2025 Annual Report Supporting Those Who Support Our Seniors
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Letter from the Board President Members of the Visiting Angels Family,
The Visiting Angels Foundation exists because of the work our franchisees, their caregivers, and their staff provide in their communities every day. Caring for America’s seniors is a cherished responsibility that Visiting Angels has been honored to undertake for more than 30 years. Through this work, we have seen firsthand that many seniors lack the financial resources needed to afford essential care and support. In response, the Foundation is honored to support hundreds of nonprofit organizations nationwide that provide housing, medical care, food, transportation, and other critical services to vulnerable seniors. We could not do this work without you. The Visiting Angels Foundation is an extension of your compassion, generosity, and dedication. Because of your support, thousands of seniors benefited this year from the organizations funded by the Foundation. Your gifts made a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable seniors and their families across the country. Thank you!
Dan Drennen Board President
Letter from the Executive Director Dear Friends of the Visiting Angels Foundation,
Welcome to our Foundation’s first-ever annual report. Our goal with this report is to give you a brief overview of our work this past year and of the impact you
are making through your support of the Visiting Angels Foundation. Since our launch in 2021, the Foundation has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to dozens of organizations, from Atlantic City, NJ, to Southern California, and everywhere in between. We are guided by the same ethos that guides Visiting Angels itself: that every senior deserves to age with dignity. In these pages, you will see a small sampling of the work you have made possible. Thank you! Joe Garecht Executive Director
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About the Foundation The Visiting Angels Foundation is the non-profit arm of Visiting Angels. For the past 27 years, the Visiting Angels Corporation has provided top-quality in-home care to senior citizens. One of our commitments in our day-to-day business is to ensure that our seniors can maintain their dignity as they age. We created the Visiting Angels Foundation because we believe all seniors should enjoy that same right.
Our Mission The Visiting Angels Foundation exists to help vulnerable seniors afford the basic care and support they need so they can age in place with dignity and grace. We pursue this mission by identifying and supporting high-quality nonprofit organizations that provide seniors with essential services such as food and nutrition, medical and healthcare needs, transportation, financial support, in-home care, and housing, and awarding grants to help those organizations continue their important work. Our Vision We envision a world where every senior citizen has access to quality, affordable care and the social, medical, educational, and support services that enable them to live safely at home. In that future, seniors do not have to choose between basic necessities and basic care, but instead can age with dignity, compassion, and the care they need, regardless of financial circumstances.
Board of Directors The Visiting Angels Foundation is guided by our Board of Directors, who ensure that the Foundation carries out its mission effectively and efficiently. We thank our board for their hard work this year! Dan Drennen, Board President Greg Landes, Chief Financial Officer Scott Parrish, Director
Dave Ritterling, Director Jerry Capaccio, Director
A Special Thank You to Larry Meigs The Visiting Angels Foundation is the result of the vision of Visiting Angels CEO Larry Meigs. This has allowed us to build a 4-year legacy of supporting dozens of organizations helping tens of thousands of seniors. Larry also generously supports the Foundation each year with a gift that fully covers our operating expenses and provides significant funds for our grant-making program. Thank you, Larry!
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2025 Visiting Angels Foundation Grantees In 2025, the Visiting Angels Foundation was proud to provide grants to 29 different nonprofit organizations. The majority of these organizations were recommended by Visiting Angels franchise locations, and each meets our giving criteria. Congratulations to our 2025 grantees:
Grantee
City
State
Alzheimer’s Project, Inc. Brethren Hillcrest Homes Church Health Services, Inc.
Tallahassee
FL
La Verne
CA
Beaver Dam WI
Community Senior Services, Inc. dba Aging True
Jacksonville
FL
Elder Services of Berkshire County, Inc.
Pittsfield
MA
Emanate Health Foundation
Covina
CA
Health Care Providers of Pierce County Hood County Committee on Aging Hospice of the Golden Isles, Inc. Jewish Family & Children’s Service Jewish Family Service of Atlantic County
University Place WA
Granbury Brunswick Waltham Margate Lancaster
TX GA MA NJ PA PA FL TX TX PA CA
Lancaster Downtowners
Little Sisters of the Poor Holy Family Home
Philadelphia
Mind, Music, and Movement Foundationfor Neurological Disorders, Inc.
Jupiter
Operation TRIAGE
New Braunfels Weatherford
Parker County Committee On Aging Inc.
Pennsylvania Foundation for Homecare and Hospice
Harrisburg
PIH Health Foundation
Whittier
Project MEND
San Antonio San Antonio Bridgeport
TX TX CT TX VA FL PA
San Antonio Coalition for Veterans and Families
St. Vincent’s Medical Center
The Art Station
Ft. Worth
The Center at Belvedere The Silver Tree Project Twilight Wish Foundation Visiting Nurses Foundation Whittier Meals on Wheels Windy Hill Senior Center Wounded Veterans Relief Fund
Charlottesville
Leesburg
Doylestown
Centralia Whittier
WA CA PA
Spring Grove
North Palm Beach FL
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2025 Foundation Highlights Most Successful Fundraising Year Ever
The Visiting Angels Foundation relies on support from Visiting Angels franchisees, staff, clients, client families, and other friends of the organization to carry out its work. We are happy to announce that 2025 was our most successful fundraising year ever. This year, we raised $211,661.51 to support vulnerable seniors. Thank you for your gifts to the Visiting Angels Foundation!
