Twice per year, The Sarah Ralston Foundation awards grant funding to qualified nonprofits who serve vulnerable, underserved older adults in Philadelphia. (Visit our 2023 Impact Report.) Grants for General Operating Support are awarded each spring, and grants for Innovative Project Support are awarded each fall.  The following directory provides critical information on our General Operating Support Grantee Partners. 

ARTZ Philadelphia

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Opens doors to people living with dementia by looking, listening, and engaging with the arts. 

Website: artzphilly.org
Address: 1229 Chestnut Street / Suite 188 / Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (610) 721-1606
Volunteer: https://www.artzphilly.org/volunteer/

The pandemic has taken, and continues to take, a tremendous toll on people living with dementia and on their care partners. It has challenged the capacity of small non-profits like ours to serve. This grant will ensure that in ARTZ Philadelphia's 11th year, we will be able to continue providing in-person and online programs that enhance the quality of life of people affected by dementia in our region and are of, by, and for those we serve.
ARTZ Philadelphia

Broad Street Love

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Helps Philadelphians living in deep poverty to stabilize.

Website: www.broadstreetlove.org
Address: PO Box 22656 / Philadelphia, PA 19110
Phone: (215) 735-4847
Volunteer Information Or email Justin Hart

Broad Street Love emphasizes hospitality in its model serving Philadelphians impacted by poverty. This grant award from the Sarah Ralston Foundation represents a new partnership which will drive transformative, life-sustaining services offered without barriers to thousands of our neighbors.
Broad Street Love

CARIE

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

The Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elders promotes the well-being, rights and autonomy of the Elders.

Website: carie.org
Address: 1650 Arch Street / Suite 1825 /Philadelphia. PA 19103
Phone: (215)545-5728

We are so grateful for the support of the Sarah Ralston Foundation. This grant will help strengthen our advocacy efforts over the next year and reach even more older adults.
CARIE

Center in the Park

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Promotes positive aging and fosters community connections for older adults whose voices are critical instruments in shaping its activities and direction. 

Website: www.centerinthepark.org
Address: 5818 Germantown Ave / Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone: (215) 848-7722

What a breath of fresh air it is to have a new foundation dedicated solely to supporting Aging Services! The funding climate is challenging for nonprofits working with older adults, as foundations continue to change their funding priorities and narrow their scope, never to the benefit of aging services providers. We are thrilled to see the Sarah Ralston Foundation form and create this space, and we are thrilled to be a partner.
Center in the Park

Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Delivers nutritious meals and warm greetings to homebound neighbors. 

Website: www.chestnuthillmow.org
Address: 1710 Bethlehem Pike Flourtown, PA 19031
Phone: (215) 233-5555
Volunteer Information

Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels exists to help ensure that no senior in our community goes hungry and forgotten. The grant from the Sarah Ralston Foundation will allow us to say yes to those low-income neighbors who most need healthy meals and caring connection.
Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels

Connectedly

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Strengthens community support networks, reduces social isolation and improves the wellbeing of older adults.  

Website: www.connectedly.org
Address: 4100 Main St./ Suite 403 / Philadelphia, PA 19127-1623
Phone: (215) 487-3000

Thank you to the Sarah Ralston Foundation! Connectedly will utilize this grant to provide much needed services to reduce loneliness and social isolation for low-income older adults in Philadelphia.
Connectedly

Face to Face

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Provides a safe environment and practical tools, which enable the people of the community to confront personal challenges, empower their lives and fulfill their unique potential.

Website: facetofacegermantown.org
Address: 123 E Price Street / Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone: (267)575-7103

Support from the Sarah Ralston Foundation comes at a critical time for Face to Face and the guests we serve in Germantown. In a rapidly changing community, elderly residents can be especially vulnerable as housing and other basic needs become more limited. We’re looking forward to collaborating with the foundation in addressing these challenges in Northwest Philadelphia.
Face to Face

Federation Housing, Inc.

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

Develops, builds and manages affordable independent housing.

Website: federationhousing.org
Address: 8900 Roosevelt Blvd. / Philadelphia, PA 19115
Phone: (215) 673-6446

Federation Housing is honored to be a recipient and partner of the Sarah Ralston Foundation’s inaugural General Operating Support grant cycle. This generous grant will greatly impact our low- income seniors as we will be able to expand our meal programs, transportation services and enriching social programs that enable our residents to continue to live independently and with an enhanced quality of life.”
Federation Housing, Inc.

