Funding search · EIN 226029397 · Princeton, NJ

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

13,555
grants reported
$2.27B
total given
2020–2024
filing years
$29,091
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20202024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

  • State and federal health policy advocacy, Medicaid and coverage defense
  • Racial equity and structural racism work across health, housing, economy
  • Health data infrastructure, dashboards, county rankings, disaggregated data
  • Research and leadership programs run through university national program centers
  • Family economic policy: childcare, paid leave, progressive tax, food security
  • New Jersey health equity, food security, and local institutions

Typical grant

Median grant is about $29,000, but the money is barely there: half of all grants sit between $1,250 and $150,000 while the top of the range runs $1M to $12M. The large checks go to national coordinating offices, university program centers, and multiyear general operating support for policy advocacy groups. Repeat giving is the norm, with organizations like Community Catalyst, PolicyLink, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Third Sector New England appearing multiple times in a single year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

  • health equity
  • structural racism
  • narrative change
  • general operating support
  • technical assistance and direction
  • communities most impacted

Positioning adjacent work

  • Frame research as building the field, not producing a paper. Name the policy audience and the systems change sought.
  • Connect to an existing named program (Evidence for Action, Policies for Action, Systems for Action) rather than proposing a standalone study.
  • For a first university-based project, ask $1M to $3M over two to three years; that is their standard research center size.
  • Center community leadership and lived experience in the design, and say who holds decision-making power in the project.

Worth knowing: Giving is heavily concentrated in DC policy shops, New Jersey (their home state, with dedicated initiatives), and a small set of intermediaries like New Venture Fund, Third Sector New England, and Borealis that regrant on their behalf. The 2020-2024 record shows an unmistakable turn toward explicitly antiracist framing and movement infrastructure, so adjacent work that reads as neutral clinical research will not land.

130 grants matching “coverage · $56.5M

  • $2.2M

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2024

    81739 ensuring that marketplace coverage meets the needs of systematically excluded communities that face high out-of-pocket costs

  • $1.7M

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2024

    80591 supporting the coverage and care initiative to expand coverage, improve the enrollment experience and benefits, and ensure access to trusted providers

  • $939,617

    Associated Press · New York, NY · 2024

    80135 leveraging the associated press' network to expand local health coverage and achieve significant impact on communities of all sizes and demographics

  • $873,000

    Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2024

    81944 winding down support for assisters in enrolling people in affordable coverage and transitioning to a more streamlined library of enrollment resources

  • $675,000

    American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2024

    82126 articulating the importance of making enhanced premium tax credits permanent to keep coverage affordable, especially for people with cancer

  • $630,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    80848 supporting protect our care in championing medicaid, expanding access to coverage, and defeating legal threats to healthcare, 2023-2024

  • $437,500

    Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc (Weta) · Arlington, VA · 2024

    80453 supporting pbs newshour coverage of issues affecting healthy communities such as disparities, reproductive health, medicaid costs, and public health

  • $403,221

    Young Invincibles · Washington, DC · 2024

    81822 continuing to promote equitable enrollment in health coverage through medicaid and the marketplace, 2024-2026

  • $315,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    82220 arming policymakers and advocates with policy analyses, research support, and actionable priorities to preserve affordable care act coverage gains

  • $292,500

    National Immigration Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    82379 maximizing enrollment of immigrant families in health coverage programs

  • $279,000

    New Jersey Civic Information Consortium · Montclair, NJ · 2024

    80975 supporting the nj news and information ecosystem through robust coverage of local communities and building racial equity in the journalism workforce

  • $270,000

    People'S Action Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

    81484 building the power of directly impacted constituencies to work together to close healthcare coverage gaps and advance health equity, 2024

  • $250,000

    Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024

    82177 using transparency in coverage data to build on work promoting transparency in comparing hospital prices across insurers

  • $225,000

    Montclair State University Foundation · Montclair, NJ · 2024

    80977 increasing news coverage produced by and for new jersey's marginalized communities

  • $225,000

    Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2024

    81758 continuing support for unidosus affiliates in helping preserve coverage for latino families during the medicaid 'unwinding'

  • $204,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    81935 supporting evidence-based policymaking to strengthen consumers' access to affordable, adequate private health insurance coverage, 2024-2026

  • $166,667

    Impact Alpha · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    82173 providing media coverage of impact investment strategies that redress structural racism and lead to inclusive financial security to improve health

  • $166,420

    Alliancechicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    81892 employing participatory action research to study through a racial equity lens the impact of covid-19-related continuous medicaid coverage -- transfer

  • $151,044

    Jenny S Guadamuz - California U of · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    81518 assessing the impact of immigrant-inclusive health-coverage policies on cancer screening for latino adults and on reducing subsequent treatment delays

  • $150,000

    Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2024

    79677 supporting advocates and other stakeholders in making enrolling and staying enrolled in coverage easier as the continuous coverage requirement unwinds

  • $135,000

    Lost Lights Projects Inc (Dba Inside Climate News) · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    82108 expanding news coverage that informs and connects climate change and health equity

  • $132,856

    Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism · Columbia, MO · 2024

    79090 strengthening journalists' coverage of health and health care issues through conferences and workshops and provision of coded health data, 2021-2024

  • $118,621

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2024

    79625 examining the maternal health impact of the de facto postpartum medicaid coverage extension, focusing on racial, ethnic, and immigrant disparities

  • $118,125

    Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2024

    80753 supporting solutions journalism network in its solutions-focused news coverage of health equity issues, 2023-2025

  • $100,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    78576 providing message and policy guidance for champions of expanding coverage, addressing racial disparities, lowering costs, and improving care quality

  • $99,846

    National Health Law Program Inc (Nhelp) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    79662 protecting individuals against the adverse effects of automated decision-making systems and enforcing due process in determining medicaid coverage

  • $98,069

    Morehouse School of Medicine · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    79283 analyzing barriers presented by the political determinants of health facing marginalized groups in housing, early childhood care, and coverage

  • $88,000

    Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2024

    80935 continuing to support assister groups across the country with the tools, resources, and knowledge needed to enroll eligible people in health coverage

  • $59,000

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Inc for Expanding Health · Boston, MA · 2024

    82031 supporting the health coverage fellowship program in 2024 and 2025

  • $50,000

    People'S Action Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024

    79261 building the power of directly impacted constituencies to work together to close healthcare coverage gaps and advance health equity, 2021-2023

  • $50,000

    Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2024

    80704 leveraging unidosus affiliates, policy influence, and programmatic expertise to preserve coverage for latino families during the medicaid 'unwinding'

  • $43,310

    Young Invincibles · Washington, DC · 2024

    80795 supporting the young invincibles in leading efforts to maximize affordable health coverage, with a focus on the medicaid 'unwinding,' 2023-2024

  • $40,000

    Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy · Washington, DC · 2024

    80708 working to promote medicaid coverage expansion and improvements through policy analysis and strategic partnerships

  • $24,005

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    80981 increasing the number of non-citizens, both documented and undocumented, enrolled in comprehensive state coverage programs across the country

  • $23,500

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Inc for Expanding Health · Boston, MA · 2024

    79831 supporting the health coverage fellowship in providing journalists with the skills and contacts they need to cover critical health issues, 2022-2023

  • $21,758

    Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    80900 developing a web-based tool to measure the costs and impacts of expanding coverage options for undocumented and recent legally present immigrants

  • $20,290

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    79784 supporting evidence-based policymaking to strengthen consumers' access to affordable, adequate private health insurance coverage, 2022-2024

  • $20,257

    University of California Merced · Merced, CA · 2024

    79627 examining policy options for expanding medicaid coverage to undocumented farmworkers in california and the return on investment of each option

  • $10,000

    American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2024

    78623 building on partnership for access to coverage efforts to improve access to quality, affordable care and to reduce cancer incidence and mortality

  • $10.0M

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2023

    80591 supporting the coverage and care initiative to expand coverage, improve the enrollment experience and benefits, and ensure access to trusted providers

  • $3.0M

    Urban Inst · Washington, DC · 2023

    80785 providing actionable research to inform policy choices aimed at improving access to affordable coverage and care and addressing equity, 2023-2025

  • $1.4M

    National Pub Radio · Washington, DC · 2023

    81316 advancing national public radio's multimedia coverage of health and healthcare issues

  • $1.4M

    Center On Budget & Pol Priorities · Washington, DC · 2023

    79677 supporting advocates and other stakeholders in making enrolling and staying enrolled in coverage easier as the continuous coverage requirement unwinds

  • $1.3M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    80848 supporting protect our care in championing medicaid, expanding access to coverage, and defeating legal threats to healthcare

  • $1.0M

    Alliance for Health Policy · Washington, DC · 2023

    81303 shifting the status quo on americans' healthcare needs from a partisan stalemate to a constructive, solutions-focused conversation on health coverage

  • $898,609

    National Hlt Law Prog · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    79662 protecting individuals against the adverse effects of automated decision-making systems and enforcing due process in determining medicaid coverage

  • $792,000

    Center On Budget & Pol Priorities · Washington, DC · 2023

    80935 continuing to support assister groups across the country with the tools, resources, and knowledge needed to enroll eligible people in health coverage

  • $750,000

    National Immigration Law Ctr · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    81281 supporting the national immigration law center's state-centric health for all campaign in extending coverage to immigrants across the nation

