Virginia · Nonprofit
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $270,479 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($270,081). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $456k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $270k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the NAELA Foundation is to advance the goals of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and advocate for the rights of older Americans and people with special needs. See Schedule O for continuation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The Foundation instituted the "Elevating Voices" initiative during 2024. This initiative expands on programs already in place in support of NAELA Foundation's exempt-purpose. "Elevating Voices" encompasses a combined qualitative and quantitative strategy to address Medicaid estate recovery. This 20-month initiative began August 2024 and is projected to conclude April 2026.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The NAELA Foundation's "Elevating Voices" initiative encompasses a combined qualitative and quantitative strategy to address Medicaid estate recovery. Qualitatively, the project focuses on storytelling as a powerful tool to convey the real-life impact of Medicaid estate recovery on affected individuals and families. To enrich its qualitative approach, the NAELA Foundation will also conduct a quantitative analysis by way of a collegiate data analytics case study competition. To collect targeted data analysis on impacted populations, competing teams of graduate students will perform a comprehensive review of existing data sources to compile evidence highlighting generational ramifications and societal implications stemming from the loss of a home through Medicaid estate recovery.
$39,829 spent61% of program spendingLitigation and Regulatory Advocacy: The Foundation manages and distributes a litigation and regulatory advocacy fund that supports legal work of critical importance to older Americans and people with special needs. By providing financial support to members, NAELA Chapters, and other nonprofit organizations, NAELA facilitates litigation that ensures seniors and people with special needs benefit from the services they need and deserve.
$18,105 spent28% of program spendingCohn Sister's Scholarship for Patient Advocacy: Each year, the NAELA Foundation proudly awards several Cohn Sisters' Scholarships for Patient Advocacy. Scholarships provide attorneys the opportunity to attend the NAELA Annual Conference. The Cohn Sisters' Scholarship is available to elder law and special needs planning attorneys who are unable to afford to attend the NAELA Annual Conference and who will use the training to advocate for people with disabilities.
$7,500 spentof which $7,500 as grants11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $65,434.
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.
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 $718k to $1.1M (+54%).
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 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $141 → $19.
1 of 2 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $26k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys). These are real filings, and they are not money National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc’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
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $398 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 33 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc?
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $270,479 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($270,081). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $270,479 in grants to National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc?
- THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $270,081 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2 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