Elderlife Inc.

Elderlife Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Utica, New York, is a prime recipient of federal grants supporting AmeriCorps Seniors programming and community volunteer management, with secondary exposure to mobility-management sub-awards. The organization operates exclusively in the grant space with no federal contract prime work and no contracting vehicles; 75% of its recent award activity consists of prime grants, the remainder sub-grants.

Elderlife Inc. delivers AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) operations, recruiting and managing volunteers aged 55 and older to deliver community services including mentoring, tutoring, food security support, nutrition education, workforce development, falls prevention, substance abuse education, and resource navigation. All prime grant work flows from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management under CFDA 94.002. The most recent award, dated June 24, 2026, provides $117,735 to fund the 2026-27 RSVP cycle (CFDA 94.002) with performance through March 31, 2029, carrying a 10 percent statutory match requirement and Elderlife's budgeted match of 11 percent. An earlier prime grant dated April 1, 2022, funded the 2022-23 RSVP program with a 30 percent statutory match and 46.3 percent budgeted match; that award received a subsequent amendment on the same date adding $2,500 in one-time travel and training funds, with ultimate completion March 31, 2025. The organization also holds two sub-grants related to mobility management, awarded May 19, 2025, and March 19, 2024.

Elderlife's customer base is narrowly concentrated on the Corporation for National and Community Service, which accounts for all six prime awards (75% of total activity). Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $1.9 million over a sixteen-year span (first award 2010). Awards per year remain sparse — one award per year in 2022, 2024, 2025, and 2026. Place of performance for RSVP work is Oneida County, New York, serving residents aged 50 and older, with coordination through local partners, the VA, and veterans' groups for volunteer placement.