Developing a National Rural Strategy & Reimagining Rural Policy for the 21st Century
Funding Amount
$150,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Developing a National Rural Strategy & Reimagining Rural Policy for the 21st Century
Funder: The SCAN Foundation
Recipient: Brookings Institution
Award Year: 2025
Geographic Scope: National
Strategic Priority: Long-Term Care
Overview
The project will launch a bipartisan commission working to improve federal policies that advance equitable rural prosperity in the 21st century. The Commission's research will include older adults with lived experience, as well as experts in the field of aging. The Commission will propose a national rural strategy that identifies the opportunities and priorities for achieving equitable rural prosperity.- Federal rural policy
- Equitable rural prosperity
- Aging in rural areas
- Lived experience integration
- Bipartisan approach
Focus Areas
What The Scan Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 54
- Total given
- $6.96M
- Median grant
- $78K
- Range
- $8,552–$649K
- By dollars: California 28%, District of Columbia 22%, New York 17%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; Brooklyn, NY; Hamilton, NJ.
- 2% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 54% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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