: Catalyzing Finance for Racial Equity
Measuring RWJF Progress

When we work together to create opportunities that improve health equity for everyone, we’re building a Culture of Health..

What do we mean by a Culture of Health?

In partnership with others, we work to develop a Culture of Health rooted in equity that provides every individual with a fair and just opportunity to thrive, no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they have.

WHY THIS MATTERS

Focus Areas

To advance health equity, we invest in four broad areas:

EXPLORE EACH AREA

  • Health Systems

    Bringing key health systems together around a shared goal of better health for all

  • Healthy Children and Families

    Supporting research and programs that expand our understanding of growing up healthy

  • Healthy Communities

    Supporting initiatives that help communities reach their greatest health potential

  • Leadership for Better Health

    Helping leaders address health challenges across the nation

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How We Work

With our partners, we promote policies, practices, and system change to amplify unheard voices, shift the national conversation about health and wellbeing, and dismantle structural barriers to equity. Learn more about our approach, strategic vision, and equity-building efforts.

How We Work

Measuring Our Progress

By continually collecting and reviewing data, we learn whether we are making the right investments and help communities understand what drives their successes and where they need to target further efforts.

WHAT WE’VE LEARNED

Measuring the Nation's Progress

The Action Framework serves as a national guide for how to work toward building a Culture of Health in ways that promote health in all forms, for all people. 

We developed this framework in collaboration with the RAND Corporation to identify priorities and action areas that drive measurable, sustainable progress.

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Latest RWJF News 

News Release
Derek Griffith

Derek Griffith appointed "Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor"

Derek Griffith has been named the Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Population Health and Health Equity University Professor in the School of Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Culture of Health Prize Finalist, 2024

RWJF Selects 2024 Culture of Health Prize Finalists

RWJF announced the 10 communities chosen as finalists for the 2024 RWJF Culture of Health Prize. The Prize honors the work of communities at the forefront of addressing structural racism and other injustices to advance health, opportunity, and equity for all.

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Public and Community Health
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board Elects Ryan P. Haygood, Esq., as New Trustee

RWJF elected Ryan P. Haygood, Esq., as a new Trustee, effective October 23, 2024.

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