2026 AARP Community Challenge

ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
 

An Opportunity for Other Possible AARP Funding: By submitting a proposal to the AARP Community Challenge, you and your organization give AARP permission to reach out to you and others at your organization about other possible AARP funding opportunities that your proposal may be eligible for based on the AARP Community Challenge criteria. However, please note that AARP is not obligated in any way to consider your proposal for any additional AARP funding.

Note Regarding Other Potential Funders: AARP might be contacted by other potential funders that could be interested in funding projects that were not funded through the AARP Community Challenge. The potential funders may have additional process steps and funding requirements than those of the AARP Community Challenge.
 

• If requested, AARP would like to send your business contact information, organization name and a short description of the proposal, including the community where the project would take place (“Project Information”).
   

• Please note that these projects will be subject to any potential funder’s own terms, conditions and review.
   

• Please indicate in your application whether or not you give permission to AARP to share your “Project Information” with other potential funders. We will alert you before this “Project Information” is given to potential funders.

SUBMISSION TERMS AND CONDITIONS
 

If you submit this application, you agree on behalf of yourself and your organization to release AARP and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents and representatives from all liability associated with submission and evaluation of your organization’s application.

By submitting an application to AARP, the applicant affirms they are an authorized representative of the potential grantee, and by and on behalf of potential grantee agrees that:
 

• The decisions of AARP regarding the eligibility of applicants and the validity of entries shall be final and binding.
   

• All submissions will be judged by AARP, whose decisions and determinations as to the administration of the award and selection of award recipients are final.
   

• AARP has the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, or suspend any grant award.
   

• All projects and applications will comply with applicable law and will not violate any third-party rights.
   

• Except where prohibited by law, participation in the AARP Community Challenge constitutes the Applicant’s consent to AARP’s use of the organization’s name and corporate logo, street address, city, state, zip code, county, and names, likenesses, photographs, videos, images, and statements made or provided by the Applicant’s representatives regarding the award for promotional purposes in any media without further permission, consent, payment or other consideration in perpetuity.
   

Receipt of grant funding requires execution of a grant agreement with AARP and completion of eSupplier registration by June 10, 2026, and compliance with the promotional toolkits. Further,

• Grantees will be responsible for all grant activities performed under the AARP grant agreement. Grantees must maintain insurance coverage sufficient to cover the activities, risks, and potential omissions of the grant activities in accordance with generally accepted industry standards and as required by law. Grantees must also ensure contractors, agents, subcontractors, and providers of services maintain insurance coverage consistent with this section.
   

• All promotional materials (such as newsletters, press releases), events and signage related to the funded project will include a statement indicating that support was received from AARP in compliance with the AARP Community Challenge Promotional Toolkit to be provided to selected grantees.
   

• Grantees are required to capture photos, videos and/or stories from the project. As Grantee captures photos, videos and/or stories from the project, if an identifiable individual appears in the photos, videos and/or stories, grantee is responsible for having him/her sign the AARP General Release. (This document will be provided to grantees.) In addition, grantee agrees not to include any element in photos or videos or other materials provided to AARP that violates third party rights, such as artwork (including sculptures) and trademarks in text and logo used without permission. Grantee may be asked to send work-in-progress photos to AARP upon request. Following the grant period, grantees are required to respond to periodic requests for updates from AARP.
   

• The submission of the After-Action Report at the conclusion of the project is required by the deadline. Failure to submit the required report will result in the removal from the AARP website until the time of submission, and non-completion will disqualify a grantee from future AARP Community Challenge grant programs.
  
  

AARP and its affiliated organizations, subsidiaries, agents and employees are not responsible for late, lost, illegible, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, illegitimate, or impermissible submissions or any other error whether human, mechanical or electronic.