New York · Nonprofit
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 1235 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,088,459 to it, the largest being THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ($28,947,135). 595 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $84M
- Funders on record
- 1,235
- Grants received
- $76M
- Net assets
- $48M
What Parkinson's Foundation Inc does
Mission
Make life better for people with parkinson's disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pillar 2 - advancing parkinson's disease (pd) research: we close funding gaps that will lead us to a cure. We support a range of initiatives geared toward ending parkinson's. Our grants and fellowships support cutting-edge research done by scientists who are devoted to deciphering parkinson's and finding new ways to attack it and stop it from progressing. We fund innovative drug discovery through the parkinson's virtual biotech, which is building a pipeline of new drugs exclusively for parkinson's disease. The parkinson's virtual biotech keeps new drugs funded and moving through the development process. Our groundbreaking global genetics study, pd generation: mapping the future of parkinson's disease, offers genetic testing and counseling to people with pd at no cost. The more people who learn if they have a genetic form of pd, the faster clinical trials can recruit participants and the closer we come to a breakthrough in pd treatments. Focusing on these promising research pathways is how we can change the course of this disease in years, not decades.
$30,056,129 spentof which $12,643,011 as grants51% of program spendingPillar 3 - educating and empowering the parkinson's community: we provide a variety of in-person and virtual resources, helping everyone live better with parkinson's. The foundation is the first organization to form a parkinson's advisory council and the first to train people with pd to partner with scientists on research. We help people live well with pd by providing free resources, including an interactive virtual series, pd health @ home, which features events focused on wellness, exercise and mental health, a newly diagnosed guide designed to help people with parkinson's and their loved ones get started on their pd journey and a toll-free helpline staffed by parkinson's specialists who answer questions in english and spanish on nearly 25,000 calls annually. We also fund community grants annually to support programs that further the health, wellness and education of people with parkinson's disease in local communities across the u.s. We bring local communities together through moving day, a walk for parkinson's. This national grassroots event has raised $50.2 million since inception to support parkinson's research and local wellness programs across the country.
$18,791,561 spentof which $1,288,955 as grants32% of program spendingPillar 1 - ensuring better care for everyone: we set standards for expert parkinson's care through a global care network. Our designated centers are renowned for outstanding performance in parkinson's research, care and outreach. We continue to grow this network and facilitate innovative solutions like telemedicine care to reach the 90% of people who are not receiving care from trained specialists. Responding to a nationwide shortage of trained specialists, we are closing the gap in pd professional training by educating physicians, nurses, physical therapists, speech language therapists and social workers. The next generation of healthcare professionals must be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide comprehensive care with a focus on the specific needs of individuals living with pd. We also provide a life-saving hospital safety guide that contains tools and information in english and spanish to protect, prepare and empower people with parkinson's during hospital stays.
$10,195,144 spentof which $4,093,246 as grants17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $59,042,834.
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. 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 $47M to $62M (+32%).
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: 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
John L Lehr
President & CEO
Board chair
J Gordon Beckham
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 113 funders to 469 funders, grant income rose $1.4M → $7.7M.
80 of 1235 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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'S FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 1235 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
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 38% 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
72% 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'S FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 18% · 2018 20% · 2019 21% · 2020 14% · 2021 24% · 2022 13% · 2023 20% — broadly stable.
“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
36% of PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
60% of PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22M arriving through sponsors registered in 28 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'S FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $10k
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 PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC?
- PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC (New York) receives grants from 1235 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,088,459 to it, the largest being THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ($28,947,135). 595 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1235 organizations giving $76,088,459 in grants to PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC, 595 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC?
- THE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH is the largest funder on record, with $28,947,135 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 1235 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