SeniorsUSA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883518446
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Phone
7035481421
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,600,764
Expenses
$3,719,968
Assets
$273,958
Liabilities
$432,832

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Tonya Mitchell (Director): $54,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Corporation is an educational, civic and social welfare organization which has as its goal to educate the general public about issues of interest to American citizens, especially seniors, concerning the importance of senior American security to community and natl resiliency.

What it reported doing in 2025

SeniorUSA is a 501(C)(4) non-profit organization that gives the American People a voice in Washington, DC on many issues, including: increasing Social Security COLAs, strengthening and improving Social Security. Our Direct Mail Program educates Americans on these issues and if they wish to take action, provides them with an opportunity to send petitions, ballots, surveys and polls to elected officials in Washington, DC urging passage of specific legislation related to each issue. As part of our Direct Mail Campaign, SeniorsUSA sent out the following number of educational letters and correspondence to concerned citizens across America under these specific campaigns: National Council for Survivors 3,284,602 National Seniors Union 1,638,111 Total: 4,922,713 SeniorsUSA also collected the following number of petitions for delivery to Washington, DC for these specific campaigns: National Council for Survivors 350,143 National Seniors Union 159,052 Total 509,195

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -3.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.58; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -24.4% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.2% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $54K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D revenue reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.