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
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John D ArnoldJOHN D ARNOLD
DIRECTOR/CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Laura E ArnoldLAURA E ARNOLD
DIRECTOR/CO-CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Roxanne AlmarazROXANNE ALMARAZ
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Elizabeth BanksELIZABETH BANKS
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 15
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Kelli RheeKELLI 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ACCELERATE - THE NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING
$3,322,000
NASHVILLE, TN
TO SUPPORT GRANTEE'S STATES LEADING RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM.
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CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PUBLIC POLICY
$3,014,108
KENSINGTON, MD
TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND PRETRIAL REFORM.
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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.
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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
$2,000,000
BALTIMORE, MD
TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PUBLICLY DISSEMINATE POLICY OPTIONS TO REGULATE AND CONTROL DRUG SPENDING.
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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.
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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.
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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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