  • $484,000

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2023

    79840 assisting with enrollment and renewal for populations most likely to be or become uninsured during a historically complex coverage environment

  • $450,000

    Peoples Action Inst · Chicago, IL · 2023

    79261 building the power of directly impacted constituencies to work together to close healthcare coverage gaps and advance health equity, 2021-2023

  • $450,000

    Unidosus · Washington, DC · 2023

    80704 leveraging unidosus affiliates, policy influence, and programmatic expertise to preserve coverage for latino families during the medicaid 'unwinding'

  • $389,793

    Young Invincibles · Washington, DC · 2023

    80795 supporting the young invincibles in leading efforts to maximize affordable health coverage, with a focus on the medicaid 'unwinding,' 2023-2024

  • $385,000

    Searchlight Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2023

    81393 supporting free media coverage directed toward improving child wellbeing in new mexico and across the southwest

  • $374,997

    Searchlight Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2023

    78079 supporting free media coverage directed toward improving child well-being in new mexico and across the southwest

  • $360,000

    Georgetown U McCourt Sch of Pub Pol · Washington, DC · 2023

    80708 working to promote medicaid coverage expansion and improvements through policy analysis and strategic partnerships

  • $315,000

    Georgia Budget & Pol Inst · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    80954 monitoring the impact on access to coverage of the georgia pathways to coverage program's work requirements

  • $312,500

    Greater Washington Educ Tele Assn · Arlington, VA · 2023

    80453 supporting pbs newshour coverage of issues affecting healthy communities such as disparities, reproductive health, medicaid costs, and public health

  • $310,000

    New Jersey Civic Info Consort · Montclair, NJ · 2023

    80975 supporting the nj news and information ecosystem through robust coverage of local communities and building racial equity in the journalism workforce

  • $287,992

    Rand Corp · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    80900 developing a web-based tool to measure the costs and impacts of expanding coverage options for undocumented and recent legally present immigrants

  • $242,500

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2023

    78583 leveraging shifts in the state and federal landscapes to expand coverage, support implementation, and grow enrollment for state health care programs

  • $225,000

    Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    80066 studying consumer experiences in health insurance and how coverage characteristics affect affordability and usability for different populations

  • $224,949

    Princeton U · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    80981 increasing the number of non-citizens, both documented and undocumented, enrolled in comprehensive state coverage programs across the country

  • $216,205

    Ochin · Portland, OR · 2023

    81402 examining the impact of the medicaid 'unwinding' on marginalized populations to optimize state policies on medicaid and chip coverage for children

  • $203,540

    New York City U of Baruch Col · New York, NY · 2023

    80880 learning from how the unwinding of the medicaid continuous coverage requirement plays out from the perspective of people with medicaid experience

  • $183,600

    Georgetown U · Washington, DC · 2023

    79784 supporting evidence-based policymaking to strengthen consumers' access to affordable, adequate private health insurance coverage, 2022-2024

  • $150,000

    Center for Excellence in Hlt Care Jour · Columbia, MO · 2023

    79090 strengthening journalists' coverage of health and health care issues through conferences and workshops and provision of coded health data, 2021-2024

  • $140,000

    Pacific Islander Center of Primary Care · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    79626 examining how restoration of medicaid coverage in 2020 changed access to and use of the healthcare system for native hawaiians and pacific islanders

  • $136,994

    Mathematica · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    79059 assessing rwjf's efforts to promote marketplace and medicaid enrollment and to improve racial equity in coverage and challenges of structural racism

  • $126,000

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ma Fdn for Exp · Boston, MA · 2023

    79831 supporting the health coverage fellowship in providing journalists with the skills and contacts they need to cover critical health issues, 2022-2023

  • $118,750

    Solutions Journalism Netwk · New York, NY · 2023

    80753 supporting solutions journalism network in its solutions-focused news coverage of health equity issues, 2023-2025

  • $116,666

    Heartland Allian for Hum Needs & Hum R · Chicago, IL · 2023

    79623 employing participatory action research to examine through a racial equity lens the impact of covid-19-related continuous medicaid coverage

  • $103,398

    Icahn Sch of Med at Mt Sinai · New York, NY · 2023

    79625 examining the maternal health impact of the de facto postpartum medicaid coverage extension, focusing on racial, ethnic, and immigrant disparities

  • $102,401

    Associated Press · New York, NY · 2023

    80135 leveraging the associated press' network to expand local health coverage and achieve significant impact on communities of all sizes and demographics

  • $100,000

    Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    79287 building organizing and advocacy capacity to improve coverage and transform the national healthcare system

  • $97,703

    Tufts U · Medford, MA · 2023

    81358 assessing racial/ethnic coverage rates at the zip-code level for the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children

