National Council on Aging
Legal name: National Council on Aging Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 131932384
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Arlington, VA, USA
- Phone
- 5715273900
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $77,891,453
- Expenses
- $81,488,340
- Assets
- $19,880,369
- Liabilities
- $12,756,272
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RAMSEY ALWIN (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- RAMSEY ALWIN (PRESIDENT & CEO): $541,953 total reported compensation
- JOSHUA HODGES (CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER): $318,082 total reported compensation
- KEVIN MADDEN (CFO): $314,425 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Improve the lives of older adults—especially those who are struggling—through advocacy and community programs, online help, and resources. Help us build a more just and caring society in which each of us, as we age, lives with dignity, purpose, and security. Explore how to support our mission, partner with us, and advocate on behalf of older adults. Decrease Font SizeAIncrease Font SizeA Donate. Our strategy is simple: keep ourselves accountable by measuring our impact; advance proven solutions that impact the lives of older adults; and scale our work through critical legislative measures, partnering with organizations that share our mission. See how we measure our progress The Highlands Ranch Senior Center is set to open in 2024, and stakeholders are continuing to learn valuable lessons on how to best serve the community's older adults.
What it reported doing in 2024
Economic well being: provide services and supports to increase older adults' access to benefits programs that increase their financial security.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 90% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 62% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.8%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $44.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: -4.6%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 96.8% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $75.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $542K · 21 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.9M reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 200 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 191 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.