The LFP Annual Grantmaking Program:
partners the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with local funders to support new, ambitious, promising projects to address the distinct health issues that challenge their communities
About the Annual Grantmaking Program
For the most vulnerable among us, factors outside the health care system such as poverty, violence, inadequate housing or education contribute significantly to poor health. RWJF is interested in projects that address complex health and social factors as a single challenge. To find effective solutions agencies that typically do not work together often join forces with funders, public entities, and established and emerging community groups. Such collaborations may stimulate ideas and forge ambitious approaches resulting in new national models to improve health and health care.
As specified in the 2011 Call for Proposals: the Local Funding Partnerships Annual Grantmaking program provides grants of $200,000 to $500,000 per project, which must be matched dollar for dollar by local grantmakers such as community foundations, family foundations, corporate grantmakers, and others. The total award is paid out over a three-year or four-year period. Grants are awarded after a competitive process that begins when a project is nominated by a local funder. In 2011, up to $6 million will be awarded under the program.
At this time there are no plans for subsequent Calls for Proposals under the LFP Annual Grantmaking program. The Peaceful Pathways: Reducing Exposure to Violence program will continue accepting proposals and awarding grants throughout 2010 and 2011. The LFP national program office will continue to provide monitoring and technical assistance to all existing grants and to those awarded in 2010 and 2011. It is anticipated that all LFP grants will be completed in 2015.
We look forward to consulting with our colleagues in the grantmaking field as we consider future efforts to partner with local and regional foundations on common causes. Over the past 20 years it has been a privilege to partner with local philanthropy to address some of the most challenging community health needs, identify promising new approaches and support original models as they move from demonstration to evidence-based best practice.
We thank more than 1,200 grantmakers who have served as funding partners. We also appreciate the visionary project directors and collaborating community partners who have created meaningful change to improve health for vulnerable people. These community leaders recognize that to solve complex problems often requires going outside of the conventional health care sector to focus on social factors such as poverty, violence, inadequate housing or education.
