Illinois · Nonprofit
ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC
ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC (Illinois) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,905,931 to it, the largest being WESTERN ILLINOIS AREA AGENCY ON AGING ($4,635,838). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $5.9M
- Net assets
- $998k
What Alternatives for the Older Adult Inc does
Mission
Alternatives promotes the independence and quality of life for older adults, adults with disabilities, and their families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Care coordination - provides ongoing assessment and service coordination for older adults to remain independent. In fy25, alternatives received 14,187 referrals for support. Alternatives manages an ongoing caseload of close to 2,979 participants. As a program, care coordination was able to successfully assist 81% of seniors eligible for nursing home to care to remain in their home. 96% of participants and caregivers indicate they would recommend alternatives' services to others.
$2,911,131 spentof which $96,964 as grants59% of program spendingAdult protective services - conducts intake, investigation, casework, and intervention to prevent further abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of older adults or of adults with disabilities (age 18 59). In fy25, adult protective services investigated 1094 cases of which 403 were substantiated for abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
$826,480 spent17% of program spendingOmbudsman - provide a regular presence in 123 facilities in a sixteen-county service area to address systemic challenges in the care of long-term care residents. Provides advocacy, consultation, and follow-up for 3,149 long-term residents, families, and staff. The ombudsman provided direct assistance to 386 long-term care residents to resolve complaints about their care.
$471,067 spent9% of program spendingCaregiver support -offers support services and resources, including support groups, resource options, and counseling services. Provided critical respite assistance to more than 185 caregivers and supportive counseling and resources to more than 194 caregivers and families
$191,900 spent4% of program spendingMoney management - provides money management and monthly bill paying for older adults with disabilities who are no longer able to manage their finances. In fy25, staff and volunteers provided 4,468 hours of support to 98 participants. 98% indicated their financial situation had stabilized and they were able to pay bills on time and meet basic needs.
$224,069 spent5% of program spendingBridges adrc (aging and disability resource center) - serving eastern lasalle county, bridges offers both a central location for seniors as well as outreach support in lasalle, putnam, and bureau counties. With a central location in peru, illinois, bridges staff continued to offer information, options counseling, benefits review, classes, and resource connections, as well as outreach support in the community. In fy25, bridges served 1,214 by providing information and assistance with their benefits and resources as well as providing health and well-being activities for more than 933 older adults.
$349,963 spent7% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,974,610.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $2.1M to $2.8M (+33%).
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 95% · 2019 93% · 2020 87% · 2021 99% · 2022 98% · 2023 97% · 2024 98% · 2025 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Aristotle Papanikolaou
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 8 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $603k → $50k.
4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 16 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
ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 88% · 2019 81% · 2020 57% · 2021 80% · 2022 90% · 2023 85% — growing more concentrated.
“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 ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
89% of ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $378k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC?
- ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC (Illinois) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,905,931 to it, the largest being WESTERN ILLINOIS AREA AGENCY ON AGING ($4,635,838). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $5,905,931 in grants to ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC?
- WESTERN ILLINOIS AREA AGENCY ON AGING is the largest funder on record, with $4,635,838 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLDER ADULT INC 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.
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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 2017–2025), and the filings of 16 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