The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grants

Private foundation · Princeton, NJ · EIN 22-6029397 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is a private foundation based in Princeton, NJ (EIN 22-6029397). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $622.6M paid in 3,093 grants, with a median grant of $40K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $13.4B. It publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations.

Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · rwjf.org

Research profile compiled by GrantCue from this foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. It is not the foundation's own website, request for proposals or application page. Source: GrantCue Foundation Directory, grantcue.com/foundations/the-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-226029397

Total grants paid: $622.6M
Grants reported: 3,093
Typical grant: $40K
Future commitments: $311.4M
Total assets: $13.4B

Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.

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How to apply

Open to applications: its latest 990-PF publishes how to apply and does not limit giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact: Grants Management
Address: 50 College Road East Princeton, NJ, 08543
Phone: (877) 843-7953
Deadlines: No deadlines, except when foundation issues a call for proposal (cfp) or request for proposal (rfp).
Application materials: Most of rwjf's grants are made through targeted grant programs and funding partnerships. Rwjf's funding priorities and calls for proposals are described on www.rwjf.org.
Restrictions: Rwjf is dedicated to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime and pave the way, together, to a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right. We are a national philanthropy that advances transformative systems change by identifying and confronting structural barriers to health and wellbeing. Our grantmaking takes a comprehensive approach to health, one rooted in equity and focused on addressing barriers to health caused by the intersection of structural racism, other forms of discrimination and social conditions that impact health. Through funding, convening, advocacy, and evidence-building, we work side-by-side with communities, practitioners, and institutions to get to health equity faster.

Original filing text

Contact: GRANTS MANAGEMENT
Address: 50 COLLEGE ROAD EAST PRINCETON, NJ, 08543
Phone: 8778437953
Deadlines: NO DEADLINES, EXCEPT WHEN FOUNDATION ISSUES A CALL FOR PROPOSAL (CFP) OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP).
Application materials: MOST OF RWJF'S GRANTS ARE MADE THROUGH TARGETED GRANT PROGRAMS AND FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS. RWJF'S FUNDING PRIORITIES AND CALLS FOR PROPOSALS ARE DESCRIBED ON WWW.RWJF.ORG.
Restrictions: RWJF IS DEDICATED TO TAKING BOLD LEAPS TO TRANSFORM HEALTH IN OUR LIFETIME AND PAVE THE WAY, TOGETHER, TO A FUTURE WHERE HEALTH IS NO LONGER A PRIVILEGE, BUT A RIGHT. WE ARE A NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY THAT ADVANCES TRANSFORMATIVE SYSTEMS CHANGE BY IDENTIFYING AND CONFRONTING STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO HEALTH AND WELLBEING. OUR GRANTMAKING TAKES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO HEALTH, ONE ROOTED IN EQUITY AND FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING BARRIERS TO HEALTH CAUSED BY THE INTERSECTION OF STRUCTURAL RACISM, OTHER FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS THAT IMPACT HEALTH. THROUGH FUNDING, CONVENING, ADVOCACY, AND EVIDENCE-BUILDING, WE WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH COMMUNITIES, PRACTITIONERS, AND INSTITUTIONS TO GET TO HEALTH EQUITY FASTER.

Reported organization name: THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

Where The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

District of Columbia$151.5M California$93.4M New York$54.7M Massachusetts$46.3M New Jersey$45.3M

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-robert-wood-johnson-foundation-226029397

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	Location	Purpose
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities	Washington, DC	79658 advancing racially equitable economic, tax, and social policy in states and growing essential state policy infrastructure	Tax year 20242024	$12.2M
Community Catalyst	Boston, MA	80588 serving as the national coordinating/program office for rwjf's voices for health justice authorization	Tax year 20242024	$8.6M
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute	Madison, WI	80417 continuing the county health rankings & roadmaps' path in developing narratives to address the structural drivers of health inequities	Tax year 20242024	$7.4M
Vose River Charitable Fund	Bethesda, MD	78878 transforming local data environments through principles of health equity and justice to enable a better use of local data infrastructure and systems	Tax year 20242024	$5.8M
Economic Policy Institute	Washington, DC	81568 anchoring work to make families an economic priority through the support of a new policy ecosystem -- economic policy institute	Tax year 20242024	$5.2M
Family Values Work A Multi State Consortium Inc	Milwaukee, WI	81571 anchoring work to make families an economic priority through the support of a new policy ecosystem -- family values @ work	Tax year 20242024	$5.2M
Borealis Philanthropy	Minneapolis, MN	82080 supporting the black-led movement fund and disability inclusion fund in catalyzing investments in the racial justice and disability justice movements	Tax year 20242024	$4.5M
Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	81812 continuing direct technical assistance to states, including promoting community leadership in policymaking and advancing health equity, 2024-2025	Tax year 20242024	$4.2M
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	82057 supporting johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health as national program center for rwjf's health policy research scholars program, 2024-2026	Tax year 20242024	$4.1M
Center for Black Health and Equity	Durham, NC	81364 supporting the center for black health and equity as regional hub to advance equitable commercial tobacco control in the south and midwest	Tax year 20242024	$4M
New Venture Fund	Washington, DC	80940 supporting the national collaborative for health equity in recruiting cohort 3 for the culture of health leadership institute for racial healing	Tax year 20242024	$3.6M
New York University	New York, NY	80586 continuing to build the city health dashboard's impact and to deepen engagement	Tax year 20242024	$3.4M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors	New York, NY	81429 renewing support for the center for community investment in its capital absorption approach to addressing structural racism in community investment	Tax year 20242024	$3.3M
Center for Community Change	Washington, DC	81556 developing a vision for antiracist health policy and other resources for organizations working to advance an antiracist health equity movement	Tax year 20242024	$3.3M
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health	Baltimore, MD	79853 supporting johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health as national program center for rwjf's health policy research scholars program, 2022-2024	Tax year 20242024	$3.2M
Praxis Project Inc	San Francisco, CA	81799 supporting the health equity collective in growing and sustaining the movement for liberated leadership, phase 4	Tax year 20242024	$3.2M
Third Sector New England	Boston, MA	80607 supporting the network for public health law, 2023-2025	Tax year 20242024	$3.1M
University of Minnesota Sponsored Projects Administration	Minneapolis, MN	82063 providing technical assistance and direction for the rwjf interdisciplinary research leaders program, 2024-2025	Tax year 20242024	$3M
Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc	Princeton, NJ	82014 rwjf president's grants fund at the princeton area community foundation - 2024	Tax year 20242024	$3M
University of California San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	81637 continuing evolving rwjf's evidence for action research program to be relevant and to advance racial equity, year 10	Tax year 20242024	$2.9M
Policylink	Oakland, CA	81014 general operating support for policylink, 2023-2025	Tax year 20242024	$2.7M
Policylink	Oakland, CA	82190 supporting liberation in a generation in advancing an economy in which all children and families of color have basic needs met, are valued, and belong	Tax year 20242024	$2.7M
Well Being and Equity in the World Institute	Nashua, NH	81470 conducting planning for implementing justice squared, a program to prepare healthcare and public health leaders to address structural racism	Tax year 20242024	$2.6M
Prevention Institute	Oakland, CA	81728 expanding the people, parks, and power's broad-based movement for park and green-space equity in the U.S., led by the most-impacted communities	Tax year 20242024	$2.4M
Community Foundation of New Jersey	Morristown, NJ	81537 supporting equip-nj in strengthening the ecosystem of organizations working to advance health equity and rwjf's policy priorities in new jersey	Tax year 20242024	$2.4M

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Figures are aggregated from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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