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Retirement Research Foundation

Name: Retirement Research Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

428
grants reported: $12.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $12,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Grants Paid for General Funding1 grant · $8.1M
National Consumer Law Center7 grants · $342,087
University of Massachusetts Boston6 grants · $303,466
Grantmakers in Aging5 grants · $258,105
Matching Gifts Program1 grant · $250,661
Illinois Partners for Human Service3 grants · $225,250
Pension Rights Center3 grants · $225,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation3 grants · $225,000
Center for Medicare Advocacy3 grants · $225,000
Medicare Rights Center3 grants · $225,000

Giving over time

$8.3M

2022

$561,183

2023

$3.8M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 428 grants.

$8.1M
Grants Paid for General Funding · Various, IL · 2022
See attachment a
$250,661
Matching Gifts Program · Variou, IL · 2022
See attachment c
$143,626
National Consumer Law Center · Boston, MA · 2024
A two-year grant to lead a strategic initiative, involving research, training, coalition-building and advocacy, to protect older adults against the consequences of medical and student loan debt that undermine economic s… read allA two-year grant to lead a strategic initiative, involving research, training, coalition-building and advocacy, to protect older adults against the consequences of medical and student loan debt that undermine economic security in later life. less
$132,500
Grantmakers in Aging · White Plains, NY · 2024
An 18-month grant for phase two of changing the care conversation, a collaborative initiative designed to ensure equitable family caregiving policies are advanced at the state and national level by empowering state-base… read allAn 18-month grant for phase two of changing the care conversation, a collaborative initiative designed to ensure equitable family caregiving policies are advanced at the state and national level by empowering state-based caregiving coalitions to advocate for family caregiving issues. less
$125,000
National Recreation and Park Association · Ashburn, VA · 2024
A second-year grant to increase social and intergenerational connectedness for older adults through local parks and recreation.
$125,000
The University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
A two-year grant to address the impact of dementia on african american communities by partnering with public health agencies to disseminate the alter program, which provides education, resources, and support for dementi… read allA two-year grant to address the impact of dementia on african american communities by partnering with public health agencies to disseminate the alter program, which provides education, resources, and support for dementia caregivers. less
$125,000
University of Alabama at Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2024
A two-year grant to develop and evaluate a culturally sensitive, self-help web program based on acceptance and commitment therapy to mitigate loneliness and promote connectedness among older korean immigrants in the u.s.
$125,000
University of Tennessee · Knoxville, TN · 2024
A two-year grant to adapt the savvy caregiver training program to address the unique needs of lgbtqia+ caregivers.
$125,000
Illinois Partners for Human Service · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$125,000
Older Adults Technology Services · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$124,593
Foundation for Social Connection · Washington, DC · 2024
A three-year grant to mobilize comprehensive advocacy efforts that seek to secure critical support for programs that enhance the well-being and connectedness for older americans.
$110,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
An 18-month grant to support older people experiencing homelessness by leveraging the expertise of occupational therapists to identify and address the challenges faced by older people transitioning from homelessness to … read allAn 18-month grant to support older people experiencing homelessness by leveraging the expertise of occupational therapists to identify and address the challenges faced by older people transitioning from homelessness to housing. less
$100,000
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
An 18-month grant to continue successful efforts to strengthen tenant organizing through support of a federal and state housing justice campaign led by older tenants.
$100,000
Caring Across Generations · New York, NY · 2024
A third-year grant to improve the care infrastructure that older adults, families, and caregivers confront by building robust policy models at the state level nationally, and specifically within illinois.
$100,000
Center for Medicare Advocacy · Willimantic, CT · 2024
A three-year grant for continued general operating support to preserve, protect, and enhance the medicare program that older people depend on for affordable health care.
$100,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
An 18-month grant for collaborative research to better understand and serve caregivers based on their experiences.
$100,000
Illinois Partners for Human Service · Chicago, IL · 2024
A two-year grant to build capacity to establish illinois partners as a trusted resource and primary training entity in illinois for reframing aging.
$100,000
Medicare Rights Center · New York, NY · 2024
