Virginia · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING
SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING (Virginia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $527,211 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING WESTERN VIRGINIA ($183,980). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $527k
- Net assets
- $578k
What Southern Area Agency on Aging does
Mission
To provide services to persons over 55 in planning district 12 of virginia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Transportation - individual and group transportation for persons age 60 or older to congregate meal sites, shopping, medical appointments, supporting services, and social and recreational activities.
$1,134,806 spent$14,276 earned by the program21% of program spendingHome delivered meals - delivering prepared meals to homes of persons over 60 or handicapped who are home-bound and providing nutrition education and information.
$1,188,845 spent$14,956 earned by the program22% of program spendingCongregate meals - serving meals at designated sites providing nutrition, education, recreation, socialization, and other support services.
$540,384 spent$6,798 earned by the program10% of program spendingOther program services consist of services provided to enhance the lives of senior citizens in the community.
$2,539,805 spent$31,953 earned by the program47% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,403,840.
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 2019 to 2020, from $418k to $940k (+125%).
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: 2017 96% · 2018 97% · 2019 98% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% · 2024 98% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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.
Board chair
Charlie Bowman
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $34k → $16k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY 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
SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 40% · 2019 61% · 2020 100% · 2021 58% · 2022 57% · 2023 63% — 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
33% of SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
69% of SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING'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 $161k that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $366k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING's revenue grew 25% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% 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 SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING?
- SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING (Virginia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $527,211 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING WESTERN VIRGINIA ($183,980). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $527,211 in grants to SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING WESTERN VIRGINIA is the largest funder on record, with $183,980 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN AREA AGENCY ON AGING 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.
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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 12 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