The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is seeking an organization to work with us to re-envision and realign the strategy, structure, and operations of New Jersey Health Initiatives (NJHI).
Donor Name: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
State: New Jersey
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/13/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $450,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
The New Jersey team at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently conducted a strategic planning process that resulted in an approach that amplifies role as a place-based funder to contribute to policy change, systems change, and equitable benefits and resources for everyone in New Jersey communities. The team’s approach involves a place-based strategy with three focus areas including: (1) closing gaps in Black maternal and infant health outcomes by changing policies, systems, and practices; (2) ensuring that everyone in New Jersey is able to live in affordable, safe, and stable housing in thriving communities of their choosing; and (3) supporting the modernization of an equitable, and adequately resourced public health system that is responsive to community health needs.
Throughout these focus areas and all of work, they center health equity, racial equity, and community power-building as essential to building a Culture of Health in New Jersey.
One planning grant will be made to support an organization to cover two phases (18 months) of work, during which time the selected organization will, in Phase 1, co-create a strategy and administrative structure for NJHI (in collaboration with RWJF’s New Jersey team and other statewide partners) that will culminate in the launch of the new NJHI program. In Phase 2, the chosen organization will initiate implementation activities by preparing to launch, lead, manage, and implement the new NJHI program; and develop and launch the release of the first CFP for the field in fall 2023 and select the first round of grant awards.
Funding Information
- The Foundation plans to identify an organization that will receive up to $450,000 for up to an 18-month period.
- Award time period: Program start date will be November 1, 2022, and will continue through April 30, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organizations must be either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or Type III supporting organizations. The Foundation may require additional documentation.
- Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories.
- Applicant organization must have a physical location and established relationships in New Jersey.
- If the applicant organization is applying as part of a collaborative effort with other organizations, each collaborating organization must be described in detail in the proposal, however only one organization may represent the collaboration and be the lead contact in the application process.
For more information, visit RWJF.
