Grants Awarded in 2019
We funded a robust roster of 19 new grants totaling $29 million to improve the care of older adults. The Foundation made $20.7 million in payments to existing grants in 2019.
First Quarter 2019
University of Washington
Building Public Engagement and Access to Palliative & End-of-Life Care for Persons Living with Serious Illness
Anthony L. Back, MD
$3,447,029
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a)
Aging and Disability Business Institute, Phase 2: Advancing Integration, Partnerships and Payment Models Between Social Services and Health Systems
Sandy Markwood, MA
$2,973,335
American Hospital Association / Health Research & Educational Trust
Age-Friendly Health Systems Leaders Group: 1) Developing Age-Friendly Health Systems Leadership; 2) Transforming HRET’s Hospitals Network to Become More Age-Friendly
Jay Bhatt, DO, MPH, MPA, FACP
$1,957,990
Gerontological Society of America
Sustaining the Reframing Aging Initiative
Patricia M. D’Antonio, BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP
$600,000
Second Quarter 2019
Center for Health Policy Development / National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
The RAISE Act Family Caregiver Resource and Dissemination Center
Kitty Purington, JD
$2,547,867
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC): Improving Access to Quality Palliative Care
Carol Seiger, JD
$1,925,742
National Academy of Sciences / National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness, Phase II
Sharyl Nass, PhD
$250,000
RAND Corporation
Building Capacity for Future Impact Assessment
Regina Shih, PhD
$174,999
Third Quarter 2019
American Geriatrics Society, Inc.
Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) Coordinating Center, Phase II
Nancy E. Lundebjerg, MPA
$2,631,930
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Highlighting Aging & Health: The Older Adult Reporting Project
David Rousseau, MPH
$2,594,330
Massachusetts General Hospital
Moving and Scaling Home-Based Primary Care, Phase II: Quality, Training and Advocacy
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH & Bruce Leff, MD
$850,000
Home Centered Care Institute
Moving and Scaling Home-Based Primary Care, Phase II: Quality, Training and Advocacy
Thomas Cornwell, MD
$385,000
American Academy of Home Care Medicine
Moving and Scaling Home-Based Primary Care, Phase II: Quality, Training and Advocacy
Eric DeJonge, MD & Brent Feorene
$340,000
Fourth Quarter 2019
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative, Phase II
Kedar Mate, MD
$6,026,760
Diverse Elders Coalition
Addressing Unmet Family Caregiving Needs in Diverse Older Communities
Jenna McDavid
$1,199,763
Johns Hopkins University
Engaging Family Caregivers through Shared Access to the Electronic Health Record: Planning for Transformational Change
Jennifer Wolff, PhD
$364,656
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
Dissemination of Best Practice Caregiving: Guiding Organizations to Dementia Programs for Family Caregivers
David M. Bass, PhD
$300,000
Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
Development of the Better Care Playbook, Phase V
Lorie Martin
$204,547
Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale
Evaluation of the Weinberg Center for Elder Justice’s Shelter Model
Joy Solomon, Esq.
$175,000
All Active Grants
Funding Guidelines
The John A. Hartford Foundation makes grants by invitation only.
The Foundation normally makes grants to organizations in the United States which have tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (and are not private foundations within the meaning of section 107(c)(1) of the code), and to state colleges and universities. The Foundation does not make grants to individuals.