The John a Hartford Foundation Inc
Historical FunderNew York, New York · EIN 13-1667057 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2025)$25.5M
Organizations funded197
Typical grant$2,500
Total assets$776.3M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $1,000 and $91,399.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2025):
| Contact | PRESIDENT THE JOHN A HARTFORD FOUND |
|---|---|
| Address | 55 EAST 59TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022 |
| Phone | 2128327788 |
| Form and materials | APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE MAILED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS. |
| Deadlines | NO DEADLINES |
| Restrictions | GRANTS ONLY TO EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS UNDER 501 (C)(3) OF THE IRS CODE, AND THAT ARE NOT PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 509 (A) OR A STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF. NO GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS. OUR PROGRAMMATIC AREAS OF EMPHASIS INCLUDE AGE-FRIENDLY HEALTH SYSTEM, FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT AND SERIOUS ILLNESS/END OF LIFE. |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
62% of grants went outside New York.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Boston, MA | Age-Friendly health systems movement - stage 3: embedding, deepening and sustaining 4ms care in health care systems | $2,162,631 |
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Boston, MA | Age-Friendly health systems movement - stage 3: embedding, deepening and sustaining 4ms care in health care systems | $2,066,102 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Disseminating evidence-based messaging about palliative & end-of-life care for persons living with serious illness | $1,231,153 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | Patient priorities care phase iii: dissemination and sustainability | $935,808 |
| Regents of the University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Launching and empowering a national age-friendly health systems research community | $894,883 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | Advancing geriatrics emergency care as the standard of care, phase 5 | $815,990 |
| Center for Health Policy Development National Academy for State Health Pol | Washington, DC | Raise 2.0: the raise act family caregiver implementation and technical assistance center | $798,108 |
| Health Research and Educational Trust | Chicago, IL | Age-Friendly health systems initiative, phase iii: spread and scale | $777,357 |
| Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc | Menands, NY | The health and aging policy fellows program: a pipeline for leaders in aging policy | $776,895 |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | Age-Friendly health systems: ambulatory care continuum evaluation, scale-up and spread | $769,839 |
| Trust for America's Health | Washington, DC | Phase iii: nationally embed and sustain age-friendly public health systems, policies and practices | $769,158 |
| American Geriatrics Society Inc | New York, NY | Geriatrics workforce enhancement program coordinating center (gwep-cc), phase 3.0 | $733,474 |
| Council of Medical Specialty Societies | Chicago, IL | Expanding age-friendly approaches to specialty ambulatory care | $727,992 |
| Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc | Menands, NY | The health and aging policy fellows program: a pipeline for leaders in aging policy | $697,673 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | Moving hospital at home into the mainstream of health care delivery, addressing health equity and supporting family caregiving | $689,650 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | Geriatrics emergency department 4.0: accreditation, dissemination, sustainability and evaluation | $676,256 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | Embedding caregivers into the age-friendly ecosystem: scaling and sustaining the movement | $623,523 |
| National Rural Health Association | Kansas City, MO | National rural age-friendly initiative: implementation grant | $607,181 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | Ready, willing and able: caring for caregivers in age-friendly health systems - dissemination phase | $601,517 |
| Usaging | Washington, DC | Fostering social connection for older adults and caregivers in communities: planning grant | $556,947 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Moving and scaling home-based primary care, phase iii: quality, training, advocacy and policy | $487,393 |
| Fair Health | New York, NY | National initiative to advance cost information in shared decision-making for older adults with serious health conditions: phase II… | $398,112 |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | Bethesda, MD | Publishing and disseminating lessons on innovations to support age-friendly health | $390,986 |