  • $90,000

    American Cancer Soc · Kennesaw, GA · 2023

    78623 building on partnership for access to coverage efforts to improve access to quality, affordable care and to reduce cancer incidence and mortality

  • $80,000

    Center On Budget & Pol Priorities · Washington, DC · 2023

    79814 continuing support for assister groups in helping those eligible enroll in health coverage and in sharpening the equity focus of the enrollment effort

  • $53,417

    Alliance for Health Policy · Washington, DC · 2023

    79967 illuminating unaffordable, inaccessible, and inequitable coverage to help u.s. Lawmakers understand and address care challenges facing constituents

  • $50,728

    Georgetown U · Washington, DC · 2023

    78622 working to promote medicaid coverage expansion and improvements through policy analysis and strategic partnerships during covid-19 recovery

  • $45,000

    Young Invincibles · Washington, DC · 2023

    79672 supporting the young invincibles in leading a dedicated enrollment community's effort to maximize affordable, comprehensive health coverage, 2022-2023

  • $40,000

    Greater Washington Educ Tele Assn · Arlington, VA · 2023

    78197 supporting pbs newshour's coverage of all aspects of the covid-19 pandemic related to communities of health and of affordable care act developments

  • $29,508

    Public Hlt Inst · Oakland, CA · 2023

    78666 studying how news coverage of children and families during covid-19 and economic recovery depicts deservingness, economic inclusion and racial justice

  • $28,325

    American Cancer Soc · Kennesaw, GA · 2023

    80001 building on the american cancer society's narrative project to convey the benefits of healthcare coverage, particularly medicaid

  • $21,250

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ma Fdn for Exp · Boston, MA · 2023

    77381 supporting the health coverage fellowship in providing journalists with the skills and contacts they need to cover critical health issues, 2020-2022

  • $16,180

    Wnet · New York, NY · 2023

    77678 supporting nj spotlight in providing news coverage of health and health equity in new jersey

  • $15,000

    Harvard U · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    79422 supporting an experienced health editor for harvard's journalist's resource program to continue coverage of public health and health equity research

  • $10,550

    Prism · Oakland, CA · 2023

    78616 amplifying news coverage of lived experiences of unpaid family caregivers of young children, telling deservingness stories that aren't getting told

  • $4.4M

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2022

    79840 assisting with enrollment and renewal for populations most likely to be or become uninsured during a historically complex coverage environment

  • $2.2M

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2022

    78583 leveraging shifts in the state and federal landscapes to expand coverage, support implementation, and grow enrollment for state health care programs

  • $1.5M

    Center On Budget & Pol Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022

    79677 supporting advocates and other stakeholders in making enrolling and staying enrolled in coverage easier as the continuous coverage requirement unwinds

  • $976,545

    National Hlt Law Prog · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    79662 protecting individuals against the adverse effects of automated decision-making systems and enforcing due process in determining medicaid coverage

  • $900,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    78576 providing message and policy guidance for champions of expanding coverage, addressing racial disparities, lowering costs, and improving care quality

  • $720,000

    Center On Budget & Pol Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022

    79814 continuing support for assister groups in helping those eligible enroll in health coverage and in sharpening the equity focus of the enrollment effort

  • $613,504

    Associated Press · New York, NY · 2022

    80135 leveraging the associated press' network to expand local health coverage and achieve significant impact on communities of all sizes and demographics

  • $480,750

    Alliance for Health Policy · Washington, DC · 2022

    79967 illuminating unaffordable, inaccessible, and inequitable coverage to help u.s. Lawmakers understand and address care challenges facing constituents

  • $456,550

    Georgetown U · Washington, DC · 2022

    78622 working to promote medicaid coverage expansion and improvements through policy analysis and strategic partnerships during covid-19 recovery

  • $405,000

    Young Invincibles · Washington, DC · 2022

    79672 supporting the young invincibles in leading a dedicated enrollment community's effort to maximize affordable, comprehensive health coverage, 2022-2023

  • $381,697

    National Assn of Comm Hlt Ctrs · Bethesda, MD · 2022

    79764 supporting health centers with monitoring and advocacy to protect access to coverage as the nation transitions out of the public health emergency

  • $360,000

    Greater Washington Educ Tele Assn · Arlington, VA · 2022

    78197 supporting pbs newshour's coverage of all aspects of the covid-19 pandemic related to communities of health and of affordable care act developments

  • $265,565

    Public Hlt Inst · Oakland, CA · 2022

    78666 studying how news coverage of children and families during covid-19 and economic recovery depicts deservingness, economic inclusion and racial justice

