Funding search · aging and gerontology · Massachusetts
Who funds aging and gerontology work in Massachusetts
15 funders have a record of paying for aging and gerontology work by Massachusetts recipients: 46 grants totaling $8.2M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Norn Group ($5.4M), Maria Torok Foundation #0738518 ($60,000) and The Simons Foundation ($750,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Massachusetts recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Norn GroupSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $5.4M · through 2023Largest: $792,000 to Northeastern University — funding for aging research
Largest: $20,000 to MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH — to support the work of the organization's programs for older adult behavioral health
Largest: $375,000 to BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — simons collaboration on plasticity and the aging brain research award
Largest: $8,000 to MAB COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — greater boston vision rehabilitation health program for older adults
Largest: $89,208 to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS — loneliness, living arrangements, and health among older adults with developmental disabilities in long-term care
Point32health FoundationCanton, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $125,775 · through 2023Largest: $83,525 to MA ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH INC MAMH — older adult behavioral health
Largest: $20,000 to MIT Picower Institute — neuroscience research effects of aging
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterCharlestown, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $11,800 · through 2022Largest: $11,800 to HSL INSTITUTE FOR AGING RESEARCH — research subcontract
Largest: $50,000 to UPHAM'S CORNER HEALTH COMMITTEE — housing navigator initiative (hni) for a community-based pace (program-of-all-inclusive-care-for-the-elderly), a program delivering services to underserved older adults in greater …
Largest: $10,000 to ROGERSON COMMUNITIES — delivery of critical health and social services for older adults
The Scan FoundationLong Beach, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $337,092 · through 2022Largest: $337,092 to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON — this project uses the health and retirement study (hrs) to measure the extent to which older adults experience the health care system as taking account their preferences for care.
American Federation for AgingNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $42,387 · through 2024Largest: $42,387 to DOG AGING INSTITUTE — scientific research
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