Deadline: 29-Mar-23
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has announced its Culture of Health Prize (“the Prize”) to honor the work of communities that foster health and wellbeing for all by addressing systemic inequities.
In the 10 years since it launched, the Prize has recognized more than 50 communities across the country that are at the forefront of advancing health, opportunity, and equity for all. The Prize serves to inspire change and highlight community-led solutions that are breaking down the barriers to health and wellbeing caused by structural racism and other forms of discrimination, even if communities don’t use those terms.
Benefits
In 2023, RWJF will select up to 10 winning communities through a competitive selection process to receive a range of resources and supports including the following:
- A $250,000 prize.
- National and local promotion of communities’ stories that will inspire others’ efforts.
- Training to enhance outreach to media, policymakers, advocacy networks, and grassroots organizations.
- Opportunities to expand networks by connecting with other Prize communities as well as national and local leaders working to build a Culture of Health.
- Access to technical assistance, coaching, and workshops to enable Prize winners to accelerate their progress.
Eligibility Criteria
- The following eligibility criteria reflect that the RWJF Culture of Health Prize honors the work of communities that bring health equity to life by addressing systemic inequities. First and foremost, the Prize recognizes diverse, cross-sector partnerships that center people who are most impacted by local or regional health inequities and the opportunities they see to improve health and wellbeing. Some examples are economic opportunity, housing justice, healthcare access, criminal legal reform, and many other topics. The Prize is awarded to either whole cities, towns, tribes, reservations, or counties.
- Eligible applicants must represent one of the following:
- City, town, village, borough, or other municipality with a publicly elected governing body;
- County or parish;
- Federally recognized tribe or a state-designated American Indian reservation;
- Native Hawaiian organization serving and representing the interests of Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders in Hawaii;
- Region, defined as geographically contiguous municipalities, counties, and/or reservations.
- Partnership within communities is at the heart of the Prize. To be eligible, applicants should represent multiple unique organizations whose partnership predates the Prize application.
- Types of organizations include, but are not limited to:
- Businesses.
- Community coalitions.
- Community development organizations.
- Government agencies or departments.
- Grassroots and advocacy organizations.
- Hospital or healthcare organizations.
- Local and regional foundations.
- Nonprofit community-based organization.
- Resident groups Schools.
- To be eligible for the Prize, applications must designate a local U.S. government entity or tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charity operating within the community to accept the $250,000 Prize on the community’s behalf should they win. Community partners can decide together how to use the unrestricted funds to benefit the community; budget reports on Prize expenditures are not required.
For more information, visit RWJF.