  • $254,928

    American Cancer Soc · Kennesaw, GA · 2022

    80001 building on the american cancer society's narrative project to convey the benefits of healthcare coverage, particularly medicaid

  • $250,000

    Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    80066 studying consumer experiences in health insurance and how coverage characteristics affect affordability and usability for different populations

  • $204,000

    Georgetown U · Washington, DC · 2022

    79784 supporting evidence-based policymaking to strengthen consumers' access to affordable, adequate private health insurance coverage, 2022-2024

  • $182,644

    California U of Merced · Merced, CA · 2022

    79627 examining policy options for expanding medicaid coverage to undocumented farmworkers in california and the return on investment of each option

  • $175,000

    Pacific Islander Center of Primary Care · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    79626 examining how restoration of medicaid coverage in 2020 changed access to and use of the healthcare system for native hawaiians and pacific islanders

  • $171,000

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2022

    77620 supporting outreach and education to maximize health coverage during open enrollment in 2020, with a focus on marginalized populations

  • $145,493

    Center for Hlt Pol Devel Nashp · Portland, ME · 2022

    77774 supporting states in navigating an evolving health and economic landscape to invest in affordable coverage, population health, and community health

  • $135,000

    Harvard U · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    79422 supporting an experienced health editor for harvard's journalist's resource program to continue coverage of public health and health equity research

  • $133,333

    National Pub Radio · Washington, DC · 2022

    75928 strengthening national public radio's health coverage through new content and coverage areas, new platforms, and new audiences, 2019-2021

  • $116,852

    Icahn Sch of Med at Mt Sinai · New York, NY · 2022

    79625 examining the maternal health impact of the de facto postpartum medicaid coverage extension, focusing on racial, ethnic, and immigrant disparities

  • $116,667

    Heartland Allian for Hum Needs & Hum R · Chicago, IL · 2022

    79623 employing participatory action research to examine through a racial equity lens the impact of covid-19-related continuous medicaid coverage

  • $94,950

    Prism · Oakland, CA · 2022

    78616 amplifying news coverage of lived experiences of unpaid family caregivers of young children, telling deservingness stories that aren't getting told

  • $83,931

    Princeton U · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    78564 providing technical assistance to states on medicaid expansion and affordable coverage for immigrants regardless of status

  • $75,137

    Center for Excellence in Hlt Care Jour · Columbia, MO · 2022

    75471 strengthening journalists' coverage of health and health care issues, 2018-2021

  • $65,000

    Center On Budget & Pol Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022

    78711 continuing support for assister groups in helping those eligible enroll in marketplace coverage, medicaid, or the children's health insurance program

  • $60,000

    National Immigration Law Ctr · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    78753 fighting fear generated by the public-charge rule by providing up-to-date information to immigrant communities on accessing health coverage benefits

  • $45,000

    Young Invincibles · Washington, DC · 2022

    78676 supporting the young invincibles in leading a dedicated enrollment community's effort to maximize affordable, comprehensive health coverage, 2021-2022

  • $22,300

    Joseph Benitez - Kentucky U of · Lexington, KY · 2022

    77341 exploring the viability of medicaid coverage as a safety-net resource for households impacted by job loss

  • $20,500

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ma Fdn for Exp · Boston, MA · 2022

    79831 supporting the health coverage fellowship in providing journalists with the skills and contacts they need to cover critical health issues, 2022-2023

  • $19,999

    Georgetown U · Washington, DC · 2022

    77700 supporting evidence-based policymaking to strengthen consumers' access to affordable, adequate private health insurance coverage, 2020-2022

  • $17,363

    Boston Med Ctr Corp · Boston, MA · 2022

    76358 informing design of health insurance benefits to reduce coverage barriers to medication for opioid-use disorder

  • $13,758

    Harvard U · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    77641 hiring a health journalist for harvard's journalist's resource program to report on health equity research to help improve news coverage of the topic

  • $12,851

    Brookings Inst · Washington, DC · 2022

    78744 analyzing federal policy options to close the medicaid 'coverage gap' in nonexpansion states and informing the policy debate via social media

  • $375,000

    Searchlight Nm · Santa Fe, NM · 2020

    78079 Supporting free media coverage directed towa

  • $350,000

    Greater Washington Educ Tele Assn · Arlington, VA · 2020

    78197 Supporting PBS NewsHour's coverage of all as

  • $125,000

    Rodlescia Sneed - Michigan St U · East Lansing, MI · 2020

    77342 Studying the coverage, employment, and healt

  • $124,000

    Joseph Benitez - Kentucky U of · Lexington, KY · 2020

    77341 Exploring the viability of Medicaid coverage

  • $76,494

    Center for Excellence in Hlt Care Jour · Columbia, MO · 2020

    75471 Strengthening journalists' coverage of healt

  • $21,250

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ma Fdn for Exp · Boston, MA · 2020

