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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grants

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

Total grants paid
$622.6M
Grants reported
3,093
Typical grant
$40K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$311.4M

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This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact
Grants Management
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.

Largest reported grants

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

Center On Budget and Policy Priorities

WASHINGTON, DC

$12.2MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

79658 advancing racially equitable economic, tax, and social policy in states and growing essential state policy infrastructure

Community Catalyst

BOSTON, MA

$8.6MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

80588 serving as the national coordinating/program office for rwjf's voices for health justice authorization

University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

MADISON, WI

$7.4MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

80417 continuing the county health rankings & roadmaps' path in developing narratives to address the structural drivers of health inequities

Vose River Charitable Fund

BETHESDA, MD

$5.8MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

78878 transforming local data environments through principles of health equity and justice to enable a better use of local data infrastructure and systems

Economic Policy Institute

WASHINGTON, DC

$5.2MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

81568 anchoring work to make families an economic priority through the support of a new policy ecosystem -- economic policy institute

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About this data

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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