2021 Grants
Advocacy
AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$73,935
A one-year grant for Phase Two of OUTReach, a program which seeks to amplify the voices of LGBTQ+ older adults and raise awareness of the issues this population faces.
Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.
Willimantic, Connecticut
$375,000
A three-year grant to preserve, protect, and enhance the Medicare program that older people depend on for affordable health care.
Compassion & Choices
Littleton, Colorado
$75,000
A one-year continuation grant to expand Compassion & Choices’ active base of supporters in Illinois and build the advocacy infrastructure needed to promote the movement toward medical aid-in-dying legislation in the state.
Documentary Educational Resources, Inc.
Watertown, Massachusetts
$100,000
A one-year grant to develop and broadcast a two-part radio documentary to examine how people age at home and how public policies affect the lives of older people.
Florida Health Justice Project, Inc.
Miami, Florida
$52,498
A third-year grant to continue addressing barriers in Florida’s Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services system to improve access, transparency, and due process for low-income older adults
Grantmakers in Aging
Arlington, Virginia
$258,033
An 18-month grant to support a national collaborative designed to amplify the voices of family and friend caregivers for older adults and advance a growing national movement for federal and state action to address the needs of caregivers.
Habitat for Humanity International
Atlanta, Georgia
$100,000
A one-year grant to catalyze advocacy efforts at the state and local level to institute or improve property tax relief programs that are income-based, appropriately focused, and accessible to low-income older people.
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
Chicago, Illinois
$165,000
A second-year grant supporting Illinois Aging Together, a statewide effort to build broad, multi-sectoral engagement and support for the development of an Illinois Strategic Action Plan on Aging to help create an age-friendly state.
Illinois Aging Services, Inc.
Springfield, Illinois
$180, 933
A two-year grant to broaden, educate, and galvanize a growing statewide coalition to advocate for State funding and policy changes to better meet the needs of the growing number of family caregivers in Illinois.
Injustice Watch, NFP
Chicago, Illinois
$35,000
A one-year grant for an investigative journalism project that examines the intersection of aging, housing, and immigration.
Justice in Aging
Washington, D.C.
$200,000
A two-year grant for advocacy efforts designed to remove barriers to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) enrollment for older adults, with a focus on older adults of color.
Legal Council for Health Justice
Chicago, Illinois
$15,000
A one-year grant to spearhead state-wide advocacy efforts aimed at improving access to economic security for older adults through Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
Legal Council for Health Justice
Chicago, Illinois
$40,000
A one-year grant to continue improving access to Medicaid and increase uptake of benefits, particularly the Medicare Savings Programs, for low-income older people in Illinois.
Manufactured Housing Action (MHAction)
San Francisco, California
$100,000
A one-year grant to deepen and expand the work of its older adult-led teams in Iowa and Illinois, helping them gain the knowledge and skills needed to advance reforms that will protect the economic security and housing stability of older people living in manufactured home communities.
Miami University Scripps Gerontology Center
Oxford, Ohio
$219,922
A two-year grant to build the capacity of local communities that operate older adult service programs that are funded through publicly-approved tax levies, helping the programs provide more services and resources that address the needs of caregivers for older persons.
Medicare Rights Center
New York, New York
$375,000
A three-year grant to expand access to MRC’s services and amplify policy solutions to improve Medicare coverage, particularly for underserved older people.
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Washington, D.C.
$219,354
A two-year grant to highlight the issue of older adult homelessness and advocate for federal funds to support housing and services for older people who are homeless.
National Able Network
Chicago, Illinois
$80,300
A one-year grant to continue advocacy efforts to improve workforce development for older adults.
National Consumer Law Center
Boston, Massachusetts
$128,308
A third-year grant to continue advocacy and technical assistance work to protect the growing number of older homeowners with a home equity conversion mortgage, while also addressing racial inequities which have led to a disproportionate incidence of reverse mortgage defaults among Black and Latinx borrowers.
National Council on Aging, Inc.
Arlington, Virginia
$350,000
A two-year grant to expand use of the Elder Index as a tool to help advocate for local and federal policies that support economic security for older people. This project will be implemented in partnership with the Gerontology Institute at The University of Massachusetts Boston.
National Well Home Network
South Burlington, Vermont
$170,000
A two-year grant to advocate for and design a housing-based population health model that will provide tools and guidance for future national expansion of the SASH (Support and Services at Home) program.
Pension Rights Center
Washington, D.C.
$375,000
A three-year grant to protect and enhance retirement security for U.S. workers, retirees, and their families.
SAGE
New York, New York
$100,000
A one-year grant to pursue an LGBT elder housing policy agenda to improve LGBT elders’ access to housing.
Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Chicago, Illinois
$40,000
A one-year grant to ensure health coverage and access for older adults in Illinois regardless of immigration status.
Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Chicago, Illinois
$80,000
A one-year grant for third-year support of a project that is successfully protecting the housing stability, rights, and safety of low-income older adults.
Small Business Majority Foundation, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
$50,000
A one-year grant to advocate for expansion of Illinois Secure Choice and explore development of a Wisconsin state retirement savings program.
Southside Together Organizing for Power
Chicago, Illinois
$30,000
A one-year grant to advocate for an equitable implementation of the Community Benefits Agreement which helps to reduce housing displacement and secure economic benefits for the African-American neighborhood of Woodlawn.
The Jewish Federations of North America, Inc.
New York, New York
$200,000
A two-year grant for a collaborative advocacy campaign to educate, engage, and coordinate stakeholders, advocates, and policymakers on the need for a financing system to mitigate the financial effects of long-term care needs.
The Village Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$25,000
A one-year grant to develop and launch an anti-ageism initiative and campaign.
Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging
Madison, Wisconsin
$149,820
A two-year grant to support the Wisconsin Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness in its efforts to identify and deploy meaningful responses to the negative health impacts of social isolation and loneliness among older adults across Wisconsin.
Direct Service
(Funding limited to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Florida)
Aging Matters in Brevard
Cocoa, Florida
$76,682
A one-year grant to launch a new program designed to provide intensive case management and prevent homelessness among older adults.
Antioch Area Healthcare Accessibility Alliance
Antioch, Illinois
$25,000
A second-year grant to continue service expansion in Grant Township and build the organization’s capacity so that greater numbers of underserved older adults have access to the supports and resources they need to continue living in community.
Center for Community Stewardship
Madison, Wisconsin
$57,755
A 14-month continuation grant to expand Creativity Training for Caregivers, an arts-based program designed to reduce caregiver burden.
Center for Workforce Inclusion
Silver Spring, Maryland
$99,000
An 18-month grant to pilot and test the efficacy of a workforce supported intervention that prepares low-income older adults for digital careers through on-the-job training and helping small businesses implement digital tools and techniques.
CJE SeniorLife
Chicago, Illinois
$64,275
A one-year grant to provide pro bono legal services to older adults, based on the medical-legal partnership model.
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northern Illinois
Woodstock, Illinois
$25,000
A one-year grant to build greater awareness of the organization’s services and increase the number of low-income older clients who receive financial counseling.
Divine Revelations Ministries, Inc.
Tallahassee, Florida
$15,000
A one-year grant to expand and evaluate an intergenerational, technology-based program to reduce loneliness and isolation among older adults.
Elder Options
Gainesville, Florida
$51,751
A two-year grant to increase and strengthen the resources offered to caregivers and reach a more diverse group of caregivers by expanding the Tailored Caregiver Assessment and Referral program, which provides individualized care planning and support via an online platform.
Employment Connection
Saint Louis, Missouri
$35,000
A second-year grant to provide low-income BIPOC homeowners and qualifying renters with exterior maintenance that avoids city fines, penalties and illegal dumping that can make it difficult to remain in the home.
Equal Justice Works
Washington, D.C.
$60,000
A one-year grant to provide direct legal services to older adults who have been victims of, or are at risk for, financial exploitation; and build the capacity of legal service organizations to become better at serving older adults experiencing financial exploitation.
Evanston Public Library
Evanston, Illinois
$33,678
A one-year grant to pilot a program that focuses on serving older adults with intentional outreach and programming.
Florida Veterans Foundation Inc.
Tallahassee, Florida
$30,000
A one-year grant to educate, counsel, and assist older wartime veterans on opportunities to improve their financial wellbeing.
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services, Inc.
Clearwater, Florida
$42,847
A third-year grant supporting CHATS, a volunteer caller program that addresses social isolation by providing a weekly source of regular, personal contact for older, isolated clients.
Harmony Community Cares, NFP
Chicago, Illinois
$25,000
A one-year grant to expand and continue services to older people in North Lawndale and surrounding communities in Chicago.
