Ohio · Nonprofit
LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING
LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,033,370 to it, the largest being THE NORD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($459,950). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $786k
What Lorain County Office on Aging does
Mission
To preserve and enhance the well being of lorain countys older adults and adults with special needs by promoting their independence and community awareness and by utilizing
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Aging & disability resource network (adrn) is a comprehensive service offerred to adults who are 60+ years or disabled and experiencing challenges and issues that are making it difficult to remain self-sufficient and safely in their homes. The program is a starting point to obtain community services and support needed to address barriers and help vulnerable aging and disabled lorain county residents to remain independent in community settings. Services include: (1) benefits assistance, (2) information & assistance and (3) options counseling to help at-risk individuals address barriers to remaining independent in community settings. Homemaker - provides homemaking services such as grocery shopping, meal preparation, laundry and light housekeeping to support safety and independence for those unable to maintain a safe, clean home without assistance. Assisted transportation - provides seniors with free transportation to their medical appointments.
$165,226 spent8% of program spendingKinship care program provides wraparound services to kinship caregivers and their families to ensure that families are stablized and children being raised by grandparents or other kinship caregivers who are not their biological parents are safe and able to grow into strong, healthy adults. Services offered through kinship include; intensive case management, food pantry services, legal fee assistance, caregiver education groups and caregiver support groups.
$663,599 spent$10,874 earned by the program32% of program spendingSafe at home: this program makes home modifications to support independence and safety in the home; modifications include ramps, grab bars, handrails and bathroom modifications
$839,823 spent41% of program spendingNutrition services - support nutritionally at-risk seniors through an emergency food pantry, home delivered senior food boxes, commodities, farmers market coupons, and the restaurant voucher program.
$377,576 spent18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,046,224.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $659k to $922k (+40%).
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: 2021 55% · 2022 63% · 2023 66% · 2024 80%. 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 4 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
Nicolle Bellmore Pierse
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $40k → $173k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING’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
LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 43% · 2019 40% · 2020 50% · 2021 66% · 2022 40% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“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
67% of LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
99% of LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $288k 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.
Government funding LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $518k on record.
- Corporation for National and Community Service$518k
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 LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING?
- LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,033,370 to it, the largest being THE NORD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($459,950). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,033,370 in grants to LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING?
- THE NORD FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $459,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 8 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