Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,432,805 to it, the largest being THE JOHN A HARTFORD FOUNDATION INC ($2,175,891). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Gerontological Society of America does
Mission
Since 1945, gsa has established itself as a convener of multi-stakeholder collaborations in the field of aging by collaborating with outside stakeholders to inform our members (and others) on topics where there are knowledge gaps due to environmental changes, policy changes, new research findings, guideline changes, practice challenges, and new products entering the market.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grants and sponsored projects: gsa seeks support for the society and the aging field with program grants for the reframing aging initiative; the rcmar national coordinating center; the annual scientific meeting biological sciences programming; the journalist in aging fellows' program, and practice innovation. In light of the growing demands of the older adult population, a gsa corporate leaders forum works strategically with the society to address the multi-faceted issues impacting aging research, education, practice enterprise, and business models. Tackling the issues and challenges being placed on industry, government, the healthcare system, communities, families, and individuals, the panel identifies solutions that address the ever-growing need for innovative technology, products, services, and support.
$3,637,136 spentof which $143,389 as grants$1,290,818 earned by the program42% of program spendingMeetings: gsa hosts an annual scientific meeting each november and brings together more than 4,000 international experts and partners from academia, industry, government, and beyond to exchange information and to discuss the broader role of aging science. As the premier gathering of gerontologists from both the united states and around the world, attendees participate in over 500 scientific sessions including symposia, paper, and poster presentations, and exhibits.
$1,866,019 spent$2,620,251 earned by the program21% of program spendingPublishing: gsa publishes several peer-reviewed journals: innovation and aging, the gerontologist, the journals of gerontology series a: biological and medical sciences, and the journals of gerontology, series b: psychological and social sciences. These publications provide researchers in the field of gerontology the opportunity to share their findings. Gsa's public policy institute publishes the public policy & aging report. This publication explores policy issues generated by the aging of american society.
$1,639,476 spent$2,309,364 earned by the program19% of program spendingMember activities: gsa provides its more than 6,000 members with the opportunity to present their research findings, learn about the research findings of others, and network at its annual scientific meeting. Sessions on research, education and practice related to all facets of aging and the aging processes are featured. Gsa also provides 24 x 7 online access to all five of gsa's scholarly journals with thousands of articles on every aspect of aging research, best practices and trends; provides members with a monthly newsletter, gerontology news and gsa announcements, both of which cover the latest news in the profession and updates members about the society's activities. Gsa benefits include networking, publications; webinars and podcasts; summits; online learning; regular e-mail updates; over 65 interdisciplinary topic-focused interest groups; a robust awards program to recognize excellence in the fields of gerontology and gerontological research; student rewards; job board connects talented job seekers with career opportunities and helps employers reach the most qualified candidates in the field of aging; the national center to reframe aging is dedicated to ending ageism by…
$1,053,862 spent$1,259,390 earned by the program12% of program spendingPublic policy: gsa's public policy outreach is responsible for developing and managing the society's relationships with other organizations in the aging arena, including serving as a liaison to assigned partner organizations; major programs and projects with philanthropic and government funding organizations; and policy-related activities and the national academy on an aging society.
$491,621 spent6% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,688,114.
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 2023 to 2024, from $14M to $16M (+19%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2023 2% · 2024 6% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
James Appleby
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Judith Howe
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $186k → $703k.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA’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
GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
31% 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 GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 56% · 2019 44% · 2020 47% · 2021 38% · 2022 37% · 2023 58% — growing more concentrated.
“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
44% of GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Government funding GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $575 on record.
- Registration - Agency Direct$575
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA?
- GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,432,805 to it, the largest being THE JOHN A HARTFORD FOUNDATION INC ($2,175,891). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $4,432,805 in grants to GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA?
- THE JOHN A HARTFORD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,175,891 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 19 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing