American Geriatrics Society Foundation
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| American Geriatrics Society Foundation | |
|---|---|
| Name | American Geriatrics Society Foundation |
| Formation | 1942 |
| Type | Nonprofit foundation |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Region served | United States |
| Leader title | President |
American Geriatrics Society Foundation
The American Geriatrics Society Foundation supports clinical practice, research, and education for older adults and geriatrics professionals, connecting institutions such as Johns Hopkins Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, and Mount Sinai Hospital with funders like The Rockefeller Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Gates Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation of New York. Its activities intersect with academic centers including Harvard Medical School, Yale School of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, and University of California, San Francisco, and inform policy debates involving U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
History
The Foundation emerged amid mid-20th century growth in geriatric care alongside organizations such as American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, National Council on Aging, AARP, and National Institute on Aging. Early collaborations included clinical initiatives linked to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, University of Michigan Health System, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and Duke University Hospital. It developed programs in parallel with legislative milestones like the Social Security Act amendments and interacted with policy actors including Senate Special Committee on Aging, House Ways and Means Committee, President's Council on Aging, Eldercare Workforce Alliance, and advocacy networks such as Meals on Wheels America. Over decades, it partnered with philanthropic efforts from Ford Foundation, Kaiser Family Foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, and corporate stakeholders including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Bank of America, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
Mission and Programs
The Foundation’s mission advances geriatrics through training, clinical innovation, and dissemination, linking educational institutions like Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine with practice sites such as Montefiore Medical Center, NYU Langone Health, Indiana University Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Scripps Health. Programs include faculty development connected to Association of American Medical Colleges, curriculum grants tied to Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, quality improvement initiatives aligned with Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and leadership training in concert with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and University of Washington School of Medicine. Educational efforts reference guidelines from American College of Physicians, Society of Hospital Medicine, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Psychiatric Association, and American College of Surgeons.
Grants, Scholarships, and Research Funding
Grantmaking supports investigators at centers like University of California, Los Angeles, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, and University of Colorado School of Medicine and funds research programs connected to National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, John D. Rockefeller IV Foundation, and Wellcome Trust collaborations. Scholarship portfolios target trainees who rotate through clinical sites including St. Francis Hospital, Mount Auburn Hospital, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Beth Israel Medical Center, and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and align with career development awards reminiscent of K-award models, institutional training awards linked to T32, and mentorship networks associated with American Board of Internal Medicine and American Board of Family Medicine.
Governance and Funding
The Foundation is governed by a board that draws leaders from organizations such as American Geriatrics Society, Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs, Gerontological Society of America, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and Special Care Association, and includes donors from foundations like The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Eli Lilly and Company. Financial oversight follows nonprofit standards practiced by Council on Foundations, Independent Sector, and accounting norms referenced by Financial Accounting Standards Board; audits often engage firms such as Deloitte, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Ernst & Young. Funding streams include philanthropic grants, corporate contributions from entities like Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, AbbVie, AstraZeneca, and Bristol Myers Squibb, and revenue from continuing medical education partnerships with American Medical Association and conference sponsorships featuring societies such as Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
Partnerships and Advocacy
The Foundation partners with clinical and advocacy organizations including AARP Foundation, National Coalition on Aging, LeadingAge, Alliance for Aging Research, and Elder Justice Coalition and works with governmental bodies like U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Immunization Program, White House Conference on Aging, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, and Senate Special Committee on Aging staff. Collaborative initiatives have engaged research consortia such as Global Ageing Network, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, European Geriatric Medicine Society, World Health Organization, and United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs on cross-national aging policy and practice.
Impact and Outcomes
Measured outcomes include workforce development indicators at institutions like University of California Davis Health, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Stony Brook University Hospital, and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; improvements in clinical quality metrics used by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; and research outputs cited in journals such as JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, BMJ, and Annals of Internal Medicine. The Foundation’s influence appears in practice guidelines endorsed by American College of Physicians, policy briefs submitted to U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and workforce reports shared with National Academy of Medicine and Institute of Medicine working groups. Its alumni and grantees include faculty who have held leadership at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, Yale New Haven Health, and Stanford Health Care.