2024 Grants
Advocacy
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$74,345
A one-year grant in support of Pride Action Tank’s efforts to engage LGBTQ+ older adults through advocacy, storytelling, and policy implementation to address disparities and promote inclusion.
Grantmakers in Aging
White Plains, New York
$265,000
An 18-month grant for phase two of Changing the Care Conversation, a collaborative initiative designed to ensure equitable family caregiving policies are advanced at the state and national level by empowering state-based caregiving coalitions to advocate for family caregiving issues.
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
Chicago, Illinois
$175,000
A one year grant to continue the process of developing a Multi-Sector Plan on Aging equity for Illinois through the Illinois Aging Together campaign.
Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly
Chicago, Illinois
$65,000
A one-year grant to support coalition-building for Fix Our Homes Illinois, a coalition focused on expanding and improving public home-repair resources and services for low-income older homeowners throughout the state.
Illinois Aging Services, Inc.
Springfield, Illinois
$93,500
A second-year grant to continue advocacy efforts for increased resources and supports for family caregivers throughout Illinois.
Justice in Aging
Washington, D.C.
$375,000
A three-year grant to secure access to economic security for older adults with limited resources.
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization
Chicago, Illinois
$100,000
A one-year grant to organize and unite older adults to take collective action and advocate for a “Senior Bill of Rights” for public housing in Chicago and Illinois.
Michael Reese Health Trust
Elgin, Illinois
$15,000
A six-month grant to to raise awareness about the urgent need for affordable housing and support services for people experiencing homelessness across Chicago, including older adults.
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Washington, D.C.
$109,700
A third-year grant continuing to address the challenge of homelessness among older adults.
National Consumer Law Center
Boston, Massachusetts
$574,502
A two-year grant to lead a strategic initiative, involving research, training, coalition-building and advocacy, to protect older adults against the consequences of medical and student loan debt that undermine economic security in later life.
National Council on Aging, Inc.
Arlington, Virginia
$300,000
A two-year grant to support efforts to reauthorize, modernize, and fund the Older Americans Act (OAA).
Direct Service
(Funding limited to Illinois)
DuPage Health Coalition
Carol Stream, Illinois
$47,000
A one-year grant to provide debt relief, financial education, and individual counseling to prevent and mitigate medical debt for older adults in DuPage County.
The Renaissance Collaborative, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
$200,000
An 18-month grant to support intergenerational and affordable housing for older people, grand-families, and young adults.
Professional Education and Training
Innovation Development Institute dba MATTER Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$100,000
An eight-month grant in support of an accelerator program focused on the development of technology-based solutions to meaningfully improve caregiving.
Research
New America Foundation
Washington, D.C.
$60,000
A second-year grant to conduct research that will set the stage for advocacy and policymaking that supports older people with student loans.
The HAP Foundation
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
$50,000
An 18-month grant to conduct qualitative research to deepen understanding of the challenges of Chicago area Black caregivers and their loved ones accessing equitable palliative and hospice care services.
Organizational Capacity Building Program
Standard OCB Grants
(Funding limited to Illinois)
The Village Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$15,500
A one-year grant for rebuilding, upgrading and improving the efficiency of The Village Chicago’s website in order to improve member experience, recruit new members, recognize donors and better reflect the values of the organization.
OCB Flexible Fund Grants
(Funding limited to Illinois)
Heal Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$5,000
A six-month grant to work with two consultants to meet the growing demand for the Space and Grace caregiver program.
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