Grimes-King Foundation for the Elderly Grant

Grimes-King Foundation for the Elderly Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Grimes King Foundation For The Elderly Inc
Amount: US $1,000 - US $20,000
Last Updated: March 18, 2026

Summary

The Grimes-King Foundation for the Elderly Grant focuses on improving the quality of life for low-income elderly African American women in Boston. It supports essential services such as housing, healthcare, and social services, aiming to alleviate isolation and enhance community resources. With grant amounts ranging from $1,000 to $20,000, the foundation prioritizes programs that empower beneficiaries and promote their self-reliance, fostering a more connected and healthy community for seniors.

Overview

NOTE: Multi-year grants are by invitation only. Our Mission Grimes King Foundation addresses the quality of life of low-income, elderly, women of African American descent in the Boston area. The Foundation’s primary commitment is to support program efforts concerned with meeting the housing, health care, transportation, social service and mental health needs of the Foundation’s beneficiaries, as well as promote greater understanding of relevant social and economic policy issues in order to encourage development of needed resources. Our Vision Grimes-King Foundation will work as a change agent, advocating for low-income, elderly, women of African descent and also act as a catalyst to develop needed resources to meet their need. It will leverage its resources through partnership and focus funding. Our Values Leadership & Stewardship: Strong leadership and organizational effectiveness lead to a stewardship of passion and commitment, recognizing and honoring the organization’s historical legacy.Community-Driven Determination: Our programs, practices, and grant-making are driven by the needs of the individuals and communities we serve; therefore, our funding supports organizations addressing the needs of elderly women of African descent.Education Through Advocacy: It is important to serve as a voice representing elderly women of African Descent, promoting greater understanding, and impacting the social and economic policies that will generate needed resources and direct them towards that community.Enabling Self-Reliance: Support, caring and compassion enabling elderly women of African descent to be self-reliant, realizing the Divine blessings of longer, healthier, more satisfying and joy-filled lives. Grimes-King Foundation for the Elderly Grant Priorities Today, we continue to acknowledge and celebrate our generations of visionary leaders – those activists whose extraordinary work resulted in the legacy of hope that our grants perpetuate. We are pleased that programs funded by our grants to local area non-profits and smaller grass-roots organizations, either directly or indirectly, reach approximately 10,200+ elderly African American/Black women living in Boston. This through direct services as well as advocacy and public information. Our annual grants also fund the delivery of personal care and other domestic services to over 1,650 women, annually. We currently fund the following program priorities: Housing: Has been central to our operations since 1864. In 2021-22 the Board focused on the positive benefits of keeping seniors at home, as long as possible, by supporting bill-paying services, increased accessibility improvements, minor home repairs, and affordable housing to prevent senior homeless.Health Care: Includes access to medical/mental/dental health services, early diagnosis and management of life-changing illnesses like Diabetes, Cancer and Alzheimer’s, as well as access to home-care services, healthy food, nutrition tips, and participation in fitness activities.Social Services: Since 2012 the Board has focused on reducing elder isolation and depression - particularly in 2020 and beyond, as isolation has been exacerbated by COVID - elder abuse, transportation, and programs focused on improving knowledge about and access to needed support services.Advocacy: Another priority dating back to 1860, translates into supporting elders advocating for and promoting policy changes impacting their lives, and the lives of seniors in general. Advocacy was re-affirmed as a priority in 2012 and again in 2019 through the strategic planning process.Digital Connectivity: Became a priority in 2014 when, gaining access to affordable Internet services and/or the equipment to access it, became a documented digital divide, handicapping seniors in general and Grimes King’s population specifically. This divide continues to distance elders from their family, friends as well as service providers. Funding Our grants range from $1,000 to $20,000. We typically make one-year grants. Multi-year grants are by invitation only.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The Grimes‐King Foundation primarily funds direct program services and advocacy efforts benefiting our constituents. However, during the COVID-pandemic, the Foundation also provided general operating and capital grants, to ensure agency continuity and sustainability.The Grimes King Foundation currently distributes funding to a diverse group of nonprofit organizations and community groups serving our target population through the following three funds:The General FundWalter R. Jennings, Jr. Emergency FundThe Laura B. Morris Micro-GrantsIf your organization is part of a national or regional organization, your budget narrative must include the amount that the national or regional organization contributes to your efforts, generally, and to the initiative, we are asked to fund.