Projects in Aging – Nov 1

Posted by Retirement Research Foundation on October 17, 2023

Retirement Research Foundation invites applications for projects in aging

For more than 45 years, the Chicago-based RRF Foundation for Aging has supported programs and research that significantly improve the quality of life for older people.

The foundation accepts applications for its grantmaking program to support projects directly impacting adults aged 65 and older. Each priority area will allow the organization to fund innovative and effective projects that support the ability of older people to live fully in community settings. Within these areas, RRF will continue to award grants involving advocacy, direct service, professional education and training, research, and organizational capacity building. Priority areas include:

Caregiving: Ensuring unpaid care partners are informed, well-trained, and supported while caring for older people in community settings.

Housing: Promoting efforts to make housing more affordable and provide services enabling older people to live safely in community settings.

Economic Security in Later Life: Valuing the dignity of older people through efforts that ensure and protect their economic security and well-being.

Social and Intergenerational Connectedness: Strengthening social bonds through efforts that promote meaningful connections, including those that span generations.

Organizational Capacity Building: Improving management, governance, and sustainability in Illinois nonprofits that serve older people.

Letters of inquiry are due November 1, 2023, and selected applicants will be invited to submit full proposals by February 5, 2024.

Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as public charities or nonprofit organizations that are not required to have a 501(c)(3) designation, such as state-funded universities and area agencies on aging.

For additional information and complete application instructions, see the Retirement Research Foundation website.

Deadline: November 1, 2023 (Letters of Inquiry)