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
- $418,385
Council On Criminal Justice · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To examine trends in correctional populations with the goal of identifying reforms that can safely reduce incarceration and racial disparities.
- $416,666
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support pretrial policy capacity for grantee's beyond jails initiative, with the overall goal of building coalitions and educational resources on pretrial reform.
- $415,727
Lown Institute · Brookline, MA · 2023
To pursue new data analyses related to nonprofit hospitals and billing practices.
- $415,626
Westat · Rockville, MD · 2020
To support a randomized controlled trial of the independence project, an intervention for disabled young veterans.
- $414,719
Partnership for Public Service · Washington, DC · 2024
To facilitate an ongoing network of federal leaders in charge of implementing large-scale investments and develop a learning system to help leaders develop their understanding of promising management and operations appr… read allTo facilitate an ongoing network of federal leaders in charge of implementing large-scale investments and develop a learning system to help leaders develop their understanding of promising management and operations approaches for implementing these programs. less
- $412,634
New York City Criminal Justice Agency · New York, NY · 2020
To investigate the impact of pretrial detention on different defendant populations in new york city.
- $410,000
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2023
To evaluate the least burdensome release conditions and supervision practices that improve court appearance.
- $406,434
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2020
To support the misdemeanor justice project at john jay college.
- $406,376
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024
To evaluate the law enforcement alternative response strategies implemented by two north carolina cities: durham and greensboro.
- $406,295
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2023
To conduct a historical analysis of firearms regulation in five states and share what has been learned through a variety of deliverables, including a database of regulations and a field guide.
- $406,000
Public Justice Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
To bring strategic litigation that reinvigorates the prohibition on jailing people for nonpayment of fines and fees.
- $405,843
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education · Reno, NV · 2022
To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of the mobile recovery outreach team intervention on opioid overdose survivors treated in nevada's emergency rooms.
- $405,580
Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
To support a randomized controlled trial to evaluate lifeskills training program for high school students in colorado.
- $405,545
Madison-Rankin-Simpson Mental Health Commission Region 8 · Brandon, MS · 2023
To support implementation and expansion of the critical time intervention program to prevent recurrent homelessness in people with severe mental illness.
- $404,820
Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2022
To support a randomized controlled trial to evaluate lifeskills training program for high school students in colorado.
- $402,635
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
To build upon the national case closed project to examine fatal and non-fatal shooting investigations across multiple jurisdictions.
- $402,119
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
To evaluate the law enforcement alternative response strategies implemented by two north carolina cities: durham and greensboro.
- $401,769
Pennsylvania Prison Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
To support increasing the transparency, accessibility, and accountability of prisons.
- $401,200
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
To build a network of sheriffs to pilot and evaluate policy innovations, workshop policy and research needs, and serve as a launchpad for an independent organization of solutions-oriented sheriffs.
- $401,132
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
To support research aimed at advancing evidence-based policy changes to community supervision in 12 states.
- $400,000
Families USA Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To (i) educate and provide non-partisan technical assistance to policymakers and (ii) educate consumer groups about the importance of payment reform to lower health care costs and provide more personalized, high-quality… read allTo (i) educate and provide non-partisan technical assistance to policymakers and (ii) educate consumer groups about the importance of payment reform to lower health care costs and provide more personalized, high-quality care. less
- $400,000
Manatt Health Strategies Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide technical assistance to consumer groups on health care cost containment policies for the benefit of the general public and consumers of healthcare across the united states.
- $400,000
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024
To document the universe of factors that impact witness participation across different stages of the criminal legal system.
- $400,000
Center for a New Economy · San Juan, PR · 2023
To survey the current tax landscape in puerto rico and identify areas for improvement.
- $400,000
Impact for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support the implementation of the justice 20/20 network.
- $400,000
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2023
To support a randomized controlled trial of career academies in california high schools.
- $400,000
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To support the operations of the california policy lab, which seeks to improve california state and local government programs and policy.
- $400,000
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support the operations of the california policy lab, which seeks to improve california state and local government programs and policy.
- $400,000
Impact for Equity · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support the implementation of the justice 20/20 network.
- $400,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
To deploy social network analysis to help guide violence reduction efforts in chicago, illinois
- $400,000
Physician Affiliate Group of New York Pc · New York, NY · 2022
To support the delivery of teen options to prevent pregnancy in nyc hospitals.
