Oregon · Nonprofit
SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE
SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE (Oregon) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $741,126 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($348,415). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $550k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $741k
- Net assets
- $819k
What Senior Advocates for Generational Equity Sage does
Mission
Sage sparks the imagination and commitment of people over 50 who believe in generational equity: each generation has the responsibility to give forward and improve the quality of life for the next. To accomplish our work, we raise awareness about major challenges facing the future in education, the environment, and the economy (the 3 es), connect people to resources and opportunities to get involved, and train and support people to actively engage in social causes and nonprofit organizations. We work across generations because we need each other and the future needs all the advocates it can get.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership & education. Sage sparks the imagination and commitment of people over fifty who believe in generational equity - the responsibility to give forward and improve life for the next generation. Building on more than a decade of progress, this year we engaged over 5,000 people in efforts to create opportunities for future generations to thrive. Through our connect & engage series, we welcomed new participants and helped them find meaningful pathways to give forward. We hosted or supported 13 discussions and workshops that explored the challenges facing the future, ways individuals can make a difference, and the support, resources, and community needed to take action. These events focused on key topics such as civic engagement, community resilience, and housing security. As part of this series, we also held our third sage awards event, celebrating our community and honoring exceptional service to future generations. Throughout the year, we also provided one-to-one meetings with our community connectors to help match individuals' interests with meaningful giveforward opportunities in their communities. To complement this work, we developed and shared stories highlighting…
$143,536 spent$5,185 earned by the program48% of program spendingVisiting sage. Through our visiting sage program, we host speakers who illuminate major challenges and opportunities facing the future and inspire people to take meaningful action. This year, we held our ninth visiting sage event, featuring dr. Jane goodall on the future of hope. Dr. Goodall shared personal reflections on her remarkable life, her groundbreaking work, and her enduring message of hope for our planet. The following day, she met with students to learn about their conservation and research projects. Together, these events reminded all of us of the power of inspiring hope through local action - and of the importance of working across generations to make a positive difference in our world.
$48,679 spent$28,901 earned by the program16% of program spendingSage teams. Sage teams bring together groups of people and organizations who collaborate to achieve shared goals aligned with our three priority areas: education, the environment, and economic opportunity. Through our vision 2030 team, we provided education about portland's 2030 climate goals, related solutions, and emerging workforce opportunities. This year, we facilitated more than 50 lessons and four allschool fairs, reaching over 2,000 students. Through our citizen project, we offered 17 events - including a statewide convening - to encourage people to work across differences and address community challenges collaboratively. We also supported two programs that engage older adults as mentors and tutors, helping more than 200 elementary and middle school students strengthen their reading and math skills. Our program for emerging leaders organized two intergenerational service events that encourage people of all ages to serve together. Our evs for all team supported two electric vehicle car share programs. Together, these efforts show the power of working collectively to build a brighter future in which younger and future generations can thrive.
$104,044 spent$2,500 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $296,259.
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 2024 to 2025, from $618k to $826k (+34%).
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 5% · 2022 2% · 2023 11% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Stephen Higgs
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $25k → $73k.
8 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE’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
SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 75% · 2019 80% · 2020 45% · 2021 70% · 2022 26% · 2023 44% — 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
50% of SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
82% of SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $134k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $607k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Against its field
SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,917 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE
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 Oregon
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
52%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE: 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 SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE?
- SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE (Oregon) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $741,126 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($348,415). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $741,126 in grants to SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $348,415 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SENIOR ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONAL EQUITY SAGE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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