What the money did, with the method beside every number.
Two county levy grants, one contract, and the gifts of people who used the list. Where it went, what it counted, and the filings — labelled samples on a demonstration site.
What the money did in 2025
One completed call by a volunteer checker, the entry updated and the "checked on" date set; counted from the dates on the listings sheet, 1 January to 31 December 2025. A listing checked twice counts twice.
Calls to 555-0170 lasting over one minute, from the phone system's log. Hang-ups, wrong numbers and staff calls out are not counted.
Copies of the printed directory left at 14 pick-up points (libraries, senior centers, two clinics) and restocked monthly; the outreach coordinator counts what was taken, not what was printed.
Hours written on the monthly call sheets by the 22 directory checkers and signed off by the resource navigator. Travel is not counted.
Corrections that arrived by the website form or by phone and were logged, whether or not the listing changed. 71 led to a change.
Every number on this site comes with the sentence that says how it was counted. No method, no number — and no outcome claims: a directory cannot know what happened after someone called a listing, and does not pretend to.
Live, from the rows today: 36 of 36 listings checked in the last twelve months.
The year
Sixty-eight cents of every dollar is the three people who answer the phone, keep the list and run the volunteers. The board is nine volunteers. The organization runs no service of its own; the listings belong to the organizations that run them.
The same lines, 2023 to 2025
The levy grants and the contract grow a little each year; gifts grow with the number of people who used the list. Every column adds up, and every figure is in the sample filings below.
| Line | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income | |||
| County senior-services levy grants | $176,000 | $182,000 | $190,000 |
| Area Agency on Aging contract | $104,000 | $112,000 | $118,000 |
| Individual gifts | $52,000 | $58,000 | $62,000 |
| Foundation grant | $30,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| Other | $9,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Total income | $371,000 | $392,000 | $410,000 |
| Expenses | |||
| Staff | $244,000 | $258,000 | $268,000 |
| The navigator line and the directory | $50,000 | $52,000 | $54,000 |
| The office | $34,000 | $36,000 | $38,000 |
| Administration | $21,000 | $23,000 | $24,000 |
| Fundraising | $11,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| Total expenses | $360,000 | $381,000 | $396,000 |
| Net assets, 31 December | $85,400 | $96,400 | $110,400 |
Where the largest line comes from
Ohio lets a county levy a property tax “for providing or maintaining senior citizens services or facilities” — Ohio Revised Code section 5705.19(Y). Both counties in this sample have one, and each grants part of it to this organization for the directory and the navigator line. The grant is renewed yearly against a report of the numbers above. The amounts here are invented; the section is real, and the site reports it rather than advising on it.
Three 990s, the review, the letter
The three most recent Form 990s are listed by themselves; older years drop off. An organization this size has a review, not an audit, and says so. Every document is a labelled sample: the organization is invented, and so are the figures.
What each one says
Form 990, Part I is the one-page summary: what came in, what went out, what is left. Part IX splits every dollar into program, management and fundraising. Part III is the story in words: listings verified, calls answered, lists handed out.
The review is what an organization this size has instead of an audit: an accountant checks the statements without the full audit procedures, and says so on the first page.
The IRS letter is what makes gifts deductible. The sample presents what the letter states in the organization’s own typography, on purpose, so that nobody can mistake a demonstration document for a government one.