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.

131 grants matching “transferring · $20.7M

  • $1.3M

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

    81720 supporting the decolonizing wealth project in strengthening and uplifting narratives about black and indigenous caregivers -- transfer grant

  • $1.0M

    Global Impact · Washington, DC · 2024

    81106 gun policy research: supporting researchers to inform policy and practice in gun violence prevention -- transfer grant

  • $675,000

    Code for America · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    81723 dismantling barriers that low-income families face in accessing tax credits by transferring the tax-filing burden from those families to government

  • $562,500

    Liberation Ventures · Wilmington, DE · 2024

    82687 supporting liberation ventures in helping strengthen the reparations field and establish an inclusive, multiracial democracy --transfer grant

  • $500,000

    Liberation in a Generation · Lorton, VA · 2024

    82663 general operating support for liberation in a generation, 2025 -- transfer grant

  • $404,496

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

    81549 driving insurance-industry investment in communities with low income and communities of color to advance equity -- transfer grant

  • $383,999

    Global Philanthropy Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2024

    82383 transfer grant--harnessing the collective power of government services and systems in networked cities to advance gender equity

  • $357,282

    Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024

    79912 developing an equity-centered approach to enforcing laws enabling access to habitable housing for racial and ethnic minority groups -- transfer grant

  • $300,000

    Independent Sector · Washington, DC · 2024

    81672 supporting the ceo circle of color in positioning leaders of color to advance racial equity in community development -- transfer grant

  • $280,801

    New School · New York, NY · 2024

    79849 supporting collaborative-action research and public communications on polices for direct income supports and cash transfers as an economic right

  • $222,458

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    80481 scaling the 3rd city project to locate and analyze data through a public health lens on health concerns among people who are incarcerated -- transfer

  • $197,190

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024

    80436 evaluating a first-responder model implemented in durham, n.c., to reduce mental health inequities -- transfer grant

  • $180,000

    Big Cities Health Coalition (Bchc) · Bethesda, MD · 2024

    80507 supporting bchc in executing an urban health agenda, building the public health infrastructure, and advancing health equity -- transfer grant

  • $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

  • $137,411

    Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    82110 supporting the water hub's color of water project to ensure that water news reflects the voices and values of impacted communities -- transfer grant

  • $136,475

    University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    81145 examining the impact of unconditional cash transfers on infant mortality and morbidity in the u.s., with a focus on black and indigenous babies

  • $122,374

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    81920 the role of cdk4/6 signaling in glioblastoma immune evasion and therapeutic resistance (transfer grant) -- jose ricardo mcfaline-figueroa, md, phd

  • $105,170

    Environmental Policy Innovation Center · College Park, MD · 2024

    81717 creating a diverse community of practice to engage communities and catalyze policy reform to equitably allocate state revolving funds -- transfer

  • $82,701

    Texas a&M University Health Science Center · Bryan, TX · 2024

    80527 conducting a 'secret shopper' survey to understand consumers' experience in navigating provider networks -- transfer grant, 2022-2023

  • $82,375

    Heartland Human Care Services · Chicago, IL · 2024

    81754 centering participants' lived experience in driving systems change prioritizing child and family wellbeing -- transfer grant

  • $69,075

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    82651 robert wood johnson foundation health policy fellows -- miriam j. Laugesen, phd (transfer grant)

  • $54,384

    Hoisum Lynn Nguyen - Columbia U Mai · New York, NY · 2024

    81569 health policy research scholars -- transfer

  • $52,000

    Davine Holness - Alafia Ctr · West Roxbury, MA · 2024

    81905 interdisciplinary research leaders transfer application - cohort 6 fellow support

  • $46,332

    Ohio State University Office of Sponsored Programs · Columbus, OH · 2024

    80296 assisting rwjf in developing the program design for the vfar and isr authorizations -- transfer grant

  • $44,564

    Praxis Project · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    79760 supporting the national birth equity collaborative in coordinating rapid-response support for birth and reproductive justice organizations -- transfer

  • $42,437

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

    80866 supporting building capacity to reduce tobacco inequities in the south and midwest to better promote health equity in tobacco control, transfer grant

