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← AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,855,058
Total expenses
$17,690,407
Contributions and grants received
$14,400,739
Grants paid
$12,882,750
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,454,319
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$48,385,387
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,268,406
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$30,116,981
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$16,395,731
Management and general expenses
$721,289
Fundraising expenses
$573,387
Program service expenses (Part III)
$16,395,731

Program services were 92.7% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,910,335

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,490,404

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,296,400 · excluded $1,296,400

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,119,418

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

    securities $2,961,499

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $157,919

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $157,919 · excluded $157,919

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $12,827,250 · program services $12,827,250

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $22,500 · program services $22,500

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $33,000 · program services $33,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,068,503 · program services $652,781 · management and general $305,588 · fundraising $110,134

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,096,509 · program services $754,069 · management and general $88,633 · fundraising $253,807

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $71,467 · program services $50,732 · management and general $1,966 · fundraising $18,769

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $178,177 · program services $115,509 · management and general $22,655 · fundraising $40,013

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $131,513 · program services $85,611 · management and general $22,845 · fundraising $23,057

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $37,000 · management and general $37,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $46,000 · management and general $46,000

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $252,000 · program services $252,000

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $54,209 · fundraising $54,209

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $69,415 · management and general $69,415

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $551,337 · program services $549,959 · management and general $1,378

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $160,520 · program services $160,520

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $126,243 · program services $43,356 · management and general $48,496 · fundraising $34,391

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $108,036 · program services $108,036

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $218,699 · program services $142,367 · management and general $37,990 · fundraising $38,342

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $613,144 · program services $585,558 · management and general $26,921 · fundraising $665

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,341 · management and general $6,341

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,061 · management and general $6,061

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM

    total $12,483 · program services $12,483

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,623,024 · end of year $5,240,197

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,978,350 · end of year $4,869,540

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $22,196,150 · end of year $19,707,431

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $66,508 · end of year $49,698

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

    $36,040

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

    $26,603

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,779 · end of year $9,437

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $15,869,845 · end of year $16,756,301

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,872,336 · end of year $1,752,783

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $408,001 · end of year $273,461

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $15,114,525 · end of year $17,781,869

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $403,034 · end of year $213,076

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,074,940 · end of year $9,476,067

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,621,492 · end of year $20,640,914

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH (AFAR) IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCE HEALTHY AGING THROUGH BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. IT FULFILLS THIS MISSION BY: SUPPORTING RESEARCH THROUGH GRANT PROGRAMS THAT FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE AGING PROCESS AND ITS ASSOCIATED DISEASES AND DISORDERS; HELPING ESTABLISH A PIPELINE OF EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS IN AGING RESEARCH AND GEROSCIENCE; OFFERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIANS TO EXCHANGE NEW IDEAS AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AGING; AND PROMOTING AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH IN THE AGING FIELD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS, SCIENTIFIC COORDINATION ACTIVITIES AND CONFERENCES.

  • SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS: AWARDS FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INTO AGING, CONFERENCES AND COORDINATION. DURING 2024 AFAR AWARDED 52 RESEARCH GRANTS TOTALING $12,362,162 AND HELD 5 SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES.

    Expenses $16,395,731 · Grants $12,882,750

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

Listed in Part VII

  • THOMAS A RANDO MD PHD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAURA M BARZILAI JD LLM

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHARLES BEEVER MBA

    SECRETARY & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEVEN N AUSTAD PHD

    SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $41,500
    From this org
    $41,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NIR BARZILAI MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANDRE BERTRAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD BESDINE MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HARVEY J COHEN MD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $1,000
    From this org
    $1,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALEX COLVILLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANA MARIA CUERVO MD PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID L EIGEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SARA E ESPINOZA MD MSC

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,500
    From this org
    $3,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD G A FARAGHER PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES FICKEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ALEXANDRA L GATJE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL HODIN PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CATHERINE KACZOROWSKI PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THOMAS G KAHN CFA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PETER KIMMELMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES L KIRKLAND MD PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARK S LACHS MD PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KEVIN J LEE PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL RINGEL PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SAMI SAGOL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GARETH W SHEPHERD PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT W STEARNS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TERRIE FOX WETLE PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KEITH E WHITFIELD PHD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SERGEY YOUNG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NIGEL EMMETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DENISE LEFEBVRE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES MELLON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAURA NIEDERNHOFFER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID SNCLAIR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STEPHANIE LEDERMAN

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $524,446
    From this org
    $442,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $81,727
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $442,719
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $43,988
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,739
    Filer's total
    $524,446

  • FREDERICA BLUM

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $226,921
    From this org
    $188,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,368
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,553
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,185
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,183
    Filer's total
    $226,921

  • ODETTE VAN DER WILLIK

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $313,636
    From this org
    $250,194
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,442
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,194
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,104
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,338
    Filer's total
    $313,636

  • JOHN CHAICH

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $198,383
    From this org
    $162,879
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,504
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,879
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,301
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,203
    Filer's total
    $198,383

  • KELLY WHALEN

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $160,286
    From this org
    $143,783
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,503
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,783
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,503
    Filer's total
    $160,286

  • HATTIE HERMAN

    SR PROGRAM OFFICER I

    Total calculated
    $176,665
    From this org
    $142,032
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,633
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,032
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,490
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,143
    Filer's total
    $176,665

  • LEE NUNLEY

    STRAT PROG MGR/DEV OFF

    Total calculated
    $156,142
    From this org
    $136,339
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,803
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,339
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,803
    Filer's total
    $156,142

  • CATHERINE CULLAR

    ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $153,846
    From this org
    $122,169
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,677
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $122,169
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,312
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,365
    Filer's total
    $153,846

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
31 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543049349302679

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