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LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION

LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,964,273 to it, the largest being ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ($5,750,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$781k
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$8.0M
Net assets
$0
12/25 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Lifespan Extension Advocacy Foundation does

Mission

To promote the advancement of biomedical technologies which increase human lifespan. To this purpose, the corporation shall, fiscally sponsor grants for lifespan related research, sponsor meetings and conventions, and raise awareness by educating the public regarding the value of life extension.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Production of daily news articles, videos, interviews, and other educational content through our news and outreach website platform, focused on raising awareness regarding the personal and societal benefits of supporting life extension research.

    $833,022 spentof which $360,590 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $833,022.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($649k) Expenses 100 ($399k) Net assets 100 ($299k)2019 Revenue 88 ($572k) Expenses 140 ($559k) Net assets 104 ($312k)2020 Revenue 83 ($540k) Expenses 90 ($359k) Net assets 165 ($494k)2021 Revenue 199 ($1.3M) Expenses 237 ($946k) Net assets 281 ($842k)2022 Revenue 187 ($1.2M) Expenses 258 ($1.0M) Net assets 303 ($907k)2023 Revenue 142 ($924k) Expenses 334 ($1.3M) Net assets 215 ($644k)2024 Revenue 120 ($781k) Expenses 252 ($1.0M) Net assets 0 ($0)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (120)Expenses (252)Net assets (0)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 $737k to $0 (−100%).

$309k
$326k
$502k
$866k
$956k
$737k
$0
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

67% of LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,932 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$250k
’18
$13k
’19
$181k
’20
$348k
’21
$185k
’22
−$410k
’23
−$226k
’24
0.9
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

Stephanie Dainow

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed99810888
Joined·+0+0+4+0+0+0
No longer listed·012200
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $221k → $6.0M.

12 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION’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

LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

94% 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 LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION.

72%
largest funder
84%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 90% · 2019 91% · 2020 56% · 2021 66% · 2022 48% · 2023 96% — 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

38% of LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% give in more than one year at all.

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

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

87% of LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from New York funders.

MN
NY
NJ
CA
VA
DE
TX

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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

LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 13 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−29% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,769 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION

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In New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 12%Fundraising 5%

Governance

8
board members
38%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

80%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION?
LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,964,273 to it, the largest being ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ($5,750,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $7,964,273 in grants to LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION?
ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LIFESPAN EXTENSION ADVOCACY FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 25 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