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

$519,385
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
To be used by the wren collective to examine the causes of inadequate public defense in five jurisdictions, rural and urban.
$519,270
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2022
To support a pilot evaluation on the adoption of counsel at first appearance in virginia.
$516,574
Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2020
To launch, with texas tribune, a co-branded investigative unit focused on the state of texas.
$515,671
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
To support legal technical assistance on cost containment policies.
$515,277
University of Notre Dame Du Lac · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
To expand grantee's lab for economic opportunities? ("leo") capacity to work with organizations and agencies in the criminal justice space, with the overall goal of increasing rigorous criminal justice impact evaluation… read allTo expand grantee's lab for economic opportunities? ("leo") capacity to work with organizations and agencies in the criminal justice space, with the overall goal of increasing rigorous criminal justice impact evaluations. less
$514,657
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To develop a methodology for defining hospital and physician safety net providers across payers in the united states.
$510,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To develop a novel scoring system to systematically identify promising drug repurposing opportunities that maximize impact on patients and economic impact on the health care system.
$509,689
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To support a study of veterans' access and use of contraception to better understand needs, barriers, and policy solutions.
$508,956
Texas a&M University · College Station, TX · 2022
To investigate the causal effect of defense counsel at initial court appearance on failure to appear.
$505,750
Measures for Justice Institute · Rochester, NY · 2020
To support the nonpartisan implementation of a recently-enacted florida law.
$501,000
National Legal Aid and Defender Association · Washington, DC · 2024
To support efforts around the country on issues of access to and independence of counsel and policy work at the state and federal level focused on increasing funding and independence of indigent defense.
$500,213
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To help create the access to justice lab, which will promote the use of rigorous evidence about what works in the legal system.
$500,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
To build the evidence base for policymaking.
$500,000
National Center for Law and Economic Justice · New York, NY · 2024
To conduct impact litigation and educational advocacy to end punitive and racially discriminatory traffic enforcement practices in new york and oklahoma.
$500,000
Reboot Rx · Winchester, MA · 2024
To (1) research and explore policies that would enable the fda to incorporate updated information on a repurposed generic drug's label and (2) create payer-directed materials that communicate the impact and value of a r… read allTo (1) research and explore policies that would enable the fda to incorporate updated information on a repurposed generic drug's label and (2) create payer-directed materials that communicate the impact and value of a repurposed generic drug. less
$500,000
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To create the los angeles justice data hub, which will manage and support external researcher access to the los angeles district attorney ("lada") data for a range of research on charging, sentencing, and programmatic p… read allTo create the los angeles justice data hub, which will manage and support external researcher access to the los angeles district attorney ("lada") data for a range of research on charging, sentencing, and programmatic policies. less
$500,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2024
To support grantee's investigative reporting on criminal justice issues.
$500,000
The Niskanen Center · Washington, DC · 2024
To support grantee's state capacity initiative and its efforts to identify opportunities and advance reforms related to the u.s. Government's ability to confront twenty-first century challenges with the right knowledge,… read allTo support grantee's state capacity initiative and its efforts to identify opportunities and advance reforms related to the u.s. Government's ability to confront twenty-first century challenges with the right knowledge, tools, and personnel. less
$500,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
To support a forum for supervision agency leaders, foster practitioner-researcher connections, and identifying and facilitating opportunities to develop evidence-based supervision reforms.
$500,000
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support state efforts and health department agency leaders in expanding options for contraceptive access.
$500,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
To build the evidence base for policymaking.
$500,000
Calmatters · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To support the california accountability project's digital democracy program.
$500,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To build support at the state and federal levels for policy development and public education in second chance release mechanisms and independent oversight.
$500,000
For the People · Oakland, CA · 2023
To provide general operating support.
$500,000
Pew Charitable Trusts · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To support improved management of state and local public retirement systems.
$500,000
West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education · Charleston, WV · 2023
To support the expansion of the city university of new york's accelerated study in associate programs program in two west virginia community colleges.
$500,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
To build the evidence base for policymaking.
$500,000
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To build support at the state and federal levels for policy development and public education in second chance release mechanisms and independent oversight.
$500,000
For the People · Oakland, CA · 2022
To provide general operating support.
$500,000
The Sixth Amendment Center Incorporated · Boston, MA · 2022
To provide state leaders with non-partisan research and expertise on indigent defense.