  • $31,000

    Brianna Nicole Davis - Mississippi · University, MS · 2024

    81103 health policy research scholars transfer application

  • $30,276

    Elizabeth Aghbashian - Montana St U · Bozeman, MT · 2024

    81950 interdisciplinary research leaders transfer application - cohort 6 fellow support

  • $27,542

    Davidson College · Davidson, NC · 2024

    82623 examining the impact of supplemental nutrition assistance program purchasing power on adults' food security, nutrition, and health -- transfer grant

  • $26,000

    Reginald Tucker-Seeley - Health Equ · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    81600 interdisciplinary research leaders transfer application - cohort 7 fellow support

  • $26,000

    Down North Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    82454 interdisciplinary research leaders transfer application (project) - cohort 7

  • $23,149

    University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign · Urbana, IL · 2024

    80479 expanding the us covid atlas' view of the pandemic, its accessibility, and its racial, social, and health equity perspective -- transfer grant

  • $20,500

    Public Rights Project · Oakland, CA · 2024

    80780 building capacity among state and local governments to implement and enforce laws more equitably, 2023-2024 (transfer grant)

  • $20,000

    Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    79822 employing liberatory leadership and a community of practice to dismantle a white supremacist culture in the nonprofit sector -- transfer grant

  • $8,310

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

    80837 studying systems contributing to nonequivalent care for patients with limited english proficiency and developing solutions -- transfer grant

  • $7,451

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    80044 improving psychosocial well-being among latina immigrant survivors of adverse childhood experiences, transfer -- carmen p. Alvarez, phd, rn, crnp, cnm

  • $1.0M

    Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    81106 gun policy research: supporting researchers to inform policy and practice in gun violence prevention -- transfer grant

  • $861,239

    New York Fdn for the Arts · New York, NY · 2023

    81421 expanding the environmental narrative to elevate consciousness of structural racism and opportunities for change -- transfer grant

  • $744,317

    Texas a&M U Hlt Sci Ctr · Bryan, TX · 2023

    80527 conducting a 'secret shopper' survey to understand consumers' experience in navigating provider networks -- transfer grant, 2022-2023

  • $503,318

    New Sch · New York, NY · 2023

    79849 supporting collaborative-action research and public communications on polices for direct income supports and cash transfers as an economic right

  • $422,233

    Praxis Proj · Oakland, CA · 2023

    80596 supporting mothers' voices driving birth equity in tying the voice of patients to a formal quality improvement process, 2022-2023 (transfer grant)

  • $382,798

    Center for Black Hlt & Equity · Durham, NC · 2023

    80866 supporting building capacity to reduce tobacco inequities in the south and midwest to better promote health equity in tobacco control, transfer grant

  • $255,555

    Columbia U · New York, NY · 2023

    79700 studying prevalent mental health stigma in spanish media to encourage help-seeking among growing young and diverse latinx populations -- transfer

  • $247,175

    Duke U · Durham, NC · 2023

    80481 scaling the 3rd city project to locate and analyze data through a public health lens on health concerns among people who are incarcerated -- transfer

  • $198,488

    Ohio St U · Columbus, OH · 2023

    79912 developing an equity-centered approach to enforcing laws enabling access to habitable housing for racial and ethnic minority groups -- transfer grant

  • $184,500

    Public Rights Project · Oakland, CA · 2023

    80780 building capacity among state and local governments to implement and enforce laws more equitably, 2023-2024 (transfer grant)

  • $180,000

    Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    79822 employing liberatory leadership and a community of practice to dismantle a white supremacist culture in the nonprofit sector -- transfer grant

  • $177,718

    Praxis Proj · Oakland, CA · 2023

    79760 supporting the national birth equity collaborative in coordinating rapid-response support for birth and reproductive justice organizations -- transfer

  • $176,495

    Duke U · Durham, NC · 2023

    80436 evaluating a first-responder model implemented in durham, n.c., to reduce mental health inequities -- transfer grant

  • $174,000

    Praxis Proj · Oakland, CA · 2023

    80597 supporting a global learning process, directed by black women-led organizations, to advance sexual and reproductive wellbeing (transfer grant)