A three-year grant for continued general operating support to expand access to mrcs services and amplify policy solutions to improve medicare coverage, particularly for underserved older people.
$100,000
National Council On Aging · Arlington, VA · 2024
A two-year grant to support efforts to reauthorize, modernize, and fund the older americans act (oaa).
$100,000
Pension Rights Center · Washington, DC · 2024
A three-year grant for continued general operating support to ensure the protection of pension benefits and reform of the pension system for older workers and retirees.
$100,000
Shriver Center On Poverty Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
A three-year general operating support grant for efforts that support older people.
$100,000
University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
A two-year grant to adapt a social prescribing decision support tool for flexible use in a range of community and health organizations and, subsequently, to test this adapted tool in two real-world community settings.
$100,000
University of Massachusetts Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
A two-year grant to deepen the understanding of experiences of social isolation and loneliness among older hispanic/latinx older people.
$90,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
A two-year grant to evaluate older adults perceptions and experiences with companion chatbots, as well as the impact of regularly using companion chatbots for an extended period of time on human social connectedness, lo… read allA two-year grant to evaluate older adults perceptions and experiences with companion chatbots, as well as the impact of regularly using companion chatbots for an extended period of time on human social connectedness, loneliness, self-esteem, and other aspects of mental health. less
$87,500
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group · Chicago, IL · 2024
A one year grant to continue the process of developing a multi-sector plan on aging equity for illinois through the illinois aging together campaign.
$87,500
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$87,500
National Council On Aging · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$86,658
Massachusetts General Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$85,000
Center for Disability and Elder Law · Chicago, IL · 2024
A third-year grant to enhance the financial stability and economic independence of lower-income older adults in auburn-gresham and austin by offering expanded community access to pro bono legal services.
$82,000
Miami University Scripps Gerontology Center · Oxford, OH · 2024
A two-year grant to measure the impact of scrippsavids (arts-based, virtual, intergenerational, and dementia-friendly) video-chat platform on reducing loneliness and addressing ageism, including within a partnering nati… read allA two-year grant to measure the impact of scrippsavids (arts-based, virtual, intergenerational, and dementia-friendly) video-chat platform on reducing loneliness and addressing ageism, including within a partnering native american community. less
$82,000
Miami University Scripps Gerontology Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$75,000
Depaul University · Chicago, IL · 2024
A one-year grant to provide data-focused research to local organizations addressing current housing challenges facing older adults, with a focus on supporting organizations on chicagos south and west sides.
$75,000
Injustice Watch Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
A third-year grant to produce investigative journalism examining issues of equity and justice within aging communities.
$75,000
Legal Action Center of the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
A two-year grant for advocacy work designed to improve healthcare affordability by expanding medicare coverage of substance use disorder treatment and services.
$75,000
National Consumer Law Center · Boston, MA · 2024
A second-year grant to promote and preserve stable homeownership for older homeowners of color, by developing and advocating for policy changes that address inequities faced by older adults.
$75,000
United Neighborhood Houses of New York · New York, NY · 2024
An 18-month grant to pilot a new curriculum to increase social connectedness by embedding intergenerational programming as a core practice across multiple settlement house and community center sites.
$75,000
Columbia University in the City of New York · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$75,000
Legal Action Center of the City of New York · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$75,000
Roger Williams University · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$72,310
The University of Texas Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$70,605
Grantmakers in Aging · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$70,000
The Renaissance Collaborative · Chicago, IL · 2024
An 18-month grant to support intergenerational and affordable housing for older people, grand-families, and young adults.
$67,804
The Georgia Institute On Aging · Atlanta, GA · 2024
A one-year grant to educate georgian medical professionals on the benefits of medical cannabis for older adults, the legal parameters of its usage in georgia, and ways they can support older adults who wish to use medic… read allA one-year grant to educate georgian medical professionals on the benefits of medical cannabis for older adults, the legal parameters of its usage in georgia, and ways they can support older adults who wish to use medical cannabis. less
