Our Aging Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923004496
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
8887422850
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,192
Expenses
$42,987
Assets
$24,103
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Leslee Schafer (Founder and CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Leslee Schafer (Founder and CEO)
  • Megan Turner (Co-Founder and Advocate)
  • Julie Macfarlane (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

Our Aging Services provides aging, disability and dementia friendly support through education, transition planning, accessing government resources and community engagement.

What it reported doing in 2025

Delivered dementia-friendly experiences and trainings to community groups, schools, and the general populations. Provided individualized transition planning and case management for families navigating aging and disability systems. Hosted community events that reduce stigma, build empathy, and promote inclusive support for people living with dementia. Hosted free family resource fairs for families caring for a child with a disability. Provided professional development to special education programs on various government resources their families may qualify for.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.4%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 117.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 83.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.