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Laura and John Arnold Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$193M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
789
Grants FY2024
295
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$122,776
Largest grant, FY2024
$12,500,000
Organizations funded a year
244 to 295
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
42
Total assets, FY2024
$4.8B
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Laura and John Arnold Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23
EducationHealthCrime & LegalHuman ServicesCivil RightsPublic BenefitOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving353$163M33%
FY2023295$142M29%
FY2022260$160M28%
FY2021244$147M30%
FY2020267$184Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$336MHealth$136MCrime & Legal$99MPublic Benefit$76MSocial Science$66MEmployment$59MScience & Tech$55MPhilanthropy$19MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
City Fund$48,136,570315%
The Urban Institute$34,109,072510%
Mdrc$30,049,555513%
Center for Effective Public Policy Inc$22,001,894569%
America Achieves Inc$20,000,000256%
Research Triangle Institute$18,395,14450%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$14,491,9715n/a
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$13,968,93552%
Johns Hopkins University$13,920,27550%
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning$13,322,000250%
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All grantees of Laura and John Arnold Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
City Fund$48,136,570315%
The Urban Institute$34,109,072510%
Mdrc$30,049,555513%
Center for Effective Public Policy Inc$22,001,894569%
America Achieves Inc$20,000,000256%
Research Triangle Institute$18,395,14450%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$14,491,9715n/a
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$13,968,93552%
Johns Hopkins University$13,920,27550%
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning$13,322,000250%
The Rand Corporation$12,756,49451%
Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation$12,346,411511%
Georgetown University$10,958,30450%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$10,551,97451%
Civica Foundation$10,000,000121%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$10,000,00022%
Council of State Governments$9,734,58156%
Evidence for Healthcare Improvement$9,400,000238%
University of Chicago$9,120,55950%
New York University$8,816,52350%
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget$6,592,970533%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$6,523,4855n/a
Regents of the University of Colorado$6,481,5215n/a
Coalition for Public Safety$6,240,1312100%
Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund$6,000,00032%
American Journalism Project Inc$5,850,000317%
The Brookings Institution$5,700,82752%
Mathematica Policy Research Inc$4,830,7005n/a
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$4,814,0585n/a
Regents Univ of California$4,657,1452n/a
The Pew Charitable Trusts$4,378,00441%
Social Finance Inc$4,333,40933%
Regents of the University of Michigan$4,272,4005n/a
Duke University$4,039,44950%
William Marsh Rice University$4,017,56050%
Justice Action Network Foundation$4,000,000168%
Center for Health Policy Development$3,873,930427%
The Reason Foundation$3,850,000310%
Per Scholas Inc$3,734,40056%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$3,728,2955n/a
Pro Publica Inc$3,676,73153%
Health Management Associates Inc$3,430,2195n/a
National Policing Institute$3,427,784417%
Yale University$3,387,0154n/a
Health Care Cost Institute Inc$3,303,647521%
Project on Predatory Student Lending$3,228,534368%
Cornell University$3,188,70950%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$3,142,14550%
Children's Hospital Corporation$3,124,53510%
Drexel University$2,959,36650%
Yale University$2,827,7695n/a
Community Resources for Justice Inc$2,761,37152%
Ati Advisory$2,686,8873n/a
University of Utah$2,600,7164n/a
University of Cincinnati Research Institute$2,583,745524%
Resources Legacy Fund$2,436,94633%
For the People$2,350,000427%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$2,258,88052%
Virginia Center for Health Innovation$2,224,499464%
Economic Mobility Corporation$2,223,883532%
The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity$2,217,387544%
Center for Health Care Strategies Inc$2,196,51849%
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation$2,160,000317%
Families USA Foundation Inc$2,091,667513%
Justice System Partners$2,055,412517%
Public Justice Foundation$2,043,45155%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$2,032,20652%
Community Catalyst Inc$2,028,11452%
University of Washington$2,019,1942n/a
