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.

152 grants matching “outcomes · $31.9M

  • $1.7M

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2024

    80235 strengthening collective state-based capacity to ensure equitable water outcomes under federal infrastructure funding, with a focus on the south

  • $1.0M

    Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

    80257 gun policy research: evaluating the role gun laws play in contributing to racial and ethnic disparities in criminal justice outcomes

  • $874,990

    Smart Growth America · Washington, DC · 2024

    82090 developing and deploying an evidence-based national zoning-reform strategy to improve health outcomes for black and brown americans

  • $525,929

    Center for Justice Innovation · New York, NY · 2024

    81466 convening a national conversation on reforming municipal courts and their harmful outcomes for lower-income communities and communities of color

  • $481,398

    Urban Land Institute Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    80974 increasing the competency of real estate and land-use professionals in improving health and social equity outcomes in communities

  • $450,000

    Center for Land Reform · Flint, MI · 2024

    79807 supporting the national land bank network in advancing racially equitable outcomes in the reuse of vacant, deteriorated land for community benefit

  • $360,000

    Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

    82420 examining and addressing how financialization in healthcare contributes to racially and economically unjust outcomes

  • $337,657

    Commonsense Childbirth · Winter Garden, FL · 2024

    82662 supporting ancient song doula services in helping transform healthcare outcomes and ensuring justice in birthing experiences in new jersey

  • $336,284

    Clark County Social Service · Las Vegas, NV · 2024

    79979 elevating youths' voice to improve health and well-being outcomes for young people in nevada

  • $270,000

    Financial Services Stakeholder Project Dba Private Equity Stakeholder Proje · Chicago, IL · 2024

    80852 examining private equity's role in housing and healthcare to improve outcomes for impacted parties through practice and regulatory change, 2023-2025

  • $266,137

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    79331 making administrative data more accessible for documenting outcomes of place-based interventions and comparing them across geographies

  • $250,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    82416 facilitating a global assessment and development of a framework for cross-national dialogues to improve health and economic outcomes in the u.s.

  • $237,289

    Institute for Women'S Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024

    79896 establishing an 'action hub' to identify federal and state economic policies and programs to improve health outcomes and racial equity

  • $226,927

    Palm Health Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024

    81782 assessing how the use of kindness media may impact patient and provider satisfaction, outcomes, and implicit bias

  • $213,861

    Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    80574 studying the maternal and infant health outcomes of a service-delivery model addressing low-income pregnant women's food insecurity and social needs

  • $190,432

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    80299 reimagining the tax system to improve economic security and health outcomes for children and families and to reduce racial and ethnic inequities

  • $180,808

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024

    79173 examining whether a novel closed-loop, high-performing, coordinated network of social services can improve health and wellness equity and outcomes

  • $164,360

    African American Mayors Association (Aama) · Washington, DC · 2024

    82632 enhancing mayoral community outreach and engagement to demonstrate the relationship between extreme climate conditions and health outcomes

  • $157,867

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024

    81774 understanding how anti-displacement housing redevelopment impacts the social cohesion and health outcomes of families with low income

  • $151,234

    Lolita Moss - Tulane U · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    81525 examining potential effects of lgbtq legislation on relationship violence and related psychosocial outcomes, focusing on african american lgbtq youths

  • $146,804

    Goodnation Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    82314 supporting the health and reentry project to advance policy changes to improve health outcomes for people returning to communities after incarceration

  • $129,885

    Gayle M Shipp - Michigan St U · East Lansing, MI · 2024

    81519 evaluating the work of the revive program in addressing the challenges and disparate outcomes experienced by pregnant individuals in flint, mich.

  • $114,636

    American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2024

    78407 embedding health-equity approaches in the american cancer society's mission priorities to reduce the unequal burdens of cancer outcomes, 2021-2024

  • $111,394

    Rebekah Israel Cross - Chicago U of · Chicago, IL · 2024

    81516 using a novel dataset to address gaps in evaluating the impact of a federal housing initiative on birth outcomes in chicago's woodlawn community

  • $105,000

    Laneshia K Tague - Washington U in · Saint Louis, MO · 2024

    79439 influence of genetics on mycophenolic acid pharmacodynamics and association with clinical outcomes after lung transplantation -- laneshia k. Tague, md

  • $105,000

    Kathy Denise Wright - Ohio St U · Columbus, OH · 2024

    79429 improving stress and hypertension outcomes in african-american female caregivers of persons living with dementia -- kathy denise wright, phd