2025 Visiting Angels Annual Conference
One of the highlights for our foundation each year is attending the Visiting Angels Annual Conference to discuss our work with franchisees and staff from around the nation. This year in Boston, we were honored to host a table in the vendor corridor, where we spoke with hundreds of attendees throughout the event. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table to discuss our grant-making progress, make a gift to the Foundation, or just to say “hello!” We’ll see you in Scottsdale this summer!
Visiting Angels Day of Giving On September 24, 2025, the Foundation held its second annual Day of Giving. This is a day focused on raising awareness of our work and funds to support our mission. This year, we set a goal of raising $20,000 (double what we raised during our first Day of Giving). Thanks to support from across the Visiting Angels community, we exceeded our goal, raising $23,950. 100% of this amount will go directly to providing grants to worthwhile organizations serving vulnerable seniors. Thank you for your support!
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The Guardian Angels are a group of Visiting Angels franchisees who have taken a leadership role in our Foundation’s efforts. This special group of franchise owners has committed to donate at least $5,000 per year to support our work and has dedicated themselves to assisting us in supporting America’s most vulnerable seniors. We thank each of our 2025 Guardian Angels members for their support: Julie and Bruce Allison Visiting Angels of Salt Lake City, UT Catherine Stanley Ascher Visiting Angels Southeast Georgia Les DeFelice Visiting Angels Pittsburgh, PA, Charleston, WV
Brian Mack Visiting Angels Destin, FL Rich Messer Visiting Angels Pittsfield, MA Andy and Mona Nandy Visiting Angels Jenkintown, PA, Horsham, PA and Chadds Ford, PA Jeanette Pagliaro Visiting Angels Central Coast in California
and Huntington, WV Andrew Dilwicius Visiting Angels Glendora, CA, Whittier, CA and Nashville, TN Britt Hollingsworth Visiting Angels Lewisville, TX and Plano, TX Vikki Kalitsi
The Durdens & The Schmankes Visiting Angels Jacksonville, FL Mark Wang Visiting Angels Albany, OR Chris Smith and Michelle Johnson
Visiting Angels Largo, MD Charlie and Susan Kerr Visiting Angels Corpus Christi, TX
Visiting Angels Loveland, CO, Grand Junction, CO, Pagosa Springs, CO, Flagstaff, AZ and Prescott, AZ Paul Tembunde and Joan Ekobena Visiting Angels Silver Spring, MD, Gaithersburg, MD, Edgewater, MD and Washington, DC
Patty Laychock and Kathy Callahan Visiting Angels Egg Harbor Township, NJ
If you are a Visiting Angels franchisee and would like to become a member of the Guardian Angels, please contact Executive Director Joe Garecht at joe@visitingangelsfoundation.org.
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Visiting Angels Foundation in the News
Church Health Services, Inc. Beaver Dam, WI Beaver Dam Based Nonprofit Receives Grant Dollars From Visiting Angels
The Visiting Angels Foundation Announces 2025 Grant Recipients
Twilight Wish Foundation Doyelstown, PA Local nonprofit awarded national grant to help seniors age
Visiting Angels Foundation Awards Grants to 16 Nonprofits Supporting Seniors in 2025
Brethren Hillcrest Homes La Verne, CA
Elder Services of Berkshire County, Inc. Pittsfield, MA
San Antonio Coalition for Veterans and Families San Antonio, TX
The Center at Belvedere Charlottesville, VA Center at Belvedere awarded $5,000 grant
Jewish Family & Children’s Service Waltham, MA Visiting Angels Makes Donation to Schechter Holocaust Services
Whittier Meals on Wheels Whittier, CA
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Ways to Support the Foundation At the Visiting Angels Foundation, we’ve made it our goal to help every senior afford the basic care they need. But we can’t do it without your help! We rely on our community of supporters to help us carry out our work. Here’s how you can get involved and support the Foundation this year:
Onetime or Recurring Gifts To make a donation via credit or debit card, visit visitingangelsfoundation.org/donate/. If you would like to make a recurring monthly gift, simply click “monthly” on the donation form on that page. To make a donation by check, make your check payable to The Visiting Angels Foundation and send it to The Visiting Angels Foundation, 937 Haverford Road, Suite 200, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. Remember the Visiting Angels Foundation in Your Estate Planning One great way to support the Visiting Angels Foundation is to include us in your will. By doing so, you will leave a lasting legacy supporting vulnerable seniors for decades to come. If you have included us in your estate planning, please let us know so that we can honor your investment in work.
Donate Stocks, Bonds, or Mutual Funds The Visiting Angels Foundation gratefully accepts gifts of stock, bonds, or mutual funds. Your donation is tax-deductible up to the full amount provided by law. To make a gift of securities, please contact Executive Director Joe Garecht at joe@visitingangelsfoundation.org. Become a Guardian Angel The Guardian Angels are a group of franchisees who have taken a leadership role in our efforts by pledging to give $5,000 per year to support the Foundation. To honor their commitment, Guardian Angels members receive several key benefits throughout the year. To learn more about the Guardian Angels or to join, please contact
Executive Director Joe Garecht at joe@visitingangelsfoundation.org.
The Visiting Angels Foundation 937 Haverford Road, Suite 200 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 VisitingAngelsFoundation.org joe@visitingangelsfoundation.org
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