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Friends Services for the Aging

Friends Services for the Aging (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $73,036 to it, the largest being FRIENDS FOUNDATION FOR THE AGING ($73,036). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$5.1M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$73k
Net assets
$7.2M
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Friends Services for the Aging does

Mission

The mission of Friends Services for the Aging is to advance the performance of values-aligned organizations that serve seniors through training, services and relationships.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. FSA Compliance Program: FSA Compliance provides post-acute/long-term health care organizations with the expertise and resources to implement and support an effective Compliance and Ethics program. Our program design incorporates regulations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and guidance from the Office of Inspector General and the Department of Justice to ensure a robust program customized to fit the size, risk and complexity of individual organizations. This unique collaborative approach builds on a shared commitment to quality services and ethical practices in a challenging, ever-changing regulatory and compliance environment. Program support ranges from a full-service compliance program-including the provision of a compliance officer-to project management implementation guidance. Components include: Compliance Officer, Compliance Staff Support, Code of Conduct Development, Policy Development, Program Implementation Support, Program Assessment, Auditing and Monitoring, Staff Education and Training, Regulatory and Industry Updated, Privacy and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Resources. The FSA team assists in designing a program that addresses your…

    $3,395,983 spent$3,370,906 earned by the program
    82% of program spending
  2. FSA PEER Software Support Program: Provides user and technical support for an event reporting software for FSA clients in the senior living arena. Establishing a culture of safety through a focus on risk prevention.

    $261,901 spent$346,608 earned by the program
    6% of program spending
  3. FSA Core: provide support to member organizations and beyond including: education and training; leadership development; organizational development; governance. Members may participate in facilitated affinity groups and have access to various insurance products with like-minded organizations, and receive preferred pricing on compliance and risk management services.

    $496,481 spent$481,706 earned by the program
    12% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,154,365.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($4.0M) Expenses 100 ($3.6M) Net assets 100 ($4.9M)2021 Revenue 106 ($4.3M) Expenses 98 ($3.5M) Net assets 116 ($5.7M)2022 Revenue 81 ($3.3M) Expenses 105 ($3.8M) Net assets 106 ($5.2M)2023 Revenue 118 ($4.8M) Expenses 115 ($4.1M) Net assets 120 ($5.9M)2024 Revenue 119 ($4.8M) Expenses 119 ($4.2M) Net assets 131 ($6.5M)2025 Revenue 126 ($5.1M) Expenses 122 ($4.3M) Net assets 146 ($7.2M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (126)Expenses (122)Net assets (146)Peer revenue range

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 $5.3M to $6.0M (+15%).

$5.3M
$6.0M
$6.1M
$6.6M
$7.1M
$7.8M
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

9% of Friends Services for the Aging’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$474k
’20
$777k
’21
−$473k
’22
$668k
’23
$547k
’24
$770k
’25
3.0
months of
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

Linda Sterthous

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed262123232324
Joined·+5+3+3+4+3
No longer listed·101342
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $37k → $36k.

Funder
'17
'18
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of Friends Services for the 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.

Where its funders are

100% of Friends Services for the Aging's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Friends Services for the Aging runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · top quartile
Months of reserve3.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like Friends Services for the 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 Pennsylvania

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

15
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

88%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds Friends Services for the Aging?
Friends Services for the Aging (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $73,036 to it, the largest being FRIENDS FOUNDATION FOR THE AGING ($73,036). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Friends Services for the Aging have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $73,036 in grants to Friends Services for the Aging, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Friends Services for the Aging?
FRIENDS FOUNDATION FOR THE AGING is the largest funder on record, with $73,036 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Friends Services for the Aging find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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