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Form 990-PF for tax year 2024

Filed by LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$486,369,598
Total expenses
$211,620,745
Contributions and grants received
$152,387,961
Contributions, gifts and grants paid
$193,332,143
Fair market value of assets, end of year
$4,766,058,262

Listed in Part VIII

  • John D Arnold

    DIRECTOR/CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Laura E Arnold

    DIRECTOR/CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Roxanne Almaraz

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Elizabeth Banks

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Kelli Rhee

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

Compensation is as filed in Part VIII of the Form 990-PF: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants paid on this return

Grants paid, cash basis (Part I, line 25, column (d))
$193,332,143
As filed, and sometimes filed as 0.
Grants paid, Part XV total (line 3a)
$193,332,143
The foundation's own total of the grants it itemizes.

These are the grants the foundation paid during the year. The “Contributions, gifts and grants paid” total above is the figure on the foundation's books. This return's accounting method is not recorded as accrual or cash. Under accrual, a grant is recorded when the foundation commits to it rather than when it pays, so the books total need not agree with the cash figures in this section: a grant promised one year and paid in another is counted in different years.

  • THE CITY FUND

    $12,500,000

    BEAVERTON, OR

    TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT TO SUPPORT GRANTEE'S EFFORTS TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL LEADERS TO CREATE INNOVATIVE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS, WITH THE OVERALL GOAL OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

  • MDRC

    $5,000,000

    NEW YORK, NY

    TO SUPPORT GRANTEE TO DEVELOP AND ADVANCE MULTIPLE STRATEGIES TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE ITS ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT IN AREAS INCLUDING: (I) STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ITS RESEARCH AND POLICYMAKERS; (II) BUILDING A MORE RIGOROUS APPROACH TO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; (III) ADVANCING ITS LEADERSHIP ON THE USE OF NEW EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES AND DATA; AND (IV) LEVERAGING DATA EFFICIENTLY FOR EVALUATION, DECISION-MAKING, AND PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT.

  • MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    $3,500,000

    CAMBRIDGE, MA

    TO SUPPORT J-PAL NORTH AMERICA, INCLUDING BY FUNDING LANDMARK RANDOMIZED EVALUATIONS, EXPANDING THE CAPACITY AND DIVERSITY OF RESEARCHERS WHO WORK ON RANDOMIZED EVALUATIONS, TRANSLATING FINDINGS INTO ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS THAT INFORM POLICY AT SCALE, AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE USE OF EVIDENCE AS A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND U.S. POLICYMAKING.

  • ACCELERATE - THE NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING

    $3,322,000

    NASHVILLE, TN

    TO SUPPORT GRANTEE'S STATES LEADING RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM.

  • CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PUBLIC POLICY

    $3,014,108

    KENSINGTON, MD

    TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND PRETRIAL REFORM.

  • MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    $3,000,000

    CAMBRIDGE, MA

    TO SUPPORT THE ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL POVERTY ACTION LAB NORTH AMERICA IN ITS WORK TO GENERATE RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS THAT MEASURE THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND POLICIES.

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

    $2,000,000

    BALTIMORE, MD

    TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PUBLICLY DISSEMINATE POLICY OPTIONS TO REGULATE AND CONTROL DRUG SPENDING.

  • VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC

    $2,000,000

    BROOKLYN, NY

    TO SUPPORT THE RESTORING PROMISE INITIATIVE THAT PARTNERS WITH STATE DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTIONS TO DESIGN AND FACILITATE RIGOROUS EVALUATION OF REIMAGINED HOUSING UNITS FOR INCARCERATED YOUNG ADULTS IN A WAY THAT CENTERS HUMAN DIGNITY, SAFETY, AND RACE EQUITY.

  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

    $1,974,997

    WASHINGTON, DC

    TO SUPPORT GRANTEE'S CENTER ON HEALTH INSURANCE REFORMS IN PROVIDING POLICYMAKERS AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS WITH EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND NON-PARTISAN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE COST CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES.

  • TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

    $1,862,391

    PHILADELPHIA, PA

    TO EXPAND PWBM'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE ACCURATE, ACCESSIBLE, AND TRANSPARENT BUDGET AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC POLICY BY PROVIDING MORE ACCESS TO THE MODEL AND DATA WHILE DEEPENING THE MODEL'S CAPABILITIES.

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Provenance

Return type
form_990_pf
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513219349102841

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