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HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION

HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION (South Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,701,000 to it, the largest being MARION BRADLEY VIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION SD C/O FIRST PREMIER BANK TRUST DEPT ($1,701,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$8.8M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1.7M
Net assets
$47M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Harvey W Peters Research Foundation does

Program

The harvey w. Peters research foundation (the foundation) is organized exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended or any corresponding section of any future federal tax code. The foundation's purpose is to support edward via virginia college of osteopathic medicine, bluefield university, and appalachian college of pharmacy, all virginia nonstock corporations, by providing financial assistance to support their programs, consisting of providing programs of instruction for undergraduate education, conduct of medical and scientific research, and training in the art, science and practice of osteopathic medicine and pharmacology. The lease of property to the college is in furtherance of the foundation's exempt mission. The foundation acquired a parcel of land in auburn, al, spartanburg, sc and monroe, la and constructed buildings to house the campuses of the edward via va college of

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($40M) Expenses 100 ($7.5M) Net assets 100 ($46M)2022 Revenue 19 ($7.4M) Expenses 95 ($7.1M) Net assets 96 ($44M)2023 Revenue 18 ($7.3M) Expenses 109 ($8.1M) Net assets 98 ($45M)2024 Revenue 18 ($7.3M) Expenses 114 ($8.5M) Net assets 99 ($45M)2025 Revenue 22 ($8.8M) Expenses 116 ($8.7M) Net assets 102 ($47M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (22)Expenses (116)Net assets (102)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 $131M to $139M (+7%).

$128M
$131M
$139M
$136M
$134M
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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

John G Rocovich

Chairman & director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.

20212022202320242025
Listed88776
Joined·+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·0101
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $196k → $136k.

From the IRS filings of HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION’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

100% of HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION's grant income comes from South Dakota funders.

SD

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

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’23
South Dakota 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

HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve4.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−31% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, 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 HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION (South Dakota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,701,000 to it, the largest being MARION BRADLEY VIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION SD C/O FIRST PREMIER BANK TRUST DEPT ($1,701,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,701,000 in grants to HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION?
MARION BRADLEY VIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION SD C/O FIRST PREMIER BANK TRUST DEPT is the largest funder on record, with $1,701,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HARVEY W PETERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Dakota. 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 2021–2025), 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