AARP

AARP

Formation	1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Founder	Ethel Percy Andrus Leonard Davis
Type	501(c)(4) non-profit organization[1]
Tax ID no.	95-1985500
Headquarters	601 E Street, NW, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Location	Offices in all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands
CEO	Jo Ann Jenkins
Board Chair	Lloyd E. Johnson
Subsidiaries	AARP Foundation AARP Services Inc Legal Counsel for the Elderly OATS/Senior Planet Wish of a Lifetime
Staff	2,250[1]
Website	aarp.org
Formerly called	American Association of Retired Persons
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AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is an interest group in the United States focusing on issues affecting those over the age of fifty.^[3] The organization, which is headquartered in Washington, D.C., said it had more than 38 million members as of 2018.^[4] The magazine and bulletin it sends to its members are the two largest-circulation publications in the United States.

AARP was formed in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, a retired educator from California, and Leonard Davis, who later founded Colonial Penn's insurance companies.^[5][6] It is an influential lobbying group in the United States.^[7][8] AARP sells paid memberships, and markets insurance^[9] and other services to its members.