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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Princeton, NJ, United States
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Last 5 Years At A Glance
They've funded 3,175 grants to 1,210 organizations totaling $1,619,662,491
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Most Common Grant Amount: $50,000
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Showing Grants For "Health, New York (United States)"
| Recipient | Recipient City | Recipient State | Recipient Country | Primary Subject | Year | Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | New York City | New York | United States | Health | 2017 | $3,398,174 |
| University of California | Berkeley | California | United States | Health | 2017 | $549,123 |
| Gehl.Org, Inc. | New York City | New York | United States | Health | 2017 | $224,305 |
| Research Foundation of The City University of New York | New York City | New York | United States | Health | 2017 | $181,463 |
| New York Academy of Medicine | New York City | New York | United States | Public health | 2017 | $147,591 |
Subjects
- Addiction services
- Bullying
- Child development
- Child educational development
- Child welfare
- Education
- Environmental health
- Family services
- Foundations
- Graduate and professional education
- Health
- Health care administration and financing
- Health care financing
- Health insurance
- Higher education
- Homeless services
- Hospital care
- Human services
- In-patient medical care
- Leadership development
- Medical education
- Mental and behavioral disorders
- Mental health care
- Nonprofits
- Nursing care
- Obesity
- Palliative care
- Philanthropy
- Preventive care
- Public health
- Public policy
- Senior services
- Smoking
- University education
- Voluntarism
Geographic Focus
- National
Population Groups
- Academics
- American Indians
- Children and youth
- Economically disadvantaged people
- Ethnic and racial groups
- Homeless people
- Low-income and poor people
- People with disabilities
- Seniors
Support Strategies
- Continuing support
- Policy, advocacy and systems reform
- Program development
- Program evaluations
- Research
- Research and evaluation
- Seed money
- Technical assistance
Transaction Types
- Employee matching gifts
- Matching grants
- Program-related investments
Organization Types
- Independent foundation
Purpose and Activities
The foundation's mission is to improve the health and health care of all Americans. Its efforts focus on fostering environments that promote health and on improving how health care in America is delivered and paid for, and how well it does for patients and their families.
Background
Incorporated in 1936 in NJ; became a national philanthropy in 1972 - Founded by the late Robert Wood Johnson, who built the family firm, Johnson & Johnson, (which was founded by his father Robert Wood Johnson, I) into a worldwide health and medical care products company. Because of his service during World War II as a brigadier general in charge of the New York Ordnance District, people who knew him addressed him as the General. President Roosevelt appointed him as Vice Chairman of the War Production Board and Chairman of the Smaller War Plants Corporation. He endowed the foundation with a $1.2 billion bequest from his personal fortune.
In 2014 the foundation announced that it will continue to work on issues it believes are key to the well-being of all Americans, but within its organization it will no longer divide its efforts into the silos of health and health care. Rather, all that it does will serve one goal: building a culture of health.
The grantmaker is a signatory to Philanthropy's Promise, an initiative of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP). By signing on, the grantmaker has committed to allocating the majority of its grantmaking dollars to marginalized communities and at least 25 percent to social justice strategies, such as advocacy, community organizing, and civic engagement.
Program Areas (11)
21st Century Leadership
The foundation identifies leaders who have the potential to transform our nation's health and providing them with the support they need to realize their promise. It is committed to investing in the development of health innovators and to develop new health-focused leadership programs that connect people across sectors as well as disciplines, capitalize on technology to promote networking and mentoring, and reach and help many more individuals.
Bridging Health and Health Care
The foundation believes that for too long being healthy has been defined as not being sick. It also believes that good health extends beyond the walls of medical offices to the places where people live, learn, work and play. As such, the foundation will continue to invest in programs that bridge health and health care, balancing treatment with prevention, community action and individual responsibility.
Cost, Quality, and Value
The foundation is committed to seeking the best possible outcomes and highest value from our national investments in health care, public health and population health. This includes reducing wasteful spending, increasing the reach and efficacy of fundamental health services, and investing in the identification and spread of strategies to improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care and other health services.
