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INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING

INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being THE SCAN FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$205k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$122k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Institute for Senior Living does

Mission

The Institute for Senior Living is a think-and-act tank of thought leaders focused on innovation, strategy and leadership to generate ideas and act as a catalyst to advance solutions that optimize the aging experience. It helps its members stay informed, gain trusted peer insights, and become equipped to advance change. The objective is to result in better quality of living in later life and to dispel misperceptions about aging and aging services.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Institute held four CEO Thought-Leadership Roundtables with 20 or more participants in each toward the achievement of its mission. Guest faculty and expert speakers as well as technology and other innovators were secured to provide cutting-edge thought-leadership content that the members discussed and applied to the senior care sector. The presentations, tours, demonstrations and discussion which impacted the leadership and strategic decisions the CEO members made for the betterment of the older adults they serve and the staff who provide care. New collaborations and innovation projects were spawned from the roundtables. The Institute extended one of its Roundtables into a 4-day intensive on purpose and transitions. It also held other ad-hoc meetings to advance its mission.

    $101,787 spent
    42% of program spending
  2. Executive Director: Conducted extensive research to discover the latest innovations and thought advancements within the field of aging services and from other industries to inform, inspire and catalyze into action the organization's members. ISL member CEOs are thought leaders who serve hundreds of thousands of older adults throughout the United States. The information, inspiration and collaborative action discussions are delivered at the aforementioned Roundtables as well as other virtual gatherings each year, including by guest speakers and faculty. The Executive Director also planned an International Learning Journey to Europe, to learn from the Dutch, French and Sardinian cultures, governmental policies, advanced technologies and innovative care providers on how to better prioritize and provide innovative care for elders.

    $132,794 spent
    55% of program spending
  3. Books and readings to inform and inspire members.

    $617 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Secured investment management / banking services, necessary insurance, thought-leadership publication subscriptions, information technology and Secretary of State Information filing.

    $3,606 spent
    1% of program spending
  5. Executive Director travelled to the leading technology innovation conference and expo to learn and convey the latest relevant innovations in health care and senior care to the ISL membership.

    $2,704 spent
    1% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $241,508.

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 ($75k) Expenses 100 ($83k) Net assets 0 ($0)2022 Revenue 187 ($141k) Expenses 178 ($149k) Net assets 100 ($43k)2023 Revenue 266 ($200k) Expenses 196 ($164k) Net assets 185 ($79k)2024 Revenue 403 ($302k) Expenses 305 ($255k) Net assets 376 ($160k)2025 Revenue 273 ($205k) Expenses 289 ($242k) Net assets 287 ($122k)
20202022202320242025
Revenue (273)Expenses (289)Net assets (287)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 2023 to 2024, from $79k to $160k (+103%).

$0
$43k
$79k
$160k
$122k
20202022202320242025
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
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’20
−$8k
’22
$36k
’23
$48k
’24
−$37k
’25
6.1
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.

202320242025
Listed655
Joined·+3+1
No longer listed·41
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
$15k
funders
1

From the IRS filings of INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING’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 INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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

INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−18% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve6.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)22% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

82%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING?
INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being THE SCAN FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING.
Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING?
THE SCAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR LIVING find more funders?
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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