2023 Grants
Advocacy
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation (as fiscal agent for HouseUS)
Washington, DC
$250,000
An 18-month grant to strengthen tenant organizing through support of a national housing justice campaign that will benefit older renters.
CoGenerate
San Francisco, California
$250,000
A two-year grant to generate thought leadership, innovative models, and a community of older and younger changemakers focused on cogenerational solutions to the epidemic of social isolation and loneliness.
Generations United
Washington, DC
$50,000
A one-year grant to develop a Blueprint for Intergenerational Housing with the goal of providing strategies for innovative housing policies and models to improve the health and well-being of older adults.
Legal Council for Health Justice
Chicago, Illinois
$150,000
A three-year grant to address systemic barriers to economic security for older adults.
National Consumer Law Center
Boston, Massachusetts
$97,461
A one-year grant to promote and preserve stable homeownership for older homeowners of color, by developing and advocating for policy changes and training consumer advocates.
National Domestic Workers Alliance
New York, New York
$100,000
A second-year grant to implement a coalition-based approach to foster collaboration across care advocacy spaces and promote a comprehensive care infrastructure and equitable caregiving solutions.
SAGE
New York, New York
$200,000
A two-year continuation grant to pursue a national housing policy agenda in order to improve access to safe and secure housing for LGBTQ+ older people.
Shriver Center on Poverty Law
Chicago, Illinois
$70,000
A one-year grant to continue work supporting housing justice for older people.
Small Business Majority Foundation, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
$40,000
A third-year grant to encourage Illinois small businesses to enroll in the Secure Choice Savings Program and continue to promote a similar program in Wisconsin.
Southwest Organizing Project
Chicago, Illinois
$75,000
A two-year grant to engage in community organizing that focuses on advocating to change debt collection practices and enrolling more older adults in the property tax exemption program.
Tenant Education Network
Chicago, Illinois
$25,000
A one-year continuation grant in support of tenant organizing activities focused on older people and to finish the build out and testing of a smart phone-based technology to document housing concerns.
Third Sector New England, Inc. (as fiscal agent for Healthy Places by Design)
Boston, Massachusetts
$28,080
A six-month grant to determine and test a structure for a National Learning Network that connects local leaders committed to strengthening social connection across the lifespan.
Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging
Madison, Wisconsin
$74,952
A third-year grant to expand on the prior two years’ work to raise awareness of the prevalence and public health implications of loneliness and social isolation and localize the response by piloting community interventions.
Direct Service
(Funding limited to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Florida)
Center for Disability and Elder Law, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
$75,000
A second-year grant for a pro bono legal clinic program, supporting the economic and housing needs of older residents of Chicago’s Auburn Gresham and Austin neighborhoods.
Cyber-Seniors
Los Angeles, California
$54,646
A second-year grant to provide technology training to under-served older adults living in Miami-Dade County, Florida, in an effort to enhance community interaction.
Illinois Public Health Institute
Chicago, Illinois
$90,000
A one-year grant to bridge the public health and aging sectors, advance a new state-level focus on social connection, and expand work being implemented in local communities.
Kingdom House (dba LifeWise StL)
St. Louis, Missouri
$60,000
A second-year grant to improve the economic security of low-income older people by helping them gain knowledge, liquid assets, and connection to benefits, and by providing individualized financial coaching.
Mid-Florida Area Agency on Aging, Inc. d/b/a Elder Options
Gainesville, Florida
$52,069
A second-year grant to expand caregiver training and support services available to caregivers, with a particular emphasis on increasing services to Black and African American caregivers.
Serving Older Adults of Southeast Wisconsin, Inc.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
$30,525
A second-year grant to provide technology training, resources, and access for older adults, especially those who are isolated and/or financially marginalized.
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
$50,000
A one-year grant to continue providing expert legal counseling and representation to people who need help getting their pension benefits.
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$20,000
A third-year grant to help low-income women over the age of 50 achieve economic self-sufficiency through job training and employment placement services.
Professional Education and Training
AgeOptions, Inc.
Oak Park, Illinois
$300,000
A three-year grant providing general operating support for Avisery, the lead resource for providers, advocates, and other stakeholders on healthcare coverage for Illinois older adults, particularly low-income, marginalized populations.
American Society on Aging
San Francisco, California
$70,726
A one-year grant to support the growing momentum of the ASA Rise program, which trains and mentors BIPOC rising leaders in the field of aging on principles of advocacy, social justice, and leadership development.
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York
$150,000
A third-year grant in support for the Age Boom Academy journalist training, which will focus on multifaceted issues related to affordable housing for older people.
Illinois Partners for Human Service
Chicago, Illinois
$225,000
A two-year grant to build capacity to establish a primary training entity for Reframing Aging efforts in Illinois.
Older Adults Technology Services, Inc.
Brooklyn, New York
$250,000
A two-year grant supporting scaled national expansion of a well-established program model that leverages technology training and community partnerships to build digital literacy and social connectedness among older adults.
Pro Bono Net, Inc.
New York, New York
$65,000
A third-year grant to advance the long-term impact, learning, and sustainability of the Risk Detector as a model for community-based legal care for older adults, with a focus on legal issues impacting economic security later in life.
SHRM Foundation, Inc.
Alexandria, Virginia
$75,000
A one-year grant to create a professional certificate training program for human resource managers focused on changing the policies, practices, and culture of workplaces towards the hiring and retention of older workers.
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
$183,164
An 18-month grant to increase the adoption of age-inclusive management strategies and transform how employers in Illinois recruit and retain older workers.
University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
$79,980
A one-year continuation grant to disseminate research findings in order to work toward dismantling ageism through more age-inclusive practices and policies in higher education.
Research
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
$89,995
A continuation grant for a qualitative study to assess caregiver experiences with a dual intervention, identify the effectiveness of specific elements in reducing stress levels for care partners, and improve the intervention’s overall effectiveness and adoption.
Miami University Scripps Gerontology Center
Oxford, Ohio
$164,000
A two-year grant to measure the impact of ScrippsAVID’s (Arts-based, Virtual, Intergenerational, and Dementia-friendly) video-chat platform on reducing loneliness and addressing ageism, including within a partnering Native American community.
National Recreation and Park Association
Ashburn, Virginia
$86,000
A one-year grant to conduct research that will define the essential role of park and recreation professionals, identify promising interventions, and scale practices to increase social and intergenerational connections among people as they age in community.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
$52,678
A one-year grant to develop best-practice approaches, tools, and interventions to encourage and expand the inclusion of age equity in social justice initiatives.
Organizational Capacity Building Program
Standard OCB Grants
(Funding limited to Illinois)
Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance
Cicero, Illinois
$50,000
A one-year grant to increase organizational capacity to carry out activities that support Latino older adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias and their caregivers increase their quality of life.
Meals at Home, dba Meals On Wheels Northeastern Illinois
Evanston, Illinois
$50,000
A 19-month grant to hire a consultant to support expansion of food production to meet a growing regional demand for meals.
OCB Flexible Fund Grants
(Funding limited to Illinois)
Chicago House and Social Service Agency
Chicago, Illinois
$5,000
A six-month grant to work with a consultant to develop an Aging in Place initiative that will provide housing and wrap around services for older individuals living with HIV.
Coordinated Care Alliance
Villa Park, Illinois
$5,000
A six-month grant to cover legal consultation and advice related to a merger.
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