Other
AcademyHealth
Washington, DC
Health services research summit to address the field's infrastructure needs
$95,417
(1 year)
ID 60350
Burness Communications, Inc.
Bethesda, MD
Producing and distributing television news stories on Foundation-funded projects
$537,510
(6 months)
ID 50707
Producing and distributing television news stories on Foundation-funded projects
$513,710
(5 months)
ID 51484
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Scientific advisory group for the Pew/RWJF Hispanic survey on health behavior and treatment
$26,044
(3 months)
ID 62379
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Affairs
Los Angeles, CA
Analysis of U.S. public opinion on health and health care policy
$27,501
(9 months)
ID 59825
C-Change, Inc.
Washington, DC
Collaborative effort to develop and publicly disseminate information on cancer prevention and early detection
$1,000,000
(1 year)
ID 61529
Center for Effective Philanthropy
Cambridge, MA
Support for the ongoing activities of the Center for Effective Philanthropy
$2,000,000
(4 years)
ID 62322
Center for Excellence in Health Care Journalism
Columbia, MO
National conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists
$750,000
(3 years)
ID 62610
City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism
New York, NY
Using peer-to-peer journalism and ethnic media to educate residents in Hunts Point, the South Bronx, N.Y., about diabetes management and obesity
$50,000
(2 years)
ID 63178
Communication Network
Naperville, IL
Developing and disseminating a baseline description of "state-of-the-art" uses of online communications among private philanthropies
$44,808
(1 year)
ID 63318
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Publishing the RWJF Anthology Volume XI - Phase I
$128,067
(2 months)
ID 50745
Publishing the RWJF Anthology Volume XI - Phase II
$640,333
(10 months)
ID 50746
Building relationships between RWJF grantees and policy-makers
$1,622,500
(1 year)
ID 55752
Continental Micronesia Inc. Association of Pacific Island
Hagatna, Guam
Replacing health sciences textbooks, electronic resources and distance learning equipment destroyed by a typhoon
$49,869
(1 year)
ID 57095
Council of New Jersey Grantmakers Inc.
Trenton, NJ
Connecting grantees of Council of New Jersey Grantmakers members with their congressional and state legislative leaders and policy-makers
$115,000
(1 year)
ID 60023
Foundation Center
New York, NY
Data collection and analysis of the foundation field
$250,000
(3 years)
ID 53592
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Washington, DC
Promoting organizational learning as a strategy to improve nonprofit effectiveness
$74,987
(1 year)
ID 60236
Grants Managers Network Inc.
Metairie, LA
Developing national standards to improve grantmaking practice from application through reporting
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 61272
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc.
Arlington, VA
Bridge grant for news collaboration with the Health and Health Policy Unit of the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
$100,294
(2 months)
ID 59465
Improving the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Program and Evaluation
To improve our ability to understand the potential of continuous quality improvement processes to result in sustainable grantee improvement.
Program Sites
Brentwood Biomedical Research Institute Inc.
Sepulveda, CA
Enhancing health care quality improvement evaluation and practice
$50,000
(6 months)
ID 63298
Susanne Salem-Schatz, Sc.D.
Newton, MA
Ongoing collaborative effort to enhance RWJF's Quality Improvement evaluations and improve staff's ability to learn across the program area
$91,940
(2 years)
ID 63313
Other Program Activities
Communications Project
Multiple Contractors
Administrative support office for RWJF's Improving the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement Program and Evaluation
$104,612
(9 months)
ID 63570
University of Michigan Institute for Social Research
Ann Arbor, MI
Collecting, archiving and publicly sharing data for RWJF's Health and Medical Care Archive, 2007–2012
$997,940
(5 years)
ID 51497
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Development plan and fund-raising strategy for the Satcher Health Leadership Institute to train minority leaders to address health care disparities
$544,284
(2 years)
ID 59999
World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health in the United States
$239,474
(6 months)
ID 62898
National Academy of Sciences–Institute of Medicine
Washington, DC
Study of the effects on health services research of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's (HIPAA) 2003 Privacy Rule
$150,000
(20 months)
ID 61342
National Organization on Disability
New York, NY
Studying the transition of disabled soldiers returning home and the implementation of a career program
$500,000
(3 years)
ID 62720
OMG Center for Collaborative Learning
Philadelphia, PA
Workshop on internal evaluation for grantees
$310,200
(26 months)
ID 50690
Building foundation support for evaluation
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 59835
Project Hope - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.
Millwood, VA
Health Affairs-sponsored health policy summit and book on the challenges of health care reform
$250,000
(6 months)
ID 62895
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica, CA
Helping the New Orleans area community develop improved, more culturally relevant and evidence-based mental health services
$1,200,798
(2 years)
ID 60562
Rutgers, The State University, The Center for State Health Policy
New Brunswick, NJ
Policy analysis support at Rutgers University for RWJF Impact Framework
$240,797
(4 months)
ID 61344
Renewal of Rutgers Policy Analyst Program for policy fellows
$2,070,700
(27 months)
ID 61402
St. John of God Retirement and Care Center
Los Angeles, CA
Music, nature and cognitive stimulation to enhance quality of life for Alzheimer's patients
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 62976
Small Supplements for Select Closing Grants
To provide funds for managed transitions of key grants.
Program Sites
Academy for Educational Development Inc.
