Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is currently accepting applications for its Local Data for Equitable Communities 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About RWJF Local Data for Equitable Communities
The grant supports projects that leverage local data to understand and address inequities affecting health and well-being. Health is defined broadly as a product of physical, economic, and social conditions within communities.
Benefits of RWJF Local Data for Equitable Communities
- Each selected organization will receive a grant of $50,000. Projects must be completed within a nine-month period.
RWJF Local Data for Equitable Communities Requirements
- Awards will be made to organizations, not to individuals.
- Applicants must be nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) or Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The following eligibility exceptions apply:
- Not eligible to apply: All universities, whether nonprofit, public, or private, whether tax exempt under the Code or not.
- Not eligible to apply: All state and local government agencies whether tax exempt under the Code or not, including but not limited to, agencies representing states, cities, towns, and villages; public health departments; school districts; and public schools.
- Not eligible to apply: Private foundations or nonfunctionally integrated Type III supporting organizations, whether tax exempt under the IRS Code or not.
- Also eligible are organizations that are fiscally sponsored by an eligible tax-exempt 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) organization. The fiscal sponsor is required to provide the total amount of the award to the organization that will perform the program activities as described in the application, less the fiscal sponsorship fee. The fiscal sponsorship fee is an allowable expense under the award. The Foundation may require additional documentation in these cases.
- Applicant organizations must be based in the U.S. or its territories.
- Applicants cannot be a current grantee of the Local Data for Equitable Communities program.
- Organizations may only submit one proposal.
- Applicant organizations may contract with and collaborate with any type of organization for their projects. Only one eligible nonprofit organization may represent the collaboration as the applicant and be the Foundation’s contact in the application process.
- The applicant organization must play a substantive role in the project.
Application Date and Process
- Click on the link to the application website to apply.
Application Deadline
04 March, 2026
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