Arnold Ventures

Leadership & Staff

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Sam Mar Executive Vice President of Communications & External Affairs for Arnold Ventures

• EVP of Communications & External Affairs

Denis Calabrese

• president

Ken Bubp Partner at The City Fund

• Senior Education Fellow (Apr '16→Jul '18)

Chris Barbic Partner at The City Fund, former Fellow at Arnold Family Foundation and Founder of YES Prep,

• Senior Education Fellow (Aug '16→?) [+1]

• Position

Michael Stebbins Geneticist and Public Policy Expert

• Former VP of Science and Technology*

John D. Arnold American billionaire, Arnold now focuses on his philanthropy and political activism through Arnold Ventures LLC, and through Laura and John Arnold Foundation.

• owner ('19→?) [+1]

• founder and owner ('08→?)

Robb Gray Vice President Policy W.K. Kellogg Foundation (Former Arnold Ventures)

• Former VP Policy & Advocacy ('18→?)*

Noor Iqbal Chief of Staff at The City Fund, previous Laura and John Arnold Foundation

• Education Manager/Director of Education (Jul '15→Jun '18)

Neerav Kingsland Managing Partner at The City Fund

• Senior Fellow ('15→'18)*

Alexander Holsinger Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at University of Missouri - Kansas City

• Position

Board Members

Michael Feinberg Founder, Knowledge is Power Program

• Board Member

Natasha Kamrani VP of Arnold Family Foundation, former head of Houston Teach for America

• Board Member

Karen L Arnold

• Treasurer

Laura E Arnold Wife of natural gas billionaire John Arnold

• President ('04→?)

John Arnold billionaire hedge fund manager and former Enron trader

• Chairman

Donors

Massachusetts ROCA Social Impact Bond Innovative Finance Mechanims to Reduce Recidivism Among MA Youth

• Grant · 3,700,000 USD ('12)*

California Policy Lab University-Government Data-Driven Research Vehicle for Government Programs

• Grant · 2,000,000 USD

Houston Independent School District

• Grant · 100,000 USD ('12→'13)

John Arnold billionaire hedge fund manager and former Enron trader

• Donation/Grant · 0 USD (Jan 27 '14) [+7]

• Donation/Grant · 0 USD (Feb 8 '14)

• Donation/Grant · 0 USD (Feb 10 '14)

• Donation/Grant · 0 USD (Mar 4 '14)

• Donation/Grant · 0 USD (Nov 17 '14)

• Donation/Grant · 0 USD (Mar 3 '15)

• Donation/Grant · 0 USD (Apr 28 '15)

• Donation/Grant · 0 USD (Nov 7 '15)

Center for Education Research Harvard Promoting Data-Driven Technology Based Education

• Grant

Local Government Fellowship Program Innovative Data-Driven Government Program from Results4America

• Grant (Sep '14)

Data Smart City Solutions Program of Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center

• Donor

Donations

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The City Fund A national non-profit organization formed to spread the portfolio model across the country.

• Grant · 72,651,000 USD ('18→'24) [+1]

• Grant · 27,700,852 USD ('18→'22)*

The Mind Trust Inc Charter School Initiative for Indianapolis, IN

• Grant · 11,075,000 USD ('16→'19) [+2]

• Grant · 3,500,000 USD ('18→'20)

• Grant · 60,000 USD ('16)

Pay for Success Initiative Program of the Urban Institute Funded by the Arnold Foundation

• Grant · 8,400,000 USD ('15)

Charter School Growth Fund

• Donation/Grant · 6,000,000 USD ('15→'18) [+3]

• Donation/Grant · 4,100,000 USD ('18→'22)*

• Donation/Grant · 2,000,000 USD ('15→'16)*

• Donation/Grant · 1,149,000 USD ('16→'18)

Teach for America Leadership training & short term K12 teaching program oriented around districts with poverty

• Donation/Grant · 5,500,000 USD [+2]

• Donation · 5,000,000 USD ('12→'13)

• Donation/Grant · 533,826 USD ('16→'18)*

New Schools Venture Fund Data storage

• Grant · 4,578,667 USD ('16→'18)* [+1]

• Grant ('11)*

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

• Donation/Grant · 3,800,000 USD

Education Reform Now Advocacy

• Donation · 1,700,160 USD ('13→'14) [+1]

• Donation · 500,000 USD ('11→'12)

Education Cities (formerly CEE-Trust) A non-profit organization that advises city-based education non-profit leaders on strategies for implementing the portfolio model

• Grant · 1,275,000 USD ('16→'18)*

Camden Enrollment, Inc.

• Donation/Grant · 1,005,014 USD ('17→'18)

Child Organizations

Public Safety Assessment (PSA) Pretrial Assessment Tool

• an initiative

Services & Transactions

Persistent Surveillance Systems Develops non-stop aerial surveillance tech

• funding police surveillance program in baltimore · 3,700,000 USD (?→'20)

Miscellaneous Relationships

Pre-Trial Risk Assessment Algorithmic Risk Profiing

• Effort*

Action Now Initiative 501(c)(4) associated with the Laura and John Arnold Foundation

• 501(c)(4)

Beeck Center Research Center for Data and Social Impact Investing at Georgetown University

• Affiliation

Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy Think tank

• Becomes Part of ('15→?)*

Bellwether Education Partners

• Affiliation