Eligible and Ineligible Budget Items
1. Items that are eligible for matching funds from RWJF include:
- Personnel
- Other direct costs, such as, but not limited to:
- Office operations
- Communications/marketing
- Software
- Computer time
- Meeting costs
- Travel
- Equipment (only in limited amounts)
- Consultant/contractual agreements
- Indirect costs (RWJF allows 12%)
2. Items that are ineligible for matching funds from RWJF include:
- Ongoing operational support or deficits
- Items eligible for third-party reimbursement
- Endowment - Capital Cost - Renovation
- Basic biomedical research
- Equipment (except in limited amounts)
- Drug therapies
- International programs
- Direct support to individuals (including medication)
- Proposal writers/development staff
- Lobbying or attempts to influence legislation

