RTOERO Foundation Annual Grant Program

The RTOERO Foundation's Annual Grant Program is a key initiative aimed at supporting projects that enhance the health, wellness, and social engagement of older adults across Canada. This program is central to the Foundation's mission and is funded entirely through the generosity of donors, primarily RTOERO members.

RTOERO Foundation

Overview of the RTOERO Foundation Annual Grant Program program:

The RTOERO Foundation awards grants between $20,000 to $50,000 to projects that aim to promote social engagement for older adults, pursue innovative research in the field of geriatrics and gerontology and/or improve seniors’ health and wellness.

Benefits of the RTOERO Foundation Annual Grant Program program:

Provides grants ranging from $20,000 to $50,000 to fund projects that enhance seniors health, social engagement, and research.

Eligibility criteria of the RTOERO Foundation Annual Grant Program program:

The RTOERO Foundation will only consider applications from registered Canadian charities or other qualified donees as identified by the Canada Revenue Agency. Eligible applicants must have a Canadian registered charitable number (also known as a Business Number or BN) which is a 15-character code ending with RR0001.
A non-profit group working in partnership with a registered Canadian charity may also apply. Only projects that meet eligibility criteria and fall within one of our funding areas will be considered.
General criteria
In order to be considered for funding, projects must:
Align with the Foundations vision of a society in which all seniors live with dignity and respect
Directly address one or more of the foundations focus areas
Include a detailed, reasonable and rationalized budget
Include measurable activities, outputs and outcomes
Provide proof of ethics approval (if required internally). If internal ethics review is not required by the applicant organization, the project is subject to a third-party ethics review, arranged by the Foundation.
The Foundation has a strong preference for projects that also include:
Sharable, practical output materials targeted to the general public such as toolkits, manuals, videos, etc.
One-year project timeline
Sustainability plan to continue project viability after initial funding period
Partnerships and collaboration with other organizations
Potential to scale and/or replicate project after initial funding period
Experienced project leadership and implementation team