Our Mission

For 40 years, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has worked to improve the health and health care of all Americans. Trace the history of the Foundation with our Interactive Timeline.

In the Footsteps of Our Founder

Follow us back to our roots as a small Middlesex, N.J., community foundation, and learn how we evolved—through the generosity of our founder, Robert Wood Johnson—into the nation's largest philanthropy devoted solely to the public's health.

You can see how our goals and grant-making priorities developed over the years, growing into a robust, far-reaching portfolio. You'll also get to know some of the key people who helped get us where we are today.

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40th Anniversary

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Force Multipliers

Our Force Multiplier campaign salutes Foundation programs and initiatives that have helped revolutionize health and health care in America.

Tell Us Your Stories!

As we observe our 40th anniversary as a national philanthropy, we invite you to tell us: How has RWJF affected or influenced you?

From Our President

President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey reflects on the mission, goal, and programs of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

40 Years of Research and Evaluation

Download a recorded September 19 webinar, “40 Years of Research and Evaluation at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.”

Watch the Video, Earn the Credits

Learn how to improve care transitions and prevent avoidable hospital readmissions, and pick up nursing and medical education con-ed credits.

Extending the Cure

Working to reduce drug-resistant infections by recognizing that antibiotics are a natural resource and developing new solutions.

Heroic Nurse – the Last Surviving 'Angel of Bataan and Corregidor' – Passes Away

Mildred Dalton Manning, the last surviving member of a group of U.S. Army and Navy nurses taken prisoner in the Philippines at the start of ...

RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize

The RWJF Roadmaps to Health Prize honors outstanding community partnerships which are helping people live healthier lives. The six winners w...

Pioneering Ideas Blog

Team members, grantees, and guests discuss breakthrough ideas that will allow us to move toward solving challenges in health care.

Care About Your Care

A national conversation highlighting efforts to improve care transitions, reduce avoidable hospital readmissions, and lift overall quality o...

A Personal Mission: Bridging the Oral Health Care Gap

Raised in a small town in Alabama, SMDEP alumna Monique Trice writes about why her community's geographic makeup has "set the stage for an o...

Scholars Pose Endgame Strategies for Tobacco Use

Do we need an endgame strategy to finally end the devastating hold tobacco has on its users? Scholars, scientists and policy experts grapple...