Heal Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$59,500
A one-year grant to launch Space and Grace, a program designed to address the mental health needs of unpaid, family caregivers from minority and underserved communities, who have been affected by isolation and whose challenges are exacerbated by racial inequities and the pandemic.
Howard Brown Health
Chicago, Illinois
$43,500
A one-year grant to launch a pilot program addressing social isolation through technology access and training for low-income older adults.
i.c.stars
Chicago, Illinois
$50,000
A one-year grant to develop and launch a mentorship program for Black and Latinx innovators, including older adults.
International Institute of Metro St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
$49,578
A one-year grant for second-year support of RESET, a program that provides mental health screening, therapy, socialization, and psychoeducation for foreign-born adults, age 65 or older, and their families.
Kingdom House (dba LifeWise StL)
St. Louis, Missouri
$57,800
An 18-month grant to improve the economic security of low-income older people by helping them gain financial knowledge, liquid assets, and connections to benefits, and by providing individualized financial coaching.
Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida, Inc.
Jacksonville, Florida
$18,000
A one-year grant to bundle individualized financial counseling, employment coaching, and benefits assistance into a comprehensive support system for older people.
Metropolitan Asian Family Services
Chicago, Illinois
$50,000
A one-year grant to expand MAFS’ public benefits assistance program and improve the economic security of greater numbers of older South-Asian immigrants residing in Chicago’s west and southwest suburbs.
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
$40,000
A one-year grant for third year of support of the Senior Homeowner Self-Defense Program, providing the knowledge, tools, and services older homeowners need to achieve better and more economically sustainable housing, with a focus on communities of color.
NeighborLink Indianapolis Foundation, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
$40,000
A one-year grant to enhance services to older low-income homeowners by expanding the assessment process to better address home-related needs.
Northwest Side Housing Center
Chicago, Illinois
$35,000
A one-year grant to address social isolation facing low-income predominantly Latinx older adults in Chicago’s Belmont-Cragin community by facilitating one-on-one and intergenerational relationships, building resilience, reducing the digital divide, and creating interracial learning spaces.
One Roof Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$21,000
A one-year grant for a planning project on a new and innovative approach to intergenerational housing that will meet the culturally-specific needs of LGBTQ+ older adults.
Open Communities
Evanston, Illinois
$68,310
A third-year grant to further expand housing counseling services to older people.
Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.
Rockford, Illinois
$50,995
A one-year grant to continue support of an organizational capacity building project designed to improve efficiencies by establishing a full-time paralegal position and developing a more cost-effective, streamlined process to handle Medicaid long-term care cases and financial exploitation.
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
$104,469
A one-year continuation grant to support the Caregiver Health and Well-Being Initiative, a program designed to support family caregivers throughout the Rush system and serve as a model that can be implemented by health systems nationwide.
Sinai Health System
Chicago, Illinois
$75,000
A second-year grant in support of the Senior Caregiver Outreach Program, which is designed to provide support and resources for informal caregivers.
TeleHealth Access for Seniors, Inc.
Longwood, Florida
$10,000
A one-year grant to bring telehealth access to older adults and disadvantaged patients in the Chicagoland area.
The Community Builders Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
$50,000
A one-year grant to pilot a place-based intergenerational mentorship program to empower, connect, and engage older residents of Chicago’s Bronzeville community.
United Community Center, Inc.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$50,000
A one-year grant to expand support services for Latinx family caregivers and Latinx older adults with dementia in southeast Wisconsin.
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
$50,000
A one-year continuation challenge grant to provide pension counseling and advocacy services for low-income Illinois retirees and build the project’s financial sustainability for the future.
Professional Education and Training
AgeOptions, Inc.
Oak Park, Illinois
$100,000
A one-year grant for continued support of Avisery, a program that builds the capacity of professionals to help older people navigate complex health insurance programs and reduces barriers older adults face related to access and affordability of health insurance programs.
American Society on Aging
San Francisco, California
$130,000
A two-year grant to train and mentor BIPOC rising leaders in the field of aging on principles of advocacy, social justice, and leadership development.
Coalition for Home Repair
Jonesborough, Tennessee
$53,051
A one-year grant to support the Aging-in-Community Cohort program, which will provide structured group trainings to promote the adoption of aging-in-community home modification programs and help participants earn accreditation as Certified Aging in Place Specialists.
