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National Council On Aging

Name: National Council On Aging grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

959
grants reported: $195.0M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $60,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Older-worker employment subawards to workforce and community action agencies
Area Agencies on Aging and state/county aging offices
Culturally specific elder services for Asian, Latino, immigrant communities
Community health centers running falls prevention and chronic disease programs
University partners for aging research, evaluation, and program testing
Legal aid, food access, and senior center operations

Typical grant

Median grant is $60,000, with the middle half between $31,000 and $100,000. That is the working range for community organizations, health centers, and universities. A separate tier of seven-figure awards ($1.2M to $12.6M) goes to a small set of workforce and community action agencies that operate older-worker employment programs as subrecipients, and those relationships persist year over year. With 959 grants to 432 recipients across four years, repeat funding is the norm rather than the exception.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“SUPPORT”
“AREA AGENCY ON AGING”
“COMMUNITY ACTION”
“HEALTHY AGING”
“SENIOR CENTER”

Positioning adjacent work

Ask $100,000 to $150,000. University awards cluster there: Duke $160K, VCU $145K, Wake Forest $144K.
Frame work as evidence-based programming an Area Agency on Aging or community health center can deliver.
Partner with a named grantee in your state rather than approaching as a standalone research site.
Emphasize reach into a specific underserved elder population: rural, immigrant, low-income, or disabled.

Worth knowing: This is an intermediary that redistributes program dollars, not a discretionary endowment, so the top ten awards absorb roughly $27M of the 2024 total and go to a stable network of older-worker employment subrecipients like PathStone and The Legacy Link. Everything below $250,000 spreads widely across CA, NY, IL, TX, and MO, and reads as competitive placement into an existing service infrastructure rather than open-field grantmaking.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Pathstone4 grants · $48.0M
The Legacy Link4 grants · $17.8M
Southwestern Community Action Council Inc-52 and 784 grants · $7.7M
The Skillsource Group4 grants · $5.4M
Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission4 grants · $5.3M
Ser Jobs for Progress4 grants · $5.2M
New York City Department for the Aging4 grants · $4.9M
Felton Institute3 grants · $3.8M
Family Service Agency of San Mateo County3 grants · $3.5M
Crispus Attucks Association4 grants · $3.2M

Giving over time

$39.1M

2021

$44.7M

2022

$64.7M

2023

$46.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 959 grants.

