California · Nonprofit
PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION
PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,116 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($96,023). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $509k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $247k
- Net assets
- $676k
What Parkinsons Association does
Mission
Optimize quality of life for people affected by Parkinsons disease through programs and services that enhance MIND, MOVEMENT and MORALE.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - Deliver expert-led workshops, educational panels and symposiUM to provide valuable information on topics of top concern to people affected by a chronic degenerative disease; topics include financial and estate planning, legal issues, Medicare/MediCal, evaluating in-home vs. facility care, evidence-based ways to cope with the diagnosis, and more. Promoted organization by participating in county-wide community educational events. We instituted the creation of a Mental Health program for psy/social workers. Also, held a special initiative for the Hispanic Parkinson's community.
$303,017 spentof which $35,600 as grants$16,082 earned by the program94% of program spendingGood start and mentor programs are designed for those individuals and their care partners who have been diagnosed with parkinson's. The goal of the programs - offered at no cost to participants - is to help ameliorate the fear and anxiety associated with a diagnosis of parkinson's disease by providing accurate information and support resources. 22 seasoned mentors offer support and information for those seeking assistance with their journey.
$19,102 spent$900 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $322,119.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $251k to $557k (+122%).
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: 2021 5%. 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 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
Chris Buscher
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $1k → $34k.
8 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION’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
PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 61% · 2019 77% · 2020 98% · 2021 52% · 2022 96% · 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
43% of PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
100% of PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION'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 $1k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $246k 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 PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION
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 California
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
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION: 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 PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION?
- PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $247,116 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($96,023). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $247,116 in grants to PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $96,023 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARKINSONS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 10 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