Retired on social security can I fund an IRA

[Hal_Al · Accepted solution]

No.

You must have earned income (Wages or self employment) to be eligible to make IRA contributions, deductible or non deductible, Roth or Traditional. 

[KarenJ]

You can open and make contributions to a traditional IRA if:

• You (or, if you file a joint return, your spouse) received taxable compensation during the year, and
• You weren’t age 70½ by the end of the year.