The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans by providing grants to eligible organisations. In 2012 the Foundation awarded $359 million in grants in seven program areas.
RWJF made more than 700 awards last year with the amount varies from year to year. Amounts awarded and time periods vary widely and depend on the scope of the project. Over the last five years, the Foundation have made awards ranging from $3,000 to $23 million with time periods ranging from one month to five years. However, most grants are in the $100,000 to $300,000 range, and run from one to three years.
Unsolicited Proposals
The Pioneer Portfolio accepts unsolicited proposals for projects that suggest new and creative approaches to solving health and health care problems. Pioneer welcomes proposals for unsolicited grants at any time and issues awards throughout the year. There are no deadlines.
The RWJF do not fund unsolicited proposals in the Childhood Obesity, Coverage, Human Capital, Public Health, Quality/Equality, or Vulnerable Populations areas. Rather, we support projects in these areas by issuing calls for proposals (CFPs) throughout the year.
Calls for Proposals
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awards most grants through calls for proposals (CFPs) issued for national programs. A national program consists of a cluster of grantees and other interested parties who work together to create impact in one of the Foundation’s program areas. National programs are generally long-term commitments that warrant the Foundation’s investment in establishing and maintaining the infrastructure of an intermediary organization that supports the program activity (e.g., a national program office). Typically, national programs make grants to multiple project sites that are working toward a similar goal, although individual objectives of the sites may vary. The sites usually interact with the national program office—and with each other. Independent third-party evaluators often evaluate national programs.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provides grants for projects in the United States and U.S. territories that advance their mission to improve the health and health care of all Americans.
For projects to be eligible for funding, they must address one of the Foundation’s seven program areas. RWJF awards most grants through calls for proposals (CFPs). All seven program areas issue CFPs from time to time.
Eligible Organizations
The RWJF generally support public agencies, universities, and public charities that are tax-exempt under section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Foundation aims to fund innovative projects that can have measurable impact and can create meaningful, transformative change, such as:
• service demonstrations
• gathering and monitoring of health-related statistics
• public education
• training and fellowship programs
• policy analysis
• health services research
• technical assistance
• communications activities
• evaluations
What The RWJF Don’t Fund
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation no longer funds projects in the areas of health and health care listed below:
• end-of-life care
• long-term care
• specific chronic conditions (that are not part of the strategies of other program areas)
• physical activity for adults age 50 or older.
The RWJF do not support foreign organizations or make grants to individuals and rarely support organizations that are not tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
RWJF does not provide support for:
• ongoing general operating expenses or existing deficits
• endowment or capital costs
• basic biomedical research
• research on drug therapies or devices
• direct support of individuals
• lobbying of any kind.
For more information and to apply for funding visit: www.rwjf.org
