Foundations and other funding organizations that provide monetary support which recipient agencies may use to fund the establishment or expansion of specific projects or services.

Substate organizations authorized under the Older Americans Act of 1965 to develop a comprehensive, coordinated system of community-based services for older adults within their planning and service area. State Units on Aging designate, provide federal and state funding, and monitor operations of AAAs. Eight states and the District of Columbia do not have AAAs and, therefore, serve the roles of both state and area agency. AAA's responsibilities include planning; development of local funding resources; and contracting with local service provider organizations to provide authorized services which include information and referral/assistance, outreach, case/care management, escort, transportation, homemaker/chore, personal care, home repair and rehabilitation, home delivered meals, congregate meals, adult day care, elder abuse prevention, nursing home ombudsman, legal assistance, employment and training, health promotion and disease prevention and senior centers as well as services that support caregivers including respite care, counseling and education programs. AAAs may provide a number of other services in situations where local service provider options are limited.

Programs that maintain information about community resources that are appropriate for a specific target group or human services sector (for example, youth programs or addiction services) and which link individuals who are in need of specialized services with appropriate resources and/or which provide information about community agencies and organizations that offer specialized services.

Programs that help nonprofit organizations and other groups conceptualize, implement and/or refine a plan for making any of a variety of human services available to the residents of the community. Included are organizations that provide assistance for groups that want to replicate an existing program, e.g., establish a new chapter of a support group, as well as those that specialize in generic program planning and development. Assistance may deal with defining general programmatic elements such as types of services, service modalities, target populations, eligibility criteria, application procedures, fees, language capabilities, accessibility for people with disabilities and funding; or may focus on a specific component such as intake, screening, diagnostic and assessment services, casework or other service provision, case management, record keeping and/or follow-up to ensure that the individual's needs have been met.

Organizations, as opposed to individuals, that are the recipients of services, donated materials, funding or other resources.