- $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.
- $400,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
To evaluate how the growth in medicare advantage enrollment affects how private insurers are paid under medicare advantage and how targets are established for advanced alternative payment models in traditional fee-for-s… read allTo evaluate how the growth in medicare advantage enrollment affects how private insurers are paid under medicare advantage and how targets are established for advanced alternative payment models in traditional fee-for-service medicare. less
- $400,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2022
To support reducing barriers to employment for people with criminal records in up to 10 states.
- $400,000
The Regents of the University of California Merced · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support two research projects: 1) to identify early indicators of problematic behavior among online colleges and 2) to assess how foundational elements of the federal financial aid system may perpetuate historic ineq… read allTo support two research projects: 1) to identify early indicators of problematic behavior among online colleges and 2) to assess how foundational elements of the federal financial aid system may perpetuate historic inequities. less
- $400,000
Veterans Education Success · Washington, DC · 2022
To support research and the use of administrative data to help improve education and employment among veterans.
- $400,000
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2020
To advance policy ideas to reduce health care costs and improve the quality of care.
- $400,000
Chestnut Health Systems · Bloomington, 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.
- $400,000
George Washington University · Washington, DC · 2020
To identify barriers to contraceptive access in medicaid managed care and develop policies to strengthen access to care.
- $400,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2020
To use privacy-protected administrative tax data to evaluate the long-term effects of previously conducted randomized controlled trials.
- $400,000
Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, OR · 2020
To evaluate a statewide policy in oregon allowing pharmacists to prescribe hormonal contraception to patients without a physician visit.
- $400,000
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2020
To advance the development of the california policy lab.
- $400,000
The Foundation for Research On Equal Opportunity · Austin, TX · 2020
To provide general operating support.
- $400,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To build upon prior research analyzing design options for public option and rate cap proposals.
- $394,134
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2023
To explore solutions to reduce barriers to employment for people with criminal records.
- $393,740
Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2022
To support pretrial reform work at the deason criminal justice reform center.
- $392,174
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To conduct a quasi-experimental study to estimate the impact of small area fair market rents (safmrs), a place-based policy that give families more rental support if they reside in zip codes with higher market rents. Us… read allTo conduct a quasi-experimental study to estimate the impact of small area fair market rents (safmrs), a place-based policy that give families more rental support if they reside in zip codes with higher market rents. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, the study will examine the effects on households' access to high-opportunity neighborhoods, with measures including school quality, neighborhood opportunity index, and rent burden. less
- $391,609
Regents of the University of Minnesota · Eden Prairie, MN · 2020
To transform the nation's prisons and safely reduce incarceration.
- $390,000
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
To estimate the effects of state cost growth benchmarks on health care spending, prices, and premiums.
- $390,000
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2020
To provide funding to identify and assess the policy barriers and opportunities regarding the use of evidence-based higher education practices.
- $390,000
National Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2020
To promote fairness in the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
- $389,050
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
To address the impact of high provider prices on patients and their families.
- $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.
- $385,302
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2020
To support evidence-based practices by prosecutors.
- $385,086
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
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.
- $382,034
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2020
To research and support the establishment of model substance use disorder treatment program licensure and accreditation policies.
- $380,217
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2022
To support a 50-state strategy to improve community supervision success amid the public health and budgetary crises caused by covid-19
- $377,324
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Develop and rigorously evaluate the first use of a sandbox environment within a government agency to advance the use of ai in the public sector.
- $376,877
The Regents of the University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support correction officials in evidence-based prison conditions and reform policy.
- $376,486
Center for Health Policy Development · Portland, ME · 2024
To engage in and provide support and targeted technical assistance to states related to developing and implementing population-based payment reform via a workgroup, tracking state payment reform activity, and disseminat… read allTo engage in and provide support and targeted technical assistance to states related to developing and implementing population-based payment reform via a workgroup, tracking state payment reform activity, and disseminating information about payment reform and federal and state efforts related to the same. less
- $376,069
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
To support the justice lab.
- $375,768
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To develop and release public, written products around timely program integrity and good governance issues to elevate them within the policymaking community.
- $375,000
Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center · Niles, IL · 2024
To support litigation that improves prison conditions and develop litigation that challenges excessive sentences.
- $375,000
Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center · Niles, IL · 2023
To support efforts that improves prison conditions.