  • $105,000

    Elliot a Asare - Utah U of · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    81446 land-use-based economic livelihoods and melanoma: spatial access, lived experiences and clinical outcomes -- elliot amponsah asare, md, ms

  • $90,000

    Washington University in St Louis · Saint Louis, MO · 2024

    82103 unpacking systemic racism as a barrier to equitable, culturally responsive, and coordinated care for children experiencing poor mental health outcomes

  • $86,923

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    78306 matching community-generated ideas with scientifically rigorous assessment to address the social factors associated with poor health outcomes

  • $86,515

    Boston College · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024

    81874 documenting how abortion restrictions lower fertility rates and increase non-fertility outcomes like severe maternal morbidity

  • $70,042

    Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024

    80478 filling the role of rwjf strategic advisor to help advance social/human services, improve health outcomes, and disrupt structural racism in healthcare

  • $65,000

    Child Trends Incorporated · Rockville, MD · 2024

    80767 studying the impact of emergency rental assistance on children's health and nutrition outcomes, with a focus on low-income black and hispanic families

  • $50,000

    Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers · Camden, NJ · 2024

    80676 designing a strategy for equitable partnerships of consumers, caregivers, and people with lived experience to improve healthcare systems and outcomes

  • $45,445

    University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health · Chicago, IL · 2024

    81872 investigating the impact of closures of obstetric units in urban and suburban new jersey on maternity care and maternal and infant health outcomes

  • $42,682

    Pse Healthy Energy · Oakland, CA · 2024

    81879 examining the impact of outdoor air pollution on adverse pregnancy outcomes, with a focus on marginalized communities

  • $40,000

    Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024

    80521 identifying the effect of supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility/purchasing-power policies on labor-market and health outcomes

  • $24,745

    Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    78406 evaluating rwjf's advancing rural connectedness, evidence, policy, and practice across sectors toward improved social and economic outcomes program

  • $20,864

    Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    76435 studying the causal link between transportation barriers and health outcomes for low-income, chronically ill patients and testing mobility solutions

  • $19,969

    University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2024

    77432 studying how cross-sector alignment, with a social-service focus on transit, can improve substance-use outcomes and reduce treatment costs

  • $17,906

    Organisation for Economic Co Operation and Development (Oecd) · 2024

    78612 examining people's experiences, vulnerabilities, and strengths to prompt integrated policy approaches that foster better mental health outcomes

  • $12,406

    Koahnic Broadcast Corporation · Anchorage, AK · 2024

    78978 continuing support for the koahnic broadcast corporation in exploring the diverse factors that shape the health outcomes of native americans

  • $7,737

    Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024

    79531 guiding states in promoting greater equity in adoption and implementation of polices to enhance prenatal-to-3 developmental outcomes

  • $5,912

    Shantrel S Canidate - Florida U of · Gainesville, FL · 2024

    79241 examining hypothesized relationships of syndemic and social network factors with hiv care continuum outcomes for black men who have sex with men

  • $3,224

    Whitney Smith Rice - Emory U Off of · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    77345 studying the relationship of states' contraceptive-access policies to women's use of preventive health care and their health outcomes and equity

  • $1.4M

    Ascend at the Aspen Inst · Washington, DC · 2023

    81255 building on lessons from the aspen family prosperity innovation community to create a roadmap for 2gen approaches for better outcomes for families

  • $719,188

    Emory U Rollins Sch of Pub Hlt · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    74281 conducting a rigorous randomized controlled trial of the impact of physical activity on education outcomes

  • $500,000

    Urban Land Inst Fdn · Washington, DC · 2023

    80974 increasing the competency of real estate and land-use professionals in improving health and social equity outcomes in communities

  • $500,000

    Center for Land Reform · Flint, MI · 2023

    79807 supporting the national land bank network in advancing racially equitable outcomes in the reuse of vacant, deteriorated land for community benefit

  • $482,882

    Institute for Womens Pol Rsh · Washington, DC · 2023

    79896 establishing an 'action hub' to identify federal and state economic policies and programs to improve health outcomes and racial equity

  • $459,129

    Abfm Fdn · Lexington, KY · 2023

    79319 testing the predicting power of social determinants of health indices on outcomes to improve medicare payment

