Resource Library

Read this one page overview about Grantmakers In Aging (GIA), outlining our mission, vision, and the ways we support and connect funders working toward a more just and inclusive world where all people are fully valued, recognized, and engaged at all ages. 

Grantmakers In Aging (GIA) offers this digital sharing kit to accompany our new publication, Better with Age: A Guide to Funding in a Longevity Society.  

This report highlights key activities and takeaways and previews future programming around the OAA Reauthorization campaign.

Better with Age: A Guide to Funding in a Longevity Society reviews the landscape of funding in aging and presents opportunities for funders to increase their impact by considering how aging intersects with their investments.

A fact sheet outlines how congress and philanthropy can work together to strengthen the Older Americans Act to better meet the social needs that COVID-19 revealed and match funding levels to the growth of the older population and the true cost of aging in America.

Grantmakers In Aging and Grantmakers In Health (GIH) responded to a request for feedback about the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA) from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP).

The field of impact investing has developed over more than five decades, gaining traction as a lever for driving social change and equity, and as a prudent investment strategy. Many types of organizations have taken up the approach, including foundations, faith-based organizations, health systems, pension funds, insurance companies, corporations, wealth managers, banks fulfilling the Community Reinvestment Act, and individuals seeking social and environmental benefits alongside financial returns. Government is also a frequent partner. Still, impact investing is relatively new to many philanthropic funders, which has led trustees, staff, and fiduciaries generally to ask how they could or should apply impact investing and broader social investing techniques to advance their missions and values.

Across the United States, Multisector Plans for Aging are driving public-private partnerships at the highest level of state government. Globally, 128 countries have national or subnational plans on aging. These plans have the potential to influence policies and funding mechanisms across sectors with corresponding metrics to track impact.

This guide takes a deep dive into the topic of impact investing and highlights funders across the GIA network and beyond who are leveraging impact investments to create healthier, more age-integrated communities.

This guide is intended to give GIA members and other funders an understanding of impact investing — specifically within the philanthropic context — by defining key terms and sharing examples of how it is already being used. 

Part of Grantmakers In Aging’s Moving Ahead Together initiative, supported by Gilead Sciences, this document offers a detailed framework of recommendations for strengthening the integration of HIV and aging care and services through increased understanding, more customized programs, closer cross-sector connection, and stronger policymaking. Three main sections. Focus Area #1: Complexities and Challenges, explores the broader social context, including stigma. Focus Area #2: Integrating and Improving Care and Services, emphasizes the need for whole-person care and examines medical care, mental and behavioral health care, and social and psychosocial support. Focus Area #3: The Way Forward, looks at policy and how to update it to reflect the graying of HIV.

This report summarizes key issues relevant to understanding complex care and offers resources and case studies for funders interested in entering the field or deepening their existing work. It also profiles funding opportunities, explores existing models, and shares philanthropic lessons learned.