Generations on Line

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Reduces isolation and provides easy, fast, free digital skills for elders.

Website: generationsonline.org
Address: 1017 Clinton  Street / Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215)922-3244

The wonderful advantage of this unrestricted grant is allowing us to dream, experiment, and explore! We will examine emerging needs and have the time to explore solutions.
Generations on Line

Intergenerational Community Alliances and Program

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

Focuses on palliative and hospice related issues in Black and Brown communities.

Website: www.icap-inc.com
Address: P.O. Box 34775 / Philadelphia, PA 19101
Phone: (215) 221-4249

Intergenerational Community Alliances & Programs Inc. (ICAP INC.) is appreciative of being selected as a grant recipient. It will assist with operational expenses to enable us to continue workshops to motivate seniors to engage in "The Talk" or conversations about life issues and end of life planning.
ICAP

Joseph J Hill Ralston/Mercy- Douglass House

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

Provides a place where older adults can go to receive services and socialization. 

Website: wwww.mercydouglass.org
Address: 3817 Market Street / Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 382-5110

Receiving this grant means that we have been recognized for our continued efforts to contribute to the improvement of housing and the quality of life for our senior community at large. It also means that we can now offer more services and activities that will focus on keeping the residents at the Joseph J. Hill Ralston/Mercy Douglass House moving, involved, and engaged. This will combat feelings of loneliness, anxiety, and worthlessness. We make every effort to support the overall well-being of our residents and this grant will allow us to do just that.
Mercy-Dougass House

Kiths Integrated and Targeted Human Services

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Serves the needs of Asian Americans, immigrants and refugees.  

Website: kithservices.org
Address: 4923 Old York Road, 1st Floor / Philadelphia, PA 19141
Phone:(215) 278-6222
Volunteer Opportunities: Contact Nary Kith at nkith@kithsinc.org

This grant will support KITHS with continuing to serve the Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee older adult population. The grant will help secure additional resources such as access to low-income benefits, healthy and sustainable food access, and education about various community supports.
Kiths

KleinLife

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

KleinLife provides essential services to seniors, fostering a healthy, multicultural, and multigenerational community where seniors can age in place with dignity and social connection.

Website: kleinlife.org
Address: 10100 Jamison Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19116
Phone: (215) 698-7300

Let's See if We Can Help, Inc

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Let’s See if We Can Help, Inc. empowers lower-income Philadelphia residents through financial literacy initiatives, providing education and guidance on estate planning, property rights, and other economic matters.

Website: letsseeifwecanhelp.org
Address:  P.O. Box 8462, Philadelphia, PA. 19101
Phone:215-665-8285

Love Pray Peace Project

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Provides compassionate-centered living communities and services to homeless veterans and families, offering education, empowerment, and housing support to over 1500 individuals since 2014.

Website: lp3.org
Address: 6948 Torresdale Ave Philadelphia, PA 19135
Phone: (267) 687-7743

The grant funding from The Sarah Ralston Foundation will fulfill a critical need in assisting veterans and homeless individuals with the necessities they need when moving into permanent housing such as sheets, silverware, toiletries, and cleaning supplies. It will also allow us to provide more intense case management by providing our case managers with gas cards and grocery store gift cards to visit our guests in person and also to help the veterans with food insecurities purchase fresh fruit and food. Funding from charitable organizations such as The Sarah Ralston Foundation is instrumental in continuing the gratifying work we do every day to make our communities better. We are so blessed to be recognized among the many wonderful organizations here in Philadelphia working hard on the front lines to make change in other human lives! This funding will positively impact at least 20 of our veterans and homeless individuals and we are excited to showcase the impact of your generosity. Thank you so much!
Love Pray Peace Project

Lutheran Children and Family Services of Eastern Pennsylvania

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

Provides vulnerable people with care, shelter, education and advocacy. 

Website: lutheran.org/community-services/senior-community-center
Address: 1016 N. 41st Street /Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 386- 0379
Volunteer: Contact Dana Barnes at dbarnes@lshphilly.org.

I love what I do because I have the opportunity to impact lives.” This is extremely important to Lutheran Children and Family Services. This grant will allow us to meet costs that are not covered by current funding. Ultimately, the grant money is not just supporting a business, but a vision.
Lutheran Children and Family Services

Masjid Al-Wasatiyah

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Provides a safe haven for Muslim American family constituents we are predominantly older adults.

