California · Nonprofit
Council on Aging Services for Seniors
Council on Aging Services for Seniors (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,607,748 to it, the largest being SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($365,650). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.9M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $9.8M
What Council on Aging Services for Seniors does
Mission
To enhance the quality of life for our aging community by providing services that promote wellbeing and maintain independence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Home delivered meals (Meals on Wheels) is our largest program. We prepare and deliver over 145,000 meals annually to homebound seniors across most of Sonoma County. We serve heart-healthy, no added salt and low-fat meals providing one-third of the recommended dietary requirements for seniors. There are three options to select from: poultry, beef/pork/fish, and vegetarian.
$2,178,906 spent49% of program spendingOther program services include trust management services, adult day care services, volunteer services, information and referral services, elder abuse advocacy, and other program services as necessary.
$879,047 spent$296,581 earned by the program20% of program spendingCase Management: This program provides an individualized care plan which seeks to reflect and preserve the senior's values and lifestyle choices while maximizing opportunities for positive change and maintaining quality of life.
$823,576 spent18% of program spendingOur Community Dining serves on-site nutritious meals at senior centers and senior housing sites in Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Sonoma, Windsor, Rohnert Park, and Healdsburg. We serve heart-healthy, no added salt and low-fat meals providing one-third of the recommended dietary requirements for seniors. The goal is to provide a nutritious meal while encouraging socializing through food, fun, and conversation. We also provide ongoing nutrition education to our active aging community.
$597,510 spent$71,677 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,479,039.
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 2019 to 2020, from $8.4M to $9.4M (+12%).
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 47% · 2018 47% · 2019 53% · 2020 46% · 2021 62% · 2022 51% · 2023 54% · 2024 62% · 2025 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Corrine Lorenzen
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $151k → $280k.
13 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 Council on Aging Services for Seniors’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
Council on Aging Services for Seniors has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
75% 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 Council on Aging Services for Seniors.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 53% · 2019 60% · 2020 52% · 2021 62% · 2022 47% · 2023 29% — 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
38% of Council on Aging Services for Seniors's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
52% of Council on Aging Services for Seniors's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $742k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 Council on Aging Services for Seniors
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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 Council on Aging Services for Seniors: 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 Council on Aging Services for Seniors?
- Council on Aging Services for Seniors (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,607,748 to it, the largest being SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($365,650). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Council on Aging Services for Seniors have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $1,607,748 in grants to Council on Aging Services for Seniors, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Council on Aging Services for Seniors?
- SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $365,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Council on Aging Services for Seniors 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 33 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