Public Charity

ELDERHOSTEL INC

ELDERHOSTEL INC is a Public Charity headquartered in Boston, MA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $446.0M revenue, $401.0M expenses, $384.0M total assets. 36 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $993K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 042632526 Boston, MA Recreational Clubs NTEE: N50 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$446.0M
Total Expenses$401.0M
Total Assets$384.0M
Grant Records36
Funding Total$993K
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

Elderhostel, Inc., which operates under the name Road Scholar, is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1975 for the purpose of sponsoring, arranging or conducting educational programs primarily for adults age 55 and older. Its mission is to inspire adults to learn, discover and travel. Road Scholar's learning adventures engage expert instructors, provide extraordinary access, and stimulate discourse and friendship among people who value lifelong learning. (Continued on Schedule O)

Where $100 goes at Elderhostel Inc

How Elderhostel Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$93 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $93 for programs

$45
Road Scholar's unique non ship-based educational programs held outside the United States (ranging in length from one to six weeks or more) provide a stimulating academic experience introducing…
49% of program spending
$24
Road Scholar's unique non ship-based educational programs in the United States (ranging in length from four days to three weeks) provide a stimulating academic experience exploring the arts…
26% of program spending
$8
Road Scholar's Adventures Afloat programs (ranging in length from one week to four months) are ship-based learning adventures that allow participants to experience the educational wonders of broad…
9% of program spending

Plus 4 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Ass't Clerk Alexander Toth
VP, Communications Christopher Heppner
Chief Operating Officer Eric Bird
Director George Moose
President & CEO James Moses
Director Jane Reardon

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$597,690 18 grants
Human & Social Services
$300,500 7 grants
Education
$43,500 5 grants
Health & Medicine
$23,720 2 grants
Housing & Homelessness
$19,250 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $446.0M $401.0M $384.0M
2024 $383.7M $344.1M $300.0M
2023 $344.9M $307.0M $230.0M
2021 $25.8M $37.1M $135.1M
2020 $254.3M $278.2M $129.9M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $254.3M to $446.0M (+75%), with total assets most recently reported at $384.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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