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CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH

CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $475,135 to it, the largest being CFA INSTITUTE ($475,135). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$175k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$475k
Net assets
$384k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 64%
01What it does

What Cfa Society of Pittsburgh does

Mission

The mission of the society of pittsburgh is to lead the regional investment profession by providing educational and career development opportunities for financial professionals,the community and students. The society pursues this mission by actively promoting ethical and professional standards within the investment industry, encouraging professional development through the chartered financial analyst (cfa) program, and by facilitating the open exchange of information and opinions through various types of events.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Meetings and events to allow financial professionals to learn about leadership needs and skills needed to succeed in their profession. There is a emerging leader conference which is followed up with networking and social meetings to mentor and guide upcoming professionals and assist the seasoned professional.

    $10,833 spent
    11% of program spending
  2. An annual endowment/foundation conference is held for the general public and financial professionals (members as well as non-members) to inform and educate attendees on specific issues related to endowments and foundations.

    $21,145 spent
    22% of program spending
  3. Annual career fair, an event for all finance professionals and potential finance professionals to meet, network and learn about career development opportunities in the local area and standards for the profession.

    $20,493 spent
    22% of program spending
  4. Meetings, various networking events,and specialized events to allow professionals and students to discuss current challenges and current outlook and strategies for the profession. Includes financial planning strategies, competitions,an annual meeting and investment challenge research and various social and educational meetings through out the year.

    $42,267 spent
    45% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $94,738.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($164k) Expenses 100 ($118k) Net assets 100 ($159k)2018 Revenue 98 ($160k) Expenses 114 ($135k) Net assets 116 ($184k)2019 Revenue 128 ($211k) Expenses 143 ($170k) Net assets 142 ($225k)2020 Revenue 87 ($142k) Expenses 88 ($105k) Net assets 165 ($262k)2021 Revenue 53 ($87k) Expenses 36 ($43k) Net assets 193 ($306k)2022 Revenue 66 ($109k) Expenses 85 ($100k) Net assets 190 ($301k)2023 Revenue 83 ($136k) Expenses 79 ($94k) Net assets 222 ($352k)2024 Revenue 109 ($179k) Expenses 149 ($177k) Net assets 225 ($357k)2025 Revenue 107 ($175k) Expenses 129 ($152k) Net assets 242 ($384k)
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Revenue (107)Expenses (129)Net assets (242)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $301k to $352k (+17%).

$159k
$184k
$225k
$262k
$306k
$301k
$352k
$357k
$384k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

67% of CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$46k
’17
$25k
’18
$41k
’19
$38k
’20
$44k
’21
$9k
’22
$42k
’23
$2k
’24
$23k
’25
85
months of
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.

20192021
Listed910
Joined··
No longer listed··
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $47k → $41k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Cfa Instituteunclassified
$475k
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.

Where its funders are

CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.

VA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin13% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH?
CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $475,135 to it, the largest being CFA INSTITUTE ($475,135). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $475,135 in grants to CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH?
CFA INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $475,135 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CFA SOCIETY OF PITTSBURGH find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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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 1 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing