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Grants awarded

Who does Laura and John Arnold Foundation fund?

Laura and John Arnold Foundation has awarded $1.1 billion across 3,682 grants to 646 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $144,656, with most between $51,054 and $300,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $150,000 versus $100,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$1.1B
Typical grant
$145K
Grantees
646
Grants
3,682
Years
2020–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 646 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Support
C City Fund $66.5M62020–20242024OR
The Urban Institute $45.4M1262020–20242024DC
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $43.0M292020–20242024MA
Mdrc $38.4M642020–20242024NY
President and Fellows of Harvard College $35.0M902020–20242024MA
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania $29.3M532020–20242024PA
Center for Effective Public Policy INC $26.8M72020–20242024MD
Research Triangle Institute $21.3M512020–20242024NC
America Achieves INC $20.0M22021–20222022NY
J Johns Hopkins University $17.6M712020–20242024— —
Vera Institute of Justice INC $17.4M342020–20242024NY
R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley $17.4M812020–20242024CA
Evidence for Healthcare Improvement $15.8M32020–20212021MA
The Rand Corporation $14.9M732020–20242024CA
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation $13.9M312020–20242024CA
A Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning $13.3M22023–20242024— —
Research Foundation of the City University of New York $12.9M532020–20242024NY
Brown University of Providence $12.9M252020–20242024RI
Georgetown University $12.3M462020–20242024DC
T The Council of State Governments $12.1M462020–20242024— —
University of Chicago $11.6M672020–20242024IL
New York University $10.3M412020–20242024NY
Oregon Health and Science University Foundation $10.1M242020–20242024OR
H Habitat for Humanity International INC $10.0M22022–20232023— —
Civica Foundation $10.0M120222022UT
New Venture Fund $9.8M142020–20242024DC
C Coalition for Public Safety $9.5M32020–20222022— —
Charter Fund INC $8.5M42020–20222022CO
Y Yale University $8.2M392020–20242024— —
University of Southern California $8.0M202020–20242024CA
R Regents University of California Los Angeles $8.0M142020–20212021— —
American Journalism Project INC $7.8M42020–20222022DC
T The Regents of the University of California San Francisco $7.7M212020–20232023— —
R Regents of the University of Colorado $7.7M312020–20242024CO
The Pew Charitable Trusts $6.9M52020–20242024PA
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget $6.8M192020–20242024DC
William Marsh Rice University $6.5M92020–20242024TX
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University $6.5M272020–20242024CA
N National Conference of State Legislatures $6.5M322020–20242024— —
The Brookings Institution $6.4M322020–20242024DC
C Children's Hospital Corporation DBA Children's Hospital Boston $6.2M220202020— —
P Persistent Surveillance Systems LLC $6.2M220202020— —
M Mathematica INC $5.8M192020–20242024— —
Center for Health Policy Development $5.8M142020–20242024DC
The Reason Foundation $5.3M62020–20222022CA
R Regents of the University of Michigan $5.3M262020–20242024MI
Per Scholas INC $5.2M62020–20242024NY
M Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center $4.9M52020–20232023— —
U University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $4.8M172020–20242024NC
T The Regents of the University of California Irvine $4.8M112020–20222022— —
R Regents of the University of Minnesota $4.8M302020–20242024— —
Social Finance INC $4.3M32022–20242024MA
Duke University $4.3M322020–20242024NC
H Health Management Associates INC $4.2M262020–20242024— —
Pro Publica INC $4.2M62020–20242024NY
Cornell University $4.1M262020–20242024NY
T The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles $4.0M212022–20242024— —
Justice Action Network Foundation $4.0M120232023DC
Community Resources for Justice INC $3.8M102020–20242024MA
T Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $3.8M272020–20242024NY
U University of Utah $3.8M92020–20242024UT
U University of Washington $3.8M112021–20242024WA
Health Care Cost Institute INC $3.7M112020–20242024DC
U University of Cincinnati Research Institute $3.6M112020–20242024— —
W West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education $3.6M52020–20242024— —
Resources Legacy Fund $3.5M72020–20222022CA
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University $3.3M132020–20242024AZ
W Waxman Consulting INC $3.3M182020–20242024— —
Project on Predatory Student Lending INC $3.2M42022–20242024MA
Virginia Center for Health Innovation $3.2M92020–20242024VA
P Police Foundation $3.2M132020–20232023— —
S Southern Poverty Law Center INC $3.2M62020–20222022AL
Drexel University $3.2M192020–20242024PA
T The Brigham and Women's Hospital INC $3.2M72022–20242024— —
I Individual recipient $3.1M122020–20242024— —
R Rutgers the State University of New Jersey $3.0M112021–20242024— —
T The University of Texas at Austin $3.0M152020–20242024— —
T The Brigham and Womens Hospital INC $2.9M520232023— —
M Minnesota Department of Human Services $2.8M52020–20232023— —
Bipartisan Policy Center INC $2.8M212020–20242024DC
Families U S A Foundation INC $2.8M72020–20242024DC
Physician Affiliate Group of New York PC $2.8M42020–20232023NY
T The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois $2.8M112020–20232023IL
A Anne Tumlinson Innovations LLC $2.7M102022–20242024— —
T The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity $2.7M122020–20242024— —
G Georgia State University Research Foundation INC $2.5M102020–20242024— —
U University of Cincinnati $2.5M42020–20232023— —
Economic Mobility Corporation $2.4M232020–20242024NY
C Community Catalyst INC $2.4M142020–20242024— —
F For the People $2.4M42021–20242024— —
Public Justice Foundation $2.3M82020–20242024DC
Fund for the City of New York INC $2.3M122020–20242024NY
T The Trustees of Princeton University $2.3M42021–20232023— —
Albert Einstein College of Medicine $2.3M52020–20232023NY
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities $2.2M82020–20242024DC
National Center for Youth Law $2.2M102020–20222022CA
Veterans Education Success INC $2.2M82020–20242024DC
H Hastings College of the Law University of California $2.2M52020–20212021— —
N National Association of Counties Research Foundation $2.2M52020–20242024— —
C Center for Health Care Strategies INC $2.2M152021–20242024— —

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