ELDERLY ADVOCATES INC
EIN 83-2266674 · Protection Against Abuse (I70)
What they do
OUR MISSION is DEDICATED to IMPROVING THE OVERALL QUALITY of LIFE for THE ELDERLY and ALL RESIDING IN LONG-TERM CARE THROUGH EDUCATION, SUPPORT & ADVOCACY. OUR VISION is to BUILD A STRONG, CITIZEN-BASED ORGANIZATION RUN BY CARING VOLUNTEERS IN OHIO THAT PARTNERS WITH OTHER LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS and ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED to QUALITY CARE for THOSE IN LONG-TERM CARE. WHAT ORIGINATED WITH A FEW INDIVIDUALS WHO SAW RESIDENTS IN NURSING HOMES ASKING for HELP and STRUGGLING DAY to DAY WITH THE POOR QUALITY of LIFE and CARE GIVEN to THEM, HAS NOW BECOME A GROWING ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT SEEKS to BE A VOICE for ALL THOSE FACING THEIR LAST YEARS IN NURSING HOMES and OTHER LONG-TERM CARE FACLITIES. THESE AGING ELDERS MANY TIMES REFERRED to AS OUR FORGOTTEN ONES. WE ARE DEDICATED to SEEING OUR AGING POPULATION THRIVE to THE BEST of THEIR ABILITY and HAVING OPPORUNTIY for THE QUALITY of LIFE THEY DESERVE AS ANYONE ELSE LIVING OUTSIDE A NURSING HOME CAN HAVE ACCESS TO, THAT INCLUDES EVEN A HA
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PAULA MUELLERPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2019
- Location
- PO BOX 42282, CLEVELAND, OH 44142-0282
- County
- Cuyahoga
- In care of
- % PAULA MUELLER
- Primary officer
- PAULA MUELLER, PRESIDENT
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2019
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- CRUM & COMPANY
- NTEE classification
- Protection Against Abuse (I70)
- IRS tax category
- Protection Against Abuse