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Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc

The mission of the alzheimer's foundation of america (afa) is to provide support, services, and education to individuals, families and caregivers affected by alzheimer's disease and related dementias nationwide, and fund research for better treatment and a cure.

$912k
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
23
States reached
$240k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$3.2MCommunity Improvement$2.1MHuman Services$590kScience & Tech$500kCrime & Legal$216kArts & Culture$107kInternational$100kHousing & Shelter$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 49 grants below total $878,351, the rows itemized in this filing. The $911,681 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $33,330 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k45 grants · $270k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $608k
$6,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$76M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC$240,000
ONE MIND$200,000
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES$100,000
NYU - LONG ISLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE$68,351
ALZHEIMERS ALLIANCE OF SMITH COUNTY$6,000
ART FOR JOURNEY$6,000
THE LIFE CENTER OF DAVIDSON COUNTY$6,000
SYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC$6,000
THE JOHN & MAPLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION$6,000
ALZHEIMER & PARKINSON ASSOCIATION OF IRC INC$6,000
THE DUBIN CENTER$6,000
BRISTOL VIRGINIA SHERIFF'S OFFICE$6,000
CASS COUNTY ON AGING$6,000
A GIFT OF TIME ADULT DAY CARE$6,000
THE PASTIME CLUB INC$6,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $745k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALLEGHENIES UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY: $6k → 16%SENIOR CONCERNS CONEJO VALLEY: $6k → 10%HALE HAU'OLI HAWAI'I: $6k → 9%HAWAII ADULT CARE INC: $6k → 15%SYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC: $6k → 14%ST JOHNS HOME: $6k → 14%PAJAMAS FOR SENIORS: $6k → 5%AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $6k → 10%HOUSTON'S AMAZING PLACE (DBA AMAZING PLACE): $6k → 16%RESPITE CARE CHARLESTON: $6k → 12%AREA AGENCY ON AGING OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS: $6k → 22%BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES: $6k → 10%HOSPICE OF MARION COUNTY: $6k → 16%SENIOR SING A LONG: $6k → 11%CASS COUNTY AGING COUNCIL: $6k → 12%SUCCESSFUL LIVING CENTER: $6k → 18%BETHESDA HEALTH GROUP: $6k → 11%PASTIMES CLUB INC: $12k → 12%FORGET ME NOT FAMILY CARE HOME: $6k → 17%GRACE CENTER FOR ADULT DAY SERVICES: $6k → 18%LOWER CAPE FEAR LIFECARE: $6k → 12%THE POISE PROJECT: $6k → 12%COMMUNITY ADULT RESPITE EXPERIENCE INC (CARE CAFE): $6k → 13%ALBEMARLE COMMISSION AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $6k → 13%PEACHTREE CHRISTIAN HEALTH INC: $25k → 9%THRIVE WEST CENTRAL: $6k → 19%SEASONS HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $6k → 14%COUNCIL ON AGING OF CENTRAL OREGON INC: $6k → 6%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICE: $6k → 19%SENIORS PLUS: $6k → 13%BANGOR YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (BANGOR REGION YMCA): $6k → 15%AROOSTOCK AREA AGENCY OF AGING: $6k → 15%AUDREY'S ANGELS: $6k → 11%THE GODDARD HOUSE: $6k → 7%HALE HAU 'OLI' HAWAII: $6k → 9%HAWAII ISLAND ADULT DAY CARE: $6k → 15%SYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC: $6k → 14%SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $240k → 17%RESPITE CHARLESTON: $6k → 12%BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES: $6k → 10%SENIOR SING A-LONG: $6k → 11%CASS COUNTY ON AGING: $6k → 12%PASTIME CLUB INC: $6k → 12%GRACE CENTER FOR ADULT DAY SERVICES: $6k → 18%FIFTYFORWARD FRIENDS ADULT DAY SERVICES: $6k → 14%LOWER CAPE FEAR LIFECARE: $6k → 12%OPICA ADULT DAY PROGRAM & COUNSELING CTR: $12k → 14%BARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING: $12k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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HI
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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 65 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +32% for those funded once.

65 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

65
102

Total granted

$3.9M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+32%

Still filing today

78%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $172k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureReligionHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TF
    THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
    2× · 2017–2021 · $1.1M · revenue +42%
  • HT
    Hadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc
    3× · 2017–2023 · $334k · revenue +656%
  • SC
    SELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $252k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • CC
    City college of New York
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • GC
    GATEWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +27%
  • CS
    COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CARE CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +217%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Aldersly

Provision of housing and nursing services to senior citizens.

Human Services
2
The Home for the Aged
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3
Long Island Alzheimers and Dementia Center Inc

To help improve the quality of life for those living with alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia and their caregivers.

Health
4
Alzheimers Caregiving & the Caregivers

To provide information about alzheimers

Health
5
Living Center Inc

Enhancing the quality of life through integrated healthcare.

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6
Tempe Life Care Village Inc

Friendship village tempe lives our life-care promise in a community where residents and staff are engaged in enjoying life as one.

