From offering services tailored to individual needs to creating an environment of trust and caring, not-for-profit aging services organizations strive to provide older Americans with the quality of life they deserve. Highlight the value of the not-for-profit difference in your organization's work to earn the public's trust.

Fact Sheets

AAHSA Fact Sheet Explains the Not-for-Profit Difference
A one-page fact sheet your organization can use to tell your residents and their friends and family members about your unique characteristics as a not-for-profit organization.

A 60-Minute Guide to Social Accountability
Plan, measure and demonstrate your not-for-profit organization’s benefits to society.

Other Resources

Aging Services: The Not-for-Profit Difference
This brochure succinctly explains how not-for-profit organizations stand the test of time and provide high quality care and services to older adults every day.

The Not-for-Profit Responsibility: Changing Lives, Enlarging the Hearts of Communities
This white paper, written by a group of AAHSA members, explores not-for-profit organizations' responsibilities as well as the benefit of their work for older adults.

AAHSA's Advocacy Team Addresses Tax-Exempt Issues
Find the latest information and resources regarding the legal issues facing not-for-profit aging-services organizations in this section of the AAHSA Web site.

The Listening Post Project
The Johns Hopkins University established the Listening Post Project to encourage leaders from not-for-profit organizations to serve as "listening posts" on the major developments in the nonprofit field. More than 100 AAHSA members have participated in this innovative project.