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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SERVICES & ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$17,964,703
Total expenses
$23,081,277
Contributions and grants received
$16,669,304
Grants paid
$492,053
Program service revenue
$859,670
Investment income
$423,355
Other revenue
$12,374
Total assets, end of year
$32,111,242
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,270,824
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$20,840,418
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,490,558
Management and general expenses
$2,439,614
Fundraising expenses
$3,151,105
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,490,558

Program services were 75.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,612,183

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $7,225,575

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $7,831,546

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $49,308

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM INCOME AND SERVICE FEES

    total $859,670 · related or exempt $859,670

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $380,421 · excluded $380,421

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $19,200

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $19,200

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $19,200 · excluded $19,200

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $589,196

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $546,262

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $42,934

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $42,934 · excluded $42,934

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $322,342

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,612,183

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $449,910

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$127,568 · excluded -$127,568

  • 11a · Other revenue: DEVELOPERS FEE

    total $113,099 · related or exempt $113,099

  • 11b · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $7,643 · excluded $7,643

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $120,742

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $416,319 · program services $416,319

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $75,734 · program services $75,734

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,068,134 · program services $685,574 · management and general $229,131 · fundraising $153,429

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,264,766 · program services $8,001,666 · management and general $845,854 · fundraising $1,417,246

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $264,051 · program services $206,299 · management and general $34,771 · fundraising $22,981

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,550,150 · program services $1,191,748 · management and general $91,920 · fundraising $266,482

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $875,411 · program services $671,537 · management and general $121,283 · fundraising $82,591

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $137,953 · program services $110,362 · management and general $27,591

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $96,975 · program services $28,838 · management and general $68,137

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $90,050 · program services $90,050

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $128,265 · fundraising $128,265

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,736,340 · program services $1,988,208 · management and general $487,219 · fundraising $260,913

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $279,560 · program services $168,225 · management and general $81,297 · fundraising $30,038

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $651,226 · program services $333,625 · management and general $18,561 · fundraising $299,040

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $482,955 · program services $370,480 · management and general $45,565 · fundraising $66,910

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $405,936 · program services $405,936

  • 17 · Travel

    total $383,003 · program services $249,366 · management and general $73,324 · fundraising $60,313

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $150,915 · program services $53,670 · management and general $93,575 · fundraising $3,670

  • 20 · Interest

    total $327,075 · program services $283,128 · management and general $21,066 · fundraising $22,881

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $799,437 · program services $736,181 · management and general $38,070 · fundraising $25,186

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $103,017 · program services $79,026 · management and general $9,719 · fundraising $14,272

  • 24a · Other expenses: CLIENT FOOD AND OTHER

    total $912,504 · program services $911,878 · fundraising $626

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $357,131 · program services $273,959 · management and general $33,694 · fundraising $49,478

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $205,638 · program services $14,587 · management and general $19,439 · fundraising $171,612

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING

    total $63,639 · program services $53,536 · management and general $7,447 · fundraising $2,656

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $255,093 · program services $90,626 · management and general $91,951 · fundraising $72,516

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,518,246 · end of year $1,292,326

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,748,957 · end of year $2,188,661

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,454,347 · end of year $8,346,523

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $263,656 · end of year $411,712

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $208,211 · end of year $378,119

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $16,918,852

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $5,187,933

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,469,210 · end of year $11,730,919

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $6,170,129

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $5,782,448

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,508,024 · end of year $1,592,853

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,619,421 · end of year $1,874,188

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $343,942 · end of year $838,457

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $7,143,228 · end of year $6,962,386

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,497,107 · end of year $1,595,793

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,316,301 · end of year $16,967,732

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,033,100 · end of year $3,872,686

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS, INC. (SAGE) IS THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST AND OLDEST ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF LGBTQ+ OLDER ADULTS. FOUNDED IN 1978 AND HEADQUARTERED IN NEW YORK CITY, SAGE IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND RESOURCES FOR LGBT OLDER ADULTS AND THEIR CAREGIVERS, ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC POLICY CHANGES THAT ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF LGBT OLDER PEOPLE AND PROVIDES TRAINING FOR LGBT ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES PROVIDING SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS, LARGELY THROUGH SAGECARE AND ITS NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON LGBT AGING. WITH STAFF CONCENTRATED IN NEW YORK CITY AND IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, SAGE HAS PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST AND OLDEST ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF LGBTQ+ ELDERS

