California · Nonprofit
BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC
BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,136 to it, the largest being VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF) ($67,778). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $224k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $198k
- Net assets
- $550k
What Bay Area Older Adults Inc does
Mission
Empower adults of all abilities to take charge of their health, embrace diversity, and become change agents for environmental sustainability.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthy Living Program: multisensory educational outdoor nature walking, cultural diversity, health promotion, evidence-based socialization,environmental volunteering programs and resources for adults of all abilities. The goals of the programs are to prevent future illnesses, stabilize existing chronic conditions and create a healthy environment for our community. Key accomplishments for this fiscal year were (1) A research study performed in collaboration with scientists at San Jose State and Touro Universities found BAO's program increased both social networks and physical health which reduces chronic diseases such as depression, dementia and heart disease. This is a link to the peer-reviewed manuscript: https://www.bayareaolderadults.org/content/7.2025_Community_based_socialization_for_older_adults.pdf Our novel multisensory outdoor educational walking program in partnership with Open Space Authority was highlighted on NBC Bay Area (view here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUmx07fDwT8) and in a front page San Jose Mercury News article https://www.bayareaolderadults.org/content/6.20.2025SanJoseMercuryNewsBAOMultisensoryProgram.pdf For more than a decade, BAO provided free…
$117,095 spent$76,414 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $117,095.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $228k to $534k (+134%).
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: 2022 45% · 2023 24% · 2024 21% · 2025 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Dr Anne Ferguson
Executive Director and Member of the Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $2k → $40k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC’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
BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
72% 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 BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 78% · 2022 78% · 2023 53% — 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
50% of BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
65% of BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $75k 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
BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC: 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 BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC?
- BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $198,136 to it, the largest being VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF) ($67,778). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $198,136 in grants to BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC?
- VALLEY HEALTH FOUNDATION (VHF) is the largest funder on record, with $67,778 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAY AREA OLDER ADULTS INC 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 9 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