  • $168,278

    California U of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    80837 studying systems contributing to nonequivalent care for patients with limited english proficiency and developing solutions -- transfer grant

  • $151,639

    California U of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    81145 examining the impact of unconditional cash transfers on infant mortality and morbidity in the u.s., with a focus on black and indigenous babies

  • $114,439

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch of Pub Hlt · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    81415 assessing how medical mistrust impacts the decision by african american men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer to seek care -- transfer grant

  • $107,609

    Urban Inst · Washington, DC · 2023

    81389 assessing participation in and implementation of summer electronic-benefits-transfer and non-congregate-meal programs in rural areas

  • $103,935

    Johns Hopkins U · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    81412 using a national survey of physician practices to identify barriers to and facilitators of lgbtq-affirming care to guide policy change -- transfer

  • $94,209

    Community Fdn of Nj · Morristown, NJ · 2023

    80694 accelerating and enhancing the professional development of nonprofit professionals of color as agents of change -- transfer grant

  • $85,700

    Local Progress Pol Inst · Washington, DC · 2023

    79674 empowering local elected officials to scale transformative policies to promote racial and economic equity and thriving communities -- transfer grant

  • $82,500

    Miriam J Laugesen - National Acad O · Washington, DC · 2023

    81223 robert wood johnson foundation health policy fellows -- miriam j. Laugesen, phd (transfer grant)

  • $64,479

    Praxis Proj · Oakland, CA · 2023

    80595 supporting the national birth equity collaborative in developing its 2020-22 strategic plan for optimizing black maternal and infant health (transfer)

  • $55,000

    Siomara Liskali Wedderburn - Be Col · Sewell, NJ · 2023

    80667 culture of health leaders transfer application - cohort 5

  • $47,914

    Angela Perone - California U of Ber · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    80583 robert wood johnson foundation health policy fellows -- angela perone, jd, phd, msw, ma (transfer grant)

  • $37,097

    Elizabeth Aghbashian - Community He · Bozeman, MT · 2023

    80559 interdisciplinary research leaders transfer application - cohort 6 fellow support

  • $31,000

    Brianna Nicole Davis - Mississippi · University, MS · 2023

    81103 health policy research scholars transfer application

  • $30,000

    Sione Lynn Pili Lister - Arizona St · Tempe, AZ · 2023

    81115 health policy research scholars transfer application

  • $27,203

    Purdue U · West Lafayette, IN · 2023

    81238 interdisciplinary research leaders transfer application - cohort 6 fellow support

  • $25,134

    Meadows Mental Hlth Pol Inst Tx · Dallas, TX · 2023

    78382 promoting mental health and resilience among youths affected by hurricane harvey and its aftermath -- transfer grant

  • $21,000

    Rosemary Nabaweesi - Meharry Med Co · Nashville, TN · 2023

    79387 culture of health leaders transfer application - cohort 5

  • $21,000

    Danya M Qato - Center for Social Cr · Denver, CO · 2023

    78935 culture of health leaders transfer application - cohort 5

  • $14,361

    Virginia Commwlth U · Richmond, VA · 2023

    80232 evaluating how global payment combined with community health teams impacts, health, access to care, and health equity in vermont -- transfer grant

  • $6,172

    Michigan St U · East Lansing, MI · 2023

    78697 expanding the american communities project to inform policymakers on local-level cultural, socioeconomic, and political changes -- transfer grant

  • $4,875

    Finger Lakes Law & Soc Pol Ctr · Ithaca, NY · 2023

    78001 evaluating the small communities forging hyperlocal data collaboratives in building capacity of southern n.j. Communities -- transfer grant

  • $771,300

    Local Progress Policy Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    79674 empowering local elected officials to scale transformative policies to promote racial and economic equity and thriving communities -- transfer grant

  • $595,468

    Ohio St U · Columbus, OH · 2022

    79912 developing an equity-centered approach to enforcing laws enabling access to habitable housing for racial and ethnic minority groups -- transfer grant

  • $434,681

    New School U · New York, NY · 2022

    79849 supporting collaborative-action research and public communications on polices for direct income supports and cash transfers as an economic right

