Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 22-6029397 · Headquarters: Princeton, NJ 08540-6926 · Website
NTEE code: T20 · Applications: Accepts applications
Total grants paid: $5,821,779,291.00 (2016–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 14069 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($2,305,192,965.00); $3,516,586,326.00 across 18550 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $103,027,988.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Washington, DC | $12,152,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503109349101385 |
| National Council of Young Mens Christian Assns of the Usa | Chicago, IL | $8,100,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233149349102638 |
| Vose River Charitable Fund | Bethesda, MD | $5,817,555.00 | FY2024 | 202503109349101385 |
| National Council of Young Mens Christian Assns of the Usa | Chicago, IL | $5,700,000.00 | FY2019 | 202043179349102989 |
| Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | $5,220,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503109349101385 |
| Naacp Foundation | Baltimore, MD | $5,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202343139349100304 |
| Borealis Philanthropy | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233149349102638 |
| Prosperity Now | Washington, DC | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233149349102638 |
| Race Forward | Macon, GA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233149349102638 |
| Policylink | Oakland, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233149349102638 |
| Race Forward | Macon, GA | $4,750,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443129349100234 |
| Borealis Philanthropy | Minneapolis, MN | $4,500,000.00 | FY2024 | 202503109349101385 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $4,260,620.00 | FY2022 | 202343139349100304 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $4,242,404.00 | FY2024 | 202503109349101385 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $4,201,650.00 | FY2021 | 202233149349102638 |
| Catholic Charities Usa | Alexandria, VA | $4,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202331099349100118 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $3,896,483.00 | FY2023 | 202443129349100234 |
| Civic Nation | Washington, DC | $3,836,860.00 | FY2021 | 202233149349102638 |
| Changelab Solutions | Oakland, CA | $3,800,000.00 | FY2019 | 202043179349102989 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $3,550,416.00 | FY2024 | 202503109349101385 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $103,027,988.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $849,218,846.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3093 | 1926 | 1167 | $240,899,179.00 |
| FY2023 | $745,812,237.00 | qualifying_distributions | 2943 | 1185 | 1758 | $437,328,058.00 |
| FY2022 | $724,773,538.00 | qualifying_distributions | 4142 | 2033 | 2109 | $454,541,070.00 |
| FY2021 | $738,287,306.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3978 | 1862 | 2116 | $478,329,332.00 |
| FY2020 | $649,931,043.00 | qualifying_distributions | 4133 | 1882 | 2251 | $467,399,657.00 |
| FY2019 | $556,114,477.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3593 | 1540 | 2053 | $372,228,914.00 |
| FY2018 | $523,798,459.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3568 | 1327 | 2241 | $360,921,798.00 |
| FY2017 | $534,505,806.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3703 | 1203 | 2500 | $373,265,286.00 |
| FY2016 | $499,337,579.00 | qualifying_distributions | 3466 | 1111 | 2355 | $331,673,032.00 |
| All years on file | $5,821,779,291.00 | 32619 | 14069 | 18550 | $3,516,586,326.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/a2d68d14-5b8d-4c91-a641-5834edb9f348
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 22-6029397.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).