Grantmakers In Aging is seeking nominations for the 2025 John Feather Equity in Aging Philanthropy Award.
At GIA, our vision is a just and inclusive world where all people are fully valued, recognized, and engaged at all ages. This aspiration demands adapting and reimagining the structures, systems, and funding strategies that were developed when lives were significantly shorter.
GIA defines prioritizing equity as treating everyone fairly. An equity emphasis seeks to render justice by addressing structural factors that harm some social groups/communities and benefit others. When philanthropy seeks to prioritize equity, aging should feature prominently. Overlooking the challenges and contributions of older people — particularly in communities experiencing disadvantages — amounts to perpetuating health inequities and other disparities which accumulate over a lifetime.
Funders can reach more people and amplify their impact by applying an aging lens to all investments. This is true whether we invest in improving the justice system; economic security; re-entry from incarceration; biomedical research and clinical trials; healthcare and social services; climate and disaster resilience; mental health; LGBTQ+ issues; racial, ethnic, and gender equity; rural communities; or civil rights and a healthy democracy.
Those who already fund in aging can also maximize their impact by considering and supporting a wide spectrum of issues to improve access to the resources needed for a good later life.
Submission Deadline
June 13, 2025