Federation of American Scientists$2,014,43638%
Nacdl Foundation for Criminal Justice$1,921,533239%
Texas Tribune Inc$1,903,27055%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,891,69231%
Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center$1,885,41846%
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research$1,880,30852%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$1,874,2264n/a
Physician Affiliate Group of New York PC$1,855,29630%
Financial Services Stakeholder Project Nfp$1,854,873419%
Purchaser Business Group on Health$1,828,348410%
United States of Care Campaign$1,806,094246%
National Academy of Sciences$1,794,16050%
Trustees of Boston University$1,777,44350%
University of Washington$1,753,5392n/a
Justice Innovation Inc$1,700,04631%
University of Denver$1,693,98040%
Southern Methodist University$1,693,84530%
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association$1,652,062513%
The Niskanen Center Inc$1,641,165511%
Lown Institute Inc$1,634,185465%
Council on Criminal Justice Inc$1,611,973316%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$1,597,58131%
Third Way Institute$1,564,56845%
Veterans Education Success Inc$1,562,301581%
Uc College of the Law San Francisco$1,558,4712n/a
Altarum Institute$1,547,39541%
National Association of Counties Research Foundation$1,545,33049%
National Opinion Research Center$1,525,78950%
Center for American Progress$1,512,02551%
Correctional Association of New York$1,470,326531%
National Center for Youth Law$1,450,00036%
The Gault Center$1,439,492541%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$1,432,57821%
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc$1,428,31041%
Social Science Research Council$1,405,57032%
Northwestern University$1,402,27730%
Results for America$1,399,34246%
The George Washington University$1,351,24250%
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials$1,349,84631%
National Center for Law and Economic Justice Inc$1,345,572419%
Westat Corp$1,327,2264n/a
The Sentencing Project$1,300,770414%
Impact for Equity$1,276,058313%
Washington Health Alliance$1,223,090414%
The Aspen Institute Inc$1,200,00050%
Terner Housing Innovation Labs Inc$1,168,912125%
Washington University$1,133,65650%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$1,128,63130%
The Technical Assistance Collaborative Inc$1,112,81426%
Public Policy Institute of California$1,100,40343%
Rights Behind Bars Inc$1,100,000452%
Ibis Reproductive Health Inc$1,100,000215%
CalMatters$1,098,00024%
American University$1,091,09010%
City of Philadelphia$1,075,3742n/a
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$1,057,97950%
Teachers College Columbia University$1,050,55250%
New York City Criminal Justice Agency$1,048,06834%
Pennsylvania Prison Society$1,047,828528%
Institute for Accountable Care$1,026,647333%
John Howard Association$1,024,650533%
Employers' Forum of Indiana Inc$1,024,222254%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$1,023,5534n/a
R Street Institute$1,009,55753%
Reboot Rx Inc$1,000,040254%
Fwdus Education Fund Inc$1,000,00018%
United Way of Greater Houston$1,000,00011%
The Sixth Amendment Center Incorporated$1,000,000242%
Metropolitan Family Services$1,000,00011%
Chestnut Health Systems Inc$998,20331%
Center for Children's Law and Policy$995,000230%
Indiana University School of Medicine$962,9575n/a
Yale University$962,9124n/a
National Bureau of Economic Research Inc$960,84841%
The Bronx Defenders$927,26931%
Recidiviz Inc$900,8352n/a
Medicines360$881,95945%
Power to Decide$871,46955%
Goodnation Foundation Inc$869,70024%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$849,8432n/a
University of California Davis$849,5093n/a
University of Pittsburgh$820,23140%
The Promise of Justice Initiative$798,256312%
Alliance for Health Policy$762,122415%
The Century Foundation Inc$754,58333%
Just Detention International$751,410510%
Center for a New Economy Inc$750,000221%
Minnesota Justice Research Center$748,910333%
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System$737,3653n/a
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices$733,72433%
Wested$729,0874n/a
National Center for Access to Justice Inc$725,129454%
Alliancechicago$720,81333%
Project H O P E Inc$717,1581n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$709,70030%
Vanderbilt University$704,69130%
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences$689,19020%
Texas Southern University Foundatio$676,26732%
Second Look Project$673,916244%
The Fortune Society Inc$655,10831%
Center for Economic and Policy Research$648,79245%
Long Island University$648,09320%
Loyola University of Chicago$647,48430%
National Partnership for Women and Families$643,58325%
Roca Inc$642,37734%
Fair Trials Americas$629,715297%
Florida State University Research Foundation Inc$622,64922%
