Florida · Nonprofit
COPD FOUNDATION INC
COPD FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,021,508 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ($3,360,736). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 71
- Grants received
- $7.0M
- Net assets
- $7.3M
What Copd Foundation Inc does
Mission
The copd foundation was established to improve the lives of people with copd, bronchiectasis, and nontuberculous mycobacterial (ntm) lung disease through initiatives that expand services and speed innovations which will make treatment more effective and affordable.we do this through scientific research, education, advocacy, and awareness with the goal of disease prevention, slowed progression, and ultimately a cure.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Research & medicalthe copd foundation research team engages with multiple individuals and organizations to support research studies and clinical trials. These studies focus on a wide range of topics that align with the foundation mission. These include patient symptom treatment, virtual copd management tools, patient feedback on screening tools, and development of new therapies and medical devices to address unmet needs. The copd foundation research team also participated in several activities that are targeting people with early copd with the aim to develop approaches that can be used to slow disease progression these include an american thoracic society early disease working group, co-chaired by the copd foundation and discussions related to the design and conduct of clinical trials in patients with early disease.the copd foundation is continuing the work of the patient inspired validation of outcome tools (pivot) project. Pivot was established to be a driving force for integrating the patient and the patient voice into clinical outcome measurement validation and selection for use in chronic lung disease research and clinical trials. The pivot project has produced two…
$3,282,165 spent37% of program spendingBronchiectasis & ntm associationthe copd foundation was approved to do business as the bronchiectasis and ntm association. With this approval, we embarked on a rebranding effort, ensuring our commitment and dedication to this patient community.we had another successful world bronchiectasis day campaign, reaching over 2 million people. The campaign allowed us to bring together nearly 20 patient advocacy organizations and professional societies to collaborate in spreading awareness and education on bronchiectasis.the goal of the bronchiectasis and ntm research registry is to support collaborative research and assist in the planning of multi-center clinical trials for the treatment of non-cf bronchiectasis and/or ntm lung disease. Over the course of the year, the registry continued enrolling and collecting longitudinal data on participants, reaching over 8,000 participants and up to 16 years of data on some participants. Several registry abstracts were presented at international conferences and manuscripts were published as a result of the registry data collection. In addition, the registry was utilized to facilitate recruitment into major clinical trials in this space.the…
$3,658,163 spent41% of program spendingCommunitythe copd360 community engagement committee (copd360cenco), a diverse patients and caregivers committee, continued to meet monthly to provide the voice of patients and caregivers to all the copd foundation's efforts, and to support its interactions with other health care and advocacy organizations. Patient and caregiver involvement in governance and education is the model on which the copd foundation was established. With that central goal, the copd foundation has built trust within its membership and related stakeholder groups.membership in the copd foundation captains program grew by 13%. Captains spread copd awareness in their state and local areas, mentor fellow copd community members, and participate in grassroots advocacy and community building activities focused on health policy issues that are important to those who have copd and other chronic lung diseases. The copd foundation continues to support patient wellbeing by providing free monthly support groups for patients and caregivers. Support groups are available for both patients with copd and patients with bronchiectasis and (nontuberculous mycobacterial) ntm lung disease. Hundreds of patients attend these…
$714,987 spent8% of program spendingPublic & professional educationthe copd foundation continues to ensure high-quality evidence-based educational materials are available for internal and external stakeholders. The copd foundation podcast released 12 episodes in 2025, providing insights from key opinion leaders (kols) on topics related to copd care. Two new patient-facing 101 decks, one focusing on introducing copd, and the other discussing genetic copd. Two new landing pages were also developed - one on severe copd that provides guidance on management, and the other on genetic copd, which encourages testing for the genetic condition. To support people living with copd in a group setting, resources to support groups in providing effective peer support and education were created and provided to several communities in rural areas across the country. To help improve the diagnosis of copd in rural communities, copd screening and copd education were conducted at numerous events in four states in the appalachian region. A media and direct mail campaign promoted copd awareness, and the use of pulmonary rehabilitation in these areas, and three pulmonary rehabilitation programs in these regions were provided with free…
$666,485 spent7% of program spendingAdvocacy & public policythe copd foundation community works with local, state, and federal policy makers to increase research funding, improve care delivery, protect access to treatments, and create policy that improves the lives of those with copd, bronchiectasis and nontuberculous mycobacterial (ntm) lung disease. The copd foundation centered its fy25 policy efforts on the following priorities:1. Increasing research funding2. Advancing patient-centered treatment approvals3. Improving access to oxygen therapy4. Expanding pulmonary rehabilitation5. Reducing tobacco and nicotine useprogress has been made on all policy priorities as a direct result of copd foundation advocacy efforts. This includes the progression of pulmonary rehabilitation and supplemental oxygen legislation through congress and the submission of over 100 budget requests to legislative offices for the fy26 appropriations cycle. Over 75 advocates joined the copd foundation in washington, d.c. To advocate for critical lung health policies during the impact lung health 2025 legislative advocacy campaign, representing 52 senate districts, 53 house districts, and 26 states.
$664,875 spent7% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,986,675.
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 2024 to 2025, from $10M to $13M (+23%).
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 8% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of COPD FOUNDATION INC’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. 3 of the last 8 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
Jean Wright Md Mba
Chief executive officer
Board chair
James D Crapo Md
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $187k → $526k.
14 of 71 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COPD FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 71 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
COPD FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% 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 COPD FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 38% · 2019 78% · 2020 67% · 2021 46% · 2022 48% · 2023 44% — growing more concentrated.
“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
38% of COPD FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
COPD FOUNDATION INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
COPD FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin 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
Government funding COPD FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $638 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $638
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COPD FOUNDATION INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COPD FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COPD FOUNDATION INC?
- COPD FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 71 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,021,508 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ($3,360,736). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COPD FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 71 organizations giving $7,021,508 in grants to COPD FOUNDATION INC, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COPD FOUNDATION INC?
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH is the largest funder on record, with $3,360,736 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COPD FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 71 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