New York · Nonprofit
AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC
AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC (New York) receives grants from 355 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,070,007 to it, the largest being SIMONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,695,872). 167 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 355
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $27M
What American Parkinson Disease Assoc does
Mission
Every day we provide the support, education, and research that will help everyone impacted by parkinson's disease live life to the fullest.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Public awareness - apda currently provides (on-line and in print) more than 66 free educational publications, 36 in english, 22 in spanish, and 8 in simplified chinese to address medical and social aspects of the diagnosis, treatment, and care of people with parkinson disease. These publications and additional information distributed through apda's 12 active chapters, 17 information & referral center grants (7 traditional centers and 10 projects, extensive website in english and spanish, and "800" telephone helpline in several languages. Apda also raises awareness through television public service announcement (psa) campaigns entitled "live with optimism," "look closer, and "mira mas de cerca" that have aired nationwide since 2015. Approximately 240,000 newsletters are mailed annually, and additional 720,000 sent via email. Contributed services include donated media (television and radio broadcasting and other forms of media, including public service announcements) valued at $10,593,719 for the year ended august 31, 2025. The fair value of the donated media is determined based on consideration of cash payments typically made by buyers for similar advertising and media, standard…
$6,135,417 spent42% of program spendingPatient services and educational programs - apda aims to support every person and every family impacted by parkinson's. Through its nationwide system of chapters, information & referral (I&r) centers, and community partners. Apda uniquely delivers education, support and patient services to anyone with parkinson's disease and their families each day. 17 information and referral centers are grant funded along with community grants across in the us to expand the reach in underserved communities. Apda conducted over 50 patient education webinars virtually and in person regarding education on topics that address the symptoms, treatments, and challenges of living with parkinson's disease and has reached over 165,000 views. Apda offered 45 national support group programs "press", parkinson's roadmap for education and support services, "press on, and care partner connection in 30 markets and 35 connecting through art programs in 25 markets. Apda provides vetted pd information via factsheets and booklets with 170,000 downloads and mailings across the us.
$5,824,232 spentof which $2,116,749 as grants40% of program spendingResearch - apda proudly invests in eight centers for advanced research and supports grants to fund the most promising science focused on discovering the cause(s) and finding the cure for parkinson's disease. Since its founding in 1961, apda has been a funding partner in many of the major pd scientific breakthroughs.
$2,563,032 spentof which $1,346,073 as grants18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,522,681.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $23M to $30M (+29%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 3% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Leslie A Chambers
President/CEO
Board chair
Bernard Battista
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 60 funders to 106 funders, grant income rose $606k → $1.4M.
39 of 355 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $741k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest American Parkinson Disease Assoc). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 355 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
60% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 38% · 2019 34% · 2020 23% · 2021 20% · 2022 21% · 2023 25% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
24% of AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 40 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 23 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC?
- AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC (New York) receives grants from 355 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,070,007 to it, the largest being SIMONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($1,695,872). 167 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 355 organizations giving $10,070,007 in grants to AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC, 167 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC?
- SIMONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,695,872 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 355 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing