Grant dollars awarded
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Arnold Ventures funds various types of projects to understand problems and identify policy solutions in criminal justice, health, education, and public finance. Below is a listing of all Arnold Ventures C3 grants funded by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) and the Arnolds’ donor-advised fund. Learn more about the Arnolds’ personal philanthropy.
- $134M Average yearly giving, 2011-2017
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| Recipient | Purpose | Term | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Ideas Lab, Inc. | To help advise jurisdictions on best practices for the use of the Public Safety Assessment. | 2016 - 2017 | $55,000 |
| National Conference of State Legislatures | To track and summarize state legislation related to pretrial justice and police body-worn cameras. | 2015 - 2016 | $111,400 |
| The Regents of the University of California, San Diego | To improve the statistical methodology used to evaluate the reliability of eyewitness identification. | 2016 - 2020 | $322,962 |
| Hawaii Department of Public Safety | To pilot a pretrial supervision initiative modeled on the state of Hawaii's "HOPE" probation program. | 2013 - 2016 | $685,657 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | To convene a roundtable on pretrial best practices. | 2014 - 2016 | $199,996 |
| Washington University | To advance the implementation and rigorous testing of deferred prosecution programs. | 2016 - 2018 | $359,808 |
| Administrative Office of the Courts of the State of Kentucky - Division of Pretrial Services | To conduct research on pretrial risk assessment, release, and supervision. | 2012 | $171,003 |
| Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government and Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney | To help reduce the amount of time it takes to process felony cases. | 2014 - 2017 | $339,750 |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | To raise public awareness of reform efforts related to the criminal justice pretrial process and court-imposed fines and fees. | 2016 - 2017 | $211,474 |
| City of Long Beach | To conduct a randomized controlled trial of Forensic Assertive Community Treatment and wraparound services. | 2018 - 2021 | Up To $491,211 |
| National Conference of State Legislatures | To update and disseminate databases of legislation related to the pretrial process and body-worn cameras. | 2017 - 2018 | $190,617 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | To fund a study of the effects of vertical and horizontal defense representation models on case and criminal justice outcomes. | 2016 - 2019 | $247,706 |
| Houston Forensic Science LGC, Inc. | To help improve the application of forensic science in laboratories nationwide. | 2013 - 2014 | $75,000 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | To develop a research agenda for pretrial criminal justice and evaluate research proposals. | 2015 - 2016 | $232,151 |
| The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute for Texas | To fund randomized controlled trials of Assertive Community Treatment and Forensic Assertive Community Treatment in Dallas County, Texas. | 2017 - 2022 | $1,024,737 |
| Administrative Office of the Courts of the State of Kentucky - Division of Pretrial Services | To support implementation of the Public Safety Assessment. | 2013 - 2015 | $25,434 |
| MDRC | To assess the predictive validity of the Public Safety Assessment. | 2017 - 2019 | $88,869 |
| Texas Public Policy Foundation | To raise public awareness of reform efforts related to the criminal justice pretrial process and court-imposed fines and fees. | 2017 - 2019 | $286,269 |
| Code for America Labs, Inc. | To enhance the pretrial criminal justice system in New York, New York. | 2013 - 2014 | $90,000 |
| National Juvenile Defender Center | To reduce the use of monetary bail and pretrial detention for juvenile defendants. | 2018 - 2020 | $650,804 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | To fund a randomized controlled trial of an informational tool for public defenders designed to reduce sentencing disparities. | 2016 - 2020 | $329,060 |
| Indiana University | To create a model forensics lab report. | 2013 - 2015 | $9,366 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | To support the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. | 2018 - 2019 | $163,515 |
| Aleph Institute, Inc. | To support the Alternative Sentencing Key Stakeholder Summit. | 2016 | $50,000 |
