Q. What non-financial help can I get from RWJF to help me achieve the goals of my project?
If your grant is part of a national program, your national program office may have a number of consulting, training or research resources that can be applied to your project. You are encouraged to contact your NPO directly (you can use our online national program search).
If you are not part of a national program, contact your program officer. Please be aware that the Foundation has limited resources and cannot guarantee technical assistance to all projects.
Q. Are there specific initiatives or resources related to my national program?
A. National program-specific resources may be available through your national program office's Web site or through the national program office. You can use our online search to look up your national program office's Web site and/or contact information. Note: The national program offices often have information and technical tools available to organizations not funded by RWJF.
Q. How can I find out what other RWJF grantees are doing in subject areas similar to my own?
A. You can either view the Active Grants listed in each Program Area or use the grants advanced search which allows you to search for other grantees by program area, city and/or state. (Go to Search, put in your search term and when you get the results, click on the Grants tab.)
Q. Do you have information on planning for meetings?
If you need to plan for a meeting, the "Planning a Great Meeting" guide will help. You will find:
Download the Planning a Great Meeting guide.
For guidelines when traveling for a meeting see our Travel section.
NOTE: For suggestions on planning healthier menus at meetings, download our Guidelines to Healthy Eating at Seminars.
The Community Tool Box™
You will find practical information about building healthy communities in the Community Tool Box.
Research Guidance
For grantees and others who need to perform a research-related task—but want guidance about our standards—the Foundation presents these resources, tools and tips.
Planning a Great Meeting
This detailed resource includes logistical tips, a meeting-planning time line, a useful checklist and a glossary of meeting terms.
Financial Glossary
This glossary defines financial terms for RWJF grantees.
Sustaining Success: Educating Key Audiences about Tobacco Prevention
This toolkit is designed to help state and local tobacco control program managers continually educate and inform the public, media and policy-makers about the tobacco control program and its accomplishments.
Q. What tools and resources are available for research-related tasks?
For grantees and others who need to perform a research-related task or self-evaluation but want guidance about our standards—the Foundation presents these resources, tools and tips.
A Guide to Evaluation Primers
Produced by the Association for the Study and Development of Community (ASDC) for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this document offers an orientation to handbooks and basic primers on evaluation. These resources are designed to meet the needs of the non-expert.
Q. What sources are available for planning and using survey research projects?
Survey research can be a powerful tool. This document, prepared by Diane Colasanto, Ph.D., of Princeton Survey Research Associates (PSRA), is intended for a general audience. If you want advice on designing your survey or hiring a survey expert, start here.
Q. How can I create more effective public interest print advertising?
To help you create more effective public interest print advertising the following article has been adapted from "Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes," by Andy Goodman, designed and published by Cause Communications, 2002.)
Capture the reader's attention like a stop sign and direct it like a road map.
Make an emotional connection before trying to convey information.
Write powerful headlines.
Use pictures to attract and convince.
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If you want people to read your text, make it readable.
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Test before, measure after.
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When everyone zigs, it's time to zag.