WINNING BACK OPPORTUNITY AARP Foundation

WINNING BACK OPPORTUNITY

for struggling older Americans and their families

Who We Are

AARP Foundation is AARP's affiliated charity, dedicated to helping struggling older adults and their families to get back on track so they can feel like good providers again.

Who We Serve

Americans age 50 and older face choices and pressures unlike those of any other age group ? choices few could have prepared for. We focus on four priorities ? hunger, income, housing and isolation. This work is supported by a longstanding commitment to legal advocacy on behalf of older Americans everywhere.

How We Serve

We work side-by-side with hardworking, trusted organizations in communities across the nation to help the growing numbers of older people in crisis every day. Our work involves investing in innovative approaches through grants and connecting the struggling 50+ to programs, resources and benefits to help improve the lives of vulnerable older Americans in communities across the country.

Our vision is a country free of poverty, where no older person feels vulnerable.

AARP Foundation

Proud to Make the Most of Every Dollar

AARP Foundation receives funding from multiple sources including public support, grants and AARP. Eighty-seven cents of every dollar the Foundation spends goes to our critical programs and services to improve the quality of life for seniors in your community and across the country.

87%

Program Services

Providing for AARP Foundation's programs and services requires funding beyond AARP membership dues. That's what makes your ongoing, voluntary support of AARP Foundation, AARP's charitable affiliate, so important now.

13%

Management and Fundraising

The complete AARP Foundation 2011 Audited Financial Statements are available at foundation.

From the President

Dear Friends, Our world needs people of action. People willing to help others in need. Older adults living in poverty don't need pity: They need courageous people who will lend a hand. Every day individuals and corporations join us in action. The gifts we receive help to provide nutritious and regular meals, new and marketable employment skills and a safe and affordable place to call home. Because of the support we receive from our volunteers and supporters, struggling older adults are able to begin to get back on the road to opportunity. Thank you.

We Are In This Together

2012 Highlights

? Spearheaded creation of a major report and researcher roundtable to advance the national understanding of isolation.

? Launched a series of grants and interventions centered around community engagement, caregiving and

ISOLATION technology to support better services and

systems at the local level and enhance our understanding of how to reach those in need.

HUNGER

Since we launched Drive to End Hunger in 2011, we have: ? donated more than 26,000 meals ? signed up more than 9000 older people

for SNAP benefits - generating $13 million in economic activity

"I moved to Atlanta, where my son and grandchildren live. But it cost a lot more than I thought. To keep my pension from running out, I often didn't eat much in the last week of the month. Then I heard that AARP Foundation and AARP Georgia were helping people apply for food stamps. I called, although I was doubtful and embarrassed. They were so helpful! My first SNAP benefits arrived in July, and now I have enough to eat all month." ? SNAP recipient

? On Feb. 14, the U.S. Federal Court sent a nice valentine to AARP Foundation Litigation (AFL) and 3,000 older D.C. nursing home residents. The court upheld AFL's contention that the efforts of Washington, D.C. government on behalf of these residents were inadequate and violated the residents' rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act

AARP FOUNDATION LITIGATION by unnecessarily isolating them in D.C.

nursing facilities even though the residents wanted to live in the community.

? More than 35,000 AARP Foundation Tax-

Aide volunteers helped over 2.5 million

people file their state and federal income

taxes and answered their tax questions?

for free.

? AARP Foundation SCSEP trainees provided

more than 6.5 million hours of community

INCOME

service, valued at nearly $142 million. ? AARP Foundation Finances 50+ piloted

financial capability workshops and one-

on-one sessions with MoneyMentors in six

cities.

3.1 million served in 2012

HOUSING

? Our Housing Solutions Center connected more than 200,000 people in high-foreclosure states with HUD-certified counselors, who provided information and assistance to help them stay in their home.

"Thank you for taking on my foreclosure case, your knowledge and expertise was essential to getting a quick resolution in my case. I am so thankful I had you on my side. Thanks to AARP Foundation I had a good nights sleep for the first time in 2 months. Keep doing good work." ? SNAP recipient

? Launched the AARP Foundation Prepaid MasterCard brought to you by Green Dot, a retail prepaid debit card, designed to help older unbanked and underbanked adults to safely and securely manage their money and save.

"In 2009, I received a week's notice that my job had been eliminated ? I'd worked there 15 years. Later that year I received my B.S. in alternative medicine and $30,000 worth of student loans. I must have sent out a thousand online applications but I never got one response. I finally began passing out my resume at every doctor's office in the area, but that didn't work either ? once people found out I was close to retirement age, they didn't want to talk anymore. At the unemployment office I saw a poster for SCSEP, and I went right over. They helped me find a training position as a grant writer for the local United Way; I've been there 18 months. I'm still looking for full-time work now, and SCSEP has made all the difference." ? Deborah Salim

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