Idaho · Nonprofit
BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION
BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION (Idaho) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,115,500 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($617,850). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Blaine County Seniors Council Inc the Senior Connection does
Mission
The mission of the senior connection is: connecting seniors with essential services, meaningful programming, their peers and the local community, to foster purposeful and passion filled lives. We have nine significant program and service divisions: nutrition, home & memory/day care, health & wellness, transportation, home & safety, leisure & education, intergenerational, senior/volunteer/job corps, information & resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Home care and caregiver support : to enable adults to remain in their homes and to age in place independently and with dignity, the senior connection offers in-home care services that support activities for daily living such as providing personal hygiene and bathing, dressing, meal preparation, mobility, light housekeeping and errands. Caregivers are cnas and other employees who have passed a complete background check and random drug testing. The senior connection also offers an adult day care and respite program for individuals living with alzheimer's or another form of dementia or other cognitive impairment. This carefully designed program is offered four days per week and includes activities such as brain stimulation and socialization activities, daily lunch, activities, music and pet therapy, gentle exercise and local field trips. While providing enrichment in the individual's daily life, the primary caregivers and family members are able to receive supportive help and are given relief from their care giving routine.
$466,512 spentof which $32,641 as grants$125,434 earned by the program36% of program spendingNutrition services (congregate meals and home-delivered meals): to ensure no senior goes hungry and to increase the health, functionality and quality of life for seniors living in blaine county, the senior connection offers a nutritious and healthy lunch meal each day at the center. While the focus is serving those 60 years of age and older, anyone is welcome to attend our congregate meal. 1/3 of the recommended dietary allowances (rdas) are met/exceeded to ensure the quantities of nutrients in the diet is required to maintain good health in people. Meals are also home delivered (meals on wheels) to those individuals who are homebound or do not have the means or ability to access and prepare one's own food to a standard supporting good health. The meals on wheels program also has the goal of a safety and friendly visit. Eating well promotes health as does socialization. The senior connection serves over 25,000 meals annually.
$569,163 spentof which $31,489 as grants$180,782 earned by the program43% of program spendingTransportation: the senior connection offers an array of transportation services so seniors can enjoy increased access, mobility and independence. The senior connection has a bus and para-transit van service that provides door-to-door service so seniors can enjoy lunch at the center, visit with friends and participate in activities. The senior connection also provides special transport services to enable individuals to access health care and attend other necessary and desired appointments. This program also provides transportation for individuals to participate in field trips and excursions to help them stay engaged and active in the community.
$80,632 spentof which $2,850 as grants$7,175 earned by the program6% of program spendingSocialization, exercise, educational programs, games, art and enrichment programs along with field trips and excursions to help older adults stay active, socially connected and healthier.
$197,789 spentof which $234 as grants$32,762 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,314,096.
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 2020 to 2021, from $2.4M to $4.6M (+88%).
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: 2019 19% · 2020 12% · 2021 10% · 2022 6% · 2023 5% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
Jovita Pina
Executive director
Board chair
Don Cunningham
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $82k → $484k.
16 of 77 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 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
BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
61% 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 BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 38% · 2019 18% · 2020 16% · 2021 30% · 2022 41% · 2023 15% — 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
49% of BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION'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
56% of BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION'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 $1.7M that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from funders outside Idaho, across 20 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION
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In Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION?
- BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION (Idaho) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,115,500 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($617,850). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $4,115,500 in grants to BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $617,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 77 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