Opportunity Overview
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) Fall 2026 Project Lifesaver International Grant is a $6,000 applicant award supporting public safety agencies operating programs to prevent wandering and facilitate the recovery and safe return of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. This is a grant to eligible agencies, not a purchasing solicitation.
Funding and Deadline
$6,000 per eligible grant award. The Fall 2026 deadline is November 13, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The official application uses the abbreviation EST for the cutoff. Applicants should submit their typed forms within the 30 days before the deadline; early submissions outside that window are not accepted. The funder publishes no mandatory matching percentage or reimbursement rule for this competition.
Eligibility
Applicants must be qualifying public safety agencies in good standing as members of both AFA and Project Lifesaver International (PLI). This is not a general unrestricted grant for individual caregivers or nonmember providers. Organizations funded by AFA in the previous cycle must wait one calendar year before applying again for the same grant. Joint projects must include the required partner agreement or memorandum of understanding, and both agencies must meet the listed AFA/PLI membership requirements.
Allowable Expenses and Restrictions
Examples of eligible uses include program-related administration, staff training, supplies and equipment, and community education and outreach to protect people living with dementia. The application prohibits unrelated expenditures, membership fees, travel, costs incurred outside the grant period, spending outside the approved budget, and requests driven solely by increased salary costs. Applicants must show community demand, relevant best practices, beneficiary outcomes and a plan for sustainability after the award.
Application Requirements
Download and complete AFA’s current seven-page Project Lifesaver International Grant application, including organization details, membership, prior AFA awards, program narrative and objectives, program/service reach, staff qualifications, outcome evaluation, sustainability, sources of funding, itemized program budget and required grant-condition acknowledgments. Submit the typed application to grants@alzfdn.org with subject Fall PLI Grant by the stated deadline. AFA requires awardees to comply with grant publicity and reporting terms; applicants should review the form’s requirement concerning beneficiary names and diagnoses with their privacy/compliance staff.
Official Sources
AFA Project Lifesaver grant announcement; controlling 2026 application and conditions (PDF). Verified October 27, 2026.