| Center for Health Policy Development National Academy for State Health Pol | Washington, DC | Building state policies to improve care for people with serious illness | $387,894 |
| Gerontological Society of America | Washington, DC | National center to reframe aging: driving toward sustainability and long-term social change | $385,500 |
| Home Centered Care Institute | Schaumburg, IL | Mainstreaming home-based primary care in US health care delivery: meeting the moral imperative of care | $335,006 |
| American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Foundation | Alexandria, VA | Leveraging pharmacists as age-friendly 4ms champions | $320,163 |
| Health Careers Futures | Pittsburgh, PA | Revisiting teaching nursing homes, phase ii: disseminating across pennsylvania | $319,729 |
| Emergency Medicine Foundation | Irving, TX | Geriatrics emergency department 4.0: accreditation, dissemination, sustainability and evaluation | $306,059 |
| New York University | New York, NY | Geriatrics emergency department 4.0: accreditation, dissemination, sustainability and evaluation | $300,222 |
| American Library Association | Chicago, IL | Aging together: an evaluation of library programs for older adults | $261,872 |
| Home Centered Care Institute | Schaumburg, IL | Moving and scaling home-based primary care, phase iii: quality, training, advocacy and policy | $229,889 |
| Health Research and Educational Trust | Washington, IL | Age-Friendly health systems (afhs) award | $200,975 |
| American Academy of Home Care Medicine Inc | Baltimore, MD | Mainstreaming home-based primary care in US health care delivery: meeting the moral imperative of care | $166,304 |
| Grantmakers in Aging | White Plains, NY | Core support renewal: building an aging philanthropy movement | $132,438 |
| Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc | Willimantic, CT | Advocacy core support: advancing health & long-term care for older adults | $125,000 |
| Justice in Aging | Oakland, CA | Advocacy core support: advancing health & long-term care for older adults | $125,000 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Advocacy core support: advancing health & long-term care for older adults | $125,000 |
| Services & Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgender Elders Inc (Sag | New York, NY | Advocacy core support: advancing health & long-term care for older adults | $125,000 |
| Northwell Health Inc | Westbury, NY | Northwell aging institute - advancing age-friendly care through an experiential training program | $125,000 |
| Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Older adults at risk: the future of medicaid and the older americans act | $125,000 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | Mainstreaming home-based primary care in US health care delivery: meeting the moral imperative of care | $121,702 |
| American Academy of Home Care Medicine Inc | Baltimore, MD | Moving and scaling home-based primary care, phase iii: quality, training, advocacy and policy | $120,915 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | Moving and scaling home-based primary care, phase iii: quality, training, advocacy and policy | $110,832 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | National academy of medicine scholars in diagnostic excellence | $107,598 |
| Community Catalyst Inc | Boston, MA | General operating support: advancing equity for older adults | $102,794 |
| American Hospital Association | Chicago, DC | Afhs award | $100,000 |
| Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc | Willimantic, CT | General operating support: advancing equity for older adults | $100,000 |
| Justice in Aging | Oakland, CA | General operating support: advancing health equity for older adults | $100,000 |
| Essentials Hospitals Institute | Washington, DC | Afhs for essential hospitals | $91,399 |
| The Leapfrog Group | Washington, DC | A feasibility study for a leapfrog rating of u.s. nursing homes | $50,000 |
| National Committee for Quality Assurance | Washington, DC | For completion of pco hedis measure cycle - supporting age friendly health systems: expanding to payers to drive value-based care… | $50,000 |
| Daffy Charitable Fund | Los Altos, CA | General support | $50,000 |
| St Lawrence University | Canton, NY | General support | $50,000 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | Liam and so-june donohue charitable fund (#1080755) | $50,000 |
| Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation | Bronx, NY | Quality of care in nursing homes / age-friendly bronx initiative | $50,000 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | Thomas e reilly jr and elizabeth a palmer fidelity charitable gift trust | $50,000 |
| Ayco Charitable Foundation | Cohoe, NY | The wolff prince family fund | $49,993 |
| Coalition to Transform Advanced Care | Washington, DC | Convening on community based palliative care | $48,400 |
| National Committee for Quality Assurance | Washington, DC | Funding for market feasibility: ncqa age-friendly medicare advantage plan evaluation program | $45,370 |
Showing the 60 largest of 197 grants to organizations.
