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RRF Foundation for Aging: Responsive Grants

OFR Contact: Michelle Melin-Rogovin (Feinberg faculty) or Chloe Taft Kang(Evanston campus faculty)
Amount: Not specified; recent grants have ranged from approximately $30K-$300K (see recent awards here)
Deadline: 11/15/22 (LOI)
RRF Foundation for Aging prioritizes four main areas within their grantmaking programs: Caregiving, Housing, Economic Security in Later Life, and Social and Intergenerational Connectedness within the following grant programs:

  • Advocacy: Projects that focus on improving public policy for older Americans
  • Direct Service: Improve availability and quality of community-based services and supports in seven states (FL, IL, IN, IA, KY, MO, WI)
  • Professional Education and Training: Increase the competency, capacity and number of professionals and paraprofessionals who serve older people
  • Research: Identify interventions, policies, and practices to improve the well-being of older adults and/or their caregivers