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JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC

JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $319,365 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($76,917). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$7.0M
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$319k
Net assets
$1.6M
8/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Jefferson Council on Aging Inc does

Mission

Our mission is to assist the senior citizens of jefferson parish to age with dignity and independence in the place and manner of their choice.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Jefferson council on aging has 10 senior centers. Their major objective is the enhancement of life functioning through the provision of social and health services, opportunities for interpersonal relationships and development of leadership and coping skills, and access to other needed community services.

    $1,580,770 spent
    23% of program spending
  2. Home delivered meals is a service designed to help seniors maintain their independence as they face financial, physical, or emotional hardships. In addition to the nutritional benefit, this program provides a yearly wellness check for seniors.

    $1,879,318 spent
    28% of program spending
  3. Congregate meals are served to persons at a senior center, community center or other nutrition site.

    $608,539 spent
    9% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $2,731,457 spent$457,567 earned by the program
    40% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,800,084.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($5.8M) Expenses 100 ($5.5M) Net assets 100 ($1.3M)2018 Revenue 110 ($6.3M) Expenses 106 ($5.9M) Net assets 136 ($1.7M)2019 Revenue 102 ($5.9M) Expenses 111 ($6.1M) Net assets 115 ($1.4M)2020 Revenue 109 ($6.3M) Expenses 112 ($6.2M) Net assets 120 ($1.5M)2021 Revenue 116 ($6.7M) Expenses 117 ($6.5M) Net assets 140 ($1.8M)2022 Revenue 113 ($6.5M) Expenses 120 ($6.6M) Net assets 128 ($1.6M)2023 Revenue 123 ($7.1M) Expenses 130 ($7.2M) Net assets 123 ($1.5M)2024 Revenue 120 ($6.9M) Expenses 122 ($6.8M) Net assets 133 ($1.7M)2025 Revenue 122 ($7.0M) Expenses 129 ($7.1M) Net assets 127 ($1.6M)
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Revenue (122)Expenses (129)Net assets (127)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 2017 to 2018, from $1.5M to $1.9M (+27%).

$1.5M
$1.9M
$1.7M
$1.8M
$2.0M
$2.0M
$2.4M
$2.5M
$2.5M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 70% · 2018 69% · 2019 69% · 2020 72% · 2021 75% · 2022 74% · 2023 70% · 2024 74% · 2025 74%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

93% of JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$239k
’17
$449k
’18
−$261k
’19
$65k
’20
$249k
’21
−$99k
’22
−$69k
’23
$131k
’24
−$77k
’25
2.6
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.

Chief executive

Albert J Robichaux Jr

CEO/executive director

Board chair

Norman Romagosa

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed252019191919211922
Joined·+3+1+3+3+3+5+2+5
No longer listed·82333342
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $34k → $37k.

4 of 14 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 JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 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

JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

46% 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 JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC.

24%
largest funder
65%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 70% · 2019 83% · 2020 41% · 2021 81% · 2022 86% · 2023 81% — broadly stable.

“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

56% of JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

100% of JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.

NC
LA

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

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Louisiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $147k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve2.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · bottom quartile

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

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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 1%

Governance

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

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

LA

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Questions and answers

Who funds JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC?
JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $319,365 to it, the largest being THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION ($76,917). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $319,365 in grants to JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC?
THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $76,917 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like JEFFERSON COUNCIL ON AGING INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 14 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