Website: www.alwasatiyatu.org
Address: 5727 Hoffman Ave. / Philadelphia, PA 19143
Phone: (215) 747-1700

Morivivi Latino Cancer Support Group

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Supports Latinas in Philadelphia with a breast cancer diagnosis. 

Website: grupomorivivicancer.org
Address: P.O. Box 14516 / Philadelphia, PA 19115
Phone: (267) 539-3446

United Brethren in Christ

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Nurtures and empowers future generations, fostering faith, developing talents, and igniting a passion for serving within and beyond the community.

Website: newlifeubc.org
Address: 5901 Larchwood Ave Philadelphia, PA 19143
Phone: (267) 255-3566

Northern Living Center by North City Congress 

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Provides services to older adults at their community center, and provides behavioral health and wellness programs.

Website: northernliving.org
Address: 827 N. Franklin St. / Philadelphia, PA 19123
Phone: (215) 978-1300
Volunteer Information: Kamryn Bonds: Kbonds@North-City.org / (215)978-1300

This grant allows Northern Living Senior Center by North City Congress to extend our reach in service to older adults in Philadelphia to extend far beyond what we could have done alone. As a General Operating Support Grant recipient, our program will continue to combat social isolation, food insecurity, and unaddressed mental health and wellness needs. We will do so by engaging older adults with opportunities to learn, grow, and live full and enriched lives. We are tremendously grateful and eager to serve!
Northern Living Senior Center

Northwest Community Court Program

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Provides resources for families with food insecurities and assists older citizens with reentry who have served 15 years or more. 

Website: nid.org/northwest-community-court-program
Address: 2334 W. Hunting Park Ave. / Philadelphia, PA 19140
Phone: (267) 528-9133
Volunteer Coordinator: Mattie Miller, (267) 519-7654

This investment enables the Northwest Community Court Program to realize our vision for the community and sustain our ongoing activities.
Northwest Community Court Program

Northwest Mutual Aid Collective

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Supplies nutritious and healthy food to seniors, disabled residents, cancer patients, and low-income families. 

Website: www.northwestmutualaidcollective.org
Address: 5608 Baynton Street / Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone:(484) 640-2792

Your grant will be instrumental in sustaining our crucial efforts to nourish individuals in the Northwest section of Philadelphia. With the support of organizations like yours, we can effectively address and bridge the food insecurity gap among BIPOC communities in this specific region.
Northwest Mutual Aid Collective

Penn's Village

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Assists older neighbors to live independently in their homes by providing caring services and programs.

Website: pennsvillage.org
Address: 201 S. 21st Street / Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 925-7333

This grant is pivotal to our efforts to continue our outreach in central Philadelphia to older vulnerable and underserved adults who wish to stay in their own homes as long as possible, with services and programs that decrease loneliness and isolation and increase their quality of life.
Penns Village

Philadelphia Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Advocates and mitigates for the release of elderly men and women in prison.

Website: phillyappsrp.wordpress.com
Address: 5818 Germantown Avenue / Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone Number: (202) 696-4718

The operating grant is very much appreciated as sometimes advocating on behalf of a population mostly invisible and hidden from society can be daunting as the task is mammoth and resources scarce in returning them back to their families and communities. But the Ralston Foundation just gave PhillyAPP-HRC the push to not give up on our work, our aging prisoners, and ourselves.
PhillyAPP-HRC

Philadelphia Corporation for Aging Emergency Fund

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

 

Provides support when all other resources have been exhausted for utilities, food, clothing, repairs, medication and other essential expenses. 

Website: pcacares.org
Address: 642 N. Broad Street / Philadelphia, PA 19130-3424
Phone: (215) 765-9000

We are grateful to the Sarah Ralston Foundation for their grant of $50,000 to the Emergency Fund. The award of $50,000 will provide heat for over 50 households of older residents of Philadelphia next winter.
PCA Emergency Fund

Philadelphia VIP, Inc.

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Philadelphia VIP has advanced access to justice for low-income Philadelphians by providing quality volunteer legal services, preventing homelessness, promoting family stability, preserving income, and supporting community economic development.

Website: phillyvip.org
Address: Two Penn Center 1500 John F Kennedy Blvd Suite 1850 Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: (215) 523-9550
Volunteer Information

Rebuilding Together Philadelphia

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Repairs homes, revitalizes communities, and rebuilds lives. 