Land Use Atlas Inc$617,970138%
Legal Action Center of the City of New York Inc$616,92343%
Taxpayers for Common Sense$607,248218%
Uc Law Sf Foundation$603,98425%
Bioethics International Inc$600,0001n/a
The Justice Management Institute$599,595416%
Policylink$596,00031%
George Mason University Foundation Inc$592,53230%
Catalyst for Payment Reform$591,790222%
Abt Associates Inc$591,2772n/a
Code for America Labs Inc$576,66822%
Trustees of Boston College$568,53330%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$567,49230%
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston$561,1621n/a
Public Agenda Inc$560,000321%
National Consumer Law Center Inc$553,35652%
Shatterproof a Nonprofit Corporation$552,77624%
Emory University$551,40310%
Patient-Centered Primary Care Foundation$550,060217%
Root & Rebound$550,00029%
Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc$550,00034%
Northeastern University$547,08130%
The National Press Foundation Inc$546,722417%
Behavioral Ideas Lab Inc$539,85031%
State of Indiana$532,5953n/a
Measures for Justice Institute$505,75017%
American Conservative Union Foundationinc$505,20023%
National Legal Aid and Defender Association$501,00016%
One Voice United Inc$500,195337%
City of Houston$500,0001n/a
United Ways of Iowa$500,000126%
The Marshall Project Inc$500,00012%
Gideons Promise Inc$500,00039%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$491,16021%
Digital Medicine Society Inc$485,33024%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law$480,00036%
University of Rochester$475,00020%
California Counties Foundation$475,000135%
Search Group Incorporated$472,35844%
Reading Partners$466,39121%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$460,00010%
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education$459,75013%
National Center for State Courts$459,35420%
Healthpartners Institute$457,22131%
Unidosus$450,00040%
Peak Health Alliance$450,000331%
CatchLight$450,00029%
Medicare Rights Center Inc$449,72926%
North Carolina Office of the Governor$432,6143n/a
Wesleyan University$432,33110%
Ithaka Harbors Inc$419,14250%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$418,50020%
Partnership for Public Service Inc$414,71911%
University of Arkansas Fayetteville$412,6513n/a
Loyola University$411,01030%
National Housing and Community Development Law Project$400,00028%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$400,00020%
The American Antitrust Institute Inc$399,806317%
Small Business Majority Foundation Inc$395,24937%
Police Executive Research Forum$390,00032%
Abode Services$384,78121%
Research for Action Inc$381,50042%
Community Legal Services Inc$377,00031%
Justice in Aging$376,40127%
Metropolis Strategies NFP$375,000116%
The American Legion$375,00020%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$375,00020%
Mass Design Group Ltd$369,99031%
Shared Ascent Fund$366,32424%
Michigan State University$362,8272n/a
University of Kentucky Research Foundation$362,76850%
Multnomah County Joint Office of Homeless Services$355,0001n/a
St Louis University$354,95330%
Doctors for America$352,034364%
Third Sector New England Inc$349,74520%
Bellwether Education Partners Inc$348,78621%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc$342,31820%
National Council on Aging Inc$337,06530%
Uncommon Law$337,00026%
Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation$335,00022%
American Academy of Forensic Sciences$331,93326%
The Sycamore Institute Inc$324,264322%
Southern Center for Human Rights$321,63023%
Altarum Medicare-Medicaid Services for States$305,271226%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$301,06421%
Louisiana Parole Project Inc$300,00018%
Patients for Affordable Drugs$300,000234%
The United Way of Central Maryland Inc$300,00011%
Callisto$300,000143%
Colorado Sun$300,00015%
Fund for Investigative Journalism Inc$300,000119%
Yes in My Back Yard$299,700113%
Institute for Community Health Inc$299,22424%
Claremont Graduate University$297,46020%
The Education Trust Inc$297,27231%
Society of Family Planning$295,456328%
Reproductive Equity Now Foundation Inc$289,857117%
Radio & Television News Directors Foundation$289,416149%
United Ways of California$288,10822%
Drug Policy Alliance$286,66631%
Mercatus Center Inc$285,00021%
Washington Monthly Institute$285,000213%
Population Reference Bureau Inc$284,91012%
Rhode Island Business Group on Health$280,620252%
Project Evident Inc$280,00013%
Our American Future Foundation$280,00010%
National Taxpayers Union Foundation$277,59829%
Pennsylvania State University$275,0653n/a
National Association of Attorneys General$270,0002n/a
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services$268,09122%
Project Ds Inc$265,00015%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$260,00030%
