California · Nonprofit
AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING
AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,510,061 to it, the largest being NEXTFIFTY INITIATIVE D/B/A NEXT50 ($610,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $396k
What American Society on Aging does
Mission
An education organization for professionals in the field of aging, founded in 1954, American Society on Aging's mission is to develop leadership, knowledge and skills to address the challenges and opportunities of a diverse aging society. With more than 6,000 members, subscribers and stakeholders, American Society on Aging is the largest multidisciplinary association for professionals working with older adults and their caregivers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education and training: the on aging institute is the virtual hub for the educational programs and resources produced by the American Society on Aging. More than 40,000 professionals participated in asa's webinars, virtual conference, and online courses. Every year the organization host, on aging is the nation's largest multidisciplinary conference on aging and the annual conference for members of the American Society on Aging (asa). On aging is an opportunity to connect, learn, and share your expertise with thousands of professionals working in aging and related fields.
$2,069,371 spent$1,089,594 earned by the program73% of program spendingMembership program: the American Society on Aging (asa) has developed and led the largest, most diverse community of professionals working in aging in america. We represent and engage more than 4,000 multidisciplinary leaders across the country who work in the aging sector. Asa provides our members with valuable opportunities to exchange ideas, grow their careers, and shape the future of aging. We are the best place to find your peers, stay on top of emerging issues, and take part in conversations that influence practice and policy.
$539,178 spent19% of program spendingThe organization's special projects include specific professional education initiatives for which the organization has received support, such as the scan foundation, with the objective to host webinars and seminars and produce journal publications.
$215,464 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,824,013.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.7M to $1.1M (−40%).
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: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
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
Leanne Clark Shirley
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $150k → $545k.
1 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $75k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Council on Aging Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING’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
AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
46% 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 AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 40% · 2019 41% · 2020 62% · 2021 37% · 2022 23% · 2023 23% — 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
45% of AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING's funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 12 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $26k on record — $5k federal, $22k state.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$5k
- NJ$17k
- VT$2k
- FL$2k
- OR$755
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 AMERICAN SOCIETY 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING: 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 AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING?
- AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,510,061 to it, the largest being NEXTFIFTY INITIATIVE D/B/A NEXT50 ($610,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $3,510,061 in grants to AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING?
- NEXTFIFTY INITIATIVE D/B/A NEXT50 is the largest funder on record, with $610,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 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