Culture of Health Prize
The prize is awarded annually to honor outstanding community efforts and partnerships that are helping people live healthier lives. Winning communities will each receive a $25,000 cash prize and have their accomplishments celebrated and shared broadly with the goal of raising awareness and inspiring locally-driven change across the country. The prize is a place-based prize that honors whole U.S. communities; submissions representing the work of a single organization or initiative will not be considered. Each applicant community will be required to designate a local U.S. governmental or tax exempt public charity operating in its community to accept the $25,000 prize on the community's behalf, should they win. Community partners can decide together how to use the funds to benefit the community; reports to RWJF or UWPHI on prize expenditures are not required. See foundation web site eligibility and selection criteria and online application process.
Equal Opportunity
The foundation works with other foundations, organizations, and businesses that have long worked to increase opportunities in education, housing, and community development to make the fruits of good health available to all. In 2013, it established Forward Promise, a $9.5 million initiative focused on promoting opportunities for the health and success of middle school and high school-aged boys and young men of color.The foundation will continue to delve more deeply into the causes of the unacceptable gaps in opportunity for good health and identify additional areas that we believe call for immediate attention.
Future of Nursing Scholars
The goal of the program is to develop the next generation of PhD-prepared nurse leaders who are committed to long-term careers that advance science and discovery, strengthen nursing education, and bring transformational change to nursing and health care. Schools with research-focused PhD programs in nursing are eligible to apply for the program. Selected schools will choose the PhD students to be designated as Future of Nursing Scholars. The school must be committed to facilitating the scholar's completion of the PhD in three academic years. The scholars selected by the school must also be committed to completing their PhD program in three academic years. Each scholar will receive $75,000 to be used over the three years of the program. This award must be matched by $50,000 in support from the school (which may be in-kind). See foundation web site for online application process.
Health Care Coverage For All
For decades, the foundation has worked to improve access to affordable, high-quality coverage for all Americans. The Affordable Care Act has created new opportunities for more than 30 million uninsured Americans to acquire coverage. The foundation's objective is to ensure that all who are eligible for coverage know what is available to them and how to make the most of it.
Healthy Places and Practices
To help build public demand for a culture of health, the foundation will identify, support, and spread the word about individual and community actions that promote lifelong health for all Americans. It is committed to finding strong examples of places and practices reflecting a culture of health, and sharing the lessons they have to offer with others so Americans can link forces and build small victories into a national movement.
Healthy Weight for All Children
In 2007, the foundation announced that it would dedicate $500 million to reversing the childhood obesity epidemic in America. The relentless rise in childhood obesity rates has abated, and in some areas has even decreased. Moving forward, the foundation will stress the importance of achieving a healthy weight for all of our nation's children, especially in poor communities and those of color.
Program-Related Investment
The foundation has made PRIs in the form of loans in a pooled PRI fund to improve economically disadvantaged urban communities and the lives of their residents and for an expansion of playworks to promote youth development in school. The foundation has made a PRI to provide a reserve for a loan fund serving women and minorities in medicine. In the following years, PRI support has included funding for organizations focused on the aging, the housing needs of the chronic mentally ill, and increasing the effectiveness of rural hospitals. Specifically, PRIs have supported facilities improvement and equipment acquisition, and capitalized earned income ventures and housing development projects.
Vulnerable Populations
The foundation supports finding innovative and effective ways of addressing the many factors that influence the health of our nation's most vulnerable people. Its work in this area will focus on mental wellness and violence prevention, particularly in early childhood. The foundation believes we cannot call ourselves a healthy nation if we continue to be a violent one. The foundation has chosen to address how health is diminished by all forms of violence—child abuse, bullying, post-traumatic stress, domestic abuse, street violence—and how the cycle can be broken.
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The foundation awards most grants through calls for proposals connected with its areas of focus. It accepts unsolicited proposals for projects that suggest new and creative approaches to solving health and health care problems. RWJF will continue to accept unsolicited proposals for the Pioneer Portfolio. Pioneer welcomes proposals for unsolicited grants at any time and issues awards throughout the year. There are no deadlines. Check web site for Open Calls for Proposals.
Application form required.
