RRF: Responsive Grants - Advocacy

The Retirement Research Foundation (RRF) offers Responsive Grants for advocacy projects that significantly impact older Americans. These grants support initiatives focused on critical policy issues like economic security and health care. RRF aims to fund projects that use strategic efforts to address systemic challenges and encourage partnerships for resource optimization. Organizations must ensure that RRF funds are not used for lobbying activities. Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations targeting individuals aged 60 and older.

Organizations applying for Advocacy Grants will:

• Maintain a separation between their lobbying and advocacy work;  Describe the activities to be funded by RRF;
• Acknowledge in writing that RRF funds will not be used for lobbying efforts.

Eligibility

Advocacy Grants are provided to nonprofit organizations that are:

• Proposing a project that has a significant impact on persons, age 60 and older
• Focusing on achieving policy change throughout the U.S. or within the state of Illinois.

Ineligibility

While RRF is committed to funding effective advocacy programs, RRF grant funds cannot be used for lobbying efforts to win or defeat any specific pieces of legislation.
RRF generally does not fund:Projects that are not intentionally focused on older people, age 60 and above
Lobbying
General operating expenses or support for ongoing programs without significant changes in strategy or focus
Biomedical research, basic theory development for social science research, or research and development for new technology
Construction of facilities, capital improvements, or computer equipment
Conferences, publications, or production of films and videos unless they are integral components of a larger project
Dissertation research, tuition expenses, or education programs for undergraduate or graduate students