  • SERVICES AND PROGRAMS: SAGE OFFERS INNOVATIVE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO LGBTQ+ OLDER PEOPLE NATIONWIDE - THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND NATIONALLY THROUGH BUILDING CAPACITY OF THE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR SAGECOLLAB PROGRAM. FROM ARTS AND CULTURE, TO HOUSING AND WELLNESS, SAGE'S INNOVATIVE IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS SUPPORT THOUSANDS OF LGBTQ+ OLDER PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC SUB-POPULATIONS WE OFFER TARGETED PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES FOR TRANSGENDER, NON-BINARY OLDER ADULTS, VETERANS AND HIV+ OLDER PEOPLE. OUR FRIENDLY VISITOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL LIFELINE FOR LGBTQ+ OLDER ADULTS IN NYC IS NOW GROWING TO INCLUDE MORE OF OUR SOUTH FLORIDA PARTICIPANTS. OUR PREMIER LGBTQ+ CULTURAL COMPETENCE TRAINING, SAGECARE TRAINS PROVIDERS OF SERVICES TO ELDERLY POPULATIONS IN THE BEST WAYS TO EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT AND ENGAGE LGBTQ+ ELDERS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES AND OTHER SETTINGS.

    Expenses $15,122,765 · Grants $416,319 · Revenue $972,769

  • PUBLIC OUTREACH: SAGE ADVOCATES AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS FOR PUBLIC POLICIES TO IMPROVE THE AGING EXPERIENCE AND ACCESS TO AGING SERVICES AMONG THE GROWING POPULATION OF LGBTQ+ OLDER PEOPLE AND OLDER PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV. OUR FEDERAL POLICY PROGRAM WORKS TO ENSURE THAT POLICYMAKERS IN CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION ENACT POLICIES THAT ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF LGBTQ+ OLDER PEOPLE AND OLDER PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV. ADDITIONALLY, SAGE WORKS WITH LOCAL LGBTQ+ ADVOCATES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO DEVELOP AND ACHIEVE THEIR LOCAL AND STATE POLICY AGENDAS. SAGE BUILDS THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND TO ENGAGE IN POLICY ADVOCACY THAT IMPROVES THE LIVES OF THEIR LOCAL CONSTITUENTS, BUILDING A NATIONAL LGBTQ+ AGING MOVEMENT.

    Expenses $2,367,793 · Grants $75,734

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Adams

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $447,102
    From this org
    $381,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,756
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $381,346
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $44,166
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,590
    Filer's total
    $447,102
  • Lynn Faria

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $294,281
    From this org
    $264,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,320
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $264,961
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,320
    Filer's total
    $294,281
  • David Rivera-Garcia

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT/CFO

    Total calculated
    $292,302
    From this org
    $265,511
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,791
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,511
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,791
    Filer's total
    $292,302
  • Marsha Bonner

    CHIEF PEOPLE & CULTURE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $205,784
    From this org
    $188,231
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,553
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,231
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,553
    Filer's total
    $205,784
  • Michele Giordano

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAGEVENTURE

    Total calculated
    $172,979
    From this org
    $166,776
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,203
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,776
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,203
    Filer's total
    $172,979
  • Johanna Osburn

    DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIST

    Total calculated
    $218,160
    From this org
    $218,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,160
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $218,160
  • Christina Dacosta

    CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $191,447
    From this org
    $164,383
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,064
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,383
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,064
    Filer's total
    $191,447
  • Hector Vargas

    ACTING CHIEF NAT'L INITIATIVES OFC.

    Total calculated
    $171,833
    From this org
    $165,873
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,960
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,873
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,960
    Filer's total
    $171,833
  • Ruth Eisenberg

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Williams

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Bennett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David De Figueiredo

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Staci Alexander

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bandar Alturkmani

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Luann Boylan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ian Lee Brown

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 09/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Darrell Burks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lorraine Carlson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Carter

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rahul Culas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Erdman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Bill Erhardt

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dawn Fischer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Grant Ginder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelly Hamilton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vicki Hood

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roy Jimenez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Zak Karim

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mara Keisling

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Lederman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Molly Lenore

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phil Lumpkin

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Willard McCloud III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Loren Ostrow

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Peda

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cindy Rizzo

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josue Santiago

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mady Schuman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Scott

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elliott Sernel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark Sexton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Teresa Verges

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Werner

    BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sue Wilder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
A COMPENSATION POLICY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE CEO POSITION. IT INCLUDES USING IMPARTIAL DECISION MARKERS, COMPARABILITY DATA AND CONCURRENT DOCUMENTATION.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • SAGE CROTONA

    C · REAL ESTATE · NY · 100% owned · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SAGE

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202520739349301807

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