Aarp Foundation

AARP Foundation is a national non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC that has been registered to receive federal awards since May 2012. The organization primarily provides workforce development, employment training, tax assistance, and community service programs targeted at low-income older adults, seniors, and underserved populations. Through its extensive federal contracting and grant programs, AARP Foundation delivers a diverse portfolio of services focused on economic security, housing stability, hunger relief, social isolation reduction, income support, and skills training for vulnerable populations, particularly individuals aged 55 and older.

AARP Foundation has received minimal federal contract awards, with only one prime contract on record. In September 2024, the Smithsonian Institution awarded AARP Foundation a firm fixed-price purchase order contract valued at $15,064 for advertising services to promote two exhibitions. This contract was completed by September 30, 2024 and carried no set-aside designation. While AARP Foundation does not appear as a prime contractor on other federal contracts, it has demonstrated capacity in marketing and promotional communications through this Smithsonian engagement.

AARP Foundation's federal funding activity is substantially concentrated in grant awards rather than contracts, demonstrating the organization's primary role as a service delivery provider in the federal grant ecosystem. The organization serves as both a prime grantee and sub-grantee across multiple major federal programs. As a prime grantee, AARP Foundation has received substantial funding from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), with multiple project grants totaling over $50 million in recent awards (including a $50,374,810 grant for July 2025-June 2026). The organization also holds prime grants from the Internal Revenue Service for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs, which provide free tax preparation and counseling services to low- and moderate-income taxpayers and seniors aged 60 and older. Additionally, AARP Foundation administers AmeriCorps programs funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service, including the AmeriCorps State and National program and the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund, which collectively total approximately $7 million and focus on literacy support for struggling K-3 readers through volunteer mentoring. The organization also received funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for its Experience Corps mentoring initiative. As a sub-grantee, AARP Foundation receives SCSEP funding flows from state agencies including the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Texas Workforce Commission, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, and the Department of Social and Health Services (Washington State), as well as from NCBA, Inc. and Easter Seals, Inc., enabling the organization to deliver senior employment and training services across multiple states. The SCSEP sub-grant awards specifically target unemployed low-income individuals aged 55 and older, providing part-time community service employment, on-the-job training, individual employment planning, and supportive services to move participants into unsubsidized employment across public and non-profit host agencies.