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Aarp Foundation
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Aarp Foundation, of Washington, DC, was obligated $246M in federal awards across the 4 fiscal years in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
In FY2026, the most recent complete fiscal year, obligations were $105M, with contracts under the listing floor.
That is up 611% on FY2025 ($15M).
Aarp Foundation ranks 55 of 527 listed organisations located in DC by five-year obligations, and 2,619 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Labor, Department of the Treasury and Corporation for National and Community Service: 14 awards worth $157M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $65,562,963 | under $1.0M | $65,562,963 | — |
| FY2024 | $60,931,975 | under $1.0M | $60,931,975 | -7% |
| FY2025 | $14,790,843 | under $1.0M | $14,790,843 | -76% |
| FY2026 | $105,149,032 | under $1.0M | $105,149,032 | +611% |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in DC | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $246M | $36B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | $105M | $7.3B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $246M | $36B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 2,619 of 30,000 | 1 of 527 in DC | 1 |
Largest in state: National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Labor | 4 | $96M | 61% |
| 2 | Department of the Treasury | 8 | $56M | 36% |
| 3 | Corporation for National and Community Service | 2 | $4.9M | 3% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 17.235 Senior Community Service Employment Program | $47M | 23 Jul 2023 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 17.235 Senior Community Service Employment Program | $46M | 23 Oct 2025 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of the TreasuryInternal Revenue Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 21.006 Tax Counseling for the Elderly | $11M | 11 Feb 2025 | — | USAspending |
| Department of the TreasuryInternal Revenue Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 21.006 Tax Counseling for the Elderly | $11M | 9 Feb 2026 | — | USAspending |
| Department of the TreasuryInternal Revenue Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 21.006 Tax Counseling for the Elderly | $11M | 16 Apr 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Department of the TreasuryInternal Revenue Service | GrantCooperative Agreement (B) | 21.006 Tax Counseling for the Elderly | $10M | 1 Mar 2023 | — | USAspending |
| Department of the TreasuryInternal Revenue Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (vita) Matching Grant Program | $4.0M | 3 Feb 2026 | — | USAspending |
| Department of the TreasuryInternal Revenue Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (vita) Matching Grant Program | $3.5M | 22 Jan 2025 | — | USAspending |
| Corporation for National and Community Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 94.021 Americorps Volunteer Generation Fund 94.021 | $3.4M | 10 Feb 2023 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of LaborEmployment and Training Administration | GrantProject Grant (B) | 17.235 Senior Community Service Employment Program | $2.6M | 25 Sep 2024 | DC | USAspending |
| Department of the TreasuryInternal Revenue Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (vita) Matching Grant Program | $2.5M | 15 Apr 2024 | — | USAspending |
| Department of the TreasuryInternal Revenue Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 21.009 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (vita) Matching Grant Program | $2.2M | 14 Mar 2023 | — | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $47M, Department of Labor, 23 Jul 2023: PROGRAM PURPOSE AWARDTO MOVE SCSEP PARTICIPANTS INTO UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, PROMOTE PART-TIME WORK EXPERIENCES IN COMMU
- $46M, Department of Labor, 23 Oct 2025: PROGRAM PURPOSE AWARDTO MOVE SCSEP PARTICIPANTS INTO UNSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS, PROMOTE PART-TIME WORK EXPERIENCES IN COMMU
- $11M, Department of the Treasury, 11 Feb 2025: PURPOSE: THE TAX COUNSELING FOR THE ELDERLY (TCE) GRANT PROGRAM WAS TO ESTABLISH FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO PROVIDE TAX COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS
- $11M, Department of the Treasury, 9 Feb 2026: PURPOSE: THE TAX COUNSELING FOR THE ELDERLY (TCE) GRANT PROGRAM WAS TO ESTABLISH FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO PROVIDE TAX COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS
- $11M, Department of the Treasury, 16 Apr 2024: PURPOSE: THE TAX COUNSELING FOR THE ELDERLY (TCE) GRANT PROGRAM WAS TO ESTABLISH FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO PROVIDE TAX COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS
- $10M, Department of the Treasury, 1 Mar 2023: PURPOSE: THE TAX COUNSELING FOR THE ELDERLY (TCE) GRANT PROGRAM WAS TO ESTABLISH FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO PROVIDE TAX COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS
- $4.0M, Department of the Treasury, 3 Feb 2026: PURPOSE: THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) GRANT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT COMMUNITY
- $3.5M, Department of the Treasury, 22 Jan 2025: PURPOSE: THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) GRANT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT COMMUNITY
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Aarp Foundation receive?
$246M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $66M; FY2024: $61M; FY2025: $15M; FY2026: $105M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Aarp Foundation?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Labor ($96M), Department of the Treasury ($56M) and Corporation for National and Community Service ($4.9M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Senior Community Service Employment Program (17.235), Tax Counseling for the Elderly (21.006) and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (vita) Matching Grant Program (21.009).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: DC ($101M).
Is Aarp Foundation a large federal recipient?
It ranks 2,619 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 55 of 527 located in DC. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.