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Application Details - Eligibility Criteria
Criteria is as stated in the 2009 Call for Proposals.
Eligible
Projects
To be considered for LFP funding, projects must be
new, innovative and community based. Significant program
expansions—into new
regions or to new populations—also are acceptable.
Please note that this program does not fund existing projects.
Applicants may be either public entities or nonprofit
organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code. However, private foundations as defined under Section 509(a) are not eligible to apply. To be eligible, an applicant organization
must demonstrate the fiscal capacity to manage the
funds.
Projects are expected to create meaningful and immediate
change by addressing health in the context of complex social factors that impede
good health for society’s most vulnerable people.
We are especially interested in projects that address
violence, mental health, substance use and other community
problems that adversely affect health outcomes. Such
projects recognize that improving health means more than
improving access to medical care. We welcome proposals from collaborative organizations that propose fundamental changes in how services are organized and delivered.
Well-tested models of proven effectiveness that have been widely disseminated are not likely to be competitive. Programs that address access to medical care—such as the start-up of community health centers and clinics, mobile vans, dental services and school-based health centers—also are not likely to be competitive. If a project falls under a topic—such as childhood obesity or health insurance coverage— that is comprehensively covered by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through another team, it may not be competitive for an LFP grant.
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Eligible
matching funds
Local grantmakers such as corporate, community, family
or private foundations or other charitable organizations
may contribute matching funds to help support the
project. Over the life of the grant, RWJF encourages
multiple local funders to work together to help the
project grow.
- Nominating funders must not be institutionally
affiliated with the applicant.
- All matching funds must represent new funding
specifically designated to support the proposed
project.
- In-kind services may not be used to match the
RWJF grant.
- Funds raised for capital costs, renovations
or endowment are also not eligible as matching
funds.
Organizations that have been funded previously by
RWJF are not eligible to apply for funds under LFP
unless the new project is demonstrably different
from the originally funded program.
Only in unusual circumstances—when it can be
demonstrated that no other philanthropic support is
accessible in the region—will city, county or
state funds be considered as a significant or primary source of matching
dollars at the proposal stage. In that situation, applicants must clearly
document that these are new public funds, designated
solely for this project.
The active engagement of local grantmakers is one
of the key criteria considered as proposals move
forward in the competitive process. Often coalitions
of co-funders contribute to the match over the life
of the grant. During that time different grantmakers
may fund the project in different amounts for one or more years so that the combined total funds either match or surpass the RWJF award. The nominating
funder is usually RWJF’s primary contact and
serves as liaison with the other local funding partners.
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Eligible
Use of Grant Funds
Grant funds may be used for project staff salaries,
consultant fees, data collection and analysis, meetings,
supplies, non-luxury project-related travel, and other
direct project expenses, including a limited amount
of equipment deemed essential to the project.
In keeping with RWJF policy, grant funds may not be used to subsidize individuals for the costs of
their health care; to pay for medication, eyeglasses
or personal care items; to support clinical trials
of unapproved drugs or devices; to construct or renovate
facilities or for lobbying.
Grant funds may not be used as
a substitute for current operating funds or salaries
supporting similar activities. Research studies will
not be funded though this program.
Once a project is selected, RWJF grant funds are
disbursed in increments over the three- or four-year
period of the grant; the total is not delivered in
one sum. Funded grantees will submit a budget for each year of the grant that shows how much of their RWJF award they plan to spend that year. The Foundation requires written confirmation that the local funding partners have authorized sufficient dollars to match that year’s payments.
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