Deadline: 23-Aug-24
The AARP Foundation is seeking proposals from organizations looking to implement capacity building projects that increase access and affordability of food, health care and medicine for older adults with low income.
AARP Foundation seeks to support local, regional or national partners to build their capacity to connect adults age 50 and older to programs that increase access and affordability of food, health care and medicine (“health essentials programs”). Examples of health essentials programs include but are not limited to:
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- Medicaid
- Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs)
- Low-Income Subsidy (LIS)/Extra Help
- Food Is Medicine, including medically tailored meals or groceries, and produce prescriptions
- Social determinants of health screening and intervention
These grants are intended to aid organizational development at a structural level. Capacity Building grants are not intended to pay for direct services or expenses related to existing programs and services. These projects should instead focus on enhancing, optimizing or streamlining resources, processes or programs to better connect eligible older adults to health essentials programs during and beyond the grant cycle.
Preference will be given to proposals that focus on efforts to better serve communities that have historically faced systemic barriers, racial and ethnic disparities, and other biases that perpetuate economic instability. Proposals must demonstrate that the expanded capacity is sustainable (financially and operationally) beyond the project lifecycle.
Funding Information
- Capacity building grants offer up to $50,000 to support organizations in their efforts to work more efficiently and effectively for and with older adults.
- Grant Term: Up to 13 months
- Indirect Cost Rate: AARP Foundation will fund an indirect cost rate of 15% of the total direct costs of the grant program.
Eligible Categories
- Projects in the following categories are eligible:
- Planning activities or building evaluation capacity (e.g., strategic planning, enhancing evaluation methods, organizational assessments)
- Partnership/relationship development (e.g., creating referral networks/platforms, developing collaborative services, shared trainings)
- Operations (e.g., opening a new call center/location, improving infrastructure to enhance services, developing sustainability models)
- Technology (e.g., new client platforms, enhancing data tracking, analysis, or reporting, CRMs)
Eligibility Criteria
- AARP Foundation will prioritize applications that serve populations disproportionately affected by systemic barriers, racial and ethnic disparities and other harmful biases.
- Organizations from anywhere in the U.S. are eligible and welcome to apply. However, they have a particular interest in projects/programs that serve older adults in 22 U.S. states and territories with high levels of senior poverty: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following are not eligible for funding:
- Grants for individuals
- Debt retirement or operating deficits
- Endowments or reserve funds
- Political organizations or campaigns
- Lobbying legislators or influencing elections
- Sponsorship of fundraising events
- Marketing endeavors and personal research
- Organizations located outside the United States or its territories
- Indirect expenses unrelated to the project being funded
For more information, visit AARP Foundation.
