2025 Grants
Advocacy
Alivio Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
$50,000
A one-year grant to protect healthcare coverage for low-income immigrant older adults in Illinois.
CoGenerate
San Francisco, California
$200,000
A two-year grant to launch the CoGen CoLab, a talent accelerator for building a portfolio of cogenerational solutions to be driven by CoGen Impact Fellows.
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois
$75,000
A one-year grant to continue supporting data-focused research to local organizations addressing current housing challenges facing older adults, with a focus on marginalized older people.
Generations United
Washington, DC
$300,000
A three-year grant to advance intergenerational collaboration, public policies, and programs for the enduring benefit of all.
Habitat for Humanity International
Americus, Georgia
$300,000
A two-year grant to support older adults by advancing state and local policies that address barriers to homeownership preservation for older people, particularly in marginalized communities.
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
Chicago, Illinois
$70,000
A one-year grant to support the development of Illinois’ multi-sector plan for aging.
Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly
Chicago, Illinois
$120,000
A two-year grant to support the next phase of Fix Our Homes Illinois, a coalition advocating for policy changes benefiting older adults.
Illinois Aging Services, Inc.
Springfield, Illinois
$130,000
A one-year grant to continue advocacy efforts for increased resources and supports for family caregivers throughout Illinois.
Injustice Watch, NFP
Chicago, Illinois
$225,000
A three-year grant to continue work examining issues of equity and justice within aging communities.
Legal Action Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$120,000
A two-year grant to reduce the level and impact of older adult debt.
Lutheran Services in America, Inc.
Washington, DC
$150,000
A one-year grant to elevate the voice and lived experience of rural family caregivers and develop a “Rural Family Caregiver Policy Framework” to advance critical policy issues affecting rural family caregivers.
Manufactured Housing Action (MHAction)
San Francisco, California
$125,000
A one-year grant to advocate for decent living standards and stable housing costs for older adults.
National Academy of Social Insurance
Washington, DC
$150,000
A one-year grant to convene a Social Security Rapid Response Collaborative, which will provide a coordinating infrastructure to protect the Social Security Administration and its programs from threats.
National Alliance for Caregiving
Washington, DC
$300,000
A three-year general operating support grant to build partnerships that make life better for caregivers.
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Washington, DC
$199,560
A two-year grant to address the growing crisis of older adult homelessness through policy and advocacy and by creating a national shift in public awareness.
National Consumer Law Center
Boston, Massachusetts
$100,000
A second-year grant to promote and preserve stable homeownership for older homeowners of color with a focus on property tax reform and heirs property.
New America Foundation
Washington, DC
$95,000
A third-year grant to continue to address the needs of older borrowers within a rapidly changing student loan system, in which they are at heightened risk for default.
The Gerontological Society of America
Washington, DC
$100,000
A one-year grant to enable the National Center to Reframe Aging to continue the development of new programs and partnerships.
UC Law San Francisco
San Francisco, California
$50,000
A one-year grant to support the implementation of the new Illinois law banning discrimination against family caregivers by providing education, training, and direct legal assistance.
SAGE
New York, New York
$375,000
A three year grant for general operating support to promote a high quality of life for LGBTQ+ older people.
Southside Together
Chicago, Illinois
$65,018
A one-year grant to develop the Southside Together Neighborhood Tenant Union to launch the Homes 4 Good Campaign.
Southwest Organizing Project
Chicago, Illinois
$65,000
A one-year grant to build a caucus of older residents in Southwest Chicago to act on key economic security issues in the community.
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
$49,964
An eight-month grant to assess the impact of potential Medicaid cutbacks and rule changes on older adults and provide data for advocates to use in informing and influencing the policy debate surrounding potential Medicaid changes.
Direct Service
(Funding limited to Illinois)
Chicago House and Social Service Agency
Chicago, Illinois
$30,000
A one-year grant to strengthen Chicago House’s capacity to deliver age-affirming, integrated care for older adults living with HIV.