$65,000
The Village Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
A one-year grant to increase age-inclusive efforts into corporations diversity strategies and to help them develop effective strategies for managing a five-generation workforce.
$65,000
Tides Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$63,167
Kingdom House (Dba Lifewise Stl) · St Louis, MO · 2024
A third-year grant to enable low-income older adults, primarily black women, to gain financial knowledge, liquid assets, access to benefits, and expanded social networks.
$62,500
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
An 18-month grant to strengthen tenant organizing through support of a national housing justice campaign that will benefit older renters.
$62,500
Center for Medicare Advocacy · Willimantic, CT · 2024
A three-year grant for general operating support to preserve, protect, and enhance the medicare program that older people depend on for affordable health care.
$62,500
Cogenerate · San Francisco, CA · 2024
A two-year grant to generate thought leadership, innovative models, and a community of older and younger changemakers focused on cogenerational solutions to the epidemic of social isolation and loneliness.
$62,500
Justice in Aging · Washington, DC · 2024
A three-year grant for general operating support to secure access to economic security for older adults with limited resources.
$62,500
Medicare Rights Center · New York, NY · 2024
A three-year grant for general operating support to expand access to mrcs services and amplify policy solutions to improve medicare coverage, particularly for underserved older people.
$62,500
Older Adults Technology Services · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
A two-year grant supporting scaled national expansion of a well-established program model that leverages technology training and community partnerships to build digital literacy and social connectedness among older adul… read allA two-year grant supporting scaled national expansion of a well-established program model that leverages technology training and community partnerships to build digital literacy and social connectedness among older adults. less
$62,500
Pension Rights Center · Washington, DC · 2024
A three-year grant for general operating support to protect and enhance retirement security for u.s. Workers, retirees, and their families.
$62,500
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$62,500
Center for Medicare Advocacy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$62,500
Cogenerate · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$62,500
Medicare Rights Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$62,500
Pension Rights Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$62,500
University of Iowa · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$61,602
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$61,302
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$60,000
Innovation Development Institute Dba Matter Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$60,000
Kingdom House (Dba Lifewise Stl) · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$58,333
Northeastern Illinois University · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$58,164
University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2024
An 18-month grant to increase the adoption of age-inclusive management strategies and transform how employers in illinois recruit and retain older workers.
$56,833
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2024
A two-year grant to gain a greater understanding of implementation practices used during virtual intergenerational technology training programs in diverse higher education contexts.
$55,464
National Alliance To End Homelessness · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$55,463
National Alliance To End Homelessness · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$55,000
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$54,850
National Alliance To End Homelessness · Washington, DC · 2024
A third-year grant continuing to address the challenge of homelessness among older adults.
$54,758
Miami University Scripps Gerontology Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$54,646
Cyber-Seniors · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
A second-year grant to provide technology training to under-served older adults living in miami-dade county, florida, in an effort to enhance community interaction.
$52,678
Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA · 2024
A one-year grant to develop best-practice approaches, tools, and interventions to encourage and expand the inclusion of age equity in social justice initiatives.
$52,363
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$52,362
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$52,161
Mid-Florida Area Agency On Aging Inc Dba Elder Options · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$52,069
Mid-Florida Area Agency On Aging Inc Dba Elder Options · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$51,789
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2024
A one-year grant to publish and widely disseminate a year-long series of original, research-grounded, actionable articles aimed at raising awareness about the prevalence and risks of debt among older adults as well as p… read allA one-year grant to publish and widely disseminate a year-long series of original, research-grounded, actionable articles aimed at raising awareness about the prevalence and risks of debt among older adults as well as potential solutions. less