Washington, DC
Disseminating novel approaches to understanding the consumer perspective on tobacco cessation
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 63362
Designing innovations in tobacco cessation products and services to boost treatment use and national quit rates
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 63363
Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Little Rock, AR
Increasing elementary school students' access to nutritious food and physical activity
$59,984
(14 months)
ID 63358
Boston University School of Dental Medicine
Boston, MA
Expanding the network of mentors and advisers and pre-clinical experiences available to dental students
$99,954
(1 year)
ID 63337
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health
Los Angeles, CA
Dissemination of promising strategies to influence organizational sociocultural environments to promote physical activity
$49,542
(1 year)
ID 63354
California School Boards Foundation
West Sacramento, CA
Disseminating the results of the Successful Students Through Healthy Food and Fitness Policies research project
$99,992
(1 year)
ID 63174
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Testing the use of high school student peer counselors to teach diabetes and obesity awareness to elementary school students
$59,422
(19 months)
ID 63357
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO
Online guide to research and practice on mapping the local environment with children to promote healthy development
$49,999
(1 year)
ID 63344
Disseminating a report on the effects of inner-city school playground redevelopment on physical activity levels in children
$49,966
(1 year)
ID 63351
Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, NY
Evaluating clinical and economic systems strategies to improve the quality of depression treatment in primary care settings
$99,996
(1 year)
ID 63176
University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
Farmington, CT
Increasing the enrollment of underrepresented minority students and ensuring diversity in the dental workforce
$97,198
(1 year)
ID 63336
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH
Disseminating a primary-care-based toolkit to reduce adolescent health risk behaviors
$79,996
(1 year)
ID 63171
FirstHealth of the Carolinas Inc.
Pinehurst, NC
Disseminating a toolkit to encourage replication of an intergenerational project to establish community gardens with after-school programs
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 63167
Greater Trenton C.M.H.C. Inc.
Trenton, NJ
Replicating and disseminating lessons learned about serving prisoners with mental illness
$60,000
(1 year)
ID 63162
Hamilton County General Health District
Cincinnati, OH
Expanding development and implementation of school health advisory councils
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 63161
Howard University College of Dentistry
Washington, DC
Hiring qualified staff to operate a dental clinic as a patient care delivery system
$98,754
(1 year)
ID 63158
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
Chicago, IL
Increasing community-based service-learning experiences for senior dental students and increasing enrollment of underrepresented minority students
$100,000
(16 months)
ID 63170
Isles Inc.
Trenton, NJ
Disseminating lessons learned about the Trenton Spirit Walk
$65,000
(1 year)
ID 63166
Marshall University Research Corporation
Huntington, WV
Replicating a healthy active children through community leadership program in other rural communities
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 63165
Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry
Nashville, TN
Expanding recruitment of rural and minority students
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 63172
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
East Lansing, MI
Disseminating a new delivery model that integrates health behavior change services into primary care practices
$80,000
(1 year)
ID 63160
University of Mississippi
University, MS
Defining activity-friendly environments in the rural south
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 63348
Morristown Memorial Health Foundation Inc.
Morristown, NJ
Expanding a Web-based nutrition and fitness program for adolescents
$75,000
(1 year)
ID 63164
National Council on the Aging Inc.
Washington, DC
Transforming Active Options for Aging Americans to a sustainable online resource connecting people to community-based physical activity opportunities
$99,478
(1 year)
ID 63345
New Jersey After 3 Inc.
New Brunswick, NJ
Developing a fitness and health practices manual customized for after-school programs
$25,000
(1 year)
ID 63163
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC
Producing a training manual for public health departments to use to promote preventive health behavior services in primary care practices
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 63157
Oasis Institute
St. Louis, MO
Developing a toolkit for a replicable and sustainable intergenerational model to combat childhood obesity
$49,966
(1 year)
ID 63352
Ohio State University College of Dentistry
Columbus, OH
Increasing the number of underrepresented minorities recruited to dental school
$98,560
(1 year)
ID 63152
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, NY
Advancing, disseminating and institutionalizing childhood obesity environmental and policy interventions
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 63356
University of Southern Maine
Gorham, ME
Studying the interaction between children and the elements in their environment that impact physical activity in rural communities
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 63347
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Designing a guide to recruit and retain Native Americans for Internet-based diabetes self-management programs
$80,000
(1 year)
ID 63156
Tufts University
Boston, MA
Disseminating a report about physical activity behaviors in a diverse population of low-income children living in the rural United States
$50,031
(1 year)
ID 63349
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Richmond, VA
Interface to facilitate smoking quitline referrals for electronic medical records
$79,990
(1 year)
ID 63173
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Dissemination of lessons learned from RWJF's Building Community Supports for Diabetes Care program
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 63153
Compiling data and lessons learned from RWJF's Obesity Prevention in Children: Synergy with Diabetes Initiative program
$50,000
(1 year)
ID 63159
West Virginia University Research Corporation
Morgantown, WV
Designing, implementing and evaluating an underrepresented minority dental student leadership program
$99,962
(1 year)
ID 63169
Other Program Activities
Mary Ann Scheirer
Princeton, NJ
Follow-up interviews and surveys to determine how transitional supplement grants were used in their grantee agencies
$39,600
(4 months)
ID 60509
Spitfire Strategies, LLC
Washington, DC
Planning for strategic communications training for RWJF grantees
$60,300
(4 months)
ID 52949
Strategic communications training for RWJF grantees
$789,700
(1 year)
ID 52950
Tsunami Long-Term Relief Efforts
To support relief efforts in Southeast Asia in response to the December 2004 earthquake and tsunami.
Program Sites
Global Fund for Children
Washingston, DC
Providing psychosocial support for children of the tsunami
$100,000
(1 year)
ID 59892
Rutgers University Foundation
New Brunswick, NJ
Collaborative efforts to address public health in tsunami-affected regions of Aceh, Indonesia
$295,390
(30 months)
ID 61416
Save the Children Federation Inc.
Westport, CT
Improving the nutrition, health and economic livelihoods of tsunami-affected children and families in Aceh, Indonesia
$616,716
(1 year)
ID 59209