- $375,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
To provide educational and nonpartisan technical assistance to north carolina to develop an integrated care model for dual-eligible individuals.
- $375,000
Research Triangle Institute · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2022
To evaluate the replication of the cahoots program in three new cities.
- $375,000
The Council of State Governments · Lexington, KY · 2022
To support a two-state pilot for improving outcomes of frequent utiliziers of public systems.
- $375,000
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2020
To support the covid-19 relief fund.
- $373,662
The Regents of the University of California Merced · Oakland, CA · 2023
To assess the outcomes of online colleges and analyze graduate study debt accumulation.
- $370,307
Long Island University · Greenvale, NY · 2024
To support the center for research innovation in biotechnology in documenting issues in clinical trial data reporting, trends in pharmaceutical research and development, and the cause for abandoned clinical trials.
- $369,581
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2020
To evaluate the prevalence, drivers, and policy implications of surprise medical billing.
- $367,162
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2023
To build the capacity needed to scale asap ace national replication collaborative.
- $366,621
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services · Olympia, WA · 2023
To support the efforts of washington state medicaid in increasing dual-eligible enrollment in integrated care models.
- $365,912
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support research on deaths in all prisons nationwide and create a public resource for the improvement of prison conditions, preventable death reduction, and policy reform.
- $365,116
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
To support the justice lab.
- $365,000
Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center · Niles, IL · 2024
To ensure faithful implementation of a rule change addressing the access to counsel in mississippi and continuing to push for better access to indigent defense in the state.
- $364,559
Center for Health Policy Development · Portland, ME · 2023
To support states developing population-based global budgets.
- $363,034
Social Science Research Council · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support continued data collection and dashboard maintenance for the jail data initiative (jdi), the only large-scale effort to collect daily individual-level jail records in the united states.
- $363,028
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To conduct a randomized controlled trial to study whether a street cleaning intervention in neighborhoods experiencing high rates of violent crime in philadelphia, pennsylvania reduces gun violence.
- $362,838
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2022
To build the capacity needed to scale asap | ace national replication collaborative
- $360,250
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Llp · Washington, DC · 2023
To assemble key education leaders to develop strategies for reforming grad plus loans, and publishing the group's findings in a policy brief.
- $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.
- $359,059
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund Aka Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
To improve the quality of education data available to the public, researchers, and educators in new orleans, louisiana.
- $358,138
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To help create the access to justice lab, which will promote the use of rigorous evidence about what works in the legal system.
- $357,410
The Regents of the University of California Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2022
To support a study exploring the relationship between family engagement and the well-being of incarcerated persons.
- $356,667
Bipartisan Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the assessment of policy changes that widen the gap between the food and drug administration and centers for medicare and medicaid services to enhance interagency communication.
- $356,539
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
To provide operational support to launch the texas policy lab.
- $355,610
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2023
To enhance understanding of the landscape of newly emerging for-profit entities operating in the value-based payment space.
- $355,502
Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
To support a randomized controlled trial to evaluate functional family therapy-gangs, a therapeutic intervention for justice-involved youth and their families, in denver, colorado.
- $355,000
Multnomah County · Portland, OR · 2020
To implement four dashboards for oregon counties that will provide parole and probation officers with data about their clients and caseloads.
- $352,272
Police Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2020
To fund a randomized controlled trial to evaluate procedural justice training and "hot spot" policing.
- $351,905
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support state medicaid and health department agency leaders in expanding contraceptive access.
- $351,352
Mathematica · Princeton, NJ · 2022
To support the extension of a randomized controlled trial of kipp middle schools and their long-term outcomes.
- $351,220
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2022
To support evidence-based policy to improve policing and community safety.
- $350,000
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support efforts to build and scale an initiative to add visual journalism capacity to nonprofit newsrooms across the united states.
- $350,000
Center for a New Economy · San Juan, PR · 2024
To survey the current tax landscape in puerto rico and identify areas for improvement.
- $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
- $350,000
Regents of the University of California at Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2024
To support a study exploring the relationship between family engagement and the well-being of incarcerated persons.
- $350,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To investigate how certain profit-shifting activities and international tax rules affect domestic investment and employment, both on the u.s. Mainland and in puerto rico.
- $350,000
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2023
To support a cohort of tax and budget policy groups in generating state-level analyses on the impact of fines and fees to support fee elimination and fine reform.

