California · Nonprofit
AGING UP
AGING UP (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $183,034 to it, the largest being TICKET TO DREAM FOUNDATION ($55,225). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $172k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $183k
- Net assets
- $30k
What Aging Up does
Mission
To empower foster youth into successful adulthood.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Aging UP stands out with its unique focus on one-to-one mentoring for youth ages 13 to 21 who have experienced foster care. Former foster youth are among Californias most vulnerable populations. Our research-based services are designed to mitigate the challenges they face, such as homelessness, unemployment, incarceration, and mental health issues. Research consistently shows that stable mentor relationships can counter trauma effects and build resilience in young people. Therefore, we recruit, screen, and train adult volunteers before matching them with a youth, ensuring each mentor completes 20 hours of trauma-informed, strength-based training and commits to ongoing training.The founders diligently worked full time, with nearly half of their hours unpaid and donated as in-kind, totaling 1,500 volunteer staff hours. The commitment of our volunteers is equally commendable, with mentoring hours totaling more than 1,400 hours, committee members served nearly 45 hours, professional bookkeeping services totaling more than 55 hours, and an additional 40 hours of administrative and program support services rendered as a donation. More than 20 hours of film production and well over 60…
$91,546 spent53% of program spendingPositive Recreation is a supportive element that enhances the mentoring experience. Aging UP believes everyone grows through new experiences and holds regularly scheduled group events. These meetUPs offer physical activities, creative expression, and unique experiences. They provide a safe space where youth from foster care can enjoy typical adolescent activities within a stigma-free environment. Exposure to new and engaging activities also develops coping techniques and personal growth.
$20,354 spent12% of program spendingLife Skills Workshops, the final element of Aging UP's trio of Services, profoundly impact the youth we serve. These "UPshops" are designed to develop and enhance skills necessary for successful adulthood. During these engaging, hands-on workshops, youth learn alongside their mentor and peers. Community experts lead workshops on topics ranging from college and career readiness to healthy living. Each workshop attendee is given a tangible item or keepsake related to the topic discussed so they can continue to practice what they have learned. Each workshop incorporates interpersonal, practical, and job-readiness skills to help youth from foster care gain and maintain employment and other necessary skills for successful adulthood.
$60,966 spent35% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $172,866.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $81k to $142k (+74%).
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: 2023 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of AGING UP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $19k → $36k.
6 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 AGING UP’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
AGING UP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 AGING UP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 62% · 2020 35% · 2021 50% · 2022 35% · 2023 34% — diversifying over time.
“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
33% of AGING UP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
61% of AGING UP's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $71k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $112k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
AGING UP has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,917 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like AGING UP
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
93%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AGING UP: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AGING UP?
- AGING UP (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $183,034 to it, the largest being TICKET TO DREAM FOUNDATION ($55,225). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AGING UP have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $183,034 in grants to AGING UP, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AGING UP?
- TICKET TO DREAM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $55,225 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AGING UP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 12 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing