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SENIORS FIRST INC

SENIORS FIRST INC (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,358,691 to it, the largest being Agency on AgingArea 4 ($7,767,789). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.3M
Funders on record
29
Grants received
$10M
Net assets
$3.2M
14/29 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 76%
01What it does

What Seniors First Inc does

Mission

To provide long term support and services to help placer county older adults maintain their independence and thrive.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provided meals to homebound seniors meal on wheels and in our seven senior cafes.

    $2,042,985 spent$55,792 earned by the program
    71% of program spending
  2. Provide rides to individuals who have no other means to transportation to medical appointments and essential errands, such as grocery shopping.

    $616,280 spent
    22% of program spending
  3. Information and Assistance program - We have the Telephone Reassurance and Assisted Living Placement program which provides resources for senior-focused programs, services, and assistance. Information and Assistance are available by phone in both English and Spanish. In addition, Seniors First offers a comprehensive database of senior resources on its website.

    $201,073 spent$54,170 earned by the program
    7% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,860,338.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($203k)2018 Revenue 114 ($1.5M) Expenses 121 ($1.5M) Net assets 103 ($210k)2019 Revenue 119 ($1.6M) Expenses 119 ($1.5M) Net assets 154 ($312k)2020 Revenue 152 ($2.0M) Expenses 120 ($1.5M) Net assets 589 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 173 ($2.3M) Expenses 148 ($1.8M) Net assets 818 ($1.7M)2022 Revenue 194 ($2.5M) Expenses 182 ($2.2M) Net assets 997 ($2.0M)2023 Revenue 225 ($3.0M) Expenses 191 ($2.3M) Net assets 1298 ($2.6M)2024 Revenue 275 ($3.6M) Expenses 261 ($3.2M) Net assets 1500 ($3.0M)2025 Revenue 254 ($3.3M) Expenses 258 ($3.2M) Net assets 1588 ($3.2M)
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Revenue (254)Expenses (258)Net assets (1588)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 2019 to 2020, from $483k to $1.6M (+231%).

$508k
$468k
$483k
$1.6M
$2.0M
$2.3M
$2.8M
$3.3M
$3.5M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 53% · 2018 59% · 2019 69% · 2020 72% · 2021 68% · 2022 58% · 2023 61% · 2024 75% · 2025 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

96% of SENIORS FIRST INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$86k
’17
$7k
’18
$103k
’19
$524k
’20
$466k
’21
$310k
’22
$610k
’23
$410k
’24
$172k
’25
8.6
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.

Board chair

Gus Petsas

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed776887588
Joined·+2+2+3+0+0+2+6+0
No longer listed·23101430
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $620k → $1.3M.

7 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 SENIORS FIRST 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

SENIORS FIRST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

98% 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 SENIORS FIRST INC.

75%
largest funder
88%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 63% · 2019 73% · 2020 56% · 2021 85% · 2022 82% · 2023 79% — 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 SENIORS FIRST INC'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+6y

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 SENIORS FIRST INC's grant income comes from California funders.

WI
CA
NE
VA
NC
TX

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

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $848k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

SENIORS FIRST INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin5% · above the median
Months of reserve8.6mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 7%Fundraising 3%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds SENIORS FIRST INC?
SENIORS FIRST INC (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,358,691 to it, the largest being Agency on AgingArea 4 ($7,767,789). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SENIORS FIRST INC have?
IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $10,358,691 in grants to SENIORS FIRST INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SENIORS FIRST INC?
Agency on AgingArea 4 is the largest funder on record, with $7,767,789 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SENIORS FIRST INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 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