Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED
GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,234,989 to it, the largest being NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION ($2,240,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $53M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $157M
What Geisinger Commonwealth Sch of Med does
Mission
Geisinger college of health sciences advances health through exceptional education, research and community engagement. We educate and support compassionate healthcare professionals and scholars dedicated to excellence, discovery and innovation. Our graduates are prepared to improve the quality and value of healthcare, advance equity, address the unique attributes of our region and its people, and promote wellbeing for all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Academic program: geisinger commonwealth school of medicine (gcsom) offers three separate degree programs: a doctor of medicine (md) program, master of biomedical science (mbs) program and an associates degree in nursing (adn). Gcsom focuses biomedical research and training programs on health issues prevalent in northeastern and north central pennsylvania, a 17-county region with 1.8 million residents. The region has an aging population, 19.5 percent of residents are older than age 65, compared to 15.1 percent nationally. Moreover, the region has high incidences of breast, lung, colorectal and prostate cancers, as well as high incidences of non-hodgkin's lymphoma, other chronic disease associated with aging, and significant needs in primary care, mental/behavioral health, and community medicine. The school of medicine's total health curriculum (thc), is a four-year, three-phase curriculum that matriculates 115 medical students per class. The first phase is a novel active learning-based, integrated curriculum that uses the clinical presentation model, within organ system-based blocks. In this phase, students also gain early clinical experience in the longitudinal clinical…
$36,711,209 spentof which $3,557,267 as grants$36,309,741 earned by the program84% of program spendingResearch programs: gcsom's research mission is to improve the health and well-being of its 17-county community through the collaborative discovery and dissemination of knowledge gained through research, technology development, community engagement and education. Because it is our vision to be in service to our community, we strive to be a catalyst for strategic research partnerships, to be a leader for advancing biomedical research and to be a keystone for improving health outcomes through translational research. We incorporate values of collaboration, integrity, innovation, translation, and engagement. At gcsom, students can conduct research under the mentorship and guidance of distinguished faculty. Research projects developed by faculty research mentors include translational scientific research in the laboratory setting or public health, community, and clinical research in the clinical or community setting. These are positions for which students do not need substantial experience, yet these research activities and the mentors who guide them provide unique and rich educational opportunities. Gcsom has multiple, organized research opportunities, including the summer research…
$2,320,131 spent5% of program spendingStudent affairs: the student affairs team supports geisinger college of health science's (gchs) institutional mission and values by fostering students' academic, professional, and personal growth, and holistic well-being. Gchs admits academically successful, passionate, innovative, and community-minded students with aptitude for biomedical sciences and a sincere commitment to improving the quality of healthcare. The division of student affairs (dsa) provides a range of academic, career, engagement and well-being offerings to enhance the interpersonal and educational experiences of all gchs students. Through engagement offerings, the dsa promotes participation in social, cultural, and intellectual life at gchs. The dsa is the principal advisor to student groups, the dsa also works with students for wellness programming, and academic and career advising. The dsa provides services to each school of the college including the school of medicine, the school of nursing, and the school of graduate education. During the 2024 calendar year significant plans were completed for expansion in all three schools including increase in the md class size and an additional graduate degree program…
$4,933,523 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $43,964,863.
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 2022 to 2023, from $179M to $212M (+19%).
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 1% · 2018 19% · 2019 20% · 2020 19% · 2021 18% · 2022 18% · 2023 18% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Virginia Mcgregor
Chair, director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $763k → $406k.
3 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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: $8.5M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Geisinger Health). These are real filings, and they are not money GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED raised.
From the IRS filings of GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED’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.
How concentrated its funding is
GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 44% · 2019 87% · 2020 73% · 2021 45% · 2022 82% · 2023 79% — 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
29% of GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
96% of GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $260k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,065 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,065 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$7.4M
- Department of Education$1.3M
- Department of Defense$982k
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 GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 79 related entities
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · exempt
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc · exempt
- Kaiser Fdn Health Plan of Colorado · exempt
- Kaiser Fdn Health Plan of Georgia Inc · exempt
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mas · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED?
- GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,234,989 to it, the largest being NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION ($2,240,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $4,234,989 in grants to GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED?
- NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,240,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCH OF MED 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 24 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