of research on the impact of correctional oversight by providing an applied econometric framework that researchers can use in the future to design studies that measure the value of oversight; overall goal of helping inform efforts to increase the transparency, accessibility, and accountability of prisons. less
- $70,192
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
To be used by the wren collective to examine the causes of inadequate public defense in five jurisdictions, rural and urban.
- $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
- $70,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To quantitively evaluate the $800 billion paycheck protection program.
- $70,000
Millennial Debt Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
To convene stakeholders on federal debt-related issues.
- $70,000
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To convene stakeholders to improve program integrity in government programs.
- $70,000
Loyola University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
To estimate the impact of the safe-t act and better understand the effects of bail reform legislation.
- $70,000
Mass Design Group · Boston, MA · 2022
To improve the well-being of people living and working in correctional facilities.
- $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.
- $70,000
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
To support identification of policies to reduce tax evasion by high-income earners.
- $70,000
Aspiration · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To support the collaborative knowledge foundation.
- $70,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To assess challenges and opportunities of design choices for federal program-level metrics to advance accountability and transparency in higher education.
- $70,000
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2020
To support a randomized controlled trial of the mobile crisis assistance team behavioral health unit.
- $69,940
Impact for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2022
To produce a paper that analyzes the use and outcomes of traffic stops in chicago.
- $69,843
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
To improve transparency in clinical trials.
- $69,746
University of Maryland Baltimore · College Park, MD · 2024
To support the racial democracy, crime, and justice network's annual research symposium, with the overall goal of bringing together researchers and practitioners to disseminate research.
- $69,700
Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice · Montgomery, AL · 2022
To support research on traffic stops and their collateral consequences in alabama.
- $69,510
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
To support the 2022 prison law and advocacy conference.
- $69,190
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
To fund a randomized controlled trial of literacy first.
- $68,590
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
To support a conference that brings together prosecutors from around the southeast, researchers, community leaders, and directly impacted people to foster a discussion around the unique challenges and opportunities that… read allTo support a conference that brings together prosecutors from around the southeast, researchers, community leaders, and directly impacted people to foster a discussion around the unique challenges and opportunities that exist with prosecution in the south, with the overall goals of shining a light on the landscape of southern prosecution, engaging prosecutors who are not typically brought to the table to discuss reform, and fostering a hub for data-based studies of the impact of prosecutor policies in southern jurisdictions. less
- $68,561
Anne Tumlinson Innovations Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
To support hawaii in implementing a fully integrated dual eligible special needs plan.
- $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.
- $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.
- $68,366
The Regents of the University of California San Diego · Oakland, CA · 2023
To support long-term follow-up of chicago heights early childhood center randomized controlled trial.
- $67,826
Economic Mobility Corporation · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial of the expansion of the asap program in two west virginia community colleges.
- $67,808
University of Washington · Chicago, IL · 2023
To identify and prioritize research needs and research projects arising from the united states supreme court's decision in new york state rifle & pistol association, inc v. Bruen.
- $67,798
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
To improve the effectiveness of alternatives to enforcement and reallocation of public safety resources.
- $67,594
Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To support a feasibility study and pilot trial of a campus hunger relief program at 52 campuses.
- $67,500
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support the 2024 chicago fair chance national conference which will bring together practitioners, policy-makers, funders, and researchers, with the overall goal of cultivating a forum for sharing new business and non… read allTo support the 2024 chicago fair chance national conference which will bring together practitioners, policy-makers, funders, and researchers, with the overall goal of cultivating a forum for sharing new business and non-profit support practices that impact fair chance hiring. less
- $67,088
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2022
To support a randomized controlled trial of educational liaison, a dropout prevention program for high school students in foster care.
- $66,694
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To improve the value of higher education.
- $66,668
Justice in Aging · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct a legal analysis in massachusetts for program elements of the states one care program.
- $66,633
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
To conduct the first comprehensive study of how law enforcement agencies are responding to the opioid overdose crisis.
- $65,800
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To document municipal infraction enforcement and the debt burden it produces in six california counties.
- $65,756
Abt Global Llc · Rockville, MD · 2023
For the extended follow-up of two randomized controlled trials to evaluate the impact of year up's professional training corps.
- $65,603
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
To provide expertise and technical assistance on gender-based violence.
- $65,349
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
To support the columbia justice lab's evaluation of the human and fiscal costs of incarceration in manhattan to inform criminal justice policy.
- $65,262
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund Aka Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
To support a white paper on sheriffs' office reform and accountability efforts.
- $65,217
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To develop evidence-based commentaries related to health care affordability.
- $65,100
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
To support the jail data initiative, the only large-scale effort to collect and provide up-to-date jail data nationwide, with the overall goal of enhancing transparency and understanding the drivers and consequences of … read allTo support the jail data initiative, the only large-scale effort to collect and provide up-to-date jail data nationwide, with the overall goal of enhancing transparency and understanding the drivers and consequences of pretrial detention. less
- $65,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2023
To conduct research to examine the trends in hourly wages to better understand the evolution of economic progress and material living standards in the u.s.
- $65,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To support analysis of short-term postsecondary programs and their outcomes for college students.
- $65,000
Western Center On Law and Poverty · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
To help reform driver's license suspensions for failure to pay fines and fees and eliminate fines and fees in juvenile justice systems.
- $64,913
New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2020
To serve as a nonpartisan, educational resource on higher education policy issues.
