The AARP® Purpose Prize® award is a national award in the United States that celebrates people 50 and older who are using their life experience to make a difference. Through the Purpose Prize award, AARP celebrates the creativity, innovation, and inspiration that life experience brings. Applicants must have started the work at age 40 or older, and the work should be taking place at the time of the application. Applicant’s Founded Non-Profit must be mission-driven and be able to show the social impact of its work. Grants range from $10,000 to $50,000.

Relevant program areas include:

• Intergenerational work (opportunities for different generations to come together to share their experience, knowledge, and skills)

• Rethinking the workplace (jobs, work environments, alternative approaches)

• Caregiving and caregiver resources (support for vulnerable populations and the people who care for them)

• Public health (protecting and improving the health of people and their communities by addressing healthy lifestyles, nutrition, disease prevention, mental health, addiction, maternal health, etc.)

• Financial health (financial stability, resilience, economic opportunity, etc.)

• Hunger (food insecurity, waste, distribution, etc.)

• Affordable housing (safe, well-managed, and affordable housing and services)

• Social connections (reducing isolation among vulnerable community members)

• Civic engagement and community development (helping people be active participants in building and strengthening their communities)

• Diversity, equity and inclusion (improving the representation, fair treatment and experiences of underserved populations)

• Environmental issues (combatting the challenges facing the planet)

• Education (school- or community-based programs that help children attain educational goals)

• Youth development (programs that are not school-based that serve the needs of vulnerable children and teens)

• Arts and culture (using art and culture as tools to engage communities in positive change)

• Peace and security rights (establishing or preserving justice and equality by peaceful means)

• Homelessness (addressing the needs of the homeless population)

• Veterans (providing services for veterans, advocating for veterans' rights, empowering veterans)

• Animal protection (ensuring animal welfare, promoting animal companionship with vulnerable populations)

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