$500,000
University of California College of the Law · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To analyze obstacles and propose solutions to make medicines more affordable and accessible, drive greater competition and transparency in biologics, expose anticompetitive behaviors and map the role of trade secrecy as… read allTo analyze obstacles and propose solutions to make medicines more affordable and accessible, drive greater competition and transparency in biologics, expose anticompetitive behaviors and map the role of trade secrecy as a barrier to biosimilars. less
$500,000
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Bronx, NY · 2020
To conduct a randomized control trial to examine the impact of medical cannabis on opioid analgesic use.
$500,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2020
To build the evidence base for policymaking.
$500,000
City of Houston · Houston, TX · 2020
To temporarily fund an emergency telehealth program.
$500,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To research medicare payment policy changes to reduce low-value post-acute care.
$500,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2020
To support a 50-state strategy to improve community supervision success amid the public health and budgetary crises caused by covid-19.
$500,000
The Niskanen Center · Washington, DC · 2020
To provide operating support for climate change initiatives.
$500,000
United Ways of Iowa · Johnston, IA · 2020
To support iowa's covid-19 response.
$500,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2020
To support a randomized controlled trial of working on womanhood, a cognitive-behavioral therapy program for female high school students at high risk of mental illness.
$496,883
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
To support scholarship involving health markets, insurance premiums, bad actors, and state-level interactions.
$493,508
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
To support the operations of the california policy lab, which seeks to improve california state and local government programs and policy.
$493,037
Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2024
To be used by the deason criminal justice reform center to identify and promote strategies for improving access to counsel at the earliest stages of the criminal legal process by launching a campaign to support changes … read allTo be used by the deason criminal justice reform center to identify and promote strategies for improving access to counsel at the earliest stages of the criminal legal process by launching a campaign to support changes to policy and practice in nine states. less
$488,800
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To support continued efforts to expand federal higher education accountability and improve quality.
$486,425
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2023
To support early career scholars from diverse backgrounds and high-quality research on improving justice and fairness in community supervision.
$478,400
National Juvenile Defender Center · Washington, DC · 2020
To advance juvenile fines and fees reform.
$475,093
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
To support the center for study and practice of violence reduction.
$475,000
National Association of Counties Research Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the data-driven justice initiative.
$475,000
California Counties Foundation · Sacramento, CA · 2020
To help transition california counties to data-driven, evidence-based practices in community supervision.
$474,222
Employers Forum of Indiana · Carmel, IN · 2022
To support the development of a publicly available hospital value dashboard.
$471,121
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
To address issues in health care payment reform which are of interest to policymakers and researchers.
$470,895
Medicines360 · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support research to inform the development of an iud self-removal device.
$470,000
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2020
To help reduce the incarceration of indigent defendants in arkansas and oklahoma who are detained solely because they are unable to pay court-imposed fines and fees.
$468,882
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2020
To evaluate the impact of child first, a home visiting program for low-income families with young children at high risk of emotional, behavioral, or developmental problems and/or maltreatment.
$467,482
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To support the operations of the california policy lab, which seeks to improve california state and local government programs and policy.
$463,899
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
To conduct an evaluation to understand the effects of a rapid, multi-payer transition from fee-for-service to value-based payments on health care cost and the quality of care.
$463,034
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2020
To deploy social network analysis to help guide violence reduction efforts in chicago, illinois.
$461,679
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2020
To conduct an independent evaluation of a six-month pilot test of the aerial investigative research program in baltimore, maryland.
$460,894
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2024
To develop and launch budget policy campaigns in three to four states to create funding structures that allow for independence of the indigent defense function and promote state funding to deliver constitutionally suffi… read allTo develop and launch budget policy campaigns in three to four states to create funding structures that allow for independence of the indigent defense function and promote state funding to deliver constitutionally sufficient defense. less
$460,842
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2020
To provide operating support for the meta-research innovation center at stanford.
$460,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2023
To support the provision of services supporting the home repair fund, providing no-cost loans to homeowner occupants in memphis, tennessee, indianapolis, indiana, and cincinnati.
$457,017
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
To document the universe of factors that impact witness participation across different stages of the criminal legal system.
$456,955
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the first step act resource center, which works to maximize the impact of the first step act ("fsa").
$456,502
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To evaluate the implementation of two neighborhood community violence interventions in washington, d.c.
$455,699
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
To provide evidence-based policy solutions to strengthen the evidence base used for fda approval.
$452,290
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To develop a methodology for defining hospital and physician safety net providers across payers in the united states.
$451,516
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
To support research at the university of minnesota to augment the research capacity of the minnesota sentencing guideline commission.
