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USAGING

USAGING (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,448,426 to it, the largest being THE JOHN A HARTFORD FOUNDATION INC ($6,638,189). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$24M
Funders on record
21
Grants received
$11M
Net assets
$2.4M
9/21 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What Usaging does

Mission

Usaging represents & supports the national network of area agencies on aging & advocates for the title vi native american aging programs that help older adults & people with disabilities live with optimal health, well-being, independence & dignity in their homes & communities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Services for the aging include the eldercare locator, a national call center designed to help older adults, and their caregivers locate local aging services and supports. Services to support the aging network, include assistance with planning and capacity building to provide aging services; aligning health and social care; promoting social engagement; supporting caregivers through innovation, volunteer engagement and respite programming; seeding innovation in transportation and housing for older adults and people with disabilities; and supporting people living with dementia to thrive in the community. In 2025, the organization received $29,106,266 in donated services for services for the aging.

    $19,179,584 spentof which $11,275,609 as grants$2,613,664 earned by the program
    86% of program spending
  2. Annual conference is the association's largest training and technical assistance platform offering members and other attendees the opportunity to learn about the latest policy and programmatic developments in the field of aging, caregiving, and home and community-based services. Educational opportunities focus on best practices in aging service delivery, information on new trends and directions in the field from experts and learning, networking and engagement as well with peers, key stakeholders, and businesses. Additionally, the association conducts capacity building and topical polls and surveys of members to gauge changes in operations and critical and emerging issues as well as conducting policy, leadership and topical meetings to educate and exchange information with members.

    $1,572,654 spent$941,236 earned by the program
    7% of program spending
  3. Public policy - Usaging advocates for improved legislative and regulatory federal policy to support aging well at home that is informed by our members' experience and expertise. We educate congress, the administration and other policymakers and stakeholders on the value of our members' work and its impact on older adults', people with disabilities and family caregivers. Usaging does this through educational events, in-person and virtual policymaker visits, legislative and regulatory analysis and comments, support from grassroots advocacy, an annual publication of our policy priorities and more.

    $695,976 spent$116,198 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  4. External affairs and consulting

    $656,402 spent$236,837 earned by the program
    3% of program spending
  5. Training

    $108,896 spentof which $2,000 as grants$221,550 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  6. Communications and outreach

    $34,830 spentof which $10,000 as grants
    0% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,248,342.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($5.8M) Expenses 100 ($7.0M) Net assets 100 ($644k)2019 Revenue 130 ($7.6M) Expenses 116 ($8.1M) Net assets 16 ($102k)2020 Revenue 121 ($7.1M) Expenses 102 ($7.2M) Net assets 81 ($524k)2021 Revenue 162 ($9.4M) Expenses 120 ($8.4M) Net assets 170 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 230 ($13M) Expenses 170 ($12M) Net assets 399 ($2.6M)2023 Revenue 1022 ($60M) Expenses 848 ($59M) Net assets 430 ($2.8M)2024 Revenue 579 ($34M) Expenses 483 ($34M) Net assets 416 ($2.7M)2025 Revenue 413 ($24M) Expenses 347 ($24M) Net assets 380 ($2.4M)
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Revenue (413)Expenses (347)Net assets (380)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $8.5M to $16M (+85%).

$7.5M
$7.0M
$6.5M
$7.2M
$8.5M
$16M
$11M
$9.2M
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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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 53% · 2019 46% · 2020 48% · 2021 47% · 2022 39% · 2023 89% · 2024 79% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$1.2M
’18
−$542k
’19
−$90k
’20
$1.1M
’21
$1.5M
’22
$197k
’23
−$93k
’24
−$230k
’25
1.5
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.

Chief executive

Sandra Markwood

Chief executive officer

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed3434343855605865
Joined·+14+8+9+26+11+6+17
No longer listed·148596810
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $240k → $1.5M.

2 of 21 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.

From the IRS filings of USAGING’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

USAGING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

34% 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 USAGING.

58%
largest funder
79%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 60% · 2019 83% · 2020 80% · 2021 59% · 2022 41% · 2023 66% — 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

44% of USAGING's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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

USAGING draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states in all.

MN
IL
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
DC

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding USAGING receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $188.2M on record.

Federal$188.2M
grants $188.2Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$188.2M

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 USAGING

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 Washington, D.C.

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 7%Fundraising 2%

Governance

42
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 32 states

AK
ME
WA
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
KS
TN
SC
HI
OK
AL
GA
FL

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • National Community Health Alliance LLC · disregarded

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for USAGING: 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 USAGING?
USAGING (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,448,426 to it, the largest being THE JOHN A HARTFORD FOUNDATION INC ($6,638,189). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does USAGING have?
IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $11,448,426 in grants to USAGING, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of USAGING?
THE JOHN A HARTFORD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,638,189 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like USAGING find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 21 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