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Form 990-PF for tax year 2024

Filed by ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$855,259,092
Total expenses
$966,690,739
Contributions and grants received
$86,069
Contributions, gifts and grants paid
$660,732,627
Fair market value of assets, end of year
$13,418,510,670

Listed in Part VIII

  • Azita Emami

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $35,500
    Compensation
    $35,500
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • David Williams

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $16,750
    Compensation
    $16,750
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Edgar Villanueva

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $29,000
    Compensation
    $29,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Jing Wang

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $29,500
    Compensation
    $29,500
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Julie Morita

    EVP UNTIL AUG 2024

    Total calculated
    $609,595
    Compensation
    $474,437
    Benefit plans
    $126,803
    Expense account
    $8,355
    Hours/week
    40
  • Julio Frenk

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $26,000
    Compensation
    $26,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Kathryn S Fuller

    TRUSTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $65,000
    Compensation
    $65,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Leah McCall Devlin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $10,500
    Compensation
    $10,500
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • May Ng

    CIO

    Total calculated
    $2,224,325
    Compensation
    $2,139,599
    Benefit plans
    $84,006
    Expense account
    $720
    Hours/week
    40
  • Melvin Galloway

    COO

    Total calculated
    $742,199
    Compensation
    $660,647
    Benefit plans
    $80,832
    Expense account
    $720
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael E Sneed

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $32,250
    Compensation
    $32,250
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Patricia A Gabow

    TRUSTEE EMERITA EFFECTIVE JAN 2024

    Total calculated
    $1,000
    Compensation
    $1,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Phyllis Wise

    TRUSTEE EMERITA EFFECTIVE JAN 2024

    Total calculated
    $1,000
    Compensation
    $1,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Ricardo Castro

    VP, GENERAL COUNSEL, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $654,836
    Compensation
    $545,268
    Benefit plans
    $108,848
    Expense account
    $720
    Hours/week
    40
  • Richard E Besser

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,149,473
    Compensation
    $1,031,724
    Benefit plans
    $117,029
    Expense account
    $720
    Hours/week
    40
  • Robert B Litterman

    TRUSTEE EMERITUS EFFECTIVE JAN 2024

    Total calculated
    $1,000
    Compensation
    $1,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Ruth S Shim

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $15,250
    Compensation
    $15,250
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Ryan P Haygood

    TRUSTEE EFFECTIVE OCT 2024

    Total calculated
    $8,000
    Compensation
    $8,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Starsky D Wilson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $33,500
    Compensation
    $33,500
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • Vicki L Fuller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $33,000
    Compensation
    $33,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • W Louise Mehrotra

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $17,250
    Compensation
    $17,250
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5
  • William Roell

    VP, CFO & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $628,313
    Compensation
    $501,173
    Benefit plans
    $126,420
    Expense account
    $720
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VIII of the Form 990-PF: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants paid on this return

Grants paid, cash basis (Part I, line 25, column (d))
$622,577,112
As filed, and sometimes filed as 0.
Grants paid, Part XV total (line 3a)
$622,577,112
The foundation's own total of the grants it itemizes.

These are the grants the foundation paid during the year. The “Contributions, gifts and grants paid” total above is the figure on the foundation's books. This return marks the accrual method, under which a grant is recorded when the foundation commits to it rather than when it pays, so the books total need not agree with the cash figures in this section: a grant promised one year and paid in another is counted in different years.

  • CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES

    $12,152,000

    WASHINGTON, DC

    79658 ADVANCING RACIALLY EQUITABLE ECONOMIC, TAX, AND SOCIAL POLICY IN STATES AND GROWING ESSENTIAL STATE POLICY INFRASTRUCTURE

  • COMMUNITY CATALYST

    $8,620,000

    BOSTON, MA

    80588 SERVING AS THE NATIONAL COORDINATING/PROGRAM OFFICE FOR RWJF'S VOICES FOR HEALTH JUSTICE AUTHORIZATION

  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE

    $7,437,248

    MADISON, WI

    80417 CONTINUING THE COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS & ROADMAPS' PATH IN DEVELOPING NARRATIVES TO ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL DRIVERS OF HEALTH INEQUITIES

  • VOSE RIVER CHARITABLE FUND

    $5,817,555

    BETHESDA, MD

    78878 TRANSFORMING LOCAL DATA ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH EQUITY AND JUSTICE TO ENABLE A BETTER USE OF LOCAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS

  • ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE

    $5,220,000

    WASHINGTON, DC

    81568 ANCHORING WORK TO MAKE FAMILIES AN ECONOMIC PRIORITY THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF A NEW POLICY ECOSYSTEM -- ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE

  • FAMILY VALUES WORK A MULTI STATE CONSORTIUM INC

    $5,220,000

    MILWAUKEE, WI

    81571 ANCHORING WORK TO MAKE FAMILIES AN ECONOMIC PRIORITY THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF A NEW POLICY ECOSYSTEM -- FAMILY VALUES @ WORK

  • BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY

    $4,500,000

    MINNEAPOLIS, MN

    82080 SUPPORTING THE BLACK-LED MOVEMENT FUND AND DISABILITY INCLUSION FUND IN CATALYZING INVESTMENTS IN THE RACIAL JUSTICE AND DISABILITY JUSTICE MOVEMENTS

  • PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

    $4,242,404

    PRINCETON, NJ

    81812 CONTINUING DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES, INCLUDING PROMOTING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IN POLICYMAKING AND ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY, 2024-2025

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

    $4,094,899

    BALTIMORE, MD

    82057 SUPPORTING JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AS NATIONAL PROGRAM CENTER FOR RWJF'S HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM, 2024-2026

  • CENTER FOR BLACK HEALTH AND EQUITY

    $4,000,000

    DURHAM, NC

    81364 SUPPORTING THE CENTER FOR BLACK HEALTH AND EQUITY AS REGIONAL HUB TO ADVANCE EQUITABLE COMMERCIAL TOBACCO CONTROL IN THE SOUTH AND MIDWEST

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278 grants to individuals, $13,916,840 in total. Counted where the foundation named the recipient as a person or marked it as an individual, as filed. Who received them, where, and why are not published.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_pf
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503109349101385

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