Deadline: 20-Apr-22
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has launched a call for proposals to provide grants for organizations to use data to inform efforts to improve community conditions shaped by structural racism, and ultimately work towards achieving health equity.
Equity is an important consideration in the process of how data are collected and, ultimately, in who gets to interpret, disseminate and leverage data to take action. People most affected by racial, economic, and geographic inequities in health and well-being need to be able to access, interpret, and contribute data to assess structural inequities in their communities. Also, they should have the opportunity to participate in decision-making about how to address barriers and design solutions to improve community health based on that data.
To provide local leaders of community change the information they need, local organizations with relevant expertise can be collaborators to create new data; facilitate accessing and interpreting data; and help with communication of data about community conditions and health equity.
Funding Information
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) expects to award up to 35 individual grants of $40,000 each, with a period of performance of nine months.
Benefits
- The Urban Institute will facilitate a peer learning community for grantees across four to six virtual sessions that will feature grantees sharing their activities and learning from one another. Participation is encouraged but not required.
- Grantees may also request technical assistance from the Urban Institute. Examples of technical assistance that will be available to grantees include reviewing data collection instruments and protocols, consultations with subject matter experts, and referrals to tools and examples that are relevant to grant projects.
Eligibility Criteria
- Awards will be made to organizations, not individuals.
- Applicant organizations must be either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax exempt under Section 501(c) (3) or Section 501(c) (4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Universities, whether public or private, are ineligible to apply, but are eligible to partner with an applicant that is a 501(c) (3) or Section 501(c) (4) organization.
- Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories.
- Organizations may only submit one proposal.
- Applicants may include funding in their budget for up to 50 percent of the total budget for collaborating organizations.
For more information, visit https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/funding-opportunities/2022/data-to-improve-community-conditions-shaped-by-structural-racism.html