  • $450,000

    Camden Coal of Hltcare Providers · Camden, NJ · 2023

    80676 designing a strategy for equitable partnerships of consumers, caregivers, and people with lived experience to improve healthcare systems and outcomes

  • $450,000

    National Med Fellowships · New York, NY · 2023

    80921 advancing an actionable agenda for equitable and accountable healthcare systems that improve health outcomes for historically marginalized communities

  • $400,000

    Georgetown U · Washington, DC · 2023

    79331 making administrative data more accessible for documenting outcomes of place-based interventions and comparing them across geographies

  • $352,652

    Third Sector New England · Boston, MA · 2023

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

  • $300,000

    Financial Svcs Stakeholder Proj · Chicago, IL · 2023

    80852 examining private equity's role in housing and healthcare to improve outcomes for impacted parties through practice and regulatory change, 2023-2025

  • $226,894

    American Cancer Soc · Kennesaw, GA · 2023

    78407 embedding health-equity approaches in the american cancer society's mission priorities to reduce the unequal burdens of cancer outcomes, 2021-2024

  • $225,766

    New York U · New York, NY · 2023

    78922 evaluating the impact of landmark congestion pricing policy on air quality, health outcomes, and racial and economic equity in new york city

  • $225,000

    Rand Corp · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    80720 advancing a bolder vision for wellbeing in the u.s. To realize outcomes related to dignity, health, and environmental quality

  • $183,588

    Stanford U · Stanford, CA · 2023

    79173 examining whether a novel closed-loop, high-performing, coordinated network of social services can improve health and wellness equity and outcomes

  • $173,954

    Ohio St U · Columbus, OH · 2023

    79711 studying the impact on mental health outcomes of different models of 911 response and the variation by racially/economically segregated neighborhoods

  • $170,725

    Case Western Reserve U · Cleveland, OH · 2023

    80574 studying the maternal and infant health outcomes of a service-delivery model addressing low-income pregnant women's food insecurity and social needs

  • $161,151

    Organisation for Economic Co Operation a · 2023

    78612 examining people's experiences, vulnerabilities, and strengths to prompt integrated policy approaches that foster better mental health outcomes

  • $160,000

    Child Trends · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    80767 studying the impact of emergency rental assistance on children's health and nutrition outcomes, with a focus on low-income black and hispanic families

  • $141,837

    Boston U · Boston, MA · 2023

    79394 understanding the impact of interpersonal and structural racism on developmental outcomes for infants, toddlers, and preschool children

  • $125,000

    Koahnic Broadcast Corp · Anchorage, AK · 2023

    81396 continuing support for the koahnic broadcast corporation in exploring the diverse factors that shape the health outcomes of native americans

  • $117,472

    Kristin Zene Black - East Carolina · Greenville, NC · 2023

    79252 identifying and eliminating structural inequities in women's health and chronic disease outcomes

  • $115,428

    Kia L Davis - Washington U in St Lo · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    79249 evaluating how community benefits agreements mitigate the impact of structural and institutional racism on neighborhood health-related outcomes

  • $112,940

    Ifrah Mahamud Magan - New York U · New York, NY · 2023

    79253 examining the critical role refugee-led organizations play in shaping health and health equity outcomes

  • $105,000

    Stanley Ray Vance - California U of · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    77151 examining mental health outcomes and gender affirmation for transgender youths of color -- stanley ray vance jr., md

  • $105,000

    Kathy Denise Wright - Ohio St U · Columbus, OH · 2023

    79429 improving stress and hypertension outcomes in african-american female caregivers of persons living with dementia -- kathy denise wright, phd

  • $105,000

    Laneshia K Tague - Washington U in · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    79439 influence of genetics on mycophenolic acid pharmacodynamics and association with clinical outcomes after lung transplantation -- laneshia k. Tague, md

  • $103,500

    Meridian Inst · Dillon, CO · 2023

    79101 creating, expanding, and/or aggregating machine learning datasets that will lead to equitable healthcare outcomes

  • $102,235

    Shantrel S Canidate - Florida U of · Gainesville, FL · 2023

    79241 examining hypothesized relationships of syndemic and social network factors with hiv care continuum outcomes for black men who have sex with men

  • $93,548

    Arizona U of · Tucson, AZ · 2023

    78386 assessing the impact of greening and upgrading playgrounds in new york city on students academic and health outcomes and on community health measures

