2026 Grants

Advocacy

Center for Disability and Elder Law, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
$210,000
A three-year grant for general operating support to provide legal services to low-income older adults and people with disabilities.

Illinois Aging Services, Inc.
Springfield, Illinois
$80,000
A one-year grant to continue advocacy efforts for increased resources and supports for family caregivers throughout Illinois.

Meals on Wheels America
Arlington, Virginia
$75,000
A nine-month grant to develop and deliver an impactful two-tier national and local advocacy strategy designed to increase federal funding for critical nutrition programs.

National Academy of Social Insurance
Washington, D.C.
$250,000
A two-year grant to support the Collaborative’s advocacy to protect Social Security from current threats, while beginning to shift the narrative in the lead-up to negotiations over the program’s solvency.

National Consumer Law Center
Boston, Massachusetts
$390,000
A two-year grant to continue advocacy efforts that will prevent and mitigate harmful debt for older people.

Open Communities
Evanston, Illinois
$50,000
A second-year grant to expand the “Here to Stay” housing advocacy campaign for older people.

Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc.
New York, New York
$150,000
A two-year grant for a state-level advocacy campaign to build traction for the adoption of a comprehensive Universal Direct Care Workforce™  Initiative.

Public Policy Lab Inc.
Brooklyn, New York
$75,000
An eight-month grant to expand The People Say to include the voices of family caregivers—illuminating their daily realities, challenges, and sources of resilience.