Common Places. Common Causes. Uncommon Connections.

Working together so better health
can take root in our communities.

Named as one of RWJF's Top 40 Programs, Local Funding Partnerships used community-based interventions to improve the health and health care of underserved and vulnerable populations from 1988 to 2011.

Trace the Foundation's 40-year history, including top leaders and programs, by exploring their interactive timeline.

We highlight the storytelling efforts of our sixteen graduating projects whose awards conclude in 2013. They have created stories that give life to the work, convey passion and reveal impact on people and communities. These outstanding examples exemplify local creativity and innovation.
  • LFP Grantee speakers at TEDMED 2013
    Dr. America Bracho, President and CEO of Latino Health Access, a nationally recognized model of community action and Dr. Gary Slutkin, Founder and Executive Director of Cure Violence, a nationally and internationally recognized model to reverse the spread of violence, were speakers.
    Learn more about TEDMED.
  • In Shape cited as one of the few widely tried health-promotion programs for people with mental illnesses.
    In a New York Times article, "A Battle Plan to Lose Weight," In Shape's documented successes include clinically significant weight loss or clinically significant improvements on a six-minute walk.
    Read the story.
  • Children's Advocacy Center marks its 10th anniversary servicing victims of serious physical and sexual child abuse.
    In the 10 years of it existence, CAP has conducted 1,767 forensic interviews, where a trained interviewer sits with an abused child and helps that child voice what happened.
    Read the story.
  • Students Run Philly Style start their 9th season
    Kicking off their 9th season, SRPS connects students with adults who help them accomplish goals beyond their dreams, including the completion of a marathon. Since 2004, they have served over 2500 students, ages 12-18 from neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia.
    Read the story.
  • Read more timely news items
75% of U.S. health spending goes to treating preventable chronic conditions.
9.4% of children don't have health insurance in the United States.
One, the number of doctors it took to reduce health care costs in Camden, NJ by 50%
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Grants funded 1988 to 2011

Since 1988, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships has awarded 369 grants in collaboration with 1,400 local grantmakers across the U.S. We go to where health starts, connecting health to how we live, learn, work and play.

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