For some of you who are not aware of AARP, it is a US-based nonprofitable, nonpartisan, social welfare organization with a membership of 38 million that supports individuals to turn their goals and dreams into reality. With the assurance to empower, AARP focusses on strengthening the communities and fighting for the issues that matter the most, especially those related to family, health care, income security, employment, and protection financial exploitation.

AARP benefits and empowers Americans of the age of 50 years and above to live life on their own terms and choose how to live as they grow older. AARP is also a third-party provider with high-quality products, services, and discounts, respectively catering a sole of needs and bestow the requirement of each their members.

AARP has strong groups with several affiliated structured companies.

• AARP Experience Corps
  This a non-profit charity that empowers people of 50 years of age to mentor and in turn to be an instructor for school children.
• AARP Foundation
  This is a non-profit charity that supports people over 50 years of age for their social and economic risk. The programs are focused to provide security, safety, and empowerment for older citizens in the USA. It is a great help for those who earn low income.

As AARP owns huge memberships under its wing, it can generate fund for their operations without depending on government grants or seek private sponsors. For some of their programs, AARP does receive from both. AARP’s extensive sources of income shown accordingly in its consolidated financial statements.

They obtain royalties for the rights while companies utilize AARP’s intellectual property (name, logo, etc.). They are salaried by commercial traders of aids, products, and inference are open to AARP members of $838,649,000, Membership due of $295,180,000, and Advertisements published in its publication of $149,604,000.

How did AARP begin?
To talk about the official history, in the year 1958 Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus recognized AARP as a step forward from the National Retired Teachers Association (which was also established by Andrus in 1947 to serve her philosophy of productive aging, and develop the need for health insurance for retired teachers). Later, after 10 years, the organization was open to all Americans over 50+ years of age, which became the official creation of AARP. Currently, NRTA is a division within AARP. Dr. Andrus installed “Grey Gables,” an innovative new retirement home, while she lived in Ojai, California. The national headquarters for AARP were at Ojai from 1958 until the mid-1960s.

At the beginning, the organization was originally named as the American Association of Retired Persons. Later, in 1999, it officially changed its name to “AARP” with some policy changes.

Activities operated by AARP
AARP is, in general, recognized for supporting issues that are affected by older Americans in the course of a number of actions that includes lobbying forces at the state and national governmental level. It is an activity permitted by its 501(c) status. The organization affirms that it is a known partisan and do not support, oppose or serve money to any candidates or political groups. AARP provides extensive consumer information, volunteering opportunities, and events. Middle-class security has been an influential focus for the company in recent years.

In the year 2013, there was a huge impact by the launch of Life Re-imagined. It was a first-of-its-kind series of online and offline experiences that mentor people through life transitions events by helping them discover new possibilities and associate them with a group of people pursuing related passions and goals.