Applicants should submit the following:
- Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
- Copy of current year's organizational budget and/or project budget
- Results expected from proposed grant
- Contact person
- Brief history of organization and description of its mission
- Population served
- Qualifications of key personnel
- Timetable for implementation and evaluation of project
- How project's results will be evaluated or measured
- Statement of problem project will address
- Listing of additional sources and amount of support
- How project will be sustained once grantmaker support is completed
Initial Approach: Electronic brief proposal
Board meeting date(s): Quarterly
Deadline(s): None
Final notification: 6 to 12 months
Additional information: If the foundation requests a full proposal, instructions will be provided regarding what information to include and how to present it. If applying for an unsolicited grant from the Pioneer Portfolio, submit a brief proposal online.
Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces 2018 Culture of Health Prize
Posted: 2017-08-19 Deadline: July 20, 2017
RWJF Invites LOIs for Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health
Posted: 2017-01-31 Deadline: July 20, 2017
Giving Limitations
Giving primarily in the U.S.
No support for political organizations, international activities, programs or institutions concerned solely with specific chronic conditions or basic biomedical research.
No grants to individuals, or for ongoing general operating expenses, endowment funds, capital costs, including construction, renovation, or equipment, or research on unapproved drug therapies or devices, end-of-life care, long-term care or for physical activity for adults age 50 or older.
For fiscal year ended 2016-12-31
- Gifts Received: N/A
- Expenditures: $488,827,000
- Qualifying Distributions: $367,134,000
Giving Activities include:
- $367,134,000 for grants
- $737,000 for foundation-administered programs
- $3,356,000 for loans/program-related investments
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Officers and Trustees (31)
Staff (99)
Donors (1)
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BUILD Health Challenge Awards $8 Million for Community Health
The implementation and planning grants support nineteen projects designed to improve health in low-income communities across the country....
Adult Obesity Rates Showing Signs of Leveling Off, Study Finds
The annual study by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that adult obesity rates rose in four states in 2016, fell in one, and remained stable in the rest....
RWJF Awards $1.1 Million for Healthy School Model Initiative
The grant to Washington University will enable researchers to study schools in St. Louis and begin to develop models for African-American students that better serve their physical and emotional needs....
Rutgers Receives $4 Million for Cancer Research Partnership
The grants, which include $2 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will enable RCI and the Center for Cancer Research to share knowledge and more rapidly advance discoveries leading to drug development, clinical trials, and new therapies for cancer patients....
NAS, RWJF Award $10.8 Million for Resilient Gulf Coast Communities
The grants will fund projects in Louisiana and Alabama focused on enhancing the science and practice of climate and disaster resilience....
< RWJF Awards $6.3 Million for Community Health Program
The grant to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement will expand initiatives aimed at advancing health, well-being, and health equity....
Americans Seek Actionable Healthcare Price Information, Survey Finds
Funded by RWJF and the NYS Health Foundation, the report from Public Agenda finds that 20 percent of Americans compare providers' prices....
Drug Overdoses Fueling Rise in Premature Death Rates, Study Finds
The rankings by RWJF and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute found premature death rates up across urban and rural counties....
Forward Promise Program Moves to Penn Graduate School of Education
Supported by a $12 million grant from RWJF, the program will work to promote a culture of health for young boys and men of color....
$90 Million Equitable Infrastructure Initiative Launched
The Strong, Prosperous and Resilient Communities Challenge will fund infrastructure and climate resilience projects benefiting low-income communities....
RWJF Names Richard Besser as New President and CEO
After a career largely spent at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Besser will succeed Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, who is stepping down after fourteen years....
RWJF Awards Fourth Round of Future of Nursing Grants
The grants will provide fifty-one nurses with financial support, mentoring, and leadership development over the three years of their Ph.D. program....
Support for Investing in Improving Community Health High, Survey Finds
The RWJF and Trust for America's Health report found that 73 percent of registered voters support an increase in investments aimed at improving the health of communities....
Repeal of ACA Would See Uncompensated Costs, Unmet Needs Soar
Partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act would result in 29.8 million people losing their coverage by 2019....
