Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200475553
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2009
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2026375399
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $77,884
- Expenses
- $69,709
- Assets
- $58,994
- Liabilities
- $2,308
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RICHARD J FIESTA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- ROBERT ROACH (PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER)
People named in this filing
- NANCY ALTMAN (BOARD MEMBER)
- STEVE HAYES (BOARD MEMBER)
- ERIC KINGSON (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
The alliance for retired americans educational fund is a social welfare organization devoted to research and educational issues of importance to seniors, retirees and their families. The araef focuses primarily on three program areas 1) research and development of written materials that deal with public policy issues that affect retirees, 2) education on public policy issues that affect retirees, 3) working with other not-for-profit organizations on issues that affect seniors, retirees, and their families.
What it reported doing in 2025
As a member of lcao the alliance participated in the lcao meetings during the year. As a member the alliance attended meetings. Lcao is a large coalition of the nation's non-profit organizations serving the older americans. It is composed of approx 70 members organizations that are diverse and dedicated to preserving and strengthening the well-being of american's older population. The membership dues from each of these organizations helps cover the administrative costs of lcao's meeting activities. Lcao provides a voice for seniors and their families in the ongoing national debate on aging policy. Lcao fights for the well-being of amercia's older population and is committed to representing their interests in the policy-making arena. Recognizing the strength of the coalition lies in the diversity of its membership, the purpose of the lcao is to foster communication and resource sharing among its member organizations, to serve as a source of information about issues affecting older persons, and to provide leadership and vision as america meets the challenges and opportunities presented by its society
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.3%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.3% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.