Cyber-Seniors
Los Angeles, California
$46,731
A third-year grant to provide technology training to Native American older adults in Illinois, with a focus on the creation of community-based resources to connect participants to community resources and reduce isolation and loneliness.
DuPage Health Coalition
Carol Stream, Illinois
$60,000
A second-year grant to empower older adults to overcome the challenges of medical debt.
Illinois Public Health Institute
Chicago, Illinois
$150,999
A second-year grant to increase collaboration between public health and aging partners to advance social connectedness.
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
$45,000
A one-year grant to continue to provide pension counseling and advocacy for Illinois retirees and older workers, while moving the project toward further sustainability.
USAging
Washington, DC
$103,706
A one-year grant to foster national scaling of evidence-based programs addressing social isolation and loneliness by supporting outcome evaluation and offering technical assistance for social connection seed grantees.
Professional Education and Training
Illinois Partners for Human Service
Chicago, Illinois
$110,000
A second-year grant to develop and expand the reframing aging training program in Illinois.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$263,577
A two-year grant to build a national training system to support the expansion of Memory Cafes across the United States.
Older Adults Technology Services, Inc.
Brooklyn, New York
$121,072
A one-year grant for third-year support to build upon work previously undertaken to establish the licensed partner network as trusted, well-resourced community anchors for digital skills training.
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
$149,452
A second-year grant to expand and scale the Age Inclusive Management Strategies (AIMS) model through strategic partnerships and utilizing a more efficient consultation model.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
$100,000
An 18-month grant to advance services for older adults experiencing homelessness through a scalable training program rooted in narrative practice and lived experience.
Volunteers of America, Inc.
Alexandria, Virginia
$200,000
A two-year grant to support an incubator for new technology-driven solutions that address social isolation, loneliness, and related health challenges among low-income, older adults.
Research
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
Cleveland, Ohio
$75,000
A second-year grant to broadly disseminate Best Programs for Caregiving, an online searchable database of evidence-based dementia support programs for caregivers.
Texas A&M University Health Science Center
College Station, Texas
$230,000
A two-year grant to develop and evaluate SOCIAL (Strengthening Opportunities for Connection and Interaction Across the Life-Course), a comprehensive curriculum designed to enhance social connection among older adults.
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
$199,964
A two-year grant to develop an Intergenerational Wisdom Exchange Program for socially isolated Black and Hispanic older adults and college students of diverse backgrounds.
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island
$54,843
A third-year grant to disseminate resources from IG TECH, promoting the use of technology as a tool for building connection across generations within higher education systems.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$99,568
An 18-month grant to develop and test a caregiving support intervention for children and youth who provide hands-on care to older adults living with Parkinson’s disease.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
$65,000
A one-year grant to complete a longitudinal study examining the aging experiences of older LGBTQ+ adults.
Organizational Capacity Building Program
Standard OCB Grants
(Funding limited to Illinois)
Jane Addams Senior Caucus
Chicago, Illinois
$50,000
A one-year grant to support a strategic merger that leverages the strengths and expertise of two organizations focused on low income tenant organizing.
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization
Chicago, Illinois
$125,000
An 18-month grant to support the launch of a café designed to be a community hub for connecting older residents.
Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance
Cicero, Illinois
$23,520
An 18-month grant to increase organizational capacity and increase efficiencies in serving older adults and their caregivers.
OCB Flexible Fund Grants
(Funding limited to Illinois)
Garfield Park Community Council
Chicago, Illinois
$5,000
A six-month grant to expand the organization’s direct engagement with older residents to better serve the community.
Northwest Center
Chicago, Illinois
$4,400
A six-month grant to train staff about the needs of older adult residents.
Working Credit
Chicago, Illinois
$5,000
A six-month grant to build the internal capacity to serve older adults in Illinois who are experiencing financial stress, debt and credit insecurity.