U.S. Healthcare System Failing High-Need Patients, Survey Finds
A Commonwealth Fund survey found that while most high-need respondents have a doctor or place of care, 44 percent delayed care in the past year....
'Culture of Health' Requires Focus on Young Men of Color, Study Finds
Issue briefs commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examine key barriers to health and success faced by young men of color....
Smith Family Foundation Awards $10 Million for Pediatric Mental Health
The TEAM UP for Children initiative will fund efforts to integrate primary and behavioral health care for children at three community health centers in the Boston area....
RWJF Awards $1.5 Million for Health Equity Initiative
The Allies for Reaching Community Health Equity initiative will work to address the social determinants of health....
RWJF Announces Inaugural Cohort of Leadership Fellows
More than a hundred and fifty participants from multiple fields have been selected to participate in four health leadership programs....
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey to Step Down as Head of RWJF
Lavizzo-Mourey has headed the foundation since 2003 and spearheaded its major initiatives, including its vision fof a Culture of Health....
Adult Obesity Rates Fell in Four States, Study Finds
The study by Trust for America's Health and RWJF found that rates fell in Minnesota, Montana, New York, and Ohio but remained high overall....
NonProfit Times Releases 2016 'Power and Influence' Top 50 List
Once again, turnover was the theme of this year's list, with sixteen first-time honorees and eight returnees....
Foundations Combine Forces to Improve Health Care, Reduce Costs
Five foundations will collaborate to transform care delivery for chronically ill patients with the greatest need....
Reinvestment Fund, RWJF Award $3 Million for Low-Income Communities
Fifty cities will receive $60,000 each in support of the efforts of local leaders to work together to improve health in poor neighborhoods....
Ten Foundations Commit $125 Million in Support of Flint
The funding collaborative will support initiatives aimed at ensuring a brighter future for residents of the Michigan city....
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The Revolving Door: A Report on U.S. Hospital Readmissions
Investing in Boys and Young Men of Color: The Promise of Opportunity
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationHealth Affairs/RWJF Health Policy Brief: Medicaid Reform
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationHealth Affairs/RWJF Health Policy Brief: The Independent Payment Advisory Board
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationEliminating the Individual Mandate: Effects on Premiums, Coverage, and Uncompensated Care
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPhysician Faculty Scholars Program 2005-2012
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationThe Case for Public Reporting of Cost & Resource Use Measures
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPublic Reporting of Cost and Resource Use Measures to Consumers
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationRisk Adjustment and Reinsurance: A Work Plan for State Officials
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationA Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 13 Years Later
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationImproving School Foods Through the Team Nutrition Program: New Findings From U.S. Elementary Schools
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationDetermining Health Benefit Designs to Be Offered on a State Health Insurance Exchange
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts FoundationThe State of Quality Improvement Science in Health
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationHealthy Corridor for All: A Community Health Impact Assessment of Transit-Oriented Development Policy in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Blue Cross Blue Shield Center for PreventionAddressing Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity Among Latino Youth
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPhysical Activity, Overweight and Obesity Among Latino Youth
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationInfluence of Media on Overweight and Obesity Among Latino Youth
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationHospital Community Benefits After the ACA: Partnerships for Community Health Improvement
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Kresge FoundationPremium Incentives to Drive Wellness in the Workplace: A Review of the Issues and Recommendations for Policymakers
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationHealth Affairs/RWJF Health Policy Brief: Premium Support in Medicare
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationAssessing the Economics of Obesity and Obesity Interventions
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationUsing Data to Drive State Improvement in Enrollment and Retention Performance
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationImpact Capital Measurement: Approaches to Measuring the Social Impact of Program-Related Investments
Funders: Robert Wood Johnson FoundationTechnical Assistance Matters: Schools Need Support to Become Healthier
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Location
College Rd. E. and Rte. 1, P.O. Box 2316 Princeton, NJ United States 08543-2316Additional Location Information
County: Mercer
Metropolitan area: Trenton, NJ
Congressional district: New Jersey District 12
Contact Information
- Telephone: (877) 843-7953
- E-mail: mail@rwjf.org
- URL: www.rwjf.org