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York
$130,000
A one-year grant to support an Age Boom Academy that will train a group of experienced journalists on demographic, economic, psychosocial, and policy issues related to Caregiving.
Diverse Elders Coalition
New York, New York
$80,000
A second-year grant in support of the Caring For Those Who Care: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Family Caregivers curriculum.
Generations United
Washington, D.C.
$99,895
A one-year grant to identify, advance, and build intergenerational programs using a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens.
Georgia Healthy Family Alliance
Tucker, Georgia
$50,000
A one-year grant to educate primary care physicians about community resources that can engage patients in remaining active and safe in their communities.
MATTER Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$150,000
An eight-month grant to launch an accelerator focused on the development of innovative technology solutions that reduce social isolation and loneliness in older adults.
Research
Education & Research Fund of Employee Benefit Research Institute
Washington, D.C.
$70,000
A one-year continuation grant for the development of Ballpark E$timate, an online tool to identify patterns of retirement spending and saving given various social, economic, and demographic factors, and then use those patterns to inform practice, policy, and individual retirement choices.
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
$177,625
A two-year grant to examine the impact of a personalized music and memory intervention on the stress/burden and well-being of family caregivers of people living with dementia in the community.
IDEAS Institute
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
$44,753
A six-month grant to study the role of environments in mitigating isolation and supporting social health, especially in low-income housing.
National Academy of Social Insurance
Washington, D.C.
$125,000
A 15-month grant to translate policy research on the impacts of COVID-19 and equip advocates with new information and tools to strengthen social insurance programs for older people.
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, Illinois
$175,000
An 18-month grant to pilot and test the feasibility and efficacy of a culturally responsive, internet-based health education intervention for Latina family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia.
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
$155,103
A one-year grant to rapidly develop, implement, and continuously evaluate a targeted, multifaceted, COVID-19 vaccine messaging and promotion strategy among Latinx older adults.
The New School
New York, New York
$150,045
A 16-month grant to create The Older Workers and Retirement Chartbook, a comprehensive online tool that will document disparities in retirement preparedness and the link between older workers’ status and retirement insecurity.
The University of Texas Foundation, Inc.
Austin, Texas
$216,926
A two-year grant to culturally adapt the Learning Skills Together online program for Latinx family members who provide care for older people with dementia.
Trustees of Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts
$149,863
An 18-month grant for research to explore how structural aspects of Social Security disadvantage specific populations of older people and evaluate how potential adjustments to distinct rules could improve the economic well-being of Social Security beneficiaries, particularly low-income people of color and women.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois
$144,258
An 18-month grant to study a technology-based intervention for older family members caring for loved ones with dementia which provides social engagement opportunities on topics of interest, unrelated to the specifics of caregiving.
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
$100,000
A one-year grant to develop a delivery infrastructure to maximize the reach and implementation of Disaster PrepWise, a disaster preparedness program and tool designed specifically to support older adults in rural settings.
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
$128,629
An 18-month continuation grant for a research project to expand age-friendly practices to colleges and universities across the nation.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
$199,306
A two-year grant to develop a standardized digital home assessment tool that uses 3D modeling technology to enable home assessments to be performed effectively and efficiently off site.
Organizational Capacity Building Program
Standard OCB Grants
(Funding limited to Illinois)
Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance
Cicero, Illinois
$62,000
A one-year grant to support capacity building efforts as the organization attracts additional grants from government and private funding sources.
Meals on Wheels Foundation of Northern Illinois
North Riverside, Illinois
$25,000
A one-year grant for a third-year organizational capacity building project designed to ensure the agency’s ability to recruit and retain a well-trained, stable volunteer corps.
Meals On Wheels Northeastern Illinois
Evanston, Illinois
$30,000
A one-year grant to develop and implement a marketing plan.
OCB Flexible Fund Grants
(Funding limited to Illinois)
Hanul Family Alliance
Chicago, Illinois
$5,000
A six-month grant to support a new database that will enable more effective collaboration with a partner organization.
Jane Addams Senior Caucus
Chicago, Illinois
$5,000
A six-month grant to support the organization’s leadership transition.
North Shore Senior Center
Northfield, Illinois
$5,000
A six-month grant to engage a consultant to lead the Board through a self-assessment process that will increase Board engagement and ensure best practices in governance.
Senior Care Volunteer Network
Crystal Lake, Illinois
$5,000
A six-month grant for targeted consultation for strategic planning efforts.
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