$451,094
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To assess and estimate the amount of home health care fraud in the united states and the effect of alternative policy interventions on reducing improper home health care use.
$450,000
Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2024
To pilot a "living evidence" model in the u.s. Department of education to provide a proof-of-concept for a modernized and accelerated approach to evidence synthesis and outcomes-driven policymaking.
$450,000
Health Care Cost Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To inform policymakers of the factors that drive high healthcare spending and potential policy interventions.
$450,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To provide non-partisan technical assistance to help states implement policies to address high healthcare prices.
$450,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2023
To support the improvement of audit and enforcement procedures at the internal revenue service.
$450,000
Altarum Institute · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
To galvanize evidence-based policy action on health care affordability at the state level.
$450,000
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To raise awareness and provide evidence-based policy solutions to improve medicare's fiscal sustainability.
$450,000
Greater Milwaukee Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2020
To support the milwaukee responds fund in its covid- 19 response.
$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.
$450,000
Regents University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
To advance the development of the california policy lab.
$450,000
Waxman Consulting · Washington, DC · 2020
To provide information and technical support to help policymakers lower health care costs.
$447,890
Minnesota Justice Research Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
To support implementation of the recently-passed, omnibus supervision bill in minnesota, providing guidance and expertise to agency leaders, and monitoring implementation issues; facilitating connections between policy … read allTo support implementation of the recently-passed, omnibus supervision bill in minnesota, providing guidance and expertise to agency leaders, and monitoring implementation issues; facilitating connections between policy stakeholders and researchers to encourage the development of rigorous causal evaluations; and providing ongoing policy development and education support on other post-conviction issues being considered in minnesota. less
$447,722
Correctional Association of New York · Brooklyn, NY · 2020
To support increasing the transparency, accessibility, and accountability of prisons.
$447,580
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
To support research aimed at advancing evidenced-based policy changes to community supervision in 12 states.
$447,451
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2020
To support the donor management research initiative in its efforts to maximize the quality and quantity of life-saving organs, and to build a national, web-based donor management data registry.
$446,324
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To raise awareness for meaningful medicare reforms.
$443,858
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
To provide evidence-based policy solutions to strengthen the evidence base used for fda approval.
$437,982
Results for America · Washington, DC · 2024
To continue and expand the cities and counties for fine and fee justice ("ccffj") initiative by building on lessons learned from ccffj's work with local jurisdictions to build awareness and capacity to achieve fine and … read allTo continue and expand the cities and counties for fine and fee justice ("ccffj") initiative by building on lessons learned from ccffj's work with local jurisdictions to build awareness and capacity to achieve fine and fee reform and leveraging growing, national momentum for fine and fee reform. less
$437,710
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the creation of a collaborative network of governors' housing policy leads to share best practices on improving housing supply and affordability, and support an in-person convening.
$435,977
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
To support a research-practice partnership to study the impacts and implementation of peacerox, a violence reduction program for children, young adults, and families in central texas.
$434,961
Institute for Accountable Care · Washington, DC · 2023
To inform policy discussions around increasing adoption of effective population-based payment models.
$434,400
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2023
To develop and socialize a set of policy proposals to reduce medicare spending.
$432,000
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2020
To support a novel policy platform aimed at increasing integration between medicare and medicaid for dual eligibles.
$428,955
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To raise awareness for meaningful medicare reforms.
$425,883
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2020
To conduct research on tax avoidance to determine ways to better design and enforce taxes.
$425,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2020
To provide general operating support.
$425,000
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2020
To evaluate the impact of new york state bail reform.
$424,768
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To examine the implications of medicare advantage provider selection on medicare spending and beneficiaries with complex health needs.
$423,126
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To evaluate the implementation of two neighborhood community violence interventions in washington, d.c.
$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.
$420,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support the restoring promise initiative that partners with state departments of corrections to design and rigorously evaluate reimagined housing units for incarcerated young adults.
$420,000
Public Policy Institute of California · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To examine and improve interactions between law enforcement and community members.
$419,925
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To develop the penn wharton budget model's education model to assess college financing reforms.
$419,494
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To (i) provide comprehensive analysis of regulatory flexibilities that use lower evidence standards for fda approval; and (ii) develop new labeling strategies to describe the limitations and uncertainties of clinical be… read allTo (i) provide comprehensive analysis of regulatory flexibilities that use lower evidence standards for fda approval; and (ii) develop new labeling strategies to describe the limitations and uncertainties of clinical benefit for new drugs. less