AARP Purpose Prize
An annual prize for people aged 50 and over who founded nonprofits serving the needs of Americans 50+, giving cash plus a year of organisational support to grow the nonprofit's impact.
- Indicative award
- $75k (total award)$75,000 per winner plus a year of organisational support from AARP.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Mar, Apr, MayNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Applications are currently closed. The 2026 window ran 9 March 2026 to 1 May 2026 (age eligibility measured as of 1 May 2026); AARP states details of the next call will be posted in early 2027.
- Who can apply
- Practitioner, Community organisation, Mid-career & senior
- Eligibility
- Applicant must be 50 or older, a legal resident of the 50 U.S. states or Washington DC, and the founder of a nonprofit whose work addresses the needs of Americans aged 50 and over. Individual founders apply directly; no academic affiliation required.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- encore careers · older adults · nonprofit founders · social innovation
- Apply at
- https://www.aarp.org/purpose-prize/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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