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
- $280,000
National Center for Access To Justice · New York, NY · 2020
To expand the justice index to include fines and fees policies.
- $279,734
The Regents of the University of California Merced · Oakland, CA · 2024
To assess the outcomes of online colleges and analyze graduate study debt accumulation.
- $279,205
Lown Institute · Brookline, MA · 2023
To pursue new data analyses related to nonprofit hospitals and billing practices.
- $278,800
Reboot Rx · Winchester, MA · 2023
To research stakeholders that influence whether repurposed generic drugs are ultimately prescribed for cancer patients, and to develop a strategy for driving adoption of new repurposed generic drugs into the standard of… read allTo research stakeholders that influence whether repurposed generic drugs are ultimately prescribed for cancer patients, and to develop a strategy for driving adoption of new repurposed generic drugs into the standard of care. less
- $278,506
Fortune Society · Long Island City, NY · 2023
To research how to incentivize better outcomes for individuals on community supervision.
- $277,786
Long Island University · Greenvale, NY · 2022
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.
- $277,601
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
To expand an in-progress federally-funded multi-state randomized controlled trial of public montessori preschool to include kindergarten and third grade educational outcomes.
- $277,500
University of North Carolina System Office · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
To develop, implement, and research innovative program approval and renewal policies to serve as potential models to increase the return-on-investment of higher education.
- $277,392
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
To conduct and disseminate research studying how zoning regulations and other local land use policies impact housing supply and affordability, to provide evidence-based solutions to bring naturally-occurring affordable … read allTo conduct and disseminate research studying how zoning regulations and other local land use policies impact housing supply and affordability, to provide evidence-based solutions to bring naturally-occurring affordable housing to communities. less
- $275,524
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
To investigate racial disparities in the prosecution of criminal cases in three maryland counties and identify policies that reduce these disparities.
- $275,318
Lown Institute · Brookline, MA · 2024
To pursue new data analyses related to nonprofit hospitals and billing practices.
- $275,200
American Conservative Union Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
To support the grantee's prosecutors and law enforcement advisory council.
- $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.
- $275,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
To conduct research to analyze delays to biosimilar competition.
- $275,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support research to extend understanding of the impacts of a restorative justice ("rj") intervention in chicago public schools.
- $275,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
To support criminal justice reform litigation.
- $275,000
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2020
To reduce leakage in defined contribution plans and to assess the feasibility of two innovative retirement policy concepts.
- $275,000
National Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2020
To pilot a model in the state of california that aims to reduce the number of low risk youth on probation.
- $275,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2020
To develop new law enforcement strategies to address illicit opioid markets in massachusetts.
- $275,000
Public Justice Foundation · Washington, DC · 2020
To support strategic litigation to combat the criminalization of poverty.
- $275,000
Stealth Software Technologies Commercial · Los Angeles, CA · 2020
To support the development of free, open-source cryptographic tools that will allow researchers to securely conduct studies that use sensitive, private datasets.
- $274,953
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2022
To launch the student borrower protection center and the student loan law project.
- $273,634
University of North Carolina System Office · Chapel Hill, NC · 2023
To conduct a randomized, controlled trial of cuny's ace student success model to identify factors contributing to college completion and debt outcomes.
- $273,359
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial evaluation of roots, an early numeracy tutoring program for kindergarten students developed by the university of oregon.
- $273,000
Taxpayers for Common Sense · Washington, DC · 2023
To research and convene stakeholders on program integrity reforms to the farm bill and defense programs.
- $272,789
Center for Health Policy Development · Portland, ME · 2024
To provide technical assistance to states on medicaid managed care design, with an emphasis on payment, for the dual-eligible population and those with long-term services and supports needs.
- $272,000
R Street Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To advance bipartisan, evidence-based policies related to police accountability in order to enhance public safety and protect individual rights.
- $271,972
Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
To support the development of a risk prediction model on desistance patterns and recidivism rates.
- $271,136
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
This project uses a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of financial assistance on both short-term and long-term pretrial outcomes, including court attendance, incarceration for failures to appear, and ca… read allThis project uses a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of financial assistance on both short-term and long-term pretrial outcomes, including court attendance, incarceration for failures to appear, and case closures. less
- $270,182
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2020
To help establish the youth policy lab.
- $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
- $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
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
To examine and analyze fraud, waste, and abuse in medicare.
- $270,000
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2023
To examine the medicare physician fee schedule and analyze potential reforms to improve health care affordability.
- $270,000
The Foundation for Research On Equal Opportunity · Austin, TX · 2023
To research and convene stakeholders on potential improvements to federal programs and economic growth.
- $270,000
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To research medical debt and hospital markets.
- $270,000
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2020
To evaluate economic impacts associated with a sugar-sweetened beverage tax enacted in seattle, washington.
- $269,700
Mdrc · New York, NY · 2023
To conduct research that leads to the development of a data-driven model of legal financial obligation reform.
- $269,400
Florida State University Research Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2020
To fund a study to learn the design and implementation of about crisis stabilization units in three rural and urban counties in florida.
- $269,146
The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support the first national study of people released from prison after previously being sentenced as juveniles to life without the possibility of parole.
- $268,655
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
To develop an evidence-based framework for a national hepatitis c (hcv) elimination strategy.
- $267,477
John Howard Association · Chicago, IL · 2020
To support increasing the transparency, accessibility, and accountability of prisons.
- $267,274
Urban Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To estimate the cost and coverage effects of increasing the age of medicare eligibility.
- $267,171
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To evaluate the advance peace gun-violence reduction program.
- $267,039
Anne Tumlinson Innovations Llc · Washington, DC · 2023
To develop a vision for integrated care for dually eligible individuals in nursing facilities and policy options to improve current integrated models to optimize care in nursing facilities.
- $266,320
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate tutored by teachers, an online tutoring program for elementary school students aimed at improving math and english language arts achievement.
- $266,232
The Century Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
To develop and advance policy solutions to promote affordability and equity in the commercial health insurance system.
- $265,000
Project Ds · Morrisville, NC · 2023
To define immune-related adverse events for fda review of drug safety to promote fda accountability for standardizing case report forms.
- $265,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To construct the largest "living" database involving oncology drugs granted fda accelerated approval.
- $263,825
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To support the creation of policy briefs to educate policymakers on the diversity of the population of people eligible for medicare and medicaid.
- $263,597
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023
To research the return on investment of graduate education for different groups of students.
- $263,174
Education Strategy Group Llc · Chevy Chase, MD · 2024
To (i) provide technical assistance to up to five states to help states build a framework for measuring and evaluating postsecondary value and return-on-investment; and to (ii) support louisiana and tennessee to develop… read allTo (i) provide technical assistance to up to five states to help states build a framework for measuring and evaluating postsecondary value and return-on-investment; and to (ii) support louisiana and tennessee to develop and implement specific governance and funding reforms. less
- $261,183
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2024
To evaluate the implementation and impact of body-worn cameras automated auditing on multiple police agencies.
- $261,096
United States of Care Campaign · Washington, DC · 2024
To engage in policymaker education, technical assistance, and dissemination activities highlighting the benefits of payment reform.
- $261,000
Patient-Centered Primary Care Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
To educate policymakers and build support for advancing primary care payment reform through the prospect of a hybrid primary care payment model.
- $260,339
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To examine changes in health care spending, utilization, and quality associated with primary care investment policies across colorado, delaware, oregon, and rhode island.
- $260,281
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To analyze medicare advantage ("ma") payments and benefits, and their relationship to plan enrollment as well as to ma networks, to understand opportunities for ma policy changes with the goal of reducing ma spending an… read allTo analyze medicare advantage ("ma") payments and benefits, and their relationship to plan enrollment as well as to ma networks, to understand opportunities for ma policy changes with the goal of reducing ma spending and increasing value. less
- $260,060
Patient-Centered Primary Care Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To educate and build greater support for advancing primary care payment reform through adoption of a hybrid capitated payment model in the medicare shared savings program ("mssp") and reforming the medicare physician fe… read allTo educate and build greater support for advancing primary care payment reform through adoption of a hybrid capitated payment model in the medicare shared savings program ("mssp") and reforming the medicare physician fee schedule. less
- $260,000
Initiative for Medicines Access & Knowledge · Lewes, DE · 2024
To support the purpose of developing and advancing a comprehensive set of policy options for intellectual property reform in the drug space through research, public education, and policy development.
- $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.
- $260,000
Public Agenda · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To conduct a survey and in-depth interviews about employer-sponsored insurance.
- $260,000
Washington Monthly Corporation · Washington, DC · 2020
To provide general operating support.
- $259,750
Tennessee State Collaborative On Reforming Education · Nashville, TN · 2024
To develop a research-based definition of "credentials of value" for higher education institutions in tennessee and creating policy recommendations for using that definition to improve the return-on-investment for stude… read allTo develop a research-based definition of "credentials of value" for higher education institutions in tennessee and creating policy recommendations for using that definition to improve the return-on-investment for students and taxpayers. less
- $258,821
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To increase understanding of whether or not accountable care organizations reduce health disparities.
- $257,712
Council On Criminal Justice · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To explore current crime trends and build consensus for significant improvements in the nation's data infrastructure and capacity to produce timely, accurate, and complete crime data.
- $256,434
University of Florida Board of Trustees · Gainesville, FL · 2024
To research outcomes-based funding policy designs on the return on investment in higher education.
- $255,550
Hcm Strategists Llc · Austin, TX · 2024
To develop a state policy framework and assessment tool for scaling evidence-based student success practices in states.
- $255,072
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To evaluate the advance peace gun-violence reduction program.
- $255,000
Center for Economic and Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2020
To examine the effects of hospital consolidation on local labor market wages.
