USAging — Leaders in Aging Well at Home2025 ANNUAL REPORT
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2025 · A year of resilience & connection

50 years of
aging well.
Together.

Stronger communities. Greater independence. Explore how USAging and the Aging Network supported older adults, people with disabilities and family caregivers.

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Two women together in a photograph from the report coverA smiling older woman holding a quilt in a report cover photograph
50YEARS OF PARTNERSHIP
1975–2025

Original photography from the 2025 annual report

A snapshot of the year

2025 results · explore the context behind each number
More than$9.8M

in grants awarded to 145 grantees nationwide

Report p. 5
More than352,600

people contacted the Eldercare Locator

Report p. 7
Direct advocacy125

visits to Senators and Representatives

Report p. 5
More than1,400

Annual Conference and Tradeshow attendees

Report p. 6
01 · Strategy into action

Four priorities.
One shared purpose.

Support people in aging with optimal health, well-being, independence and dignity in their homes and communities.

Strategic direction

Champion effective policies, strengthen local services, elevate the Aging Network’s expertise and invest in the people and systems that make this work possible.

Showing all 8 impact highlights

Advocacy6 weeks

A coordinated defense of aging programs

USAging led an advocacy campaign to keep Older Americans Act programs intact during the HHS reorganization and budget plans, keeping aging and disability programs together in a human service agency.

Report pp. 4–5 · 2025Explore current advocacy resources
Capacity enhancement145 grantees

Resources where communities need them

More than $9.8 million in 2025 grants expanded efforts in community care hubs, transportation services and caregiver support. Nearly 400 technical assistance and learning/training webinars supported the Aging Network.

Report p. 5 · 2025Use the network’s resources
Capacity enhancementNearly 91%

Connecting people to local assistance

Of those assisted by the Eldercare Locator in 2025, nearly 91 percent requested local assistance and received referral to an Area Agency on Aging. Needs included transportation, housing, in-home services and caregiver assistance.

Report p. 7 · 2025Find help in your community
Capacity enhancement42 hubs

Bringing health and social care together

The Center of Excellence to Align Health and Social Care worked with 42 community care hub subgrantees and learning collaborative participants, supporting scaling and sustainability through training and technical assistance.

Report p. 10 · 2025Explore health care partnerships
Visibility & awareness3,000 visitors

Turning awareness into discovery

A new public awareness campaign introduced consumers to AAAs. Digital ads acquired nearly 200,000 views between August and October; the campaign drove 3,000 web visitors, 600 video views and 200 consumer fact sheet downloads.

Report p. 14 · 2025Connect awareness to local support
Visibility & awareness7.78M views

A stronger voice for the Aging Network

USAging stories acquired 7.78 million views in 2025. USAging was mentioned in the media more than 3,200 times, and CEO Sandy Markwood was quoted in more than 1,500 articles.

Report p. 14 · 2025Read the media coverage
Organizational excellence180+ partners

Collaboration makes the work possible

USAging maintains more than 180 organizational partnerships across transportation, research, housing, social isolation, caregiver support, information and referral, and other programs.

Report p. 20 · reported network totalExplore a partnership
Progress, with a clear view of what comes next.

The report calls for increased, flexible and sustainable funding; stronger health care partnerships; greater member engagement; and support for staff growth and well-being. Its public awareness campaign laid the groundwork for continued efforts in 2026. Report pp. 3, 14

02 · People behind the progress

Resilience is local.

A national network. Neighbors who show up. Services that help people stay connected to the place they call home.

USAging represents and supports Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and advocates for Title VI Native American Aging Programs. In a year of change, its members continued to adapt and serve their communities. Report mission; p. 2

A group of women together, pictured in the report’s community services section
Disaster recovery · Southwest Virginia

When the waters rose,
the network responded.

After Hurricane Helene, power outages left hundreds of older adults without electricity, communication or access to food. More than 650 District Three clients lost the frozen meals stored in their freezers.

10,000shelf-stable meals purchased
750cases of water purchased
Read the recovery story

On September 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene brought catastrophic flooding to southwest Virginia. District Three Governmental Cooperative secured USAging disaster relief funding to purchase water and shelf-stable meals for vulnerable older adults.

Staff braved impassable roads, often delivering supplies on foot. These deliveries brought both essential provisions and a personal check-in to people cut off by the storm.

District Three Governmental Cooperative, Marion, VA. Recovery reported in the 2025 annual report, pp. 16–17.

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Disaster recovery · Avery County, NC

Rebuilding the kitchen.
Restoring a lifeline.

Hurricane Helene submerged the Avery County Senior Center in toxic flood water. With the building condemned, continuing nutrition services required a new space and essential kitchen equipment.

~150older adults served daily before the storm
Read the recovery story

The county purchased a small building to serve as a long-term temporary senior center for three to five years while a new facility is built. The purchased facility needed more than $100,000 in commercial kitchen equipment.

USAging relief funds helped purchase and install a walk-in cooler/freezer, double oven, range, braising pan and other equipment necessary for congregate nutrition and home-delivered meals.

High Country Area Agency on Aging, Boone, NC. Report p. 17. The equipment need is not the amount of the USAging grant; the report does not state that grant’s size.

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More than $90,000

in relief funds distributed from late 2024 into early 2025, helping AAAs respond to immediate needs. Report p. 16

Support disaster recovery
A choir performing, pictured in the Dementia Friendly America section of the report
Connection · Dementia Friendly America

Belonging is part of aging well.

