Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY
LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,331,559 to it, the largest being AARP ($81,673,116). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $91M
- Net assets
- $99M
What Legal Counsel for the Elderly does
Mission
Legal Counsel for the Elderly (lce) champions the dignity and rights of low-income d.c. Residents aged 60 and older by providing free legal and social services to defend, protect and empower vulnerable seniors. Lce accomplishes its mission by promoting economic and healthcare security, supporting and advocating for tenants, preventing and defending against consumer fraud and financial abuse (particularly for homeowners) and resolving complaints and ensuring proper care for residents in long-term care facilities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Lce accomplishes its mission by responding to all inquiries and providing brief legal advice, referring potential clients to other resources or representing clients through one of several practice areas focusing on: economic and healthcare security by securing public benefits, retirement benefits and veterans' benefits, and assisting with guardianships and probating estates; tenant advocacy and support through intervening early on behalf of elderly tenants at-risk of eviction, preserving rental vouchers and holding landlords accountable for repairs and maintenance of their properties; consumer fraud and financial abuse prevention through advocacy, education and outreach to homeowners by providing foreclosure defense, tax sale intervention, debt collection defense and representing seniors victimized by scams and predators; pro bono engagement of private practice, corporate and government attorneys to prepare life planning documents such as wills and powers of attorney, and to handle litigation and systemic advocacy cases for recurring legal issues and educational outreach; and housing the dc office of the long-term care ombudsman to respond to andinvestigate complaints of residents…
$8,338,998 spentof which $150,019 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $8,338,998.
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 $19M to $82M (+322%).
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 36% · 2018 35% · 2019 33% · 2020 4% · 2021 24% · 2022 69% · 2023 30% · 2024 28%. 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 8 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
Rhonda Cunningham Holmes
Executive director
Board chair
Karen Ellis Carr
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $330k → $4.9M.
6 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 78% · 2019 73% · 2020 99% · 2021 74% · 2022 73% · 2023 65% — 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
56% of LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
98% of LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $424k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.5M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$950k
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 LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
24%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 7 related entities
- AARP (Consolidated) · exempt
- AARP Foundation · exempt
- AARP Insurance Plan · exempt
- Wish of a Lifetime · exempt
- Older Adults Technology Services · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY?
- LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,331,559 to it, the largest being AARP ($81,673,116). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $91,331,559 in grants to LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY?
- AARP is the largest funder on record, with $81,673,116 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE ELDERLY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 37 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