$50,000
Ageoptions · Oak Park, IL · 2024
A three-year grant providing general operating support for avisery, the lead resource for providers, advocates, and other stakeholders on healthcare coverage for illinois older adults, particularly low-income, marginali… read allA three-year grant providing general operating support for avisery, the lead resource for providers, advocates, and other stakeholders on healthcare coverage for illinois older adults, particularly low-income, marginalized populations. less
$50,000
American Society On Aging · San Francisco, CA · 2024
A one-year grant to continue supporting the growing momentum of the asa rise program, which trains and mentors bipoc rising leaders in the field of aging on principles of advocacy, social justice, and leadership develop… read allA one-year grant to continue supporting the growing momentum of the asa rise program, which trains and mentors bipoc rising leaders in the field of aging on principles of advocacy, social justice, and leadership development. less
$50,000
Caring Across Generations · New York, NY · 2024
A second-year grant to implement a coalition-based approach to foster collaboration across care advocacy spaces and promote a comprehensive care infrastructure and equitable caregiving solutions.
$50,000
Generations United · Washington, DC · 2024
A one-year grant to develop a blueprint for intergenerational housing with the goal of providing strategies for innovative housing policies and models to improve the health and well-being of older adults.
$50,000
Injustice Watch Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
A two-year grant for continuation and expansion of injustice watch's reporting on issues related to aging.
$50,000
Innovation Development Institute Dba Matter Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
An eight-month grant in support of an accelerator program focused on the development of technology-based solutions to meaningfully improve caregiving.
$50,000
Kenwood Oakland Community Organization · Chicago, IL · 2024
A one-year grant to organize and unite older adults to take collective action and advocate for a senior bill of rights for public housing in chicago and illinois.
$50,000
Legal Action Center of the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024
A third-year grant to make substance use disorder treatment for older americans more affordable by building a diverse coalition to advocate successfully for policy and regulatory changes within medicare.
$50,000
Legal Council for Health Justice · Chicago, IL · 2024
A three-year grant for general operating support to address systemic barriers to economic security for older adults.
$50,000
Little Sisters of the Poor St Joseph'S Home for the Elderly · Palatine, IL · 2024
A six-month grant in support of software and infrastructure updates at st. Josephs home.
$50,000
Metropolitan Family Services · Chicago, IL · 2024
A one-year grant to raise the visibility of issues impacting black older adults within advocacy efforts on a state level.
$50,000
National Academy of Social Insurance · Washington, DC · 2024
A one-year grant to engage in narrative change and disseminate information to protect, secure, and strengthen social security for current and future generations of older adults.
$50,000
National Domestic Workers Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
A second-year grant to implement a coalition-based approach to foster collaboration across care advocacy spaces and promote a comprehensive care infrastructure and equitable caregiving solutions.
$50,000
Sage · New York, NY · 2024
A two-year continuation grant to pursue a national housing policy agenda in order to improve access to safe and secure housing for lgbtq+ older people.
$50,000
Southside Together · Chicago, IL · 2024
A one-year grant to expand intergenerational organizing as part of a merger between two organizations committed to community organizing on the south side of chicago.
$50,000
The Gerontological Society of America · Washington, DC · 2024
A three-year grant to continue supporting the reframing aging initiative and establish the national center to frame aging.
$50,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2024
A one-year grant to publish and widely disseminate a year-long series of original, research-grounded, actionable articles aimed at raising awareness about the prevalence and risks of debt among older adults as well as p… read allA one-year grant to publish and widely disseminate a year-long series of original, research-grounded, actionable articles aimed at raising awareness about the prevalence and risks of debt among older adults as well as potential solutions. less
$50,000
University of Massachusetts Boston · Boston, MA · 2024
A one-year continuation grant to provide expert legal counseling and representation to retirees and older workers who need assistance in securing their pension benefits.
$50,000
Ageoptions · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$50,000
Benjamin Rose Institute On Aging · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$50,000
Esperanza Health Centers · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant
$50,000
Habitat for Humanity International · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program grant

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