Illinois · Public charity
Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging)
Ageoptions is committed to improving the quality of life and maintains the dignity of older persons and those who care about them through leadership and support, community partnerships, comprehensive services, accurate information and powerful advocacy.
- $29M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 61
- Grants FY2025
- 116
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $114,164
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,121,815
- Organizations funded a year
- 89 to 144
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $185k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 60 | $28M | 2% |
| FY2024 | 116 | $27M | 4% |
| FY2023 | 120 | $26M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 89 | $21M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 144 | $22M | 43% |
| FY2020 | 116 | $19M | 38% |
| FY2019 | 89 | $15M | 8% |
| FY2018 | 111 | $15M | 30% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Nutrition Network and Senior Services Association | $35,195,936 | 9 | 70% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | $21,839,432 | 8 | 2% |
| Legal Aid Chicago | $13,734,378 | 9 | 9% |
| Pathlights Human Services | $12,219,707 | 9 | 33% |
| North Shore Senior Center | $9,794,143 | 9 | 18% |
| Top Box Foods | $8,988,013 | 5 | 89% |
| Aging Care Connections | $7,919,592 | 9 | 32% |
| Kenneth Young Center | $7,160,924 | 9 | 5% |
| Stickney Twnshp Off on Aging | $4,764,858 | 9 | n/a |
| Oak Park Township | $4,757,303 | 9 | n/a |
Show all 252 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Nutrition Network and Senior Services Association | $35,195,936 | 9 | 70% |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago | $21,839,432 | 8 | 2% |
| Legal Aid Chicago | $13,734,378 | 9 | 9% |
| Pathlights Human Services | $12,219,707 | 9 | 33% |
| North Shore Senior Center | $9,794,143 | 9 | 18% |
| Top Box Foods | $8,988,013 | 5 | 89% |
| Aging Care Connections | $7,919,592 | 9 | 32% |
| Kenneth Young Center | $7,160,924 | 9 | 5% |
| Stickney Twnshp Off on Aging | $4,764,858 | 9 | n/a |
| Oak Park Township | $4,757,303 | 9 | n/a |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $3,641,872 | 9 | 1% |
| The Center of Concern | $3,365,635 | 9 | 21% |
| Hanul Family Alliance F/K/A the Korean-American Sr Ctr | $3,148,183 | 9 | 7% |
| Solutions for Care | $3,119,759 | 9 | 20% |
| Hanover Township | $2,880,318 | 9 | n/a |
| Xilin Association | $2,858,971 | 9 | 4% |
| Metropolitan Asian Family Services Inc | $2,741,676 | 9 | 40% |
| Arab American Family Services | $2,631,149 | 9 | 10% |
| Seniors Assistance Center | $2,427,604 | 9 | 68% |
| Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council | $1,761,929 | 9 | 22% |
| Metropolitan Family Services | $1,287,820 | 7 | 0% |
| Leyden Family Service & Mental Health Center | $1,252,257 | 9 | 2% |
| White Crane Wellness Center | $1,154,515 | 9 | 25% |
| American Association of Retired Asians | $1,140,541 | 9 | 56% |
| City of Evanston | $1,099,985 | 9 | n/a |
| Heartland Human Care Services Inc | $1,099,501 | 3 | 1% |
| Meals at Home | $935,284 | 3 | 31% |
| Salvation Army Metropolitan Chicago | $905,893 | 9 | n/a |
| Calumet Township | $887,847 | 9 | n/a |
| Addus Homecare - Chicago | $807,187 | 4 | n/a |
| Patchwerkz | $798,134 | 2 | n/a |
| Alivio Medical Center Inc | $737,996 | 8 | 1% |
| Help at Home | $737,400 | 6 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Berwyn-Cicero Inc | $736,190 | 9 | 6% |
| Village of Wheeling | $686,561 | 9 | n/a |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $675,578 | 1 | 0% |
| Bloom Twnshp Senior Services | $664,831 | 9 | n/a |
| Optimum Senior Care | $593,755 | 5 | n/a |
| St Charles Borromeo Parish | $567,750 | 9 | n/a |
| Cornerstone Community Development Corporation Nfp | $564,630 | 9 | 7% |
| Ja Food Service | $507,570 | 2 | n/a |
| Open Kitchens Inc | $462,081 | 1 | n/a |
| Agesmart Community Resources | $455,130 | 9 | 3% |
| Maywood Park District | $367,135 | 4 | n/a |
| Bremen Township | $351,637 | 9 | n/a |
| Center for Disability & Elder Law Inc | $349,580 | 6 | 5% |
| Mom's Meals - Pur Foods LLC | $347,982 | 3 | n/a |
| Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area on Aging | $344,411 | 9 | 0% |
| Coordinated Care Alliance | $327,515 | 5 | 54% |
| Help at Home | $284,693 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Chicago | $267,400 | 8 | n/a |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago Inc | $248,905 | 3 | 3% |
| European Services at Home Inc | $246,677 | 7 | n/a |
| Open Communities | $245,104 | 6 | 7% |
| Cimpar Sc | $244,689 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Seniors | $234,016 | 2 | 2% |
| Mobile Care Foundation | $202,734 | 2 | 6% |
| Northwestern Il Area Agency on Aging | $201,205 | 9 | 1% |
| Home & Hearth | $195,156 | 8 | n/a |
| Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland Inc | $194,527 | 8 | 1% |
| Home Helpers | $194,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Council for Jewish Elderly | $184,288 | 1 | n/a |
| Egyptian Area Agency on Aging Inc | $174,810 | 9 | 1% |
| Rush University Medical Center | $172,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Midland Area Agency on Aging | $169,148 | 9 | 1% |
| Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging | $167,271 | 8 | 1% |
| East Central Il Area Agency on Aging Inc | $163,147 | 8 | 1% |
| Asian Human Services Family Health Center Inc | $161,701 | 1 | 2% |
| Addus Homecare | $161,288 | 4 | n/a |
| Coalition of Limited English Speaking Elderly Inc | $159,500 | 6 | 6% |
| North West Housing Partnership | $149,857 | 8 | 4% |
| Central Illinois Agency on Aging Inc | $146,637 | 8 | 1% |
| Palos Area Transportation Serv | $140,146 | 7 | n/a |
| Envision Unlimited | $136,001 | 1 | 0% |
| Thornton Township | $129,393 | 4 | n/a |
| West Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging | $127,622 | 9 | 1% |
| Right at Home - Roselle | $125,604 | 8 | n/a |
| Family Christian Health Center Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Northeast Pennsylvania Center for Independent Living | $113,193 | 1 | 0% |
| Arden Courts Manor Care | $109,642 | 6 | n/a |
| Heartland Alliance Health | $89,924 | 1 | 0% |
| Comfort Keepers-Palatine | $80,758 | 4 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $79,144 | 2 | n/a |
| Township of Schaumburg | $71,305 | 7 | n/a |
| Comfort Keepers-Elm-Wood | $66,332 | 8 | n/a |
| Homewatch Caregivers | $62,131 | 6 | n/a |
| Home Instead Senior Care | $60,920 | 5 | n/a |
| Pillars Community Health | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand Prairie Services LLC | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Latino Alzheimers and Memory Disorders Alliance | $59,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp | $54,565 | 4 | 0% |
| Smart Policy Works | $53,750 | 2 | 4% |
| Chicago Ridge Public Library | $52,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Behavioral Health Consortium | $52,383 | 1 | n/a |
| Symphony of Crestwood | $52,238 | 3 | n/a |
| Cicero Area Project | $52,000 | 7 | n/a |
| St Eulalia Church | $51,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Wheeling Township Report Inc | $50,964 | 7 | 23% |
| Richton Park Library | $49,500 | 5 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $48,812 | 3 | n/a |
| Alden Orland Park Prairie | $48,225 | 4 | n/a |
| Southeastern Illinois Agency on Aging | $46,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Progress Center for Independent Living | $45,107 | 5 | 2% |
| Northlake Public Library | $45,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Palos Area Transportation Services for the Elderly (PATSE) | $43,749 | 3 | n/a |
| The Rock Community Church - Stl | $43,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Wellsky Foundation | $42,716 | 1 | 12% |
| Care Advisors Inc | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Neighborhood United Methodist | $39,250 | 6 | n/a |
| South Holland Public Library | $39,000 | 4 | n/a |
| United Methodist Homes & Services | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
| North Riverside Public Library | $37,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Des Plaines Public Library | $34,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Savvy Systems LLC | $33,976 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie Trails Public Library | $32,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Sounds Good Choir Nfp | $32,250 | 3 | 3% |
| Valley Kingdom Community Development Corporation | $31,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Evergreen Park Public Library | $30,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Village of Park Forest | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Premier Home Health Services | $29,787 | 4 | n/a |
| Orland Township | $29,210 | 5 | n/a |
| Shay Nursing Services | $27,681 | 2 | n/a |
| European American Association | $27,472 | 1 | 0% |
| Morton Grove Public Library | $27,000 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Berwyn | $27,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Western Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc | $25,574 | 1 | 0% |
| Flossmoor Public Library | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Niles-Maine District Library | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Stickney-Forest View Library | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pro Bono Net Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Island Public Library | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Homewood Public Library | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Citadel Estates of Hazel Crest | $24,510 | 3 | n/a |