- $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.
- $64,559
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2020
To host a workshop examining the role of the national institutes of health in prescription drug innovation in order increase patient access to products derived in part from federal research.
- $64,014
Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
To support a randomized controlled trial of tacoma housing authority's college housing assistance program, which provides rental assistance vouchers to students at risk of homelessness.
- $64,000
Lighthouse Policy Group Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
To research state public option programs and related policies aimed at limiting excessive provider prices.
- $63,910
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2022
To evaluate an interim buprenorphine treatment for reducing the risk of opioid misuse and overdose.
- $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.
- $63,750
Research for Action · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To support a randomized controlled trial of a coaching program designed to increase college retention and completion.
- $63,750
Research for Action · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To support a randomized controlled trial of a coaching program designed to increase college retention and completion.
- $63,628
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2024
To support the interdisciplinary policing workshop which brings together early career researchers from political science, criminology, and economics, with the overall goal of advancing causally identified policing resea… read allTo support the interdisciplinary policing workshop which brings together early career researchers from political science, criminology, and economics, with the overall goal of advancing causally identified policing research. less
- $63,334
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2022
To support education about the section 1906 grant program to prohibit racial profiling and the replicability of the institute for municipal regional policy model to discover and decrease racial bias in traffic stops.
- $63,064
Financial Services Stakeholder Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
To research private equity investment in health care.
- $62,708
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2023
To increase the knowledge base of policy options that support value-based payment reforms in healthcare.
- $62,689
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2023
To educate stakeholders on policy options to deliver quality, cost-effective care for dually eligible individuals and improve services in long-term care facilities.
- $62,358
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To evaluate emerging health system and payer interventions to reduce overuse of postsurgical opioid prescribing for acute pain.
- $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.
- $61,871
Curators of the University of Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2024
To assess the early impacts of recent legislative initiatives to reduce or eliminate the use of fines and fees in the juvenile legal system.
- $61,823
Social Research and Demonstration Corporation · 2020
To rigorously test a regression discontinuity against a randomized controlled trial of the learning accounts and explore your horizons interventions.
- $61,299
Mathematica · Princeton, NJ · 2024
To support extension of a randomized controlled trial of kipp middle schools and their long-term outcomes.
- $60,780
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To assess the impact of the new bail procedures in harris county, texas.
- $60,747
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget · Washington, DC · 2023
To raise awareness and provide evidence-based policy solutions to improve medicare's fiscal sustainability.
- $60,712
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2020
To analyze the connections between jail and prison populations and create a publicly available dataset with corrections metrics.
- $60,642
National Consumer Law Center · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the development of litigation practices that challenge predatory practices in higher education.
- $60,134
Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To support a feasibility study and pilot trial of on-campus access to public benefits programs and supportive services.
- $60,000
Families USA Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To educate policymakers on the importance of payment reform from a consumer perspective.
- $60,000
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2024
To enhance understanding of the landscape of newly emerging for-profit entities operating in the value-based payment space.
- $60,000
Jobs for the Future · Boston, MA · 2024
To support a roundtable hosted by grantee's center for justice and economic advancement, with the overall goal of bringing researchers and employers with fair chance employment programs together to advance criminal just… read allTo support a roundtable hosted by grantee's center for justice and economic advancement, with the overall goal of bringing researchers and employers with fair chance employment programs together to advance criminal justice research. less
- $60,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To quantitively evaluate the $800 billion paycheck protection program.
- $60,000
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
To research and convene stakeholders on improving congressional budget office scorekeeping of program integrity investments.
- $60,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To understand how police collective bargaining rules intersect with police accountability policies, gathering the insights of individuals who have negotiated or arbitrated police collective bargaining agreements.
- $60,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
To support the development of web-based tools to provide objective information about firearm violence and how state laws reduce or exacerbate this violence.
- $60,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To conduct research identifying nursing homes with real estate investment trusts (reits).
- $60,000
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2022
To examine the effects of owing restitution on youth under the authority of the florida department of juvenile justice
- $60,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2020
To examine how the medicare part b payment structure affects biosimilar uptake.
- $60,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2020
To develop and share recommendations to address shortages of covid-19 therapeutics.
- $60,000
Rulo Strategies Llc · Arlington, VA · 2020
To create resources that support implementation and financing of jail-based medication-assisted treatment programs in jails.
- $59,854
Council On Criminal Justice · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To examine trends in correctional populations with the goal of identifying reforms that can safely reduce incarceration and racial disparities.
- $59,760
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
To design a federal fallback for integrated care for dual-eligible individuals and develop a simplified process home and community-based services waivers.
- $58,931
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
To reorient crisis response systems to support community-based treatment for vulnerable populations.
- $58,898
University of Cincinnati Research Institute · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
To conduct a study of the current state of sobering center practices.
- $58,802
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To analyze the effects of private equity and physician management acquisitions on prices, costs, and quality.
- $58,728
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
To support early career scholars from diverse backgrounds and high-quality research on improving justice and fairness in community supervision.
- $58,670
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
To address issues in health care payment reform which are of interest to policymakers and researchers.
- $58,456
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
To examine monetary sanctions in community corrections in seven states.
- $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.
- $58,096
Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2024
To fund a randomized controlled trial of the promoting school-community-university partnerships to enhance resilience program.
- $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.
- $57,926
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To develop a methodology to more accurately estimate drug rebates and discounts for use by researchers.

