RRF: General Grant Program

Sponsor: The Retirement Research Foundation (RRF)

The Retirement Research Foundation is committed to supporting programs that improve the quality of life for older Americans. We have invested more than $115 million to help build a network of innovative and skilled individuals and institutions addressing aging and retirement issues.

The General Program funds service, education, research and advocacy projects. We are particularly interested in innovative projects that have the potential to change practice, policy or delivery systems.

Funding for direct service projects that do not have the potential to change practice, policy or delivery systems is limited to nonprofit agencies in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Florida. We are also committed to supporting the Chicago Metropolitan area and give priority to nonprofit organizations serving this area.

Our programs seek to:

· Improve the availability and quality of community-based and institutional long-term care programs

· Expand opportunities for older persons to play meaningful roles in society

· Support selected basic, applied, and policy research into the causes and solutions of significant problems of the aged

· Increase the number of professionals and paraprofessionals adequately prepared to serve the elderly

Deadline: Grant applications are normally considered three times a year. Deadlines for receipt of requests are February 1, May 1 and August 1. Decisions are usually made four months after each deadline.

For further information, please visit: http://www.rrf.org/overview/fundinginterests/genprogram.html