| Calumet Park Public Library | $23,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Wellsky | $23,255 | 1 | n/a |
| Maine Health Access Foundation Inc | $22,900 | 1 | 1% |
| Hcr Manorcare Inc | $22,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Summit Public Library District | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| William Leonard Public Library | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Riverdale Public Library Distr | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Alsip-Merrionette Park Public | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Worth Public Library | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Acorn Public Library District | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Bellwood Public Library | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Elmwood Park Public Library | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Eisenhower Public Library | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Oak Lawn Public Library | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Berkeley Public Library | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Cook County BED (Bureau Economic Development) | $22,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Faith Cathedral Church of the Apostolic Faith | $21,000 | 4 | n/a |
| New Hope Christian Center Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Stickney-Forest View Library | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urhai Community Service Center | $19,112 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Island Public Library | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Barrington Area Council on Aging Inc | $18,927 | 3 | 1% |
| Rgus-Really Great Universl Srv | $18,576 | 3 | n/a |
| Elmwood Park Public Library | $18,356 | 2 | n/a |
| Windmill Nursing Pavilion | $18,175 | 2 | n/a |
| Activecare Home Care | $17,745 | 2 | n/a |
| Southland Ministerial Health Network Nfp | $17,500 | 2 | 14% |
| Dolton Public Library | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Celebrate Senior Living | $16,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Niles | $16,786 | 5 | n/a |
| Lutheran Home and Services for the Aged Inc | $16,655 | 4 | 2% |
| Evanston Public Library Friends | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Eisenhower Public Library | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Skokie | $15,876 | 4 | n/a |
| Evergreen Park Public Library Fdn | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| North Riverside Library Foundation | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lansing Public Library | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Choral Public Domain Library | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Franciscan Communities Inc | $15,241 | 3 | 0% |
| Innovative Data Systems | $15,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Forest Park Public Library | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Flesh Becoming Word Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Markham Public Library | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Glenwood-Lynwood Public Libra | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Beds Plus Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Comunidad Cristiana Vida Abundante | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hometown Public Library | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arlington Heights Senior Ctr | $14,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Comfort Keepers-Palatine | $13,626 | 2 | n/a |
| Maywood Public Library | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Niles-Maine District Library | $13,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends and Foundation for the Brookfield Library | $12,500 | 1 | 32% |
| Laconi the Library Administrators Conference of Northern Illinois In | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Des Plaines Public Library | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Des Plaines Community Senior Center | $12,003 | 1 | n/a |
| Midlothian Public Library | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin Park Public Library | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brookfield Public Library | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oak Park Public Library | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Schaumburg Township District Library | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Community Hospital | $11,873 | 2 | 0% |
| Harbor House | $10,535 | 3 | n/a |
| Morrison Wiley Library | $10,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Word Made Flesh Worship Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Palos Park Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Phoenix Public Library Distric | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Flossmoor Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Homewood Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dolton Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Berwyn Library Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Lansing Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Beginnings Recovery Homes Inc | $9,928 | 1 | 6% |
