New York · Nonprofit
Peggy Lillis Foundation
Peggy Lillis Foundation (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,418 to it, the largest being FJC ($30,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $394k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $122k
- Net assets
- $21k
What Peggy Lillis Foundation does
Mission
The Peggy Lillis Foundation is building a nationwide colostridium difficle awareness movement by educating the public, empowering advocates, and shaping policy
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024 Peggy Lillis Foundation (PLF) held its ninth annual National C. diff Advocacy Summit in Washington D.C. This year, we welcomed fresh perspectives and insights into the difficulties patients and healthcare professionals are facing in the battle against C diff as well as some new strategies to prevent and treat the deadly infection. We had ten presentations, ranging from more science-based, such as Breakthrough Binding Proteins: A Paradigm Shift in Primary & Recurr- ing C. diff to ones that emphasizing public awareness, like Reaching Out: Educating the Public on AMR. We also proudly hosted several panels that featured patient voices, including our Advocates Kee Kee Buckley, Pamela McCollister, Carol Raye and Maryann Webb. (Sched O)
$71,050 spent90% of program spendingIn 2024 we held out inaugural C. diff Scientific Symposium. The virtual event brought together clinicians scientists, nurses, pharmacists, industry professionals, and patients to intermingle and hear from 23 speakers for a day of collaboration and discovery. Ranging in topics from the Epidemiology of C. diff to Health-Related Quality of Life with CDI, attendees were able to hear updates on a wide variety of topics and learn about cutting-edge research, innovative treatments, and new prevention strategies. A highlight of the day was hearing directly from patients who courageously shared their experiences through powerful testimonials. (Schedule O).
$5,758 spent7% of program spendingThis year, our campaign these was See C. diff Diagnosed and centered around the critical need for early and accurate diagnosis of C. diff. As part of this campaign, we highlighted the 4 Elements of Diagnosing C. diff Infections, ranging from patient history to imaging. The campaign underscored the need for better understanding of C. diff diagnostic tools and equitable access, driving home that accurate diagnosis is the first step in treatment. We were able to engage