Aarp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
951985500
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2024347578
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Seniors' Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,969,160,920
Expenses
$1,773,489,042
Assets
$13,056,882,027
Liabilities
$917,768,412

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jo Ann Jenkins (CEO (until 11/8/2024))
  • Dr Myechia Minter-Jordan (CEO (as of 11/11/2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • Jo Ann Jenkins (CEO (until 11/8/2024)): $2,871,820 total reported compensation
  • Scott M Frisch (EVP & COO): $1,099,565 total reported compensation
  • Nancy A LeaMond (EVP - Advocacy & Engagemen): $928,355 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization serving the 125 million Americans age 50-plus and their families by strengthening communities and advocating for health care stability, financial stability and personal fulfillment. Yes. AARP is a nonpartisan organization that does not endorse or oppose political candidates, parties or political action committees, nor contribute to campaigns. Instead, AARP advocates on issues affecting people age 50 and older by working with elected officials across the political spectrum. It also provides voters with nonpartisan information on candidates’ positions on health, financial security and quality of life. What AARP Membership Includes AARP membership extends our mission by providing older adults with practical tools, expert guidance and exclusive benefits. Members gain access to savings on everyday expenses and resources that support their...

What it reported doing in 2024

Community Engagement, Education, and Outreach provides programs, services, tools, information, and advocacy that advance the mission of AARP by helping to fulfill the wants and needs of people age 50+ and their families. AARP's 53 state and territorial offices offer needed assistance, information, and support to Americans 50+ at the state and local levels. This includes a wide range of community-based activities that engage the diverse 50+ population and their families, such as educational programs, health fairs, career expos, and volunteer opportunities. An important element of our state and local work is grassroots advocacy on state and local legislative and regulatory issues, including utility rates, caregiving, and work and save programs.AARP also advances our policy agenda at the national level through advocacy that proactively addresses issues important to people 50+, including caregiving, health, saving and planning, Social Security, and age-based discrimination. Underlying our policy agenda is the in-depth research conducted by AARP, which also provides a foundation for our program development and for the information we provide on key issues affecting 50+ Americans, including, in addition to those listed above, livable communities, work and careers, and more. AARP offers training and education programs that help people 50+ improve their lives, such as AARP Driver Safety courses and local workshops and activities on matters such as fraud prevention.AARP also facilitates the participation of 50+ Americans in bringing about positive social change in America. Initiatives include Create the Good, which connects individuals to a network of people, tools, and time-flexible volunteer opportunities; Andrus Awards for Community Service, which recognize people who have made a difference in their communities in ways that support AARP's mission, vision, and direction; AARP Purpose Prize awards, which support AARP's mission by honoring extraordinary people ages 50 and older who tap into the power of life experience to build a better future for us all; and the work of AARP Chapters, which engage members in community service and fellowship.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 94% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 92
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 16.2%; rating input score 16
  • Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 83.8%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.36; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 16.2% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.5B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.9M · 30 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $515.8M reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 709 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 697 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 16/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.