About Area Agency on Aging for
Area Agency on Aging for Southwest Florida connects older adults and adults with disabilities to resources and assistance for living safely with independence and dignity. AAASWFL empowers older adults and adults with disabilities to create their own path to positive aging.
Focus Areas
Aging servicesCaregiver supportHome and community-based careNutrition and meal programsMedicare counseling (SHINE)Elder abuse prevention & educationLong-term care coordinationDisaster recovery and crisis assistanceVolunteer recruitment and training
Who They Fund
individuals and families receiving case managementhomebound or homecare recipientsclients needing legal aid / legal assistance
About Area Agency on Aging for
Area Agency on Aging For channels most of its funding through case management and community-based elder services in Southwest Florida, with large provider contracts that support older adults who want to remain at home and connected to local services. The grant list is dominated by repeat awards to service providers, especially Senior Friendship Centers Inc. in Sarasota and Collier County Board of Commissioners in Naples, alongside county and nonprofit partners that deliver care coordination, in-home support, and related assistance. A smaller set of awards also reaches legal aid, training, and senior-center programming, showing that the foundation’s role is broader than direct care alone. The pattern is closely tied to its administrative work as a regional agency: it contracts with lead agencies, allocates federal and state eldercare funds, and supports service delivery across the counties it serves. Recent grants also include Hope Hospice & Community Services in Fort Myers and Charlotte County partners in Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, reinforcing a local network built around aging services and home-based care.
What Area Agency on Aging for Funds
The strongest theme in the recent grants is case management for older adults. Senior Friendship Centers Inc. received multiple large awards for CASE MGNT SERVICES, and Collier County Board of Commissioners was funded for the same purpose in Naples. Home-based support is another clear line of giving: Hope Hospice & Community Services in Fort Myers received funding for CASE MGNT SERVICES, while Hope of SW FL Inc-glades was supported for IN HOME SERVICES. The foundation also backs legal assistance tied to older adults’ needs. Florida Rural Legal Service in Fort Myers received two awards for LEGAL SERVICES, and Legal Aid Service of Collier in Naples received support for LEGAL AID ASSISTANCE. Training and education appear as a smaller but explicit category through a grant to Brain Bus in Clearwater.
How Area Agency on Aging for Gives
Grant sizes are highly uneven. The distribution runs from a p25 of $117,333 to a median of $1,973,262 and a p75 of $2,977,373, which reflects a portfolio shaped by large provider contracts with some smaller supplemental awards. The recent list also shows repeat funding relationships: several grantees appear more than once across 2024 and 2025, including Senior Friendship Centers Inc., Collier County Board of Commissioners, Hope Hospice & Community Services, Charlotte County Board of Commissioners, Florida Rural Legal Service, and Bakers Senior Center Naples. The foundation is not a private operating or family foundation in the usual sense; it functions as a regional administrator and contract manager for elder services. Unsolicited applications are not used for most active programs, though some request-for-proposals processes are listed.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$48M
Total Assets
$13.2M
Total Revenue
$32M
Total Expenses
$32.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $117K and $3M, with a median of $2M.
25th Percentile
$117K
Median
$2M
75th Percentile
$3M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in FL.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
WENDY BOAZ-HAYES
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