Open Foundations · New Jersey

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Princeton, New Jersey · EIN 226029397. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $616.8M across 3,074 grants in 2024, a median of $40K each.

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$616.8M
paid in 2024
3,074
grants paid
$40K
median grant
59%
to first-time recipients
$13.4B
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
GRANTS MANAGEMENT
Address
50 COLLEGE ROAD EAST, PRINCETON, NJ, 08543
Phone
8778437953
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
MOST OF RWJF'S GRANTS ARE MADE THROUGH TARGETED GRANT PROGRAMS AND FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS. RWJF'S FUNDING PRIORITIES AND CALLS FOR PROPOSALS ARE DESCRIBED ON WWW.RWJF.ORG.
Submission deadline
NO DEADLINES, EXCEPT WHEN FOUNDATION ISSUES A CALL FOR PROPOSAL (CFP) OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP).
Restrictions on awards
RWJF IS DEDICATED TO TAKING BOLD LEAPS TO TRANSFORM HEALTH IN OUR LIFETIME AND PAVE THE WAY, TOGETHER, TO A FUTURE WHERE HEALTH IS NO LONGER A PRIVILEGE, BUT A RIGHT. WE ARE A NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY THAT ADVANCES TRANSFORMATIVE SYSTEMS CHANGE BY IDENTIFYING AND CONFRONTING STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO HEALTH AND WELLBEING. OUR GRANTMAKING TAKES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO HEALTH, ONE ROOTED IN EQUITY AND FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING BARRIERS TO HEALTH CAUSED BY THE INTERSECTION OF STRUCTURAL RACISM, OTHER FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS THAT IMPACT HEALTH. THROUGH FUNDING, CONVENING, ADVOCACY, AND EVIDENCE-BUILDING, WE WORK SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH COMMUNITIES, PRACTITIONERS, AND INSTITUTIONS TO GET TO HEALTH EQUITY FASTER.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503109349101385. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

matching giftshealth policyhealth equitypolicy researchresearch scholarscohortcommunitycommunities

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 3,074 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesDC$12,152,00079658 ADVANCING RACIALLY EQUITABLE ECONOMIC, TAX, AND SOCIAL POLICY IN STATES AND GROWING ESSENTIAL STATE POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE
2Community CatalystMA$8,620,00080588 SERVING AS THE NATIONAL COORDINATING/PROGRAM OFFICE FOR RWJF'S VOICES FOR HEALTH JUSTICE AUTHORIZATION
3University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWI$7,437,24880417 CONTINUING THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS & ROADMAPS' PATH IN DEVELOPING NARRATIVES TO ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL DRIVERS OF HEALTH INEQUITIES
4Vose River Charitable FundMD$5,817,55578878 TRANSFORMING LOCAL DATA ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH EQUITY AND JUSTICE TO ENABLE A BETTER USE OF LOCAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS
5Economic Policy InstituteDC$5,220,00081568 ANCHORING WORK TO MAKE FAMILIES AN ECONOMIC PRIORITY THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF A NEW POLICY ECOSYSTEM -- ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
6Family Values Work a Multi State Consortium IncWI$5,220,00081571 ANCHORING WORK TO MAKE FAMILIES AN ECONOMIC PRIORITY THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF A NEW POLICY ECOSYSTEM -- FAMILY VALUES @ WORK
7Borealis PhilanthropyMN$4,500,00082080 SUPPORTING THE BLACK-LED MOVEMENT FUND AND DISABILITY INCLUSION FUND IN CATALYZING INVESTMENTS IN THE RACIAL JUSTICE AND DISABILITY JUSTICE MOVEMENTS
8Princeton UniversityNJ$4,242,40481812 CONTINUING DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES, INCLUDING PROMOTING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IN POLICYMAKING AND ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY, 2024-2025
9Johns Hopkins UniversityMD$4,094,89982057 SUPPORTING JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AS NATIONAL PROGRAM CENTER FOR RWJF'S HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM, 2024-2026
10Center for Black Health and EquityNC$4,000,00081364 SUPPORTING THE CENTER FOR BLACK HEALTH AND EQUITY AS REGIONAL HUB TO ADVANCE EQUITABLE COMMERCIAL TOBACCO CONTROL IN THE SOUTH AND MIDWEST
11New Venture FundDC$3,550,41680940 SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH EQUITY IN RECRUITING COHORT 3 FOR THE CULTURE OF HEALTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR RACIAL HEALING
12New York UniversityNY$3,408,82880586 CONTINUING TO BUILD THE CITY HEALTH DASHBOARD'S IMPACT AND TO DEEPEN ENGAGEMENT
13Rockefeller Philanthropy AdvisorsNY$3,348,22581429 RENEWING SUPPORT FOR THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IN ITS CAPITAL ABSORPTION APPROACH TO ADDRESSING STRUCTURAL RACISM IN COMMUNITY INVESTMENT
14Center for Community ChangeDC$3,262,50081556 DEVELOPING A VISION FOR ANTIRACIST HEALTH POLICY AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO ADVANCE AN ANTIRACIST HEALTH EQUITY MOVEMENT
15Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMD$3,188,65779853 SUPPORTING JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AS NATIONAL PROGRAM CENTER FOR RWJF'S HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM, 2022-2024

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20203,730$528.1M
20213,663$604.5M
20223,766$565.4M
20232,928$540.4M
20243,074$616.8M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
District of Columbia15%
California13%
New Jersey12%
New York11%
Pennsylvania6%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Azita EmamiTRUSTEE · 2024
David WilliamsTRUSTEE · 2024
Edgar VillanuevaTRUSTEE · 2024
Jing WangTRUSTEE · 2024
Julie MoritaEVP UNTIL AUG 2024 · 2024
Julio FrenkTRUSTEE · 2024
Kathryn S FullerTRUSTEE CHAIR · 2024
Leah Mccall DevlinTRUSTEE · 2024
May NgCIO · 2024
Melvin GallowayCOO · 2024
Michael E SneedTRUSTEE · 2024
Patricia a GabowTRUSTEE EMERITA EFFECTIVE JAN 2024 · 2024
Phyllis WiseTRUSTEE EMERITA EFFECTIVE JAN 2024 · 2024
Ricardo CastroVP, GENERAL COUNSEL, SECRETARY · 2024
Richard E BesserPRESIDENT & CEO · 2024
Robert B LittermanTRUSTEE EMERITUS EFFECTIVE JAN 2024 · 2024
Ruth S ShimTRUSTEE · 2024
Ryan P HaygoodTRUSTEE EFFECTIVE OCT 2024 · 2024
Starsky D WilsonTRUSTEE · 2024
Vicki L FullerTRUSTEE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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