    77381 Supporting the Health Coverage Fellowship in

  • $18,850

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ma Fdn for Exp · Boston, MA · 2020

    75525 Supporting the Health Coverage Fellowship in

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Community Catalyst26 grants · $53.3M
  • New Venture Fund84 grants · $47.3M
  • Third Sector New England38 grants · $19.9M
  • Community Catalyst9 grants · $17.3M
  • Center On Budget and Policy Priorities11 grants · $17.0M
  • Urban Inst40 grants · $16.9M
  • Policylink20 grants · $15.5M
  • Borealis Philanthropy18 grants · $14.7M
  • Center On Budget & Pol Priorities20 grants · $13.9M
  • University of Wisconsin Population Healt4 grants · $13.2M

Giving over time

$531.4M
2020
$569.4M
2022
$543.6M
2023
$621.9M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 13,555 grants.

  • $12.2M

    Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2024

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

  • $10.5M

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2020

    77294 Serving as the national coordinating/program

  • $10.0M

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2023

    80591 supporting the coverage and care initiative to expand coverage, improve the enrollment experience and benefits, and ensure access to trusted providers

  • $8.6M

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2024

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

  • $8.3M

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2023

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

  • $7.4M

    University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · Madison, WI · 2024

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

  • $7.4M

    University of Wisconsin Population Healt · Madison, WI · 2023

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

  • $7.4M

    American Heart Assn · Dallas, TX · 2020

    77906 Supporting the American Heart Association's

  • $5.8M

    American Heart Assn · Dallas, TX · 2022

    77906 supporting the american heart association's next phase of the voices for healthy kids initiative, specifically to advance health equity for children

  • $5.8M

    Vose River Charitable Fund · Bethesda, MD · 2024

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

  • $5.6M

    Illinois Pub Hlt Inst · Chicago, IL · 2020

    77041 Supporting the Data Across Sectors for Healt

  • $5.2M

    Economic Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

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

  • $5.2M

    Family Values Work a Multi State Consortium · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    81571 anchoring work to make families an economic priority through the support of a new policy ecosystem -- family values @ work

  • $5.0M

    Faith in Action Ntwk · Washington, DC · 2022

    80311 supporting the faith in action endowment in creating racial and economic justice in the united states

  • $5.0M

    Naacp Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    80310 supporting the naacp endowment in helping to sustain the fight for civil rights and to weather the rising tides of inequality and injustice

  • $5.0M

    Strategic Investment Fund for La Raza (S · Washington, DC · 2022

    80339 supporting the unidosus endowment in enabling action on issues/policies that require an immediate response on behalf of the latino community

  • $4.9M

    Princeton U · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    79459 continuing direct technical assistance to states, including advancing community leadership in policymaking, 2022-2024

  • $4.8M

    Princeton U · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    79459 continuing direct technical assistance to states, including advancing community leadership in policymaking, 2022-2024

  • $4.8M

    Princeton U · Princeton, NJ · 2020

    77271 Providing technical assistance and peer lear

  • $4.8M

    Race Forward · Washington, DC · 2023

    81035 general operating support for race forward, 2023-2025

  • $4.5M

    University of Wisconsin Population Healt · Madison, WI · 2022

    78090 strengthening county health rankings & roadmaps' efforts to change narrative and catalyze action on health and equity in communities

  • $4.5M

    Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    82080 supporting the black-led movement fund and disability inclusion fund in catalyzing investments in the racial justice and disability justice movements

  • $4.5M

    Trust for Am Hlt · Washington, DC · 2020

    77527 General operating support during the COVID-1

  • $4.4M

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2022

    79840 assisting with enrollment and renewal for populations most likely to be or become uninsured during a historically complex coverage environment

  • $4.3M

    Roosevelt Inst · New York, NY · 2022

    78053 accelerating learning about base-building organizations' role in creating community power, advancing systems change, and combating structural racism

  • $4.3M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2020

    77575 Advancing Forward Promise's efforts to addre

  • $4.3M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    79851 recruiting and onboarding a second cohort of participants for the culture of health leadership institute for racial healing

  • $4.2M

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    81812 continuing direct technical assistance to states, including promoting community leadership in policymaking and advancing health equity, 2024-2025

  • $4.2M

    Center On Budget & Pol Priorities · Washington, DC · 2022

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

  • $4.2M

    New York U · New York, NY · 2023

    80586 continuing to build the city health dashboard's impact and to deepen engagement

  • $4.1M

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    82057 supporting johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health as national program center for rwjf's health policy research scholars program, 2024-2026

