Other
AcademyHealth
Washington, DC
Field-building activities for health services research.
$160,000
(2 years)
ID 51812
Boca Raton Community Hospital
Boca Raton, FL
Establishing an institute of geriatrics.
$296,352
(18 months)
ID 57476
Burness Communications, Inc.
Bethesda, MD
Producing and distributing television news stories on Foundation-funded projects.
$224,990
(3 months)
ID 50704
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Preparation and dissemination of a paper on a flu pandemic: Would some people suffer more than others?
$43,044
(6 months)
ID 57738
Center for Effective Philanthropy
Cambridge, MA
Support for the ongoing activities of the Center for Effective Philanthropy.
$300,000
(1 year)
ID 58325
Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN
Symposium on health and philanthropy and leveraging change.
$21,800
(5 months)
ID 57202
Communications Projects
Multiple Contractors
Communications assistance for grantee activities.
$250,000
(1 year)
ID 50701
Policy Synthesis Project: Phase IV.
$1,587,322
(3 years)
ID 50720
Publishing the RWJF Anthology Volume X.
$743,500
(1 year)
ID 50744
Building relationships between RWJF grantees and policy-makers.
$1,497,500
(1 year)
ID 51220
Production of policy products on the Foundation's program areas for key audiences.
$250,000
(1 year)
ID 57072
Consulting and meeting costs for the Foundation's Other program area.
$50,000
(7 months)
ID 57459
Ad hoc grantee and guest expenses for the Foundation's annual program meeting.
$120,000
(8 months)
ID 57568
Health and Health Care program expense fund.
$25,000
(7 months)
ID 59202
Council of New Jersey Grantmakers Inc.
Trenton, NJ
Connecting grantees of Council of New Jersey Grantmakers members with their Congressional and State Legislative leaders and policy-makers.
$10,000
(3 months)
ID 60022
Foundation Center
New York, NY
Improving the Foundation Center's data collection and outreach to nonprofits.
$500,000
(1 year)
ID 58500
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc.
Bethesda, MD
Meeting to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the National Institutes of Health Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.
$50,000
(4 months)
ID 57234
Andrew Goodman
Los Angeles, CA
Learning from partnerships with Hollywood's creative community to promote health.
$97,750
(9 months)
ID 56015
Grantmakers in Health
Washington, DC
Strengthening collaboration and information-sharing among health philanthropies.
$750,000
(3 years)
ID 50688
Harvard University School of Public Health
Boston, MA
Supplemental funding for determining key public opinion indicators in health.
$35,000
(6 months)
ID 57813
Examining the attitudes of minority groups toward the health system and public health.
$609,318
(1 year)
ID 58506
Independent Sector
Washington, DC
Support for the ongoing activities of the Independent Sector.
$600,000
(3 years)
ID 55399
The Leonard Group
Winslow, ME
Providing technical assistance to the Foundation's Health Group and its Childhood Obesity and Public Health program areas.
$224,037
(1 year)
ID 60075
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc.
New York, NY
Developing a set of recommendations for the future of the Food and Drug Administration.
$30,000
(11 months)
ID 55504
MDRC
New York, NY
Building organizational capacity on issues of health and health care.
$2,000,000
(38 months)
ID 58059
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.
New York, NY
Survey of faith-based health services.
$227,000
(1 year)
ID 53246
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, NC
Meeting of journal editors on external validity reporting to help translate science into practice.
$16,950
(6 months)
ID 56944
OMG Center for Collaborative Learning
Philadelphia, PA
Evaluation roundtable to build foundation effectiveness.
$50,000
(3 years)
ID 53593
Pacific News Service
San Francisco, CA
Strategic plan to develop a self-sustaining national association of ethnic media journalists.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 56293
Pennsylvania State University College of Communications
University Park, PA
Establishment of the General Robert Wood Johnson Program in Ethical Leadership at the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication.
$750,000
(1 year)
ID 56674
Philanthropic Research Inc. d.b.a. GuideStar
Williamsburg, VA
Expanding GuideStar's services and database on nonprofit organizations.
$275,000
(3 years)
ID 56310
Philanthropy Roundtable
Washington, DC
Activities to promote excellence in philanthropy.
$125,000
(3 years)
ID 55514
Radio Bilingue Inc.
Fresno, CA
Strategic plan for the creation of a health desk to develop and deliver comprehensive Spanish-language health messages to Latino communities.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 57320
Amelie Ramirez, Dr.P.H.
San Antonio, TX
Support for Senior Fellow in residence at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
$49,480
(10 months)
ID 59673
SeaWeb
Silver Spring, MD
Assessing media coverage of philanthropy.
$50,000
(9 months)
ID 56648
Small Supplements for Select Closing Grants
To provide coordinated funds for managed transitions of key grants.
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL
Capstone meeting for Smoke-Free Families: Innovations to Stop Smoking During and Beyond Pregnancy.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 48082
Program Sites
American Medical Association
Chicago, IL
Developing sustainable education plans and materials to incorporate A Matter of Degree: Reducing High-Risk Drinking Among College Students within the American Medical Association.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59226
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
National meeting aimed at disseminating an evidence-based typology of the structure and dynamics of the public health delivery system.