Louisiana Department of Health$259,8432n/a
University of California San Francisco$257,5801n/a
Chapman University$253,24720%
Trust Neighborhoods$250,200213%
The Salt Lake Tribune Inc$250,00012%
Clean Economy Fund$250,000195%
Ohio Local Informational Intiative Inc$250,00015%
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation$250,00011%
Smart Growth America$250,00014%
Corporation for Supportive Housing$250,00010%
Westchester Community College Foundation Inc$250,00022%
Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine$250,00029%
Project on Government Oversight Inc$250,00013%
United Ways of Alabama$250,000115%
Digital Harbor Foundation$250,00011%
Business Forward Foundation$245,627214%
Institute for Exceptional Care$245,54237%
Human Rights Defense Center Inc$243,635211%
American Society of Evidence Based Policing$240,960547%
Chapin Hall Center for Children$237,62431%
West Virginia University Research Corporation$237,39030%
Center for Veterans Research and Education$236,49013%
Acumen Health Research Institute$226,141248%
Tradeoffs Inc$225,000330%
The Institute for College Access & Success$223,875113%
The Children's Home Inc$222,00821%
National Women's Law Center$217,60021%
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas$214,88921%
Abundance Network Education$210,959120%
Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc$209,07139%
Locus Impact Investing$207,00011%
Partners for Justice Inc$202,72921%
The Opportunity Institute$200,000110%
The Commercial Club Foundation$200,00011%
Regents of the University of California$200,0001n/a
Physicians for Human Rights Inc$200,00013%
The Energy Foundation$200,00010%
Return Strong$200,0002100%
Nebraska Journalism Trust$200,00015%
Spotlight Pa$200,00013%
Invisible Institute$200,00017%
Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc$200,00016%
Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration Inc$197,00022%
Justice Policy Institute$196,97028%
Rhode Island Hospital$195,92710%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$193,87220%
American Heart Association Inc$193,63310%
The Trustees of the Smith College$186,49330%
Psl Foundation$180,000222%
World Resources Institute$177,17710%
The Third Way Foundation Inc$175,00012%
Data Quality Campaign Inc$170,17312%
Justleadershipusa Inc$168,16013%
Common Sense Institute$168,00014%
Center for Taxpayer Rights$155,000112%
City of Long Beach$151,3912n/a
Autistic Self Advocacy Network Inc$150,02024%
Institute for Public Accuracy$150,000115%
Institute for Progress$150,000114%
United Way of Southwest Georgia Inc$150,000113%
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc$150,00013%
Trailhead Institute$150,00011%
Employ America$150,00017%
National Student Legal Defense Network$146,785113%
American Medical Student Association$140,000111%
New America Foundation$139,91320%
Wellbeing & Equity Innovations Inc$138,98618%
Center For Justice And Human Dignity$137,000217%
Assistments Foundation Inc$128,86513%
Institute for Nonprofit News$125,88011%
Local Journalism Initiative Inc$125,00018%
El Paso Matters Inc$125,00019%
Pr Education Initiative Corp$125,00016%
Seattle University$123,33320%
Texas Inmate Families Association$121,3962n/a
New Jersey Reentry a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$120,00011%
Parking Reform Network$120,000135%
Business Education Fund$119,99025%
Prep4all Inc$119,513220%
T1INTERNATIONAL USA T1International$117,877124%
Colorado Succeeds$116,30013%
The Breakthrough Institute$115,47212%
Public Interest Patent Law Institute$115,0001100%
Just City Inc$112,24729%
Thrive Chicago Nfp$111,85912%
Hire Heroes USA Inc$110,00011%
Rocky Mountain Institute$105,00010%
Texas Public Policy Foundation$101,92011%
Institute for Women's Policy Research$101,68522%
Center for Law and Social Policy$100,00021%
Institute of Evidence-Based Policymaking$100,000134%
Forward Impact$100,00023%
Fair Chance Institute Inc$100,000218%
Fair Share Housing Center Inc$100,00013%
Breakfree Education$100,00021%
Ted Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Center for Health and Democracy$100,000115%
97percentorg Inc$100,000234%
Oklahoma Watch Inc$100,000110%
Abfm Foundation Inc$100,00011%
The Political Report Inc$100,00015%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$100,00010%
Live Free Chicago$99,75727%
Oregon State University Foundation$99,55710%
New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute Inc$98,74015%
Costs of Care Inc$98,100247%
Equal Justice USA Inc$97,00022%
Fountain House Inc$96,79410%
Trinity College$93,06310%
American Friends of Hebrew University Inc$90,12320%
Frameworks Institute$90,00011%
Impact Justice$88,09710%
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Inc$85,00022%
University of New Mexico$84,8971n/a
Abortion Care Network$82,02713%
