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ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS EDUCATIONAL FUND

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $78K · expenses $70K · assets $59K

Also known as
EDUCATIONAL FUND
EIN
20-0475553
Address
815 16TH ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20006-4101
Website
WWW.RETIREDAMERICANSFUND.ORG
NTEE code
B90
Subsection
501(c)(3)
Ruling year
2005
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Mission

THE ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS EDUCATIONAL FUND IS A SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO SENIORS, RETIREES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE ARAEF FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON THREE PROGRAM AREAS 1) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF WRITTEN MATERIALS THAT DEAL WITH PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES THAT AFFECT RETIREES, 2) EDUCATION ON PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES THAT AFFECT RETIREES, 3) WORKING WITH OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ON ISSUES THAT AFFECT SENIORS, RETIREES, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Richard J Fiesta EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR2017-2025 $0$675,341 2
Suzanne Elnahal (former) DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMI2017 $60,939$60,939 2

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

8 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Joseph Peters Jr SECRETARY-TREASURER2020-2025 0 $0 reported 2
Nancy Altman BOARD MEMBER2017-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Steve Hayes BOARD MEMBER2017-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Eric Kingson BOARD MEMBER2017-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Robert Roach PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER2017-2025 0 $0 reported 1
Joe Peters (former) SECRETARY-TREASURER AND BO2017-2019 1 $0 reported 1
Pedro Rodriquez (former) BOARD MEMBER2017 0 $0 reported 1
Roger Smith (former) BOARD MEMBER2017 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
NANCY ALTMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
STEVE HAYES BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC KINGSON BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD J FIESTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
ROBERT ROACH PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JOSEPH PETERS JR SECRETARY-TREASURER0 $0-$0 $02
2024 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
NANCY ALTMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
STEVE HAYES BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC KINGSON BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD J FIESTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
ROBERT ROACH PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JOSEPH PETERS JR SECRETARY-TREASURER0 $0-$0 $02
2023 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
NANCY ALTMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
STEVE HAYES BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC KINGSON BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD J FIESTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
ROBERT ROACH PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JOSEPH PETERS JR SECRETARY-TREASURER0 $0-$0 $02
2022 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
NANCY ALTMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
STEVE HAYES BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC KINGSON BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD J FIESTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
ROBERT ROACH PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JOSEPH PETERS JR SECRETARY-TREASURER0 $0-$0 $02
2021 · 6 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
NANCY ALTMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
STEVE HAYES BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
ERIC KINGSON BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
RICHARD J FIESTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $02
ROBERT ROACH PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER0 $0-$0 $01
JOSEPH PETERS JR SECRETARY-TREASURER0 $0-$0 $02
2020 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $224K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICHARD J FIESTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0$168,275$56,136 $224,4112
ROBERT ROACH PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
JOSEPH PETERS JR SECRETARY-TREASURER0 $0$0$0 $02
NANCY ALTMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
STEVE HAYES BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
ERIC KINGSON BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
2019 · 6 people listed · 1 paid, $224K · 0 employees · 7 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICHARD J FIESTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR1 $0$168,485$55,500 $223,9852
ROBERT ROACH PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
JOE PETERS SECRETARY-TREASURER AND BO1 $0$0$0 $01
NANCY ALTMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
STEVE HAYES BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
ERIC KINGSON BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
2017 · 9 people listed · 2 paid, $288K · 0 employees · 0 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICHARD J FIESTA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR0 $0$167,972$58,973 $226,9452
SUZANNE ELNAHAL DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMI8 $5,112$42,775$13,052 $60,9392
ROBERT ROACH PRESIDENT AND BOARD MEMBER1 $0$0$0 $01
JOE PETERS SECRETARY-TREASURER AND BO1 $0$0$0 $01
NANCY ALTMAN BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
STEVE HAYES BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
ERIC KINGSON BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
PEDRO RODRIQUEZ BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
ROGER SMITH BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$77,884$69,709 $58,994$56,686 $77,332$0 ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$138,733$136,127 $73,401$48,511 $127,949$10,000 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$165,087$195,851 $73,471$45,905 $152,442$11,800 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$107,207$62,191 $82,810$76,669 $106,755- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$188,497$161,443 $104,329$31,653 $188,100- ---
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,670$732 $29,640$4,599 $2,525$0 $000
2019 · Form 990 period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$38,753$51,078 $53,115$2,661 $13,299$25,200 $8,18707
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$58,842$95,242 $115,576$30,170 $58,829$0 $5,11200