| Christus Victor Lutheran Church | $9,520 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Park Forest Public Library | $9,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Manorcare Northbrook | $8,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Uniper | $8,547 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Glenview Library | $8,000 | 1 | 24% |
| City of Chicago Hghts | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Patient Innovation Center | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chicago Heights Public Library | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvey Public Library | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Harvey Public Library | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Palos Park Public Library | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Generations Oakton Pavillion | $7,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Avantara of Long Grove | $7,035 | 2 | n/a |
| Sweet Potato Patch Chicago | $6,518 | 1 | n/a |
| Right at Home - Nw Suburban | $6,249 | 2 | n/a |
| The Word Made Flesh Ministries | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Healthvisions Midwest Inc | $5,737 | 1 | 0% |
| Alexian Brothers Health System | $5,702 | 2 | 0% |
| Hodgkins Public Library | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Broadview Public Library | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leyden Township | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glenview Terrance Nursing Center | $4,800 | 2 | n/a |
| The British Home for Retired Men and Women | $4,322 | 3 | 0% |
| Chinese American Service League Inc | $4,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Active Daily Living LLC | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pshc Inc | $3,953 | 1 | n/a |
| DuPage County Health Department | $3,675 | 1 | n/a |
| Howard Brown Health Center | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Development Corporation of Bellwood | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Alden Foundation | $2,602 | 1 | n/a |
| Smile & Love LLC | $2,576 | 2 | n/a |
| Dupage Pads Inc | $2,450 | 1 | 0% |
| Greek American Rehabilitation and Care Centre | $2,280 | 1 | 0% |
| Decatur Area Senior Citizens Council Inc | $2,250 | 1 | 1% |
| St Alexius Medical Center | $2,184 | 2 | 0% |
| All Trust Home Care | $2,007 | 2 | n/a |
| Hollingsworth & Associates | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Church of St John | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Holy Covenant Church - M C C | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pilar of Love | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Aperion Care Forest Park | $1,600 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Naperville | $1,092 | 1 | n/a |
| Palos Township | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Congregational Church of la Grange | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ingalls Memorial Hospital | $592 | 1 | n/a |
| Visiting Angels - Hickory Hill | $527 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 88 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Russell and Josephine Kott Memorial Charitable Trust · Greater Chicago Food Depository · Metropolitan Mayors Caucus · Illinois Children's Healthcare Foundation · Ageguide Northeastern Illinois Area on Aging · Retirement Research Foundation Dba Rrf Foundation for Aging · Illinois Primary Health Care Association · Community Memorial Foundation · Healthy Communities Foundation · The Morton Arboretum · Lloyd a Fry Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging)
- How much does Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) give?
- Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) reported 61 grants totaling $28,507,712 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 89 and 144 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (50%), Food & Nutrition (38%), Crime & Legal (8%).
- Who are Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging)'s largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community Nutrition Network and Senior Services Association ($35M), Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago ($22M), Legal Aid Chicago ($14M).
- Does Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging)?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc, Russell and Josephine Kott Memorial Charitable Trust, Greater Chicago Food Depository.
- Where is Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) based?
- Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) is based in IL.
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