Colorado · Nonprofit
DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION
DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 112 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,176,451 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($932,034). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 112
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Davis Phinney Foundation does
Mission
The Davis Phinney Foundation's mission is to help people live well with parkinson's. While it is critical to find a cure for parkinson's, we feel strongly that people living with parkinson's also need information and tools to live well today. The foundation was founded in 2004 by olympic cyclist davis phinney, who was diagnosed with parkinson's in 2000, at the age of 40. Today, davis is both a role model in the cycling community and an inspiration to the estimated 1 million americans living with parkinson's. We are committed to supporting programs and research that deliver inspiration, information and tools that will enable people living with parkinson's to take more control in managing their parkinson's. The foundation provides essential information, practical tools and inspiration to people living with parkinson's and funds research closely aligned with our mission - improving the lives of people living with parkinson's.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Davis Phinney Foundation provides a variety of educational resources, including live webinars, recorded videos, printed tools, and online content to help people live well with parkinson's. Each month, we host live webinars that cover topics critical to quality of life with parkinson's. We also produce recorded content on a monthly basis and maintain an extensive library of on-demand videos. Our blog series provides regular updates on research, medication, exercise, nutrition, and other relevant topics. Our flagship resource, the every victory counts manual, is a comprehensive guide to living well with parkinson's and is available in multiple formats, including print and digital.
$565,858 spent$133,960 earned by the program20% of program spendingThe Davis Phinney Foundation ambassadors share resources and information in their local communities to help people improve their quality of life with parkinson's. Our ambassadors engage with support groups, individuals, families, and healthcare professionals to provide education and encouragement. They also present at local events and offer one-on-one support to people living with parkinson's and their care partners.
$622,444 spent$147,356 earned by the program22% of program spendingThe healthy parkinson's communities initiative has supported community-based advocates through staff support, educational resources, print materials, mentorship, and grants for local projects. In 2024, the foundation began to phase down this program to focus on other strategic priorities.in 2024, the Davis Phinney Foundation launched the updated pedaling for parkinson's program nationally, following its transition to foundation leadership in 2023. This indoor cycling program is designed to help people with parkinson's manage symptoms through exercise. Under the foundation's leadership, the program was enhanced with a new curriculum, training model, and community engagement strategy. The foundation also offers online pedaling for parkinson's classes for individuals who do not have a local program or who cannot physically attend in-person classes. Pedaling for parkinson's classes now serve as a consistent point of connection providing participants with proven exercise benefits and linking them to additional foundation resources, community support, and information about living well with parkinson's.
$848,787 spent$200,939 earned by the program30% of program spendingThe foundation also has serveral smaller programs including community partnerships.
$792,200 spentof which $13,485 as grants$181,852 earned by the program28% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,829,289.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $2.2M to $4.6M (+106%).
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: 2017 0% · 2020 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Polly Dawkins
Executive director
Board chair
Susan Helm-Murtagh
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 38 funders, grant income rose $81k → $669k.
24 of 112 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 112 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
DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
83% 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 DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 21% · 2019 24% · 2020 19% · 2021 40% · 2022 32% · 2023 30% — 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
28% of DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
81% of DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $603k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 27 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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.
Organizations like DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 34 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION: 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 DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION?
- DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION (Colorado) receives grants from 112 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,176,451 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($932,034). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 112 organizations giving $3,176,451 in grants to DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $932,034 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 112 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