  • $82,552

    Swinomish Indian Tribal Comm · La Conner, WA · 2023

    76577 assessing how well an indigenized building resilience against climate effects framework advances equitable health outcomes in climate adaptation

  • $78,869

    Vanderbilt U · Nashville, TN · 2023

    79531 guiding states in promoting greater equity in adoption and implementation of polices to enhance prenatal-to-3 developmental outcomes

  • $55,800

    Housing & Comm Devel Netwk of Nj · Trenton, NJ · 2023

    77692 empowering tenants to address the lack of safe, affordable homes to improve health outcomes and foster a culture of health in new jersey

  • $50,000

    Changelab Solutions · Oakland, CA · 2023

    78172 advancing state and local policies and practices to improve rural opportunity and health and equity outcomes

  • $50,000

    Cnaturenet (Dba Children & Nature Networ · St Paul, MN · 2023

    78831 learning from other countries on greening of schoolyards to increase climate resilience and advance health and education outcomes for u.s. Children

  • $49,879

    Duke U · Durham, NC · 2023

    78940 studying the impact of unequal wealth by race on health outcomes

  • $40,482

    Public Hlt Inst · Oakland, CA · 2023

    77416 improving understanding of alignment of social services, public health, and health care by exploring outcomes in accountable communities for health

  • $26,601

    Community Oriented Correctional Hlt Svcs · Oakland, CA · 2023

    79466 laying the foundation for national changes to address disproportionate health and social outcomes for justice-involved individuals

  • $26,193

    Rand Corp · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    79220 applying global learnings to develop a tested narrative change guide with grassroots engagement to advance equitable well-being policies and outcomes

  • $25,000

    Women in the Room Prods · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    79495 creating television programming and town halls to promote awareness of high disparities in maternal health outcomes for black women across the u.s.

  • $20,625

    Praxis Proj · Oakland, CA · 2023

    79680 engaging black birthing people in development of quality measures to promote equitable birth outcomes

  • $20,000

    Financial Svcs Stakeholder Proj · Chicago, IL · 2023

    78586 examining private equity's role in housing and healthcare to improve outcomes for stakeholders through practice and regulatory change, 2021-2023

  • $17,519

    Louisville U of Rsh Fdn · Louisville, KY · 2023

    77407 studying freedom house's collaborative approach to cross-sector alignment in kentucky to improve outcomes for pregnant and parenting women in recovery

  • $16,935

    Colorado U of Denver · Denver, CO · 2023

    77429 studying how different finance and service-delivery mechanisms impact implementation and outcomes in nurse family partnership sites across the country

  • $15,275

    Colorado Bus Grp On Hlt · Lakewood, CO · 2023

    79808 transforming the colorado healthcare market from one driven to maximize profits to one driven to seek the best outcomes at the most affordable costs

  • $10,000

    Drexel U · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    78953 assessing whether individual- and neighborhood-level indicators of social determinants of health improve the prediction of covid-19 outcomes

  • $9,900

    Georgetown U · Washington, DC · 2023

    78952 comparing short-term and long-term outcomes for women treated and not treated for gestational diabetes during pregnancy

  • $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

  • $813,045

    Rand Corp · Santa Monica, CA · 2022

    80257 gun policy research: evaluating the role gun laws play in contributing to racial and ethnic disparities in criminal justice outcomes

  • $785,993

    Johns Hopkins U · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    78306 matching community-generated ideas with scientifically rigorous assessment to address the social factors associated with poor health outcomes

  • $635,050

    Policylink · Oakland, CA · 2022

    80235 strengthening collective state-based capacity to ensure equitable water outcomes under federal infrastructure funding, with a focus on the south

  • $500,000

    Center for Land Reform · Flint, MI · 2022

    79807 supporting the national land bank network in advancing racially equitable outcomes in the reuse of vacant, deteriorated land for community benefit

  • $451,416

    Institute for Womens Pol Rsh · Washington, DC · 2022

    79896 establishing an 'action hub' to identify federal and state economic policies and programs to improve health outcomes and racial equity

  • $448,501

    Changelab Solutions · Oakland, CA · 2022

    78172 advancing state and local policies and practices to improve rural opportunity and health and equity outcomes

  • $396,351

    Clark Co Soc Svc · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    79979 elevating youths' voice to improve health and well-being outcomes for young people in nevada

  • $277,830

    Kenny Guinn Ctr for Pol Priorities · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    77223 strengthening the voice of youth leaders and advocates in working with service providers in nevada to improve specific teen health outcomes

  • $239,409

    Community Oriented Correctional Hlt Svcs · Oakland, CA · 2022

    79466 laying the foundation for national changes to address disproportionate health and social outcomes for justice-involved individuals

  • $233,571

    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

  • $225,000

    Women in the Room Prods · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    79495 creating television programming and town halls to promote awareness of high disparities in maternal health outcomes for black women across the u.s.

