North Carolina · Nonprofit
Parkinson Association of the Carolinas
Parkinson Association of the Carolinas (North Carolina) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $408,037 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($184,966). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $368k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $408k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Parkinson Association of the Carolinas does
Mission
To serve as a resource for individuals and their families affected by Parkinsons disease in the Carolinas, through education, community outreach and direct support. We actively seek opportunities to connect individuals with Parkinsons disease and their families to support groups, professional agencies and other community resources so that will help them maintain or improve their independence and quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Parkinson Association of the Carolinas (PAC) fulfills its mission to serve as a resource for individuals and their families affected by Parkinsons disease in the Carolinas, through education, community outreach, and direct support with its many programs. PAC is a resource center in the Carolinas by providing people by email and phone for information. To initiate a live conversation with a staff member, people can dial a toll-free number for information on Parkinson's Disease (PD) and ways to cope with this progressive neurological disease. Many of the callers are directed to support groups closest to their homes. It is through support groups where people gather the most information and where they can offer and receive support from others who understand firsthand about the challenges they face. PAC's website, social media and monthly newsletter provides movement class listing and support group meeting information including location and time, current topic, and support group leader contact information. The newsletter also features articles about upcoming educational and awareness events and information about PD. PAC maintains a library of reading and audio-visual material available…
$261,406 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $261,406.
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 2017 to 2018, from $492k to $1.7M (+237%).
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.
62% of Parkinson Association of the Carolinas’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. 6 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.
Board chair
George Schaeffer
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $7k → $110k.
6 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 Parkinson Association of the Carolinas’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
Parkinson Association of the Carolinas leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 Parkinson Association of the Carolinas.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 41% · 2019 50% · 2020 69% · 2021 47% · 2022 46% · 2023 38% — 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
58% of Parkinson Association of the Carolinas's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
68% of Parkinson Association of the Carolinas'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 $132k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $276k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Parkinson Association of the Carolinas has grown faster than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Parkinson Association of the Carolinas
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Parkinson Association of the Carolinas?
- Parkinson Association of the Carolinas (North Carolina) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $408,037 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($184,966). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Parkinson Association of the Carolinas have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $408,037 in grants to Parkinson Association of the Carolinas, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Parkinson Association of the Carolinas?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $184,966 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Parkinson Association of the Carolinas find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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