Funders of this organization

4 grantors reported grants to this organization, $360,037 in all, tax years 2011 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
UNITED STATES ENERGY FOUNDATION Public charity Exact 2022-2024 3$300,000 2024$100,000
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AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR & CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGS Public charity Exact 2020 1$50,000 2020$50,000
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KNOW YOUR CARE Public charity Exact 2011 1$10,000 2011$10,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS EDUCATIONAL FUND” 2020-2023 4$37 2023$22
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $69,709 spent · pay $998 · grants $58,411 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $58,411 83.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $10,203 14.6%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $998 1.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $77 0.1%
Fees to independent contractors $20 0.0%
Total$69,709100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $136,127 spent · pay $19,831 · grants $103,100 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $103,100 75.7%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $19,831 14.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $9,480 7.0%
Printing, publications, postage $2,030 1.5%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,393 1.0%
Fees to independent contractors $293 0.2%
Total$136,127100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $195,851 spent · pay $36,586 · grants $142,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $142,500 72.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $36,586 18.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $12,412 6.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,046 1.0%
Printing, publications, postage $1,830 0.9%
Fees to independent contractors $477 0.2%
Total$195,851100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $62,191 spent · pay $5,549 · grants $50,170 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $50,170 80.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $6,112 9.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $5,549 8.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $308 0.5%
Fees to independent contractors $52 0.1%
Total$62,191100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $161,443 spent · pay $37,539 · grants $82,500 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Grants and similar amounts paid $82,500 51.1%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $37,539 23.3%
Fees to independent contractors $36,535 22.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $2,671 1.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,198 1.4%
Total$161,443100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $732 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)BANK SERVICE CHARGES $525-$525- 71.7%
Other (as described)DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS $200$200-- 27.3%
All other expenses $7--$7 1.0%
Total$732100%

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2019 · Form 990 · $51,078 spent · pay $35,896 · grants $0 · events $3,299
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $14,725$14,007$718- 28.8%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $8,187$8,187-- 16.0%
Pension plan contributions $5,661$5,477$184- 11.1%
Other employee benefits $5,567$5,210$357- 10.9%
Fees: other services $5,000--$5,000 9.8%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $3,299$3,299-- 6.5%
Payroll taxes $1,756$1,701$55- 3.4%
Occupancy $1,707$1,638$69- 3.3%
Office expenses $1,455--$1,455 2.8%
Other (as described)FILINGS & REGISTRATIONS $1,214--$1,214 2.4%
Other (as described)BANK SERVICE CHARGES $921-$921- 1.8%
Fees: legal $684$684-- 1.3%
Information technology $435$412$23- 0.9%
Other (as described)DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS $294$294-- 0.6%
All other expenses $162$123-$39 0.3%
Travel $11$11-- 0.0%
Total$51,078100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $95,242 spent · pay $60,915 · grants $10,000 · events $232
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $36,440$28,852$7,588- 38.3%
Pension plan contributions $10,728$7,113$3,615- 11.3%
Other employee benefits $10,488$6,091$4,397- 11.0%
Grants to US organizations and governments $10,000$10,000-- 10.5%
Fees: accounting $7,700-$7,700- 8.1%
Fees: other services $5,000--$5,000 5.2%
Occupancy $4,335$3,725$610- 4.6%
Payroll taxes $3,259$2,039$1,220- 3.4%
Other (as described)FILINGS & REGISTRATIONS $2,223--$2,223 2.3%
Information technology $2,186$1,880$306- 2.3%
Office expenses $1,366--$1,366 1.4%
Other (as described)BANK SERVICE CHARGES $860$860-- 0.9%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $232$232-- 0.2%
Other (as described)DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS $200$200-- 0.2%
Fees: legal $156$78$78- 0.2%
Travel $48$48-- 0.1%
All other expenses $21--$21 0.0%
Total$95,242100%

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