In its first decade, Dementia Friendly America grew into a national movement: more than 241,000 Dementia Friends and more than 400 Dementia Friendly Communities. A national partnership with Giving Voice Chorus celebrates music and connection.

Explore connection and community

The network also includes 40 U.S. states that are Dementia Friends sublicense holders and a Memory Cafe Alliance directory of over 469 Memory Cafes. Its first virtual Dementia Friendsgiving brought together more than 500 attendees in November 2025.

Cumulative network figures reported in 2025, not annual participation totals. Report p. 10.

Explore USAging’s initiatives
A legacy of completed programs.

The Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative, Disability Information and Access Line and National Aging and Disability Transportation Center concluded in 2025. ADVC supported more than 9,000 vaccination events and helped deliver more than 781,000 vaccinations to older adults between 2023 and 2025. DIAL assisted more than 102,000 people with disabilities over its four years. These are completed-program results, not currently available services. Report p. 12

03 · Organizational stewardship

Resources behind
the mission.

2024 consolidated financials, as presented in the 2025 annual report. Includes in-kind contributions; revenue is not equivalent to cash received.

$73,937,256 in program services out of $76,227,686 in total expenses.

Calculated from the report’s financial statement; rounded to one decimal place.

6

consecutive years with an unqualified audit opinion.
Report pp. 20–21

2024 revenue & support
SourceUSD
Federal & non-federal grants, contributions
and in-kind contributions		$72,024,995
Membership dues$1,573,129
Conferences, seminars & trainings$2,039,016
Contract revenue & other income$497,987
Total support & revenue$76,135,127

Includes $42,448,616 in in-kind contributions, shown separately in the report’s revenue breakdown.

2024 expenses
UseUSD
Services for the aging$71,322,636
Public policy, external affairs,
communications & outreach		$1,191,649
Conferences, seminars & trainings$1,422,971
Total program services$73,937,256
Management & general$1,866,459
Membership & fundraising$423,971
Total supporting services$2,290,430
Total expenses$76,227,686
Change in net assets($92,559)
Beginning net assets$2,769,612
Ending net assets$2,677,053
Report p. 21 · year ended December 31, 2024
04 · Turn insight into action

Where do you
want to make a difference?

Choose a pathway to connect with support, put evidence into practice or strengthen the network.

Older adults · Families · Caregivers

Start with help close to home.

The report’s Eldercare Locator results point to the importance of local assistance. Connect to services for transportation, housing, in-home support, caregiving and other needs.

Find local aging services

This opens the official Eldercare Locator. Services and eligibility vary by community.

AAA · Title VI · Aging Network professionals

Bring evidence into your next decision.

Build on the network’s expertise. Explore national survey findings, replicate recognized innovations and equip your advocacy with current resources.

  • The 2025 AAA National Survey had a 72 percent response rate.
  • The AIA Awards recognized 15 Innovations winners and 26 Achievement recipients.
Read the 2025 ChartbookUse advocacy resources

Explore the 2025 award-winning programs · Report p. 7

Health care · Housing · Community organizations

Build a bridge to whole-person care.

The report identifies health care partnerships and contracts as a strategic objective. Community care hubs help connect social care and health care, while the Doors to Housing for Older Adults initiative offers a guide to local collaboration.

Explore partnership resourcesUse the housing action guide

Report pp. 3, 10–11 · Connect with USAging to discuss your organization’s interests.

Donors · Advocates · Mission champions

Help communities respond and recover.

The report shows how flexible relief funding helped restore access to food, water and nutrition services after disasters. Explore the fund, read recovery stories and learn how to contribute through USAging’s official channels.

Support the Disaster Relief FundRead more recovery stories

Report pp. 16–17 · Donations are handled on USAging’s official website.

The next chapter starts with connection.

Five decades of partnership are a foundation for the work ahead: stronger services, supported caregivers and communities where people can age well at home.

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Source notes & reporting context

Based on the supplied USAging 2025 Annual Report

The original 24-page PDF is included with this site and available through “Download original report.” Page references use the report’s printed numbering; printed p. 3 is PDF page 5. The mission is on PDF page 2, which has no printed page number.

  • Strategy and leadership: mission; printed pp. 2–3.
  • Advocacy, grants and learning: printed pp. 4–5.
  • Conference, research and Eldercare Locator: printed pp. 6–7.
  • Health and social care, dementia and housing: printed pp. 10–11.
  • Completed programs: printed p. 12. ADVC figures cover 2023–2025; DIAL figures cover four years of operation.
  • Awareness and media: printed p. 14. Views, media mentions, website visitors and downloads are different measures and are not combined into a total audience.
  • Disaster recovery: printed pp. 16–17. Relief distributions cover late 2024 into early 2025.
  • Anniversary: printed pp. 18–19. Images are drawn from the cover and capacity enhancement section; they are not photographs of the disaster stories.
  • Stewardship: printed pp. 20–21. Financials are for 2024, not 2025. The 97.0% program share is calculated from reported program expenses and total expenses.

Editorial approach

Headlines and summaries have been adapted for this digital edition. No participant quotations, impact estimates, funding commitments or targets have been invented. “More than,” “nearly,” cumulative results and reporting periods are retained. The original report contains additional program detail, sponsor acknowledgments and the Board of Directors roster.

Engagement links

Resource links come from the report or USAging’s official website. Eldercare Locator, advocacy resources, partnership resources and Disaster Relief Fund destinations were checked October 6, 2026. Their current content may extend beyond the report’s 2025 period. External links open in a new tab and require internet access.

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