Funding search · aging and gerontology · Maryland
Who funds aging and gerontology work in Maryland
9 funders have a record of paying for aging and gerontology work by Maryland recipients: 18 grants totaling $7.7M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Norn Group ($1.1M), The Michael J Fox Foundation ($1.7M) and The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg ($495,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Maryland recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Norn GroupSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $495,000 to NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING NIH — aging research
The Michael J Fox FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING AT NIH — parkinson's research
Largest: $350,000 to JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — to support the ignite career center, which provides career services for people with barriers to employment, as well as the patient care connection program, which assigns social wor…
Largest: $175,000 to FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS — support age related macular degeneration research
Largest: $5,477 to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGING — medical research
American Federation for Aging ResearchNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $375,000 · through 2023Largest: $375,000 to NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING NIH — scientific research
Largest: $3.6M to AMERICAN ACTION FUND FOR BLIND — research "a murine model to investigate vitreous aging"researcj "a murine model to investigate vitreous aging"to care, maintenance, or eduaction of individuals with blindness
Largest: $5,000 to ARTS FOR THE AGING — to support improved health for older adults and caregivers.
Largest: $5,125 to Foundation Fighting Blindness — founded in 1971, the foundation fighting blindness is a leading private funding source for research on retinal degenerative diseases, including retinitis pigmentosa and age-related…
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