  • $4.0M

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch of Pub Hlt · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    79853 supporting johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health as national program center for rwjf's health policy research scholars program, 2022-2024

  • $4.0M

    Center for Black Health and Equity · Durham, NC · 2024

    81364 supporting the center for black health and equity as regional hub to advance equitable commercial tobacco control in the south and midwest

  • $4.0M

    Catholic Charities USA · Alexandria, VA · 2020

    77463 Providing emergency assistance during the CO

  • $4.0M

    Feeding Am · Chicago, IL · 2020

    77464 Providing emergency assistance during the CO

  • $4.0M

    Mary Reynolds Babcock Fdn · Winston Salem, NC · 2020

    77538 Providing emergency assistance during the CO

  • $4.0M

    Meals On Wheels Am · Arlington, VA · 2020

    77467 Providing emergency assistance during the CO

  • $3.9M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    80940 supporting the national collaborative for health equity in recruiting cohort 3 for the culture of health leadership institute for racial healing

  • $3.7M

    Urban Inst · Washington, DC · 2022

    79821 identifying policy and practice changes for medicaid and the social safety net to move the nation toward health equity and racial justice, 2022-2023

  • $3.6M

    Center On Budget & Pol Priorities · Washington, DC · 2020

    77522 General operating support during the COVID-1

  • $3.6M

    Roosevelt Inst · New York, NY · 2020

    78053 Accelerating learning about base-building or

  • $3.6M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    80940 supporting the national collaborative for health equity in recruiting cohort 3 for the culture of health leadership institute for racial healing

  • $3.5M

    Minnesota U of · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    79917 continuing support for and evaluating the rwjf interdisciplinary research leaders program, 2022-2023

  • $3.5M

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023

    80607 supporting the network for public health law, 2023-2025

  • $3.4M

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    80586 continuing to build the city health dashboard's impact and to deepen engagement

  • $3.4M

    Ideo Org · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    79490 implementing phase 2 of the health equity collective in advancing equity and addressing racism, sexism, ageism, and discrimination in institutions

  • $3.3M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    81429 renewing support for the center for community investment in its capital absorption approach to addressing structural racism in community investment

  • $3.3M

    Right To the City Allian · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    78048 strengthening base-building organizations to bring tens of thousands of people impacted by housing instability into a powerful movement for change

  • $3.3M

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Adv · New York, NY · 2023

    81429 renewing support for the center for community investment in its capital absorption approach to addressing structural racism in community investment

  • $3.3M

    Leadership Conf Edu Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    78879 advancing state and federal policies for meaningful data disaggregation, allowing research and advocacy to identify gaps in and achieve racial equity

  • $3.3M

    Smart Growth Am · Washington, DC · 2023

    80673 reconnecting small and midsize communities harmed by divisive transportation infrastructure

  • $3.3M

    Center for Community Change · Washington, DC · 2024

    81556 developing a vision for antiracist health policy and other resources for organizations working to advance an antiracist health equity movement

  • $3.2M

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    79853 supporting johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health as national program center for rwjf's health policy research scholars program, 2022-2024

  • $3.1M

    Praxis Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    81799 supporting the health equity collective in growing and sustaining the movement for liberated leadership, phase 4

  • $3.1M

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2024

    80607 supporting the network for public health law, 2023-2025

  • $3.1M

    Vose River Charitable Fund · Bethesda, MD · 2023

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

  • $3.1M

    Praxis Proj · Oakland, CA · 2023

    80797 implementing phase 3 of the health equity collective as a stand-alone, self-determined, co-led entity for modeling and spreading health equity

  • $3.0M

    Leadership Conf Edu Fund · Washington, DC · 2023

    78879 advancing state and federal policies for meaningful data disaggregation, allowing research and advocacy to identify gaps in and achieve racial equity

  • $3.0M

    University of Minnesota Sponsored Projects Administration · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    82063 providing technical assistance and direction for the rwjf interdisciplinary research leaders program, 2024-2025

  • $3.0M

    Princeton Area Community Foundation · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    82014 rwjf president's grants fund at the princeton area community foundation - 2024

  • $3.0M

    Peoples Action Inst · Chicago, IL · 2023

    78049 training local tenant-led collectives and supporting base-building innovations to address crises in housing insecurity, homelessness, and evictions

  • $3.0M

    Princeton Area Comm Fdn · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    80890 rwjf president's grants fund at the princeton area community foundation - 2023

  • $3.0M

    Urban Inst · Washington, DC · 2023

    80785 providing actionable research to inform policy choices aimed at improving access to affordable coverage and care and addressing equity, 2023-2025

  • $3.0M

    Peoples Action Inst · Chicago, IL · 2022

    78049 training local tenant-led collectives and supporting base-building innovations to address crises in housing insecurity, homelessness, and evictions