Grants approved for future payment
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Development Center Inc | Waltham, MA | Augmentation to the expanding evidence-based comprehensive dementia care grant (2024-0254) for guide model learning communities | $2,241,635 |
| Health Research and Educational Trust | Chicago, IL | Age-Friendly health systems initiative, phase iii: spread and scale | $2,059,353 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | Advancing geriatrics emergency care as the standard of care, phase 5 | $1,583,977 |
| American Geriatrics Society Inc | New York, NY | Geriatrics workforce enhancement program coordinating center (gwep-cc), phase 3.0 | $1,540,946 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | Embedding caregivers into the age-friendly ecosystem: scaling and sustaining the movement | $1,335,658 |
| American College of Surgeons | Chicago, IL | Geriatrics surgery verification (gsv) phase iii: age-friendly surgery, a delirium-focused entry to gsv | $1,314,595 |
| New York University | New York, NY | Advancing geriatrics emergency care as the standard of care, phase 5 | $1,225,630 |
| National Alliance for Caregiving | Washington, DC | Act on raise campaign | $1,212,677 |
| Emergency Medicine Foundation | Irving, TX | Advancing geriatrics emergency care as the standard of care, phase 5 | $1,064,128 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Mainstreaming home-based primary care in US health care delivery: meeting the moral imperative of care | $1,055,256 |
| Institute for Healthcare Improvement | Boston, MA | Age-Friendly health systems: global expert meeting and strategic convening in utrecht | $1,041,921 |
| American Hospital Association | Washington, DC | Age-Friendly health systems (afhs) award | $959,281 |
| Regents University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | Expanding evidence-based comprehensive dementia care | $936,606 |
| Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc | New York, NY | The health and aging policy fellows program: a pipeline for leaders in aging policy | $812,354 |
| Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc | Bethesda, MD | Publishing and disseminating lessons on innovations to support age-friendly health | $809,014 |
| Center for Health Policy Development National Academy for State Health Pol | Portland, ME | Raise 2.0: the raise act family caregiver implementation and technical assistance center | $794,103 |
| Council of Medical Specialty Societies | Chicago, IL | Expanding age-friendly approaches to specialty ambulatory care | $772,008 |
| Gerontological Society of America | Washington, DC | National center to reframe aging: driving toward sustainability and long-term social change | $771,000 |
| American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Foundation | Alexandria, VA | Leveraging pharmacists as age-friendly 4ms champions | $706,140 |
| National Rural Health Association | Kansas City, MO | Membership support (2025)organization level 1 member dues: 09/01/2025 to 08/31/2026excludes $34.75 non-taxable portion. | $624,301 |
| Home Centered Care Institute | Schaumburg, IL | Mainstreaming home-based primary care in US health care delivery: meeting the moral imperative of care | $598,182 |
| Usaging | Washington, DC | Fostering social connection for older adults and caregivers in communities: planning grant | $569,336 |
| Leadingage Inc | Washington, DC | Membership support (2025) | $567,756 |
| American Academy of Home Care Medicine Inc | Baltimore, MD | Mainstreaming home-based primary care in US health care delivery: meeting the moral imperative of care | $459,107 |
| American Society on Aging | San Francisco, CA | General support | $272,741 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | Mainstreaming home-based primary care in US health care delivery: meeting the moral imperative of care | $254,781 |
| Care for All With Respect and Equity (Care) Fund | New York, NY | Advocacy core support: advancing health & long-term care for older adults | $250,000 |
| Center for Medicare Advocacy Inc | Willimantic, CT | Advocacy core support: advancing health & long-term care for older adults | $250,000 |
| Diverse Elders Coalition | New York, NY | Advocacy core support: advancing health & long-term care for older adults | $250,000 |
| Justice in Aging | Oakland, CA | Advocacy core support: advancing health & long-term care for older adults | $250,000 |
| United States Conference of Mayors | Washington, DC | Supporting family caregivers of older adults: a national city survey and engagement initiative | $225,522 |
| American Library Association | Chicago, IL | Aging together: an evaluation of library programs for older adults | $126,491 |
| Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | Older adults at risk: the future of medicaid and the older americans act | $125,000 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $25,484,063 | 230 |
| 2024 | $24,305,979 | 213 |
| 2023 | $23,870,685 | 149 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed Sep 15, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202602589349100025
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-1667057
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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