Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Approves $400 Million to Improve Health

The board of trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the nation’s largest philanthropy focused exclusively on improving U.S. health and health care, marked its 40th anniversary by announcing that foundation leaders have approved up to $425 million in grantmaking during 2013. Funding will be focused in three interrelated areas: increasing efforts that help people stay healthy; lowering national health care costs; and improving access to high-quality care, delivered by a diverse and abundant workforce.