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Building Healthier Communities: Inside Rwjf'S Impact Investment Strategy
Foundation: Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is putting its money where its mouth is, investing $50 million to help communities of color get out of poverty, the New York Times reports. Zoila Jennings, the...more

Impact Investing in Community Health Gets $325 Million Boost from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Foundation: Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is giving $325 million to help communities that have suffered from "a historic lack of investment" in areas such as housing, water, and infrastructure, the New...more

Innovative Health App 'Ooney' Joins National Science Foundation Program to Revolutionize ...
Foundation: Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust

"We're thrilled to bring our technology to the forefront of healthcare innovation through the NSF I-Corps program," says Sean Bumgarner, co-founder and CEO of Ooney. The tech company's...more

April Research Grants &Amp; Awards
Foundation: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Flint, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Michigan State University researchers say they've found a way to help women in Flint, Mich., who've been hit hard by the state's lead-tainted water crisis, stay healthy during pregnancy and after...more

US health officials warn of counterfeit Botox injections - The Washington Post
Foundation: Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Michigan State University researchers say they've found a way to help women in Flint, Mich., who've been hit hard by the state's lead-tainted water crisis, stay healthy during pregnancy and after...more

Request For Information: Unlocking Insurance Company Capital for Community Investment
Foundation: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is looking for ideas on how insurance companies can do more to help communities of color, and one proposal in particular is getting a lot of attention. It's...more

Cross-Border Impact Ventures: $90 Million Closed Of Women'S And Children'S Health Tech Fund
Foundation: Hamilton Community Foundation, Skoll Foundation, Johnson Foundation, McConnell Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation

Johnson & Johnson is putting its money where its mouth is, investing $100 million in a fund that aims to make a difference in the lives of women, children, and adolescents around the world, the New...more

What Is the Jimmie Johnson Foundation? Details About the Nascar Legend'S Foundation &Amp; Impact
Foundation: Johnson Foundation

For more than a decade, NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson and his wife, Chandra, have been putting their money where their mouth is. The Jimmie Johnson Foundation, which they started in 2006, has...more

The Tenuous Place of Big Philanthropy in America'S Social Contract
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Moore Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Packard Foundation, Ford Foundation, Johnson Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Helmsley Charitable Trust

Sohrab Ahmari's new book, Tyranny, Inc.: How Private Power Crushed American Liberty and What to Do About It, isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of free enterprise. In fact, the co-founder and...more



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