University of Delaware$80,37910%
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$80,00010%
Juvenile Law Center$79,27121%
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy Inc$76,431133%
Justice Initiative of Texas$75,951198%
United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund Inc$75,64714%
Camden Coalition Inc$75,00010%
Health Care for All Inc$74,64812%
Millennial Debt Foundation$70,000116%
Aspiration Aspirationtechorg$70,00012%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$67,50010%
University of Miami$66,70920%
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area$65,80012%
Western Center on Law & Poverty Inc$65,00011%
National Academy of Social Insurance$61,00034%
Geisinger Health$60,00010%
Thomas Jefferson University$60,00010%
Jobs for the Future Inc$60,00010%
American Action Forum Inc$57,28021%
Georgians for a Healthy Future Inc$52,31524%
The Trustees of Grinnell College$50,54610%
New Mexico In Depth Inc$50,000111%
Business Capacity Development Alliance Inc$50,00014%
De-Serving Life$50,000118%
Injustice Watch NFP$50,00014%
Urban Harvest Inc$50,00013%
Open Campus Media Inc$50,00012%
International Association of Chiefs of Police$49,47030%
National Association of State Head Injury Administrators$49,18312%
Independent Center$49,00013%
Michigan Youth Sports Initiative$45,0001n/a
John F Finn Institute for Public Safety Inc$44,83022%
Measure Austin$44,41214%
Association for Community Affiliated Plans$42,28111%
College Possible Inc$36,85020%
John Jay College Foundation Inc$35,00021%
Volcker Alliance Inc$34,76710%
Ohio State University Foundation$33,26710%
Lucy Burns Institute Inc$31,01710%
The New Press Inc$30,00011%
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford$29,15710%
Disability Belongs$27,00011%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$25,91210%
National Criminal Justice Association$25,82911%
National League of Cities Institute Inc$25,22410%
The Bail Project Inc$25,07510%
American Common Ground Council Inc$25,00016%
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy Inc$25,00011%
Inclusive Abundance Initiative Inc$25,00011%
Connective$25,00011%
Constitutional Accountability Center$25,00011%
West Virginia University Foundation Inc$24,67010%
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education$24,09710%
Institute for Justice$23,49410%
King Hall Legal Foundation$23,000125%
Paragon Health Institute$21,84011%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies$21,78710%
Friends Research Institute Inc$20,00010%
Outdoorsmen in Action Inc$20,0001n/a
College Forward$19,89120%
University of Arizona Foundation$18,81110%
Keystone Restituere Justice Center$16,00011%
The Miriam Hospital$15,04510%
Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc$15,00010%
Voice of the People$15,00012%
Utah Investigative Journalism Project$15,000113%
Hispanic Bar Association Inc$13,50014%
Documented LTD$10,00010%
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Academyhealth$10,00010%
City Report Inc$10,00010%
Montrose Grace Place$10,00013%
Equable Institute$10,00011%
Foundation Financial Officers Group Inc$10,00011%
Children's Home Society of America$10,00015%
National Gallery of Art$10,00010%
Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management$9,50010%
National Association for Public Defense Inc$8,52112%
Georgia Tech Foundation Inc$6,80010%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington$5,94010%
Covenant House Texas$5,52510%
Community Family Life Services$5,00010%
US Right to Know$5,00011%
Crosswalk Center$5,00010%
The Food & Drug Law Institute$5,00010%
Homeless Children's Playtime Project$5,00010%
Women in Need Inc$4,56610%
Association for Education Finance & Policy$4,00011%
Grantmakers in Health$2,50010%
Books Between Kids Inc$2,50010%
Project Row Houses$2,50010%
Houston Area Women's Center$2,15910%
PathForward Inc$2,04510%
Elon University$1,00010%
The Institute for Intergovernmental Research Inc$86010%
National Association of Pretrial Service Agencies$75010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 116 recipients with no EIN on record ($94M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Laura and John Arnold Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 55 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCity Fund: $48,136,570 over 3y, 15% of budgetThe Urban Institute: $34,109,072 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetMdrc: $30,049,555 over 5y, 13% of budgetCenter for Effective Public Policy Inc: $22,001,894 over 5y, 69% of budgetAmerica Achieves Inc: $20,000,000 over 2y, 56% of budgetResearch Triangle Institute: $18,395,144 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetVera Institute of Justice Inc: $13,968,935 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $13,920,275 