$12.6M
Pathstone · Rochester, NY · 2024
Support
$12.0M
Pathstone · Rochester, NY · 2023
Support
$11.9M
Pathstone · Rochester, NY · 2022
Support
$11.4M
Pathstone · Rochester, NY · 2021
Support
$4.8M
The Legacy Link · Oakwood, GA · 2021
Support
$4.5M
The Legacy Link · Oakwood, GA · 2024
Support
$4.3M
The Legacy Link · Oakwood, GA · 2022
Support
$4.3M
The Legacy Link · Oakwood, GA · 2023
Support
$2.3M
Southeast Chicago Chamber of Commerce · Chicago, IL · 2023
Support
$2.2M
National Alliance for Hispanic Health · Washington, DC · 2023
Support
$2.0M
Southwestern Community Action Council Inc-52 and 78 · Huntington, WV · 2021
Support
$1.9M
Felton Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support
$1.9M
Southwestern Community Action Council Inc-52 and 78 · Huntington, WV · 2022
Support
$1.9M
Southwestern Community Action Council Inc-52 and 78 · Huntington, WV · 2024
Support
$1.9M
Southwestern Community Action Council Inc-52 and 78 · Huntington, WV · 2023
Support
$1.4M
The Skillsource Group · McLean, VA · 2024
Support
$1.4M
The Skillsource Group · Vienna, VA · 2023
Support
$1.4M
South Carolina Association of Community Action Partnerships · Columbia, SC · 2023
Support
$1.4M
Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission · Covington, KY · 2024
Support
$1.4M
Ser Jobs for Progress · Fresno, CA · 2023
Support
$1.3M
Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission · Covington, KY · 2023
Support
$1.3M
New York City Department for the Aging · New York, NY · 2022
Support
$1.3M
Ser Jobs for Progress · Fresno, CA · 2022
Support
$1.3M
Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission · Covington, KY · 2022
Support
$1.3M
Ser Jobs for Progress · Fresno, CA · 2021
Support
$1.3M
Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission · Covington, KY · 2021
Support
$1.3M
New York City Department for the Aging · New York, NY · 2023
Support
$1.3M
The Skillsource Group · Vienna, VA · 2022
Support
$1.2M
Ser Jobs for Progress · Fresno, CA · 2024
Support
$1.2M
The Skillsource Group · Vienna, VA · 2021
Support
$1.2M
Family Service Agency of San Mateo County · San Mateo, CA · 2022
Support
$1.2M
New York City Department for the Aging · New York, NY · 2024
Support
$1.2M
Workforce Essentials · Clarksville, TN · 2024
Support
$1.2M
Family Service Agency of San Mateo County · San Mateo, CA · 2023
Support
$1.2M
New York City Department for the Aging · New York, NY · 2021
Support
$1.2M
Workforce Essentials · Clarksville, TN · 2023
Support
$1.1M
Family Service Agency of San Mateo County · San Mateo, CA · 2021
Support
$999,000
Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support
$997,691
Felton Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support
$912,562
Westmoreland County Community College · Youngwood, PA · 2021
Support
$907,560
Crispus Attucks Association · York, PA · 2023
Support
$898,876
Felton Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support
$850,208
Family Service Agency of Sf · San Francisco, CA · 2021
Support
$814,736
Crispus Attucks Association · York, PA · 2022
Support
$765,498
Crispus Attucks Association · York, PA · 2024
Support
$672,745
Crispus Attucks Association · York, PA · 2021
Support
$650,961
Thrive Allen County · Iola, KS · 2023
Support
$635,470
Millcreek Manor · Erie, PA · 2023
Support
$606,340
Westmoreland County Community College · Youngwood, PA · 2022
Support
$589,636
Rutgers the State University · Piscataway, NJ · 2023
Support
$584,148
Region Viii Planning & Development Council-56 and 83 · Petersburg, WV · 2021
Support
$581,753
Region Viii Planning & Development Council-56 and 83 · Petersburg, WV · 2022
Support
$564,512
Westmoreland County Community College · Youngwood, PA · 2023
Support
$522,804
National Coalition of 100 Black Women Central Fl · Orlando, FL · 2023
Support
$507,900
National Asian Pacific Center On Aging · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support
$506,364
Advancing States · Arlington, VA · 2023
Support
$499,694
Asian Services in Action · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Support
$488,813
Luzernewyoming Aaa · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2023
Support
$479,925
Region Viii Planning & Development Council-56 and 83 · Petersburg, WV · 2023
Support
$477,035
Luzernewyoming Aaa (74) · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2024
Support
$465,250
Region Viii Planning & Development Council-56 and 83 · Petersburg, WV · 2024
Support
$456,810
Big Sandy Area Community Action Program · Paintsville, KY · 2023
Support
$453,167
Big Sandy Area Community Action Program · Paintsville, KY · 2024
Support
$444,833
Big Sandy Area Community Action Program · Paintsville, KY · 2022
Support
$444,219
Advancing States · Arlington, VA · 2024
Support
$431,713
Big Sandy Area Community Action Program · Paintsville, KY · 2021
Support
$428,027
Luzemewyoming Aaa · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2022
Support
$422,043
Luzemewyoming Aaa · Wilkesbarre, PA · 2021
Support
$405,492
Wnc Health Network · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support
$392,266
Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada · Reno, NV · 2023
Support
$387,224
Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association · Harrisburg, PA · 2023
Support
$375,000
Boat People Sos · Falls Church, VA · 2023
Support
$375,000
Chinatown Service Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support
$374,968
Dolores Huerta Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2023
Support
$371,022
Southern Alabama Ahec · Georgiana, AL · 2023
Support
$370,000
Feeding the Gulf Coast · Theodore, AL · 2021
Support
$369,713
Fund for Public Health in Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
Support
$367,104
Aspira Association · Washington, DC · 2023
Support
$363,129
One Community Health · Hood River, OR · 2023
Support
$348,563
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Support
$340,853
Project Vision Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Support
$339,999
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation · Montebello, CA · 2024
Support
$330,231
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center · San Bernadino, CA · 2023
Support
$329,942
Catholic Community Services of Northern Nevada · Reno, NV · 2021
Support
$324,831
Clemson University · Clemson, SC · 2023
Support
$323,571
Catholic Family and Community Services · Clifton, NJ · 2023
Support
$323,310
Immunize Nevada · Reno, NV · 2023
Support
$320,800
Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington · Federal Way, WA · 2023
Support
$298,157
Appalachian State University · Boone, NC · 2023
Support
$294,784
Age Plus US · Clackamas, OR · 2023
Support
$270,653
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support
$264,584
Chinese Information & Services Center · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support
$249,999
Catholic Family and Community Services · Clifton, NJ · 2024
Support
$249,999
Chinatown Service Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support
$249,999
Indianhead Community Action Agency · Ladysmith, WI · 2024
Support
$249,999
Southeast Chicago Chamber of Commerce · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support
$249,999
St Barnabas Senior Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support
$246,318
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation · Montebello, CA · 2022
Support
$238,821
Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada · Reno, NV · 2022
Support
$236,465
San Ysidro Health · San Diego, CA · 2023
Support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.