$74,704
(1 year)
ID 59229
Developing a marketing and communications plan and outreach campaign for the Arkansas State Coverage Initiative.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59242
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Washington, DC
Developing branding and marketing tools to improve strategic effectiveness for state public health agencies.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59231
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Inc.
Buffalo, NY
Developing and disseminating a planners guide to improving food systems and building healthy communities that promote healthy eating.
$36,724
(1 year)
ID 59742
Education Development Center Inc.
Newton, MA
Disseminating a model program aimed at preventing college binge drinking.
$99,883
(1 year)
ID 59737
Family Health Initiatives Inc.
Pennsauken, NJ
Conference to disseminate the results of a statewide approach to improving access to care for drug- and alcohol-affected women and children.
$25,000
(1 year)
ID 59238
Feet First
Seattle, WA
Disseminating and replicating the Eat Better, Feel Better Project, in Seattle elementary schools.
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 59755
Foundation of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
Disseminating lessons learned on increasing smoking cessation services for Latino smokers.
$59,977
(1 year)
ID 59237
Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Atlanta, GA
Supplemental support to conduct a health impact assessment to evaluate the impact of placing a major medical facility in an Atlanta residential area.
$94,731
(1 year)
ID 59878
Health Level Seven, Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI
Hiring staff to implement Health Level Seven's strategic business plan.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59243
Other Program Activities
Health Management Associates, Inc.
Lansing, MI
Consulting services to help Indiana Covering Kids and Families develop a business plan.
$56,500
(1 year)
ID 60232
Program Sites
Henry J. Austin Health Center Inc.
Trenton, NJ
Developing a strategy to disseminate a weight loss program for children and families to federally qualified health centers.
$60,000
(1 year)
ID 59236
Housing Authority of Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government
Louisville, KY
Sustainability plan and documentary for increasing access to healthy foods to address overweight and obesity among low-income children.
$35,000
(1 year)
ID 59750
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
Chicago, IL
Dissemination activities for Partners with Tobacco Use Research Centers: Advancing Transdisciplinary Science and Policy Studies.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59749
Iowa Care Givers Foundation
Des Moines, IA
Dissemination of information on the Iowa Better Jobs Better Care program aimed at building a strong long-term-care workforce.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59241
Jewish Family Service of Atlantic County Inc.
Margate, NJ
Expansion of the development of a regional health information network to enhance the well-being of patients.
$60,000
(1 year)
ID 59240
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Lexington, KY
Disseminating the results of increasing the availability and promoting the use of the National Library of Medicine's Datasets for Public Health System.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59230
The Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
New York, NY
Continued outreach to policy-makers on Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59228
Missouri Institute for Community Health Inc.
Jefferson City, MO
Developing a social marketing campaign for the Missouri Voluntary Accreditation Program for local public health agencies.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59234
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Updating a Web-based software tool to assess the impact of alcohol-related disease.
$99,840
(1 year)
ID 59738
Developing and testing two health impact assessment workshops aimed at helping communities to increase physical activity.
$96,928
(1 year)
ID 59746
National Network of Public Health Institutes
New Orleans, LA
Disseminating lessons learned from the Multistate Learning Collaborative for Public Health.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59244
State of New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Trenton, NJ
Developing program materials and training guidelines to begin a statewide expansion of HealthEASE, a wellness program for seniors.
$60,000
(1 year)
ID 59239
North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs Inc.
Raleigh, NC
Disseminating the North Carolina New Organizational Vision Award special licensure program for home care agencies and nursing facilities.
$99,833
(1 year)
ID 59740
PedNet Coalition Inc.
Columbia, MO
Expansion of Healthy Eating Columbia, a demonstration aimed at increasing healthy food choices for elementary school students in Columbia, Missouri.
$30,181
(1 year)
ID 59817
Other Program Activities
Theisen Consulting LLC
Atlanta, GA
Consulting services to help Florida Covering Kids & Families develop a business plan.
$43,000
(1 year)
ID 60158
Consulting services to help the Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition develop a business plan.
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 60162
Program Sites
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, NC
Dissemination of major findings, methodological innovations and challenges of the evaluation of Free to Grow: Head Start Partnerships to Promote Substance-Free Communities.
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59739
Society of General Internal Medicine
Washington, DC
Creation of a Founders' Award for the Society of General Internal Medicine.
$150,000
(1 year)
ID 56515
Spitfire Strategies, LLC
Washington, DC
Strategic communications training for RWJF grantees.
$745,000
(11 months)
ID 50685
Strategic communications training for RWJF grantees.
$797,230
(14 months)
ID 50686
Tsunami Long-Term Relief Efforts
Funding for longer-term relief efforts in Southeast Asia in response to the December 2004 earthquake and tsunami.
Program Sites
CARE USA
Atlanta, GA
Water and sanitation for tsunami-affected communities in Aceh, Indonesia.
$740,000
(44 months)
ID 57138
EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs Inc.
Hamden, CT
Assessing the feasibility of training Aceh health care workers in treating post-traumatic stress disorder in tsunami victims.
$12,760
(1 month)
ID 56881
Training Indonesian mental health clinicians to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in tsunami victims.
$146,065
(1 year)
ID 58698