- $254,750
Council On Criminal Justice · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To explore current crime trends and build consensus for significant improvements in the nation's data infrastructure and capacity to produce timely, accurate, and complete crime data.
- $252,420
University of Washington · Chicago, IL · 2024
To conduct a ten-year follow-up study of a 2013 randomized control trial on vacant lot greening in philadelphia, pennsylvania.
- $252,246
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
To improve community safety policies and practices in prosecutors' offices.
- $252,240
Washington University · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
To understand the factors that influence clinicians' movement through alternative payment models.
- $251,597
Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
To improve the non-partisan information available to medicare policymakers relating to: (1) the use of non-fee-for-service payments in medicare advantage; (2) the scope for medicare advantage plans to evade medical loss… read allTo improve the non-partisan information available to medicare policymakers relating to: (1) the use of non-fee-for-service payments in medicare advantage; (2) the scope for medicare advantage plans to evade medical loss ratio requirements using related businesses; (3) the design of payment incentives to increase participation in accountable care organizations; and (4) emerging medicare policy debates. less
- $251,382
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To research the extent of overpayments in medicare advantage plans for dual-eligible beneficiaries.
- $250,422
John Howard Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
To support coordination of metrics and monitoring practices in new york and pennsylvania.
- $250,210
John Howard Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
To support coordination of metrics and monitoring practices in new york and pennsylvania.
- $250,000
Bipartisan Climate Trust · Washington, DC · 2024
To provide general operating support.
- $250,000
College-in-3 Exchange · New York, NY · 2024
To provide technical assistance to higher education institutions to support the acceleration of the scaling of three-year bachelor's degrees, with the goal of increasing the return-on-investment for students in the high… read allTo provide technical assistance to higher education institutions to support the acceleration of the scaling of three-year bachelor's degrees, with the goal of increasing the return-on-investment for students in the higher education system by decreasing the time and cost to complete a bachelor's degree. less
- $250,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
To develop and evaluate a new plea bargaining tracking tool in durham county, north carolina and utah county, utah.
- $250,000
National Policing Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
To evaluate the effects of police reforms in new jersey, including de-escalation training, peer bystander intervention training, and a change in use of force policy and reporting requirements, on officer perceptions and… read allTo evaluate the effects of police reforms in new jersey, including de-escalation training, peer bystander intervention training, and a change in use of force policy and reporting requirements, on officer perceptions and behavior. less
- $250,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
To accelerate the adoption of fair chance hiring practices in the business community through a new state-based approach.
- $250,000
Ohio Local Information Initiative · Columbus, OH · 2024
To build a standalone statehouse team that will cover public policy in ohio.
- $250,000
Salt Lake Tribune · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
To provide general operating support.
- $250,000
Smart Growth America · Washington, DC · 2024
To collect data and develop a public-facing website-based interface of state transportation performance and spending dashboards, to improve transparency on: (1) how federal transportation dollars are being spent; and (2… read allTo collect data and develop a public-facing website-based interface of state transportation performance and spending dashboards, to improve transparency on: (1) how federal transportation dollars are being spent; and (2) what that spending is accomplishing. less
- $250,000
The Project On Government Oversight · Washington, DC · 2024
To support grantee's journalism division.
- $250,000
The Regents of the University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2024
To conduct a randomized controlled trial on the impact of online student support hubs on student performance.
- $250,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To conduct research to identify oncology drugs that are not dose-optimized and assess their potential savings in connection with making the case for the fda requirement of post-marketing dose optimization trials.
- $250,000
Corporation for Supportive Housing · New York, NY · 2023
To fund grantees provision of management and administrative services necessary to support its new program to make pre-development loans, acquisition loans, and multifamily acquisition bridge loans at below market rates,… read allTo fund grantees provision of management and administrative services necessary to support its new program to make pre-development loans, acquisition loans, and multifamily acquisition bridge loans at below market rates, to developers of affordable support. less
- $250,000
Digital Harbor Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To support a multi-donor effort to catalyze philanthropic giving.
- $250,000
Iowa State University · Ames, IA · 2023
To fund a randomized controlled trial of the promoting school-community-university partnerships to enhance resilience program.
- $250,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To help create the access to justice lab, which will promote the use of rigorous evidence about what works in the legal system.
- $250,000
Promise of Justice Initiative · New Orleans, LA · 2023
To support litigation that ends the farm line at the louisiana state penitentiary and develop a model that challenges unsafe agricultural prison labor in other jurisdictions.
- $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.
- $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
Bmj Publishing Group Limited · 2022
To support investigative journalism efforts that rely on evidence-based policy findings to improve healthcare delivery systems.
- $250,000
City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support grantee's financial justice project.
- $250,000
Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2022
To support high quality research in higher education policy.
- $250,000
Health Management Associates · Lansing, MI · 2022
To support research and analysis to inform improving access to integrated coverage for dual- eligible individuals who live in rural and frontier areas across the country.

