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| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Ventures_LLC |
| Best overview URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Ventures_LLC |
| Facebook username | ArnoldVentures |
| Website | https://www.arnoldventures.org/ |
| Donations URL | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ |
| Twitter username | lja_foundation |
| Regularity with which donor updates donations data | quarterly refresh |
| Regularity with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update) | quarterly refresh |
| Lag with which donor updates donations data | months |
| Lag with which Donations List Website updates donations data (after donor update) | days |
| Data entry method on Donations List Website | SQL insertion commands generated by script https://github.com/riceissa/arnold-foundation-grants |
Brief history: The foundation, started in 2008, has ramped up spending over time
Brief notes on broad donor philosophy and major focus areas: The foundation is making big bets in its focus areas of criminal justice reform, education (K-12), public accountability (pension reform, United States), and research integrity
Notes on grant publication logistics: Grants are published on the grants page, which is updated quarterly. There are no individual grant pages
Miscellaneous notes: This was formerly the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF)
Full donor page for donor Arnold Ventures
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Facebook page | UChicago |
| Website | http://www.uchicago.edu |
| Twitter username | UChicago |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago |
| Instagram username | UChicago |
Full donee page for donee University of Chicago
| Item | Value |
|---|
| Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 24 | 196,130 | 573,620 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 79,530 | 100,000 | 155,071 | 196,130 | 233,162 | 236,643 | 825,103 | 1,750,000 | 4,499,222 |
| Evidence-Based Policy | 18 | 146,842 | 369,202 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 79,530 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 146,842 | 162,660 | 233,162 | 263,435 | 825,103 | 2,965,628 |
| Criminal justice reform | 5 | 236,643 | 1,074,248 | 199,367 | 199,367 | 199,367 | 199,367 | 199,367 | 236,643 | 236,643 | 236,643 | 236,643 | 4,499,222 | 4,499,222 |
| Sustainable Public Finance | 1 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 |
If you hover over a cell for a given cause area and year, you will get a tooltip with the number of donees and the number of donations.
Note: Cause area classification used here may not match that used by donor for all cases.
| Cause area | Number of donations | Total | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evidence-Based Policy (filter this donor) | 18 | 6,645,629.00 | 233,162.00 | 3,311,758.00 | 2,738,049.00 | 200,000.00 | 162,660.00 |
| Criminal justice reform (filter this donor) | 5 | 5,371,242.00 | 473,286.00 | 0.00 | 398,734.00 | 0.00 | 4,499,222.00 |
| Sustainable Public Finance (filter this donor) | 1 | 1,750,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,750,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 24 | 13,766,871.00 | 706,448.00 | 3,311,758.00 | 4,886,783.00 | 200,000.00 | 4,661,882.00 |
Graph of spending by cause area and year (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of spending by cause area and year (cumulative)
There are no documents associated with this combination of donor and donee.
Graph of all donations (with known year of donation), showing the timeframe of donations
| Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 24) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 236,643.00 | 8 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the Mental Health Emergency Alternative Response and Treatment intervention in Chicago. | |
| 236,643.00 | 8 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the Mental Health Emergency Alternative Response and Treatment intervention in Chicago. | |
| 233,162.00 | 10 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To fund a low-cost randomized controlled trial designed to help the Fresno, California identify the most effective outdoor water restriction enforcement strategy. | |
| 100,000.00 | 17 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To provide technical assistance to policy labs. | |
| 196,130.00 | 13 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To support a research fellow at the Environmental Protection Agency. | |
| 50,000.00 | 22 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To support a randomized controlled trial of a tutoring program for at-risk readers in early elementary school. | |
| 2,965,628.00 | 2 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To pilot a project aimed at improving outcomes for youth ages 16 to 24 who are out of school and work in Chicago. | |
| 263,435.00 | 6 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To study an analytical tool that predicts which hazardous waste sites are most likely to violate environmental regulations. | |
| 199,367.00 | 11 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To develop and study a pre-booking police protocol that diverts narcotics-involved offenders in Chicago to treatment. | |
| 79,530.00 | 20 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To partner with The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley to study the impact of minimum wage policies on producer prices. | |
| 825,103.00 | 4 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To develop and support a network of government chief data officers. | |
| 50,000.00 | 22 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To evaluate a tutoring program for at-risk readers in elementary school. | |
| 199,367.00 | 11 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To develop and study a pre-booking police protocol that diverts narcotics-involved offenders in Chicago to treatment. | |
| 1,750,000.00 | 3 | Sustainable Public Finance | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To support grantee's Harris School of Public Policy Center's efforts to enhance transparency and accountability in government finance. | |
| 146,842.00 | 16 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To fund a randomized controlled trial of a program that provides wrap-around financial, academic, and personal supports for low-income community college students in Chicago, Illinois. | |
| 155,071.00 | 15 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To fund a randomized controlled trial of a job-readiness training program designed to address cognitive and social barriers to employment. | |
| 263,435.00 | 6 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To study an analytical tool that predicts which hazardous waste sites are most likely to violate environmental regulations. | |
| 79,530.00 | 20 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To partner with The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley to study the impact of minimum wage policies on producer prices. | |
| 825,103.00 | 4 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To develop and support a network of government chief data officers. | |
| 50,000.00 | 22 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To evaluate a tutoring program for at-risk readers in elementary school. | |
| 100,000.00 | 17 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To identify promising applications of machine learning techniques. | |
| 100,000.00 | 17 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To identify promising applications of machine learning techniques. | |
| 4,499,222.00 | 1 | Criminal justice reform | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To establish a New York City hub for the University of Chicago Crime Lab. | |
| 162,660.00 | 14 | Evidence-Based Policy | https://www.arnoldventures.org/grants/ | -- | To train scholars in the field experiment method and promote field experiment research. |