  • $224,663

    Kaiser Fdn Hlt Plan of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022

    78406 evaluating rwjf's advancing rural connectedness, evidence, policy, and practice across sectors toward improved social and economic outcomes program

  • $200,197

    Alabama U of at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    80065 examining the impact of the political and policy determinants of health on health outcomes for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people -- transfer grant

  • $197,045

    Georgetown U · Washington, DC · 2022

    80299 reimagining the tax system to improve economic security and health outcomes for children and families and to reduce racial and ethnic inequities

  • $193,283

    Ohio St U · Columbus, OH · 2022

    79711 studying the impact on mental health outcomes of different models of 911 response and the variation by racially/economically segregated neighborhoods

  • $190,567

    Rutgers U Grad Sch of Educ · New Brunswick, NJ · 2022

    74677 identifying the critical components of preschool programs that could improve health and education outcomes for children from low-income communities

  • $185,625

    Praxis Proj · Oakland, CA · 2022

    79680 engaging black birthing people in development of quality measures to promote equitable birth outcomes

  • $180,492

    Connecticut U of · Storrs, CT · 2022

    77432 studying how cross-sector alignment, with a social-service focus on transit, can improve substance-use outcomes and reduce treatment costs

  • $180,000

    Financial Services Stakeholder Project · Chicago, IL · 2022

    78586 examining private equity's role in affordable housing and health care to improve outcomes for stakeholders through practice and regulatory change

  • $179,055

    Organisation for Economic Co- Operation and Development · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    78612 examining people's experiences, vulnerabilities, and strengths to prompt integrated policy approaches that foster better mental health outcomes

  • $175,346

    Commonsense Childbirth · Winter Garden, FL · 2022

    79884 training doulas in new jersey in a birth-justice framework to advocate improved health outcomes for underserved pregnant and parenting individuals

  • $153,000

    Colorado U of Denver · Denver, CO · 2022

    77429 studying how different finance and service-delivery mechanisms impact implementation and outcomes in nurse family partnership sites across the country

  • $141,667

    Drexel U · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    79095 studying impacts of paid maternity and paternity leave policies on health outcomes in latin america and their potential for the united states

  • $137,475

    Colorado Bus Grp On Hlt · Lakewood, CO · 2022

    79808 transforming the colorado healthcare market from one driven to maximize profits to one driven to seek the best outcomes at the most affordable costs

  • $134,132

    Tempe City of · Tempe, AZ · 2022

    78019 adapting global ideas from new zealand, morocco, and columbia to address heat-related health outcomes in tempe, ariz.

  • $112,500

    Koahnic Broadcast Corp · Anchorage, AK · 2022

    78978 continuing support for the koahnic broadcast corporation in exploring the diverse factors that shape the health outcomes of native americans

  • $110,388

    George Mason U · Fairfax, VA · 2022

    78817 providing causal estimates of the community reinvestment act's impact on entrepreneurship, employment, and income outcomes by race and ethnicity

  • $105,000

    Laneshia K Tague - Washington U in · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    79439 influence of genetics on mycophenolic acid pharmacodynamics and association with clinical outcomes after lung transplantation -- laneshia k. Tague, md

  • $105,000

    Kathy Denise Wright - Ohio St U · Columbus, OH · 2022

    79429 improving stress and hypertension outcomes in african-american female caregivers of persons living with dementia -- kathy denise wright, phd

  • $105,000

    Courtney Rory Goodwin - Duke U Med · Durham, NC · 2022

    76238 health-related quality-of-life outcomes in spinal metastases -- courtney rory goodwin, md, phd

  • $105,000

    Stanley Ray Vance - California U of · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    77151 examining mental health outcomes and gender affirmation for transgender youths of color -- stanley ray vance jr., md

  • $98,705

    Arizona U of · Tucson, AZ · 2022

    78386 assessing the impact of greening and upgrading playgrounds in new york city on students academic and health outcomes and on community health measures

