The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation seeks projects with the potential to support, sustain, and evolve the field in promoting systems-level change to prevent childhood obesity, address structural racism, and advance health equity.
Donor Name: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/27/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 4 Years
Details:
Through this call for proposals, the foundation is interested in advancing efforts that will support, sustain, and evolve the work of organizations and communities that have been at the forefront of equity oriented childhood obesity prevention. They are especially interested in projects that aim to:
Funding Information
- The program will distribute up to $22 million in funding. The number of awards will depend on the budgets of selected projects; they anticipate making up to six awards of varying sizes.
- Each award will be a minimum of $1,000,000. Applicants should request the amount of funding they will need to complete the proposed project.
Grant Period
Funding will be awarded for projects that can be 12 months to 48 months in duration.
Uses of funds
Award funds should cover the actual costs of the project including personnel and other direct costs. If the grantee is a public charity, grant funds will also cover indirect costs to support the applicant organization’s general operations. In keeping with RWJF policy, funds may not be used to support clinical trials of unapproved drugs or devices, to construct or renovate facilities, and for lobbying or political activities. Additional budget guidelines are provided in the online application materials.
Eligibility & Selection Criteria
- Eligible applicants must have the organizational infrastructure that demonstrates sufficient capacity and history to conduct proposed efforts in a timely, well-managed way that leads to desired outcomes.
- Eligible applicants must be based in the United States or its territories.
- Awards will be made to organizations, not individuals.
- Applicants may include but are not limited to nonprofit, private sector, and government organizations; local or state-based philanthropy and intermediary/backbone organizations; academia; professional membership organizations; and community-based state, and national advocacy organizations or coalitions. The Foundation may require additional documentation to confirm that eligibility requirements have been met.
- Foundation encourages projects that engage and center communities most impacted by structural racism and other systems of oppression; partnerships spanning state and community-level organizations; and entities that have not applied or been awarded a grant from RWJF previously.
- Foundation encourages partnerships and collaborations. Two or more organizations may partner to develop and implement a concept/proposal. While each collaborating organization must be described in detail in the proposal, only one organization can be the lead contact in the application process and may engage the other organization(s) through a subcontract or grant.
- Foundation encourages applicant organizations that are led by or that reflect the leadership of Black or African American; American Indian, Alaska Native, or Indigenous; Hispanic, Latinx/e, or Latin American; Middle Eastern or North African; Asian or Asian American; and/or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander communities and those from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Alaska Native-Serving Institutions, Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions, and Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs).
- Preference will be given to applicants that are 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.
For more information, visit RWJF.
