Common Places. Common Causes. Uncommon Connections.

Working together so better health
can take root in our communities.

Across the U.S., local grantmakers collaborated with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships (LFP) to support innovative projects to improve health where it starts––in our homes, schools and jobs.

From 1988 to 2011 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded 360 LFP matching grants.

Read about our 2011 awardees and their work to achieve better health for the most vulnerable among us. Led The Way grants are our groundbreaking alumni projects who paved the way for future innovators.
  • U.S. Attorney General recognizes Common Justice for innovative services
    As reported on KTVN.com, the project was cited by Eric Holder for protecting and defending crime victims and their loved ones.
    Read the story.
  • IMPACT:Ability highlighted on NPR radio in Boston
    Program that trains physically and intellectually disabled teens to resist abuse was featured on NPR's WBUR. Listen to the interview.
  • LIFE Plus featured on Fox12 News Oregon
    "LIFE after prison: Class teaches skills for post-release success" spotlights this project's educational program - Oregon's "first and only of its kind."
    Watch the video story.
  • Power Up, Speak Out! student shares what a healthy teen relationship should look like
    Listen to this 8th grader's description on a KURL8 News report on bullying.
    Read the story.
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Grants funded 1988 to 2011

Since 1988, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships funded 360 projects in collaboration with 1,400 local grantmakers across the U.S. We go to where health starts, connecting health to how we live, learn, work and play.

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