Grants
We funded a robust roster of 21 new grants totaling $15,944,666 million to improve the care of older adults. The Foundation made $21,648,121 million in payments to existing grants in 2021.
View Grants Awarded by Quarter
First Quarter 2021
Trust for America’s Health
Ensuring Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine for Homebound Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities
$150,000
National Committee for Quality Assurance
Supporting Age-Friendly Health Systems: Implementing and Disseminating Person-Driven Outcome Measures
$1,459,244
Second Quarter 2021
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) 3.0: Expanding Dissemination and Enhancing Evaluation
$925,268
Yale University
Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) 3.0: Expanding Dissemination and Enhancing Evaluation
$680,803
Age-Friendly Foundation (dba Age-Friendly Institute)
Promoting an Age-Friendly Ecosystem: Harnessing Consumer Insights to Advance “Age-Friendly” in Health Care and Across Settings
$1,500,000
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Engaging Family Caregivers through Shared Access to the Electronic Health Record
$1,476,784
Health Careers Futures
Revisiting the Teaching Nursing Home
$594,110
Convergence Center for Policy Resolution
Convergence Dialogue on Reimagining Care for Older Adults
$453,777
FAIR Health
A National Initiative to Advance Cost Information in Shared Decision-Making for Serious Health Conditions
$233,022
Third Quarter 2021
American College of Surgeons
Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) Phase II: Evaluation and Improvement
$1,987,215
Education Development Center
National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment Phase III: Expanding the Impact of the Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Toolkit
$1,650,000
Fourth Quarter 2021
University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care Program: Creating a Sustainable Health Systems Model for National Dissemination
$2,093,074
Diverse Elders Coalition
Strengthening Training and Advocacy Capacity to Support Diverse Family Caregivers
$1,350,000
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
Best Practice Caregiving Phase III: Consumer Version
$450,000
American Society on Aging
Advancing Equity in Aging
$341,725
Center for Health Care Strategies
Development of the Better Care Playbook, Phase VI
$200,000
National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care
National Study on the Impact of COVID-19 in Senior Living, Phase II
$100,000
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Advancing Diagnostic Excellence: A Workshop Series
$95,000
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
National Academy of Medicine Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence
$94,644
Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine
Diagnostic Excellence Small Grants Program
$60,000
Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine
Fellowship in Diagnostic Excellence Program
$50,000
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.
Inside the Annual Report
Supporting our Careforce
Learn how we are supporting the workforce that cares for older adults in collaboration with grantees and partners.
Financials
Responsiveness and diversity enabled the Foundation’s financials to grow through an economically turbulent time.
Leadership and Staff
Advancing our critical mission to improve the care of older adults could not be possible without tireless teamwork.