Grants in aging and serious illness care
The John A. Hartford Foundation
Improving care for older adults — age-friendly health systems, family caregiving, and serious illness care. Historically the single most important private funder of gerontological social work.
- Indicative award
- $250k–$3M (total award)Substantial multi-year grants; the foundation funds change in practice, not studies on their own.
- Timing
- By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Largely concept-paper and invitation driven rather than open competition.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Community organisation
- Eligibility
- US non-profits. Approach through a concept conversation — an unsolicited full proposal is rarely the route in.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- age-friendly care · family caregiving · serious illness · practice change
- Apply at
- https://www.johnahartford.org/
- 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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