Changing Aging
Changing Aging supports organizations and partnerships advancing systems change to expand economic opportunity and social inclusion for older adults beyond a single organization or community.
Funder: Next50 Foundation
Due Dates: January 15, 2027 (Application) | April 9, 2027 (Application) | July 9, 2027 (Application)
Funding Amounts: No maximum request amount; up to two years, with limited multi-year funding
Summary: Supports systems-level change that expands economic opportunity and social inclusion for older adults beyond a single organization or community.
Key Information: Applications are invitation-only; organizations must first request a conversation with Next50.
Description
Changing Aging is Next50 Foundation’s primary grantmaking opportunity for catalyzing national change. It supports organizations, partnerships, and ideas that influence systems, policies, practices, markets, narratives, or institutions affecting older adults. Projects should demonstrate potential to scale, replicate, influence, or accelerate change beyond a single organization or community.
The program focuses on economic opportunity and social inclusion, including public benefits, affordable housing, home modifications and integrated in-home supports, caregiving, transportation, age-inclusive employment, volunteerism, civic engagement, arts, digital participation, and mitigating age bias. Supported strategies include policy development and advocacy, research and evaluation, technology platforms, national partnerships, field and coalition building, learning networks, narrative change, and replicable models. Research-based pilots, feasibility studies, and needs assessments are supported; basic wet-lab science is excluded.