  • $416,989

    Ohio St U Off of Sponsored Pro · Columbus, OH · 2022

    80296 assisting rwjf in developing the program design for the vfar and isr authorizations -- transfer grant

  • $228,027

    Nevada U of Reno · Reno, NV · 2022

    80095 interdisciplinary research leaders transfer application - cohort 5

  • $222,283

    Praxis Proj · Oakland, CA · 2022

    79760 supporting the national birth equity collaborative in coordinating rapid-response support for birth and reproductive justice organizations -- transfer

  • $208,337

    Illinois U of at Urbana Champaign · Urbana, IL · 2022

    80479 expanding the us covid atlas' view of the pandemic, its accessibility, and its racial, social, and health equity perspective -- transfer grant

  • $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

  • $200,000

    Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    79822 employing liberatory leadership and a community of practice to dismantle a white supremacist culture in the nonprofit sector -- transfer grant

  • $198,000

    Big Cities Hlt Coal · Bethesda, MD · 2022

    80507 supporting bchc in executing an urban health agenda, building the public health infrastructure, and advancing health equity -- transfer grant

  • $177,288

    Baylor Col of Med · Houston, TX · 2022

    76652 clinical scholars transfer application

  • $162,450

    Michigan St U · East Lansing, MI · 2022

    78697 expanding the american communities project to inform policymakers on local-level cultural, socioeconomic, and political changes -- transfer grant

  • $150,326

    Columbia U · New York, NY · 2022

    79700 studying prevalent mental health stigma in spanish media to encourage help-seeking among growing young and diverse latinx populations -- transfer

  • $129,253

    Virginia Commwlth U · Richmond, VA · 2022

    80232 evaluating how global payment combined with community health teams impacts, health, access to care, and health equity in vermont -- transfer grant

  • $105,000

    Teresa H Evering - Cornell U Joan S · New York, NY · 2022

    78496 investigating the impact of race on gene-expression profiles in hiv-associated neurocognitive disorders -- teresa h. Evering, md, ms (transfer grant)

  • $100,000

    New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    79421 supporting the aapi civic engagement fund to combat anti-asian violence by meeting asian american and pacific islander needs -- transfer grant

  • $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

  • $77,000

    Nicole N Martin-Bynum - Seek Higher · Boynton Beach, FL · 2022

    79463 culture of health leaders transfer application - cohort 5

  • $67,188

    Pennsylvania U of · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    80044 improving psychosocial well-being among latina immigrant survivors of adverse childhood experiences, transfer -- carmen p. Alvarez, phd, rn, crnp, cnm

  • $58,591

    Meadows Mental Hlth Policy Inst Tx · Dallas, TX · 2022

    78382 promoting mental health and resilience among youths affected by hurricane harvey and its aftermath -- transfer grant

  • $56,556

    Meghan Venable-Thomas - Val Grp · Birmingham, AL · 2022

    80305 culture of health leaders transfer application - cohort 4

  • $56,000

    Jacqueline Zuoke Itohan Iloh - Hank · Clinton, MD · 2022

    78492 culture of health leaders transfer application - cohort 5

  • $55,000

    Katherine E Brennan - Housing Comm · Trenton, NJ · 2022

    79749 culture of health leaders transfer application - cohort 5

  • $50,783

    Chicago U of · Chicago, IL · 2022

    80445 describing gaps in care coordination as medically complex teens transition from pediatric care to adult care systems -- transfer grant

  • $44,672

    Danya M Qato - Center for Social Cr · Denver, CO · 2022

    78935 culture of health leaders transfer application - cohort 5

  • $40,203

    Darlene Monique Oliver Hightower - · Chicago, IL · 2022

    79566 culture of health leaders transfer application - cohort 4

  • $36,000

    Kent St U · Kent, OH · 2022

    80529 clinical scholars transfer application

  • $35,000

    Jonathan Lykes - Byp100 Educ Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022

