projects in aging – May 1

Posted by Retirement Research Foundation on April 4, 2023

Retirement Research Foundation invites applications for projects in aging

For more than 40 years, the Chicago-based Retirement Research Foundation has supported programs and research that significantly improve the quality of life for older people.

To that end, the foundation invites applications for its grantmaking program, which funds projects that improve the quality of life for older people. The foundation has the following priority areas:

Caregiving: Ensuring unpaid care partners are informed, well-trained, and supported while caring for an older loved one.

Housing: Promoting efforts that make housing more affordable and provide support to enable older people to remain living in the community safely and with dignity.

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: Reducing isolation and loneliness in later life through efforts to strengthen meaningful social bonds, including those that span generations.

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

Grants will be awarded in support of advancements in the field of aging through various pathways, including advocacy, direct service, research, professional education and training, and organizational capacity building.

Letters of inquiry are due May 1, 2023, and selected applicants will be invited to submit full proposals by August 8, 2023.

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: May 1, 2023