MDRC is pleased to have received a new multiyear grant from Arnold Ventures, building on a decade-long collaboration between the two organizations to promote the use of the best research and evidence to improve policies and programs serving people with low incomes.
“Over the past decade, MDRC’s work with Arnold Ventures has built important, actionable evidence in numerous fields,” said MDRC President Virginia Knox. “We are delighted to continue working with the Arnold Ventures team to bring decision-makers in public agencies, education systems, and other critical sectors the capacities and information they need to improve opportunity and economic mobility.”
The new grant will support MDRC’s work in four areas:
* bringing evidence to policymaking, particularly in states and localities,
* promoting evidence to practice through technical assistance to providers,
* supporting states and localities in leveraging their own data to improve programs and systems, and
* enhancing the field’s use of applied methods to learn what works, for whom, and why.
“Arnold Ventures is proud to have worked alongside MDRC over the past decade, raising the bar for rigorous research and evidence-based policymaking,” said Arnold Ventures Executive Vice President of Evidence and Evaluation Justin Milner. “We’re excited to deepen our partnership and further institutionalize a culture of evidence among decision-makers that will increase our collective impact in the years to come.”