  • $95,500

    Harvard U · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    76545 studying the impact of place-based policy interventions on improving economic and health outcomes for disadvantaged populations -- transfer grant

  • $86,607

    Vanderbilt U · Nashville, TN · 2022

    79531 guiding states in promoting greater equity in adoption and implementation of polices to enhance prenatal-to-3 developmental outcomes

  • $82,155

    Northeastern U · Boston, MA · 2022

    80478 filling the role of rwjf strategic advisor to help advance social/human services, improve health outcomes, and disrupt structural racism in healthcare

  • $56,479

    Trailhead Inst · Denver, CO · 2022

    78457 exploring a patient-governed model for data within peer-support communities through learning health networks to achieve improved health outcomes

  • $50,000

    Michigan St U · East Lansing, MI · 2022

    80521 identifying the effect of supplemental nutrition assistance program eligibility/purchasing-power policies on labor-market and health outcomes

  • $49,108

    American Inst for Rsh in the Behav Scis · Washington, DC · 2022

    75479 expanding subpopulations studied and the range of outcomes examined to more accurately measure impact across the lifecycle of preschool education

  • $48,233

    Gehl · New York, NY · 2022

    77365 empowering community-based organizations to apply the inclusive healthy places framework in planning and designing projects for equitable outcomes

  • $30,000

    Brookings Inst · Washington, DC · 2022

    78918 advancing collaborative, cross-sector approaches to achieving health equity and effective health care and health outcomes in communities

  • $29,019

    Whitney Smith Rice - Emory U Off of · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    77345 studying the relationship of states' contraceptive-access policies to women's use of preventive health care and their health outcomes and equity

  • $25,114

    California U of Davis · Davis, CA · 2022

    75116 studying the causal effects of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children on infant and child outcomes

  • $24,956

    Benefits Data Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    76433 evaluating health and cost outcomes when a payer pays for enrollment in a social service benefit for dual-eligible seniors

  • $20,000

    Community Fdn of Nj · Morristown, NJ · 2022

    78326 developing recommendations to advance people, organizations, and communities on the path to creating equitable outcomes in new jersey

  • $19,285

    Nebraska U of Med Ctr Col of Pub Hlt · Omaha, NE · 2022

    75198 studying whether providing legal services to health care super-utilizers improves their health care use and health outcomes

  • $17,619

    California U of Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    77666 developing a microsimulation model to guide permanent reform of the covid-19-stressed unemployment system to improve equity outcomes

  • $16,218

    Georgia St U · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    79022 conducting an outcomes harvesting evaluation of rwjf's county health rankings & roadmaps program

  • $13,279

    Harvard U John F Kennedy Sch of Govt · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    78405 investigating the impact of unstable and unpredictable work schedules on health outcomes -- transfer grant

  • $11,024

    Texas a&M U · College Station, TX · 2022

    76437 evaluating the effectiveness of transformative justice interventions from the perspective of health outcomes and recidivism

  • $8,144

    Omni Inst · Denver, CO · 2022

    76275 studying the impact of enhanced family development services on progress toward economic security, family resiliency, and improved health outcomes

  • $6,175

    Pennsylvania U of · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    75535 developing and validating a feedback system for providers to track and improve trust and respect among vulnerable patients to improve health outcomes

  • $261,713

    Drexel U · Philadelphia, PA · 2020

    77644 Tracking outcomes and inequalities of the CO

  • $105,000

    Stanley Ray Vance - California U of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2020

    77151 Examining mental health outcomes and gender

  • $105,000

    Courtney Rory Goodwin - Duke U Med Ctr · Durham, NC · 2020

    76238 Health-related quality-of-life outcomes in s

  • $90,000

    Benefits Data Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2020

    76433 Evaluating health and cost outcomes when a p

  • $50,000

    Abigail Link - Minnesota U of · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

    77792 Burden of meningitis: Outcomes and experienc

  • $50,000

    Aspen Inst · Washington, DC · 2020

    76535 Designing, hosting, and assessing the outcom

  • $40,609

    National Opinion Rsh Ctr Norc · Chicago, IL · 2020

    73844 Evaluating the short-term outcomes of nation

  • $30,000

    Pacific Bus Grp On Hlt · San Francisco, CA · 2020

    76085 Implementing patient-reported outcome measur

  • $19,708

    Social Fin · Boston, MA · 2020

    75522 Assessing whether outcomes-based funding sol

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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