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAccelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning: $13,322,000 over 2y, 50% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $12,756,494 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetHenry J Kaiser Family Foundation: $12,346,411 over 5y, 11% of budgetGeorgetown University: $10,958,304 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $10,551,974 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCivica Foundation: $10,000,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $10,000,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCouncil of State Governments: $9,734,581 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetEvidence for Healthcare Improvement: $9,400,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $9,120,559 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University: $8,816,523 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget: $6,592,970 over 5y, 33% of budgetCoalition for Public Safety: $6,240,131 over 2y, 100% of budgetCharter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund: $6,000,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetAmerican Journalism Project Inc: $5,850,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetThe Brookings Institution: $5,700,827 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetThe Pew Charitable Trusts: $4,378,004 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSocial Finance Inc: $4,333,409 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetDuke University: $4,039,449 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $4,017,560 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJustice Action Network Foundation: $4,000,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetCenter for Health Policy Development: $3,873,930 over 4y, 27% of budgetThe Reason Foundation: $3,850,000 over 3y, 9.7% of budgetPer Scholas Inc: $3,734,400 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $3,676,731 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetNational Policing Institute: $3,427,784 over 4y, 17% of budgetHealth Care Cost Institute Inc: $3,303,647 over 5y, 21% of budgetProject on Predatory Student Lending: $3,228,534 over 3y, 68% of budgetCornell University: $3,188,709 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $3,142,145 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $3,124,535 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDrexel University: $2,959,366 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Resources for Justice Inc: $2,761,371 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetUniversity of Cincinnati Research Institute: $2,583,745 over 5y, 24% of budgetResources Legacy Fund: $2,436,946 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetFor the People: $2,350,000 over 4y, 27% of budgetBipartisan Policy Center Inc: $2,258,880 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetVirginia Center for Health Innovation: $2,224,499 over 4y, 64% of budgetEconomic Mobility Corporation: $2,223,883 over 5y, 32% of budgetThe Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity: $2,217,387 over 5y, 44% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Commonwealth FundNY68.3× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Commonwealth Fund · The Joyce Foundation · Gates Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The Kresge Foundation · California Healthcare Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Peter G Peterson Foundation · Carnegie Corporation of New York

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Laura and John Arnold Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Laura and John Arnold Foundation

How much does Laura and John Arnold Foundation give?
Laura and John Arnold Foundation reported 789 grants totaling $193,332,143 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 244 and 295 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Laura and John Arnold Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Health (15%), Crime & Legal (11%).
Who are Laura and John Arnold Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: City Fund ($48M), The Urban Institute ($34M), Mdrc ($30M).
Does Laura and John Arnold Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Laura and John Arnold Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Laura and John Arnold Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Commonwealth Fund, The Joyce Foundation, Gates Foundation.
Where is Laura and John Arnold Foundation based?
Laura and John Arnold Foundation is based in TX.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 634 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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