Arizona · Nonprofit
ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC)
ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC) (Arizona) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,694,568 to it, the largest being AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC ($8,866,389). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Aster Aging Inc (Fka East Valley Adult Resources Inc) does
Mission
Aster's mission is to empower and support east valley older adults and their families to remain independent and engaged in our communities. In alignment with this mission, aster served over 7,600 unduplicated individuals through more than 190,000 service contacts in fy-25.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The meals on wheels program offers nutritious meals for isolated homebound older or disabled adults, coupled with essential wellness checks. Almost 1,000 unduplicated individuals were served through more than 112,000 meals and wellness checks.
$1,229,970 spent$86,294 earned by the program36% of program spendingCenter-based services are provided at mesa downtown and red mountain senior centers. Engagement is rebounding following the closure of group activities for over two years from the state of the pandemic. Services and activities include: congregate meals, wellness support, education and social activities. Over 2,500 unduplicated individuals were served through more than 27,000 congregate meals and 3,112 activities with 38,866 participant contacts.
$1,037,523 spent$52,043 earned by the program31% of program spendingThe outreach & social services program assists older adults and their families in navigating and accessing needed social services, benefits, and health resources. The need for service has continued to increase. Almost 3,900 unduplicated individuals were assisted with approximately 7,100 resource navigation contacts. 1,151 applications were submitted for essential benefits for seniors struggling on low fixed incomes through aster's national council on aging benefits enrollment center.
$422,222 spent$39,551 earned by the program12% of program spendingIn-home support assisted over 200 homebound seniors with almost 4,000 hours of assistance. Neighbors program volunteers provided assisted transportation, companionship, respite, and pet support, while home care aides assisted with housekeeping and personal care. Collaborative programs enable aster to partner with other organizations to provide quality services. Fy-25 contacts included assistance to residents of independent living communities, the provision of catered meals for neighboring senior nutrition programs, and the collaborative provision of the east valley senior home sharing program.
$699,021 spent$532,581 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,388,736.
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 2024 to 2025, from $2.4M to $4.9M (+106%).
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: 2018 38% · 2020 41% · 2021 40% · 2022 42% · 2023 51% · 2024 44% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC)’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. 3 of the last 7 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
Deborah Schaus
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $1.6M.
4 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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: $29k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest East Valley Adult Resources Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC) raised.
From the IRS filings of ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC)’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 28 of 30 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
ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 83% · 2019 78% · 2020 29% · 2021 63% · 2022 66% · 2023 78% — 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
67% of ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC)'s funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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 ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC)'s grant income comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $178k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC)'s funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 16 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES 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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Discovery Point Partners LLC · partnership
- Discovery Point Limited Partnership · partnership
- Mscdp Service Corporation · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC)?
- ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC) (Arizona) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,694,568 to it, the largest being AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC ($8,866,389). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC) have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $12,694,568 in grants to ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC), 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC)?
- AREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC is the largest funder on record, with $8,866,389 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASTER AGING INC (FKA EAST VALLEY ADULT RESOURCES INC) find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 30 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