Title: AARP - Wikipedia
Headings: AARP
AARP
Contents
History
Activities
Overview
Board of directors
Affiliates
AARP Services, Inc. and AARP Financial Incorporated
AARP Foundation
AARP Driver Safety
AARP publications and broadcasts
English-language
Spanish-language
Senate investigation
Class action lawsuits
AARP Awards
Health care
Health insurance
Single-payer
Social Security
Executive compensation, benefits, and travel
See also
References
External links
Further reading

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AARP (formerly called the American Association of Retired Persons) is a United States –based interest group focusing on issues affecting those over the age of fifty. According to the organization, it had more than 38 million members as of 2018. The magazine and bulletin it sends to its members are the two largest-circulation publications in the United States. AARP

Formation
1958; 63 years ago
( 1958)
Founder
Ethel Percy Andrus
Leonard Davis
Type
501 (c) (4) non-profit organization
Tax ID no. 95-1985500
Headquarters
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Location
Offices in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Members
38 million
CEO
Jo Ann Jenkins
Board Chair
Anette Franqui
National Volunteer President
Catherine Alicia Georges
Subsidiaries
AARP Foundation
AARP Services Inc
Legal Counsel for the Elderly
Revenue (2019)
$1.697 billion
Expenses (2019)
$1.696 billion
Staff
2,250
Volunteers
20,854
Website
aarp.org
Formerly called
American Association of Retired Persons

AARP was founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus (a retired educator from California) and Leonard Davis (later the founder of the Colonial Penn Group of insurance companies). It is an influential lobbying group in the United States. AARP sells paid memberships, and markets insurance and other services to its members. Contents
1
History
2
Activities
2.1
Overview
2.2
Board of directors
3
Affiliates
3.1
AARP Services, Inc. and AARP Financial Incorporated
3.2
AARP Foundation
3.3
AARP Driver Safety
3.4
AARP publications and broadcasts
3.4.1
English-language
3.4.2
Spanish-language
4
Senate investigation
5
Class action lawsuits
6
AARP Awards
7
Health care
7.1
Health insurance
7.2
Single-payer
8
Social Security
9
Executive compensation, benefits, and travel
10
See also
11
References
12
External links
13
Further reading
History
According to the group's official history, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus founded AARP in 1958. AARP evolved from the National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA), which Andrus had established in 1947 to promote her philosophy of productive aging, and to promote health insurance for retired teachers.