Human Services
7
Wesley Commons

Wesley commons is a continuing care retirement community that provides value-based health services, including assisted living, intermediate and skilled nursing care, specialized care for alzheimer's and dementia-related illnesses, as well…

Human Services
8
Adult Care Center of Central Virginia Inc

Adult day care for frail older adults, particularly those suffering from some form of dementia.

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9
Alzheimers Research Association
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10
Circle Center Adult Day Services

Day services for functionally or cognitively impaired older adults andtheir caregivers, and to advance community-based long-term care options for older adults.

Human Services
11
Adult Residential Care Services Inc

Residential alzheimers and dementia care.

Human Services
12
Brevard Alzheimer's Foundation Inc

To provide quality community and facility-based adult day health care with integrity and compassion with an emphasis on alzheimer's & dementia related diseases. we embrace our responsibility to create an environment where those who cannot…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Rosalind and Joseph Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center of Long Island Inc; the most unlike its peers is Cognitive Dynamics Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

117 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 117 of the 180 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
112/117
Grantees still filing
76/117
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $1,098,156 · HealthTHE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARC…ONE MIND: $300,000 · HealthONE MIND+29 more: $583,365 · Health+29 moreNYU WINTHROP HOSPITAL: $403,351 · OtherNYU WINTHROP HOSPITALCity college of New York: $250,000 · OtherCity college of New YorkTOWN OF BABYLON: $55,000 · Other+92 more: $823,000 · Other+92 moreSELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $252,000 · Human ServicesSELFHELP COMMUNIT…PEACHTREE CHRISTIAN HEALTH INC: $37,000 · Human ServicesTHE PASTIME CLUB INC: $36,000 · Human ServicesMEMORY MATTERS: $36,000 · Human ServicesBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $30,000 · Human Services+38 more: $402,000 · Human Services+38 moreHadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc: $334,333 · Community Improvement+1 more: $6,000 · Community ImprovementEmory University: $250,000 · Education+1 more: $6,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $100,000 · InternationalArt For The Journey: $18,000 · Arts & CultureORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureGIVING VOICE INITIATIVE: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LONG ISLAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART HISTORY & CARRIAGES: $6,000 · Arts & CultureSCOTTSDALE ARTS: $6,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$1,981,521Other$1,531,351Human Services$793,000Community Improvement$340,333Education$256,000International$100,000Arts & Culture$60,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $1,098,156 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHadassah The Women's Zionist Org of America Inc: $334,333 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetONE MIND: $300,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSELFHELP COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $252,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEmory University: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGATEWAY COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ROSALIND AND JOSEPH GURWIN JEWISH GERIATRIC CENTER OF LONG ISLAND INC: $43,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMERS ALLIANCE - TEXARKANA ARE: $42,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetPEACHTREE CHRISTIAN HEALTH INC: $37,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetTHE PASTIME CLUB INC: $36,000 over 5y, 34% of budgetELDER NETWORK: $36,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetRX BALLROOM DANCE: $36,000 over 5y, 7.5% of budgetMEMORY MATTERS: $36,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetALZHEIMERS SERVICES CENTER INC: $35,865 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetALZHEIMERPARKINSON ASSOC OF IRC INC: $30,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetINSIGHT MEMORY CARE CENTER: $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetALZHEIMERS ALLIANCE OF NORTHEAST TEXAS dba ALZHEIMERS ALLIANCE OF SMITH COUNTY: $30,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S ORANGE COUNTY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCAREGIVER RELIEF PROGRAM OF BEDFORD: $30,000 over 5y, 8.7% of budgetThe ARK of SC: $30,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CARE CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEAMSUZY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetNYU LANGONE HOSPITALS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESPITE FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetBARRINGTON AREA COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $24,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetHALE HAUOLI HAWAII: $24,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSYRACUSE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE INC: $24,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S COMMUNITY CARE INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOPICA ADULT DAY PROGRAM & COUNSELING CENTER: $24,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetINTERFAITH CAREPARTNERS INC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetRESPITE CARE OF CHARLESTON: $24,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetArt For The Journey: $18,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetNEW CASSEL FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR JEWISH ELDERLY: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEASONS HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LIFE CENTER OF DAVIDSON COUNTY INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetARTISTS IN CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY INC: $18,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSENIOR SING ALONG: $12,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetMAGNOLIA MEMORY CARE INC: $12,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetALVIN A DUBIN ALZHEIMER'S RESOURCE CENTER INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetST MARY'S NURSING CENTER INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POISE PROJECT: $12,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetALZHEIMER'S SERVICES OF THE CAPITAL AREA: $12,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Ramapo TrustMeals on Wheels Ameri…Center for Technology…The Trustees of Colum…Harvard Pilgrim Healt…Parkinson's Foundatio…The Moody FoundationThe American Society …Bny Mellon Charitable…The Albertsons Compan…Publix Super Markets …Firehouse Subs Public…
Ramapo TrustNJ19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ramapo Trust · Meals on Wheels America · Center for Technology and Civic Life · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Inc · Parkinson's Foundation Inc · The Moody Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Bny Mellon Charitable Gift Fund · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 43%
  • Social Ecological Economic Development Corporation: 97% of income from government
  • Council On Aging of Central Oregon: 43% of income from government
  • Gateway Community Services Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
32report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 180 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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