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Private foundation (trust)EIN 263241764Est. 2009-10

LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION

HOUSTON, TX 770273048

Total Assets

$4.8B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$193.3M

FY 2024

Grants Made

789

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$245K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$685–$12.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$486.4M

Total Expenses

$211.6M

Qualifying Distributions

$213.1M

Distributable Amount

$216.4M

Min. Investment Return

$219.2M

Payout rate 98%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.98%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

789 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $685 through median $123K to maximum $12.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

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500 grants

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$4.2M
7 grants
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14 grants
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$3.8M
7 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
$10–50K
$50–250K
277
grants
$250K–1M
202
grants
$1–5M
20
grants
$5M+
1
grants

Geographic Focus

38 states

District of Columbia
$35.5M
19% of total
Massachusetts
$23.8M
13% of total
California
$23.8M
13% of total
New York
$20.4M
11% of total
Oregon
$13.8M
8% of total
Maryland
$7.8M
4% of total
Pennsylvania
$7.0M
4% of total
Illinois
$6.7M
4% of total
North Carolina
$5.6M
3% of total
Texas
$4.6M
3% of total

+28 more states

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