Area Agency on Aging, Region One

Legal name: Area Agency on Aging Region One Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 742371957
IRS 990 coverage: 2015–2024
Official website data refreshed: Sep 2026
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, US
Phone: 602-264-2255
Rating: 87
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Standard
Sector: Senior Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $36,794,242
Expenses: $36,346,421
Assets: $23,280,216
Liabilities: $4,166,050

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

MARY LYNN KASUNIC (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

MARY LYNN KASUNIC (PRESIDENT & CEO): $336,698 total reported compensation
MAI GABIL (SR VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES A): $209,240 total reported compensation
MANOLO NICDAO (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $195,650 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We are committed to valuing and supporting all people as they age

What it reported doing in 2024

Program development: funds are used for planning, coordinating, developing or enhancing community-based systems. Funds can be used to research or establish a new service or improve, expand or integrate an existing service. In fiscal year 2025, program development funds were used to support the vaccine collaborative, the amazon ring implementation program, community care corps volunteers serving as medical chaperones, americorps members providing social support and transportation, the operation hope food box program, eldershop grocery shopping program and mosaic which assists elder refugees on their path to citizenship.

Operating model

Revenue model: Grant-funded. 94% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model: Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 49% for direct work, and 51% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 92
Transparency & Controls: 83
Accountability: 91
Sustainability: 38
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 91.7%; rating input score 92
Program expense ratio: 92.7%; rating input score 93
Fundraising efficiency: $180.92 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

What they do: 22 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
Where the money goes: 91.7% of revenue deployed · 92.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $33.7M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $337K · 24 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1M reported
Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 54 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 51 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.

Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.