National Council On The Aging, Inc.

National Council On The Aging, Inc., doing business as National Council On Aging, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia that acts as a prime recipient on federal grants focused on aging services, workforce development, benefits enrollment, and public health initiatives. The organization does not hold federal contracts, but operates exclusively as a grant recipient across multiple federal agencies.

NCOA's federal grant footprint spans 115 awards with a combined potential value of $11.4 million, though obligated dollars across all awards total $1.48 billion, reflecting the organization's role as both direct recipient and pass-through funder to sub-awardees. The organization operates as a prime recipient on 110 awards (96% of its federal portfolio) and as a named sub-recipient on 5 grant sub-awards. The top customer agencies by award count are the Environmental Protection Agency (26 awards), the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (24 awards), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (13 awards), accounting for 70% of recent awards. By potential value, the top funders include the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 ($8 million across 7 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ($668 thousand), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner ($354 thousand across 10 awards).

NCOA's grant work centers on workforce and aging services. Recent representative grants include a $13.5 million Cooperative Agreement from the Administration for Community Living (CFDA 93.071) through August 2028 to continue operating the National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment, which delivers benefits enrollment assistance, Medicare access, and benefits-access training through up to 100 sub-granted Benefits Enrollment Centers nationwide; a $4.189 million Project Grant from the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.235) for Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) operations through September 2028, under which NCOA sub-grants to local organizations including Crispus Attucks Association, Skillsource Group, and Pathstone Corporation for community service employment and workforce development serving adults age 55 and older; a $2.255 million Project Grant from AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017) through June 2029 for deployment of senior volunteers age 55 and older in Virginia addressing benefits enrollment, healthcare access, and employment support; and multiple cooperative agreements with the Administration on Aging for falls prevention innovation and research ($9.3 million combined through July 2027), chronic disease self-management education, and senior center capacity building. NCOA also received and sub-granted a $150 million COVID-19 and influenza vaccine uptake initiative (CFDA 93.048) through 2024 to 26 sub-awardees for vaccination outreach to older adults and persons with disabilities.

NCOA operates as a national intermediary and pass-through funder rather than a direct-service provider, establishing sub-recipient networks and technical-assistance platforms. The organization sits on no parent federal contract vehicles and holds no IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs. Recent grant award activity shows a declining trajectory — six awards in 2022, four in 2023, four in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026 — with six awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest recompete exposure. In the Service Contract Inventory dataset, NCOA appears in only one SCI record as a named subcontractor with 0.2 FTEs reported for FY2022, indicating minimal presence in federally reportable service-contract activity above the $150,000 threshold; the vast majority of NCOA's federal work flows through grant mechanisms rather than service contracts. Sub-grant work includes vaccine confidence and workforce development sub-awards under Public Health Institute prime grants targeting underserved populations and health equity gaps.