Aging Connections of Michiana

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 852523633
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2024–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location: Mishawaka, IN, USA
Phone: 5743400110
Rating: 80
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $109,849
Expenses: $67,057
Assets: $144,590
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Malana Maher (President/Founder)
Michael McConnell (Board President)
Patti Vandergrift (Board Vice President)

People named in this filing

Malana Maher (President/Founder)
Shannon Klein-Bruggeman (Board Member)
Jonathan Lawson (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Through a wide array of workshops, seminars, and informational sessions, Aging Connections empowers older adults with knowledge that enhances their quality of life. Topics range from health and wellness to financial literacy and technology use, ensuring that participants are well-equipped to navigate the complexities of modern life.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, we partnered with 170 organizations to provided free resource fairs to 700+ community members, provided 106 educational presentations in 7 counties in MI & IN, hosted a food drive for The Miller's Vets, and partnered with the Indiana Parkinson Foundation to provide a free educational event to 50 community members.

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 71% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 76
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 81
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 60.9%; rating input score 61
Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: 39%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.16; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 60.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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.