Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER
LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $257,183 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($50,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $157k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $257k
- Net assets
- $0
What Lupus Foundation of America Philadelphia Tri-State Chapter does
Mission
Supports lupus research related to the diagnosis, treatment and the ultimate goal of finding a cure for lupus
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
As an affiliate of lfa, the foremost national non-profit voluntary health organization dedicated to finding the cause of and cure for lupus and providing support, services and hope to all people affected by lupus. In addition to our research and advocacy initiatives, the philadelphia tri-state chapter reached more than 10,000 individuals through a variety of public education and outreach offerings, professional education programs, and patient and community services in fiscal year 2024.
$13,075 spent$18,500 earned by the program8% of program spendingSupports programs and services that increase public awareness and understanding of lupus and its health consequences; increase awareness and understanding of lupus in the medical community; and improve the quality of life of people living with lupus and their families and caregivers through education, support and other assistance.
$149,096 spent$18,500 earned by the program92% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $162,171.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $827k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2018 5% · 2019 5% · 2020 6% · 2021 8% · 2022 7% · 2023 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Cynthia Messerle
CEO
Board chair
Molly Skalina Lsw
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $9k → $49k.
8 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER’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
LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
98% 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 LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 51% · 2019 49% · 2020 45% · 2021 32% · 2022 53% · 2023 31% — 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
42% of LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
62% of LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER'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 $97k that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 9 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $160k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER: 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 LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER?
- LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $257,183 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($50,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $257,183 in grants to LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA PHILADELPHIA TRI-STATE CHAPTER 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 21 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