Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$38,630,866

Total expenses

$38,365,185

Contributions and grants received

$38,032,848

Grants paid

$28,507,712

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$223,744

Other revenue

$374,274

Total assets, end of year

$8,196,660

Total liabilities, end of year

$4,776,849

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,419,811

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$35,200,426

Management and general expenses

$3,157,136

Fundraising expenses

$7,623

Program service expenses (Part III)

$35,200,426

Program services were 91.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• STATE/GRF - GENERAL REVENUE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ABUSE INTERVENTION, TRANSPORTATION, OUT-REACH AND HOME DELIVERED MEALS

  Expenses $14,695,965 · Grants $14,695,965

• AGEOPTIONS IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND MAINTAINING THE DIGNITY OF OLDER PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT THEM. AGEOPTIONS IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION DESIGNATED BY THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT ON AGING AS THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY. AS A CATALYST FOR CONNECTING OLDER PERSONS AND CAREGIVERS TO RESOURCES AND SERVICE OPTIONS, WE ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR OUR INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING, NETWORKING WITH COMMUNITY BASED SENIOR SERVICE AGENCIES, AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF OLDER PERSONS. OVER THE PAST 50+ YEARS, AGEOPTIONS HAS ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION FOR MEETING THE NEEDS, WANTS AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE OLDER ADULT POPULATION IN SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY. OUR PURPOSE IS TO CONNECT ADULTS, AGED 60 AND OVER, WITH RESOURCES AND OPTIONS FOR CARE SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A FULL RANGE OF CHOICES AND LIVE THEIR LIVES TO THE FULLEST. OUR ROLE IS TO PLAN, FUND, COORDINATE, AND ADVOCATE FOR OLDER ADULTS AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM. WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN ADVOCATING FOR SENIORS IN THE AREAS SUCH AS ELDER JUSTICE, CAREGIVING, NUTRITION, MEDICARE, EMPLOYMENT, AND ACCESS TO BENEFITS. OUR PRIMARY SERVICE AREA, SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY, INCLUDES 130 COMMUNITIES WITHIN 30 TOWNSHIPS SURROUNDING CHICAGO - HOME TO ALMOST 2.8 MILLION RESIDENTS AND 691,599 OLDER ADULTS. THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT TITLE III SOCIAL, NUTRITION, CAREGIVER, AND HEALTH PROMOTION/DISEASE PREVENTION SERVICES, ELDER RIGHTS, LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, SENIOR MEDICARE PATROL, ARE CORE SERVICES PROVIDED IN ALL 30 TOWNSHIPS OF SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY. IN FY 2025, 196,778 OLDER ADULTS AND CAREGIVERS WERE SERVED THROUGH THE WIDE RANGE OF TITLE III AND OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS INCLUDING HOME DELIVERED MEALS, MEAL KITS, AND CONGREGATE DINING, LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES, LEGAL SERVICES, HOME PRESERVATION, PREVENTION OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND THE OTHER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

  Expenses $10,525,821 · Grants $10,525,821 · Revenue $267,051

• HOME OPTIONS PATH TO EMPOWERMENT (H.O.P.E.) IS FUNDED BY THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES UNDER THE COLBERT CONSENT DECREE. H.O.P.E. ASSISTS COOK COUNTY NURSING FACILITY RESIDENTS, 18 AND OLDER AND ON MEDICAID, TO TRANSITION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS ABLE. H.O.P.E. CLIENTS WORK WITH OUR SKILLED PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING SOCIAL WORKERS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, NURSES, LICENSED CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS AND OTHERS TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS NEEDED TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. H.O.P.E ENSURES THAT SERVICES AND SUPPORTS ARE IN PLACE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CLIENTS UPON TRANSITION TO THE COMMUNITY. OUR COMMUNITY TEAM CONTINUES TO WORK WITH OUR CLIENTS FOR 18-MONTHS POST-TRANSITION TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE STABLE AND ABLE TO LIVE SAFELY AND SUCCESSFULLY.IN FY 2025, H.O.P.E. TRANSITIONED 51 CLIENTS FROM NURSING FACILITIES TO THE COMMUNITY. WE WORKED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 552 CLIENTS IN NURSING HOMES TO SKILL BUILD, IDENTIFY FORMAL AND INFORMAL COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AND CREATED SERVICE PLANS WITH GOALS FOR CLIENTS TO WORK ON TO PREPARE FOR TRANSITION. WE SUPPORTED A TOTAL OF 71 CLIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, POST-TRANSITION DURING FY25.

  Expenses $4,909,642 · Grants $1,162,189

• ALL OTHER PROGRAMS

  Expenses $5,068,998 · Grants $2,123,737

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• COMMUNITY NUTRITION NETWORK

  $5,121,815

  SOCIAL & NUTRITION SERVICES FOR ELDERLY

• TOP BOX FOODS

  $3,595,016

  AO MAINSTREAM PRODUCE

• PATHLIGHTS

  $2,104,391

  SOCIAL, ELDER ABUSE, NUTRITION, COVID19, GRG, SHIP, VACCINATION, HOPE AND CAREGIVER SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.

• LEGAL AID CHICAGO

  $2,001,351

  CARING TOGETHER LIVING BETTER - COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY

• NORTH SHORE SENIOR CENTER

  $1,666,990

  SOCIAL, NUTRITION, HEALTH PROMOTION, AND CAREGIVER SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY;

• KENNETH YOUNG CENTER

  $1,457,864

  SOCIAL, NUTRITION, HEALTH PROMOTION, & CAREGIVER SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.

• AGING CARE CONNECTIONS

  $1,400,773

  SOCIAL, NUTRITION, HEALTH ASSISTANCE & PROMOTION. ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES

• PATCHWERKZ CHICAGO

  $787,384

  PROVIDER PAYMENT

• METRO FAMILY SERV EVNSSKOKIE

  $759,915

  PROVIDER PAYMENT

• MEALS AT HOME

  $738,068

  PROVIDER PAYMENT

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

26 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202641469349301464

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