Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION
MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,603,610 to it, the largest being PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION ($4,966,232). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 65
- Grants received
- $7.6M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Mario Lemieux Foundation does
Mission
To fund promising patient care and medical research initiatives in the areas of hodgkin's disease, pediatric oncology, cardiovascular medicine, as well as support the development and implementation of hospital playrooms.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Following the personal experience of nathalie and mario lemieux during the hospitalization of their premature son in the neonatal intensive care unit at magee-womens hospital, nathalie lemieux recognized the need for a safe and engaging space for siblings and other children visiting hospitalized family members. In response, she established austin's playrooms in 2000 to provide children with a welcoming environment while families focus on health and healing during difficult medical situations. Austin's playrooms feature age-appropriate toys, games, books, technology, and creative activities designed to reduce stress and provide comfort for children and families. ** see continuation on schedule o **since its inception, the program has expanded to 44 austin's playrooms and related family support spaces located throughout hospitals and healthcare facilities. To date, more than 1.5 million children and family members have benefited from these playrooms. During the fiscal year, the foundation continued to support existing playrooms through renovations, maintenance, and the purchase of new equipment and supplies. In addition, the foundation completed the opening of a new austin's…
$743,970 spentof which $179,325 as grants72% of program spendingThe foundation also supports blood cancer research in both the clinic and lab. In 2014, the foundation established the mario lemieux center lymphoma center for children and young adults at children's hospital of pittsburgh of upmc. This center, the first of its kind, treats patients with difficult-to-treat and rare childhood lymphomas. The center has increased access to care and cutting-edge treatments for all childhood lymphomas, while also bringing together a critical volume of patients with rare lymphomas for research studies that can have had a global impact on care. The annual commitment to this $2.5m project is $357,000. **see continuation on schedule o**the foundation also supports hodgkin's disease research and patient care by providing funding to the mario lemieux center for blood cancers, located at the upmc hillman cancer center. In november 2018, the Mario Lemieux Foundation pledged additional support to the upmc hillman cancer center in a $5m gift for groundbreaking immunotherapy research and treatment. The mario lemieux immunotherapy center will expand and enhance innovative immunotherapy treatments for patients with certain types of solid tumors, both through…
$154,632 spentof which $154,632 as grants15% of program spendingIn may 2024, the foundation made a $5m gift to establish the mario lemieux center for heart rhythm care at ahn cardiovascular institute. This gift was matched with a $5m committment from highmark.
$82,202 spentof which $82,202 as grants8% of program spendingThe foundation is committed to patient care and family support at the children's home of pittsburgh and lemieux family center. The lemieux family center is designed to be a home away from home where families are given the opportunity to spend one or more nights in a private bedroom with their child. While nesting, families can practice providing care on their own with guidance from the pediatric specialty hospital onsite. There is also an austin's playroom as well as several play spaces provided by the foundation in this facility. In fy 23, the board gifted $150,000 for 2023 and 2024.
$52,600 spentof which $52,600 as grants5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,033,404.
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 2023 to 2024, from $14M to $19M (+30%).
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 11% · 2020 2% · 2021 4% · 2022 1% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Andrew Parish
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 25 funders, grant income fell $860k → $416k.
14 of 65 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 65 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
MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 82% · 2019 80% · 2020 76% · 2021 73% · 2022 74% · 2023 26% — 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
53% of MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
93% of MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M 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
MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MARIO LEMIEUX 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 19 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARIO LEMIEUX 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 MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION?
- MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,603,610 to it, the largest being PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION ($4,966,232). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 65 organizations giving $7,603,610 in grants to MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION?
- PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,966,232 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARIO LEMIEUX FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 65 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