Local Funding Partnerships Program to Reducing Exposure to Violence

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Announces Local Funding Partnerships Program to Reducing Exposure to Violence

Through a special solicitation from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is seeking to partner with diversity-focused funders and other local grantmakers to fund projects that reduce violence in specific communities such as those defined by race, ethnicity, tribe, gender, sexual identity, or rural/frontier location.

Projects must be new, community-based, and culturally appropriate, reflecting how language skills, significant cultural differences, education, income, and discrimination affect health outcomes. Community members should be engaged in planning and leadership.

Projects must work to reduce violence in the context of a specific community and use that community's strengths and assets to address any threatening or violent behavior that results in emotional, psychological, or physical harm. For example, eligible projects may concern intimate partner violence, child or elder abuse, gang activity, or post-war trauma. Projects may relate to violence between family members or strangers, individuals or groups, in public or private settings.

Applicants must be nominated by a diversity-focused funder that is principally concerned with the population to be served. The additional funding partners may come from independent and private foundations, family and community foundations, and corporate and other philanthropies. All the local funding partners must be willing to work with grantees to obtain sufficient dollar-for-dollar matching funds throughout the grant period. Matching funds must represent new funding specifically designated to support the proposed project. Up to 25 percent of the match may consist of in-kind services.

Up to $1 million in total funding is available for the 2009 grant cycle. Up to eight matching grants of between $50,000 to $200,000 each will be awarded.

Proposals may be submitted at any time throughout 2009. Submitted proposals will be processed for review on the following dates: May 1, 2009; September 1, 2009; and January 5, 2010.

The complete Call for Proposals is available at the RWJF Web site.

Contact:Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Health
Secondary Subject(s): Human Services Geographic
Funding Area: National