  • $3.0M

    Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

    77744 Supporting Borealis Philanthropy's Black-led

  • $3.0M

    National Domestic Workers Allian · New York, NY · 2020

    77472 Providing emergency assistance during the CO

  • $3.0M

    National Low Income Hous Coal · Washington, DC · 2020

    77462 Providing emergency assistance during the CO

  • $3.0M

    Notah Begay Iii Fdn · Santa Ana Pueblo, NM · 2020

    77976 General operating support during the COVID-1

  • $3.0M

    Peoples Action Inst · Chicago, IL · 2020

    78049 Training local tenant-led collectives and su

  • $3.0M

    Southern Partners Fund · Atlanta, GA · 2020

    77534 Providing emergency assistance during the CO

  • $3.0M

    Minnesota U of · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    81124 continuing support for and evaluating the rwjf interdisciplinary research leaders program, 2023-2024

  • $2.9M

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2022

    78395 ensuring that effective laws and policies are in place to address future public health emergencies and create more-equitable health outcomes

  • $2.9M

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2020

    76499 Increasing the Network for Public Health Law

  • $2.9M

    University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    81637 continuing evolving rwjf's evidence for action research program to be relevant and to advance racial equity, year 10

  • $2.9M

    Center On Budget & Pol Priorities · Washington, DC · 2020

    77552 Expanding the Safety Net Initiative to provi

  • $2.8M

    Rutgers St U of Nj Ctr for St Hlt Pol · New Brunswick, NJ · 2020

    77873 Implementing a population-based cohort study

  • $2.8M

    Lincoln Inst of Land Pol · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    77272 transforming the community investment system to improve population health, 2020-2023

  • $2.8M

    Robert Wood Johnson U Hosp Fdn · New Brunswick, NJ · 2022

    79910 installing a digital operating system for 26 operating rooms at rwj university hospital to streamline surgical flow and ensure patient safety

  • $2.7M

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024

    81014 general operating support for policylink, 2023-2025

  • $2.7M

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024

    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

  • $2.7M

    Community Catalyst · Boston, MA · 2020

    77520 Organizing outreach and public education in

  • $2.6M

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    79428 supporting the culture of health leadership institute for racial healing and its first cohort to advance racial and health equity in the leaders' work

  • $2.6M

    Camden Coal of Hltcare Providers · Camden, NJ · 2020

    77319 Advancing the complex-care field and maturin

  • $2.6M

    Well Being and Equity in the World Institute · Nashua, NH · 2024

    81470 conducting planning for implementing justice squared, a program to prepare healthcare and public health leaders to address structural racism

  • $2.5M

    Array Allian · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    80614 supporting the production of the origin film and narrative change social impact campaign

  • $2.5M

    Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    81163 building grassroots power to advance housing justice for tenants facing housing insecurity and to achieve transformational change

  • $2.5M

    Peoples Action Inst · Chicago, IL · 2023

    81191 building community power to support tenants facing housing insecurity and to advance base-building innovations to improve people's lives

  • $2.5M

    Right To the City Allian · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    81144 general operating support for the right to the city alliance

  • $2.5M

    America'S Promise Allian for Youth · Washington, DC · 2020

    77401 General operating support for America's Prom

  • $2.5M

    Center for the Collab Classroom · Alameda, CA · 2020

    77514 General operating support for Center for the

  • $2.5M

    One Fair Wage · Cambridge, MA · 2020

    77642 Providing emergency assistance during the CO

  • $2.5M

    Princeton Area Comm Fdn · Lawrenceville, NJ · 2020

    78043 RWJF President's Grants Fund at the Princeto

  • $2.5M

    American Nonsmokers Rights Fdn · Berkeley, CA · 2020

    77723 General operating support for American Nonsm

  • $2.4M

    Prevention Institute · Oakland, CA · 2024

    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

  • $2.4M

    Community Foundation of New Jersey · Morristown, NJ · 2024

    81537 supporting equip-nj in strengthening the ecosystem of organizations working to advance health equity and rwjf's policy priorities in new jersey

  • $2.4M

    Lincoln Inst of Land Pol · Cambridge, MA · 2020

    77272 Transforming the community investment system

  • $2.4M

    American Heart Assn · Dallas, TX · 2022

    79656 strengthening voices for healthy kids financially as it evolves from rwjf funding to a multifunder movement

  • $2.3M

    Cultural Wellness Ctr · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    81221 providing technical assistance and direction for rwjf's community solutions for health equity program

  • $2.3M

    Praxis Proj · Oakland, CA · 2020

    76474 General operating support for the Praxis Pro

  • $2.3M

    Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    78050 building community power through housing justice and local base-building

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