Website: www.rebuildingphilly.org/
Address: 3001 Stokley St., 1st Fl, Philadelphia, PA 19129
Phone: (215) 967-0777
Volunteer Information

This grant enables us to deepen our work with senior homeowners living on low and fixed incomes to maintain their homes in healthy and safe conditions.
Rebuilding Together Philadelphia

StudentsCare

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

StudentsCare connects undergraduate healthcare students with isolated seniors, and their families, providing fun, friendship, and support to enhance their quality of life.

Website: students-care.org
10840 Southwest 113 Place
Miami, FL 33167
Phone: (305) 814-3950
Volunteer Information: Contact Tami Robinson

The Center-Philadelphia

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Connects people through creativity, compassion, and community engagement.  

Website: thecenterphiladelphia.org
Address: 55 N. Broad Street / Philadelphia, PA 19107

Funding from the Sarah Ralston Foundation will enable us to expand services with our most vulnerable neighbors experiencing homelessness, our seniors. Housing is a basic human right. We all deserve safe, affordable and accessible housing and even more so in our senior years. We are grateful for the support of the Sarah Ralston Foundation in partnering with us to make housing justice a reality.
The Center-Philadelphia

The Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Provides health and human services organization of the Asian American community. 

Website: www.jaisohn.org
Address: 6705 Old York Road / Philadelphia, PA 19046
Phone: (215) 549-5400

This grant means Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation will continue to serve the vulnerable AAPI seniors with its unique holistic healthcare and human services delivered with cultural competency in accessible languages. These seniors face many interrelated challenges stemming from poverty, cultural differences, language barrier and skills necessary to navigate the system.
Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation

Urban Affair Coalition - Grand Central

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Provides a place where older adults can go to receive services and socialization, support to families raising their grandchildren. 

Website: uac.org
Address: 1211 Chestnut Street / Suite 200 / Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (215) 557-1554

What a blessing it is to receive funds from Sarah Ralston Foundation.This grant will allow us to serve and connect to more vulnerable older caregivers.It also means that we can offer more resources in a more meaningful way.
Urban Affairs Coalition

Urban Resources and Development Corporation

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Stabilizes housing and communities through the repair of homes for seniors and low-income people. 

Website: www.buildgermantown.org
Address: 6001 Germantown Avenue / Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone: (267) 289-2159
Volunteer Information: Contact Joseph Waldo at executivedirector.urdc@gmail.com

The Urban Resources Development Corporation assists one senior each week in northwest Philadelphia with home repairs that they are unable to afford themselves. Operating grant support from The Sarah Ralston Foundation is instrumental in ensuring that these seniors not only “age in place” in healthier, safer homes but also not be displaced by the increasing gentrification that is occurring in our community.
URDC

UUH Outreach Program

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Supports the goals of people 60 and older in achieving independence, dignity and quality of life in their homes and communities.

Website: www.uuhoutreach.org
Address: 22 W. Rittenhouse St. / Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone: (215) 843-5881

This generous grant from the Sarah Ralston Foundation allows us to be creative in partnering with older adults to achieve their goals. It provides us with an extra cushion so we can use these funds in a meaningful, but also flexible, way.
UUH Outreach

VisionLink

2024 General Operating Support Grantee

Philadelphia’s largest service provider for people experiencing vision loss. It offers education, support services, and community connections to help people achieve greater independence and well-being.

Website: visionlinkphl.org
Address: PO box 1758 Bensalem, PA 19020
Phone:(215) 627-0600

VisionLink is thrilled to be a Sarah Ralston Foundation grantee! Our missions are beautifully aligned, which is what makes this grant funding so meaningful. With your support, we can continue to expand VisionLink’s reach, providing education and instruction, enrichment experiences, and important connections to resources and peers in ways that build community and independence for adults with vision loss. Through our educational programming, clients will receive support in how to navigate their homes and environments safely and efficiently through task-specific workshops and skill building, such as adaptive skills for the home kitchen, identifying currency, managing medication, and other daily tasks. Funding will be utilized to continue to offer our services and programs via community-based programming, remote and in-person educational and training courses, and a network of collaborative partnerships with renowned medical and academic institutions.
VisionLink

Yoga 4 The World

2023 General Operating Support Grantee

Makes peace, love and healing accessible through yoga and meditation.

Website: www.yoga4philly.org
Address: 500 W. Chelten Ave. / Suite 305 / Philadelphia, PA 19144
Phone: (347) 803-8583

Securing a partnership with the Sarah Ralston Foundation solidifies the impactful work we are doing in the lives of seniors. It is empowering to know that the foundation has our backs!
Yoga 4 Philly