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CHATHAM COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING INC

EIN 56-1084260 PITTSBORO, NC

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Revenue 2022
$1,665,562
Expenses 2022
$1,517,105

Program services were 85.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Street
POST OFFICE BOX 715

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENT LIVING AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLNESS AMONG CHATHAM COUNTY'S OLDER POPULATION THROUGH A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES THAT INCLUDES HOME-DELIVERED (MEALS ON WHEELS), FROZEN/SHELF-STABLE, AND CONGREGATE MEALS; IN-HOME PERSONAL CARE; GENERAL AND MEDICAL

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENT LIVING, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLNESS AMONG CHATHAM COUNTY'S OLDER POPULATION

  • THE COUNCIL ON AGING'S MULTIFACETED NUTRITION PROGRAM IS VITAL TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF CHATHAM COUNTY'S OLDER ADULTS. THE COUNCIL ASSISTS INDIVIDUALS AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION AND SOCIAL ISOLATION BY PROVIDING NUTRITIOUS MEALS THROUGH MEALS ON WHEELS (MOW), CONGREGATE NUTRITION, AND FROZEN AND SHELF-STABLE MEALS. COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND PARTNERS DELIVER MEALS ON WHEELS ON 12 ROUTES THROUGHOUT CHATHAM COUNTY TO HOMEBOUND OLDER ADULTS, MANY OF WHOM LIVE ALONE. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING A DAILY MEAL, VOLUNTEERS ALSO PROVIDED A WELLNESS CHECK TO ENSURE THE CLIENT'S SAFETY AND WELL-BEING. THE COUNCIL'S TWO SENIOR CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE ALSO SERVE AS CONGREGATE NUTRITION SITES AND OFFER A NOON-TIME MEAL AND ACTIVITIES FOR OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE NOT HOMEBOUND OR DO NOT QUALIFY FOR MEALS ON WHEELS. FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT ON A MEALS ON WHEELS ROUTE AND CANNOT OR DO NOT WISH TO ATTEND A CONGREGATE NUTRITION SITE, THE AGENCY OFFERS FROZEN MEALS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023, 21,308 HOT MEALS, 620 FROZEN MEALS, AND 140 SHELF STABLE MEALS WERE SERVED THROUGH THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM. DURING THAT SAME PERIOD, 11,608 HOT MEALS WERE SERVED TO THE CONGREGATE NUTRITION CLIENTS. ADDITIONALLY, 7,340 FROZEN MEALS WERE PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO OPTED TO NOT RECEIVE DAILY MEAL DELIVERIES THROUGH THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM, THEIR ADDRESS DID NOT FALL WITHIN A CURRENT MOW ROUTE, OR THEY DID NOT WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN A CONGREGATE NUTRITION SITE.

    Expenses $225,755 · Revenue $7,928

  • THE COUNCIL OFFERS AN IN-HOME AIDE (IHA) PROGRAM FOR OLDER ADULTS NEEDING ASSISTANCE WITH THEIR PERSONAL CARE NEEDS, AS WELL AS RESPITE CARE SERVICES FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE PROVIDING CARE TO THEIR LOVED ONE. THE COUNCIL MAINTAINS CONTRACTS WITH STATE-LICENSED HOME CARE AGENCIES FOR THESE SERVICES. IN-HOME AIDES PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH PERSONAL CARE, MEAL PREPARATION, HOUSEKEEPING, AND OTHER TASKS THAT OLDER ADULTS WITH LIMITED MOBILITY CANNOT DO FOR THEMSELVES. ADDITIONALLY, RESPITE SERVICES PROVIDED TO FAMILY CAREGIVERS ALLOWS THE CAREGIVER TO TAKE A MUCH-NEEDED BREAK, TEND TO OTHER TASKS, OR HANDLE SOME OF THEIR OWN NEEDS OR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS ALL WHILE KNOWING THEIR LOVED ONE IS BEING CARED FOR. CARE PLANS ARE CUSTOMIZED TO EACH CLIENT'S SPECIFIC NEEDS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023, A TOTAL OF 8,228 HOURS OF IN-HOME ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED THROUGH THE IHA PROGRAM. ADDITIONALLY, 370 HOURS OF RESPITE CARE WAS PROVIDED FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS.

