The 2025 Keiro Grant Program is accepting applications from organizations that provide support to informal, family caregivers or that provide formal (often paid) caregiving services to older adults.
Donor Name: Keiro
State: California
County: Los Angeles County (CA), Orange County (CA), Ventura County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/06/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year
Details:
Keiro is prioritizing programs, services, and projects that focus on enhancing the quality of life for older adults and caregivers in the Japanese American and Japanese-speaking community of Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties.
Goals
- Enhance the quality of life of older adults and their caregivers in the Japanese American and Japanese-speaking community of Los Angeles Orange, and Ventura counties.
- Reach out to and/or reestablish connections with older adults and caregivers, while providing support through community programs and events, and increasing capacity to offer these services.
- Promote accessible, culturally-sensitive programs and services to Community.
Program Areas
- Services to Older Adults
- Asian Americans have the highest life expectancy of all races at 83.5 years, compared to the overall U.S. life expectancy of 76.1 years. Keiro seeks to support individual Japanese American and Japanese-speaking older adults to live healthier and more fulfilling lives, by equipping them with knowledge, resources, and assistance, so they can effectively manage their lives and wellbeing wherever they call home.
- Support of Caregivers
- One in seven people in the U.S. are caregivers. Caregiver demands and burdens are increasing as people live longer and choose to live at home, instead of in residential care facilities. Keiro seeks to support caregivers in the community to assist older adults in need.
Grant funds can be used for:
- Program development to design new programs and/or enhance existing programs and services
- Capacity building to help organizations plan, effectively manage, retool systems or methods, and/or build sustainability
- Core operations to maintain provision of high quality, high demand services with demonstrated outcomes and strong participation.
Funding Information
- Up to 300,000 will be distributed during the 2025 Cycle.
- Funding will be limited to a maximum of $20,000.
Grant Period
The grant period is up to 10 months (March 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025).
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible organizations must meet one of the following criteria:
- Nonprofit organizations that are tax exempt under IRS Section 501(c)(3)
- Community groups that have a 501(c)(3) organization serving as their fiscal sponsor
- Faith-based nonprofit organizations that welcome and serve all members of the community
- Eligible proposals must be for programs, services and projects that:
- Primarily serve older adults and/or caregivers in the Japanese American and Japanese community
- Serve Los Angeles, Orange, and/or Ventura Counties.
- Ineligible Submission Types
- Funds will not be granted to the following:
- Programs, services, and projects that are focused outside of the three identified communities (Los Angeles County, Orange County, and Ventura County)
- Government agencies and institutions
- Medical research
- Individuals
- Fundraising events
- Endowments
- Political campaigns and/or lobbying
- Grant-making institutions and/or pass-through grants.
- Funds will not be granted to the following:
For more information, visit Keiro.