    76645 culture of health leaders transfer application

  • $35,000

    Rosemary Nabaweesi - Meharry Med Co · Nashville, TN · 2022

    79387 culture of health leaders transfer application - cohort 5

  • $31,259

    Meadows Mental Hlth Policy Inst Tx · Dallas, TX · 2022

    79705 translating seeds of change in access to and quality of mental health treatment into long-term efforts to drive system transformation -- transfer

  • $29,979

    Irene Yen - California U of Merced · Merced, CA · 2022

    75434 interdisciplinary research leaders 2016 cohort transfer application

  • $26,000

    Sean Arayasirikul - California U of · Irvine, CA · 2022

    80510 interdisciplinary research leaders transfer application - cohort 6 fellow support

  • $20,000

    Jenny Espinoza-Marcus - Latinx Phys · Sacramento, CA · 2022

    78662 culture of health leaders transfer application - cohort 4

  • $20,000

    Jennifer Sue Irving - Red Cloud Ind · Pine Ridge, SD · 2022

    77269 culture of health leaders transfer application

  • $15,502

    Roger M Arce - Texas U of Hlt Scie · Houston, TX · 2022

    78393 exploring the effects of pathogen-differentiated dendritic cells in an experimental periodontitis mouse model -- roger arce, dds, phd (transfer grant)

  • $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

  • $12,110

    East Tn St U · Johnson City, TN · 2022

    80211 creating the online 'journal of appalachia health' on the social and economic determinants of health and health equity in appalachia -- transfer grant

  • $6,500

    Salem Hlt & Wellness Fdn · Carneys Point, NJ · 2022

    76350 collaborating under the new jersey health initiatives program to build a culture of health in salem county -- transfer grant

  • $82,202

    Harm Reduction Coal · New York, NY · 2020

    77443 Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Transfer

  • $75,301

    Denise Octavia Smith - Health Res in Action · Boston, MA · 2020

    77215 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $71,000

    Vaishnavi Hariprasad - Trailhead Inst · Denver, CO · 2020

    77357 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $59,136

    Icahn Sch of Med at Mt Sinai · New York, NY · 2020

    77315 Clinical Scholars Transfer Application

  • $55,000

    Sheldon K Johnson - Partners Achieving Community · Columbus, OH · 2020

    77973 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $55,000

    Ashton Lauren Chapman - Ref Collab · Dover, NH · 2020

    76269 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $55,000

    Lauren Renee Powell - Time'S Up Fdn · Encino, CA · 2020

    78045 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $55,000

    Landon J Woolston - National Voices for Equality · Miami, FL · 2020

    77132 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $55,000

    Joseph Agoada - Sostento · Montclair, NJ · 2020

    78064 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $55,000

    Anzia M Bennett - Three Sisters Kitchen · Albuquerque, NM · 2020

    78092 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $55,000

    Grace Kyung - Vertical Strat · Aurora, CO · 2020

    77267 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $35,000

    Caitlin Maclayne Dunklee - Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2020

    78360 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $35,000

    Tammy Haesup Lee - Roots Community Health Center · Oakland, CA · 2020

    78307 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $34,440

    California U of Los Angeles David Geffen · Los Angeles, CA · 2020

    74140 Transfer: Randomized comparative effectivene

  • $30,000

    Ans Irfan - Milken Inst Sch of Pub Hlt at George · Washington, DC · 2020

    76028 Health Policy Research Scholars Transfer App

  • $29,336

    Fresno Metro Min · Fresno, CA · 2020

    77227 Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Transfer

  • $20,000

    Rodolfo Rodriguez - Notley Fund · Austin, TX · 2020

    78227 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $20,000

    Genoveva Islas - Sierra Hth Fdn Ctr for Hlt Prog · Sacramento, CA · 2020

    76311 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $20,000

    Edward Tepporn - Angel Island Immigration Station · Oakland, CA · 2020

    78153 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $20,000

    Dwayne Wharton - Vertical Strat · Aurora, CO · 2020

    77339 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

  • $12,500

    Texas U of at Austin Dell Med Sch · Austin, TX · 2020

    76142 Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Transfer

  • $9,409

    Jennifer Sue Irving - Red Cloud Indian Sch · Pine Ridge, SD · 2020

    77269 Culture of Health Leaders Transfer Applicati

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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