Illinois · Nonprofit
AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING)
AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING) (Illinois) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,459,874 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,155,150). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $39M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What Ageoptions Inc (Fka Suburban Area Agency on Aging) does
Mission
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
State/grf - general revenue funds for the purpose of abuse intervention, transportation, out-reach and home delivered meals
$14,695,965 spentof which $14,695,965 as grants42% of program spendingAgeoptions is committed to improving the quality of life and maintaining the dignity of older people and those who care about them. Ageoptions is a not-for-profit corporation designated by the illinois department on aging as the area agency on aging for suburban cook county. As a catalyst for connecting older persons and caregivers to resources and service options, we are nationally recognized for our innovative programming, networking with community based senior service agencies, and advocacy efforts on behalf of older persons. Over the past 50+ years, ageoptions has established a reputation for meeting the needs, wants and expectations of the older adult population in suburban cook county. Our purpose is to connect adults, aged 60 and over, with resources and options for care so that they can have a full range of choices and live their lives to the fullest. Our role is to plan, fund, coordinate, and advocate for older adults and those who care for them. We pride ourselves in advocating for seniors in the areas such as elder justice, caregiving, nutrition, medicare, employment, and access to benefits. Our primary service area, suburban cook county, includes 130 communities within…
$10,525,821 spentof which $10,525,821 as grants$267,051 earned by the program30% of program spendingHome options path to empowerment (h.o.p.e.) is funded by the illinois department of human services under the colbert consent decree. H.o.p.e. Assists cook county nursing facility residents, 18 and older and on medicaid, to transition back into the community and live as independently as able. H.o.p.e. Clients work with our skilled professionals, including social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, licensed clinical professional counselors and others to develop the skills needed to live in the community. H.o.p.e ensures that services and supports are in place to meet the needs of the clients upon transition to the community. Our community team continues to work with our clients for 18-months post-transition to ensure that they are stable and able to live safely and successfully.in fy 2025, h.o.p.e. Transitioned 51 clients from nursing facilities to the community. We worked with an additional 552 clients in nursing homes to skill build, identify formal and informal community supports and created service plans with goals for clients to work on to prepare for transition. We supported a total of 71 clients in the community, post-transition during fy25.
$4,909,642 spentof which $1,162,189 as grants14% of program spendingAll other programs
$5,068,998 spentof which $2,123,737 as grants14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $35,200,426.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $5.0M to $9.4M (+89%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 96% · 2018 96% · 2019 96% · 2020 91% · 2021 97% · 2022 96% · 2023 96% · 2024 96% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING)’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Slezak Diane
President & chief executive officer
Board chair
Kricke Gayle
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $202k → $625k.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING)’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 22 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING) has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
64% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 44% · 2019 66% · 2020 67% · 2021 31% · 2022 39% · 2023 43% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING)'s funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING) draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING) has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING) receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$10.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING)
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING)?
- AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING) (Illinois) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,459,874 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,155,150). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING) have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $4,459,874 in grants to AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING), 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING)?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $1,155,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AGEOPTIONS INC (FKA SUBURBAN AREA AGENCY ON AGING) find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 22 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing