Deadline: 20-Feb-2025
The Connecticut Community Foundation is pleased to announce the Pathways for Older Adults Grant Program to help people in our region age successfully and remain healthy, informed and engaged.
Grant funding is also provided to local communities to help them prepare for the aging of the population.
Categories
- The grants to organizations working to improve quality of life for older adults typically fall into one of these general categories:
- Healthy aging
- Connecting with information, benefits and resources
- Aging successfully and safely in the community
- Education, arts and creative expression
- Waterbury BRASS (Bringing Resources to Action to Serve Seniors): A citywide collaboration
- Engaging older adults in addressing community needs
- Intergenerational projects
Funding Information
- The average amount is between $5,000 and $15,000.
Possible Projects
- Develop core programs and adopt best practices that connect older adults with benefits, services and opportunities; assist with chores, home maintenance and home safety; enhance health and fitness; and build age-friendly communities that promote civic engagement and full participation for all ages.
- Hold a Town Conversation on Aging, open to the public, to discuss services, resources and opportunities for older adults in the town, identify needs and gaps, and prioritize action steps for the next several years. A $2,000 grant is available to each town in the Foundation’s service area for these conversations.
- Connect more people over age 65+ to their libraries through Lifelong Libraries grants. Program possibilities include health, wellness, education, arts, creative expression, technology, financial security, intergenerational, and more.
- Collaborative programs that enhance services in a cost-effective manner are prioritized. Examples include a fitness program that rotates among towns and development of a coordinated transportation system.
Eligibility Criteria
- They support 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and organizations with a fiscal sponsor who support communities living in 21 towns within Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills.
- In order to apply for funding, an organization must:
- Be a not-for-profit organization recognized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a municipal entity seeking a grant for public purposes. Organizations may also have a nonprofit fiscal sponsor, if they do not have their own nonprofit status.
- Have a board, representative of the community, of which a majority is neither employees nor relatives of employees.
- Possess a Nonprofit Registration to Solicit Funds (or exemption, if appropriate) from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection.
- They encourage requests that:
- Provide services or support to the communities located within the 21-town service area
- Support system change and advocacy efforts
- Include support for core nonprofit operations such as staff time, overhead and evaluation
- Support organizations led by Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)
Ineligibility Criteria
- They do not fund:
- Requests for political or religious purposes
- Requests for capital expenditures on buildings not owned by a nonprofit
For more information, visit Connecticut Community Foundation.