    Expenses $438,782

  • THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH CHATHAM TRANSIT NETWORK, THE LOCAL COORDINATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, THE COUNCIL ON AGING PROVIDED GENERAL AND MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS. THE COUNCIL ARRANGED TRANSPORTATION FOR PARTICIPANTS TO THE AGENCY'S TWO SENIOR CENTERS/CONGREGATE NUTRITION SITES IN PITTSBORO AND SILER CITY 5 DAYS PER WEEK THROUGH CHATHAM TRANSIT SO THAT PARTICIPANTS COULD ENJOY ACTIVITIES, SOCIALIZATION, AND A NUTRITIOUS LUNCH. CHATHAM TRANSIT OPERATED 7 ROUTES (4 IN PITTSBORO AND 3 IN SILER CITY) FOR COUNCIL ON AGING PARTICIPANTS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE CENTERS, WEEKLY STOPS WERE ALSO MADE TO THE PHARMACY AND GROCERY STORE SO THAT PARTICIPANTS COULD OBTAIN NEEDED ITEMS. THE COUNCIL ON AGING ALSO WORKS WITH CHATHAM TRANSIT TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM ROUTINE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023, 1,565 MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION RIDES WERE PROVIDED TO 208 INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS AND 3,322 RIDES WERE PROVIDED TO THE SENIOR CENTERS/CONGREGATE NUTRITION SITES FOR 90 INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS.

    Expenses $282,089

  • THE COUNCIL OFFERS MANY OTHER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR CHATHAM'S GROWING OLDER POPULATION. ITS RESPONSIVENESS TO THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AND HONORED IN VARIOUS WAYS. IN 2014, THE COUNCIL WAS NAMED THE "SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR" BY THE CHATHAM COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND IN 2016, THE COUNCIL WAS SELECTED BY THE WESTERN CHATHAM NAACP FOR ITS HUMANITARIAN AWARD. IN 2017, THE CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HONORED THE COUNCIL AS ITS "PARTNER OF THE YEAR", AND THE NC ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GAVE THE COUNCIL THE "EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION" AWARD FOR ITS WORK IN DEVELOPING A COLLABORATIVE DATABASE ON HOME REPAIR. THE UNC GILLING'S SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH CHOSE THE COUNCIL FOR A CAPSTONE PROJECT TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR AGING IN CHATHAM COUNTY; IN 2018, ANOTHER UNC CAPSTONE TEAM CHOSE TO SUPPORT THE COUNCIL IN IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN. ALSO IN 2018, GLAXO SMITH KLINE SELECTED THE COUNCIL FOR ITS "IMPACT" AWARD, AND THE NC DIVISION OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES CHOSE CHATHAM COUNTY AND THE COUNCIL FOR ITS ANNUAL "ERNEST B MESSER SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD". IN 2019, STILL ANOTHER UNC CAPSTONE TEAM CHOSE THE COUNCIL FOR ITS GRADUATION PRACTICUM AND THE COUNCIL LED CHATHAM COUNTY TO HAVE THE LARGEST PERCENT GROWTH IN NC'S SENIOR GAMES AND SILVER ARTS PROGRAM; AND IN 2021, THE COUNCIL WAS CHOSEN AS ONE OF THREE LOCAL AGING SERVICE AGENCIES FROM ACROSS THE U.S.A. TO PRESENT A NATIONAL WEBINAR ON "ADDRESSING NUTRITION AND SOCIAL CONNECTION NEEDS OF RURAL OLDER ADULTS DURING THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY," THE COUNCIL HAS ALSO BEEN SELECTED BY THE HOME DEPOT FOUNDATION AS A NATIONAL GRANTEE FOR ITS HELPING HOMEBOUND HEROES INITIATIVE. IN JUNE 2022, THE EASTERN CHATHAM SENIOR CENTER WAS REACCREDITED AS A "CENTER OF EXCELLENCE" BY THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES. THE WESTERN CHATHAM SENIOR CENTER CURRENTLY HAS THIS DESIGNATION ALSO AND WILL BE DUE FOR REACCREDITATION IN SEPTEMBER 2023.

    Expenses $355,504 · Grants $110,163 · Revenue $5,781

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2022

As listed in Part VII of the 2022 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Johnny Shaw

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Simon

    CO-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mary Lou MacKintosh

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Larry Ross

    CO-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dale Chodorow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neriah Edwards-Boone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Linda Ellington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Emily Foushee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lunday Riggsbee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robin Leto

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mike Nowicki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Renee Paschal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lacee Monte

    FINANCE OFFICER/DEPUTY DIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ashlyn Martin

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,665,562
    Expenses
    $1,517,105
    Contributions
    $1,692,836
    Grants paid
    $110,163

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,215,004
    Expenses
    $2,291,921
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,485,358
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,939,266
    Expenses
    $2,163,389
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,837,149
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,497,038
    Expenses
    $2,142,275
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,226,064
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,235,669
    Expenses
    $2,017,137
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,738,191
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,047,928
    Expenses
    $2,045,442
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,437,750
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,948,199
    Expenses
    $1,957,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,473,287
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,995,317
    Expenses
    $1,835,967
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,521,775
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,825,555
    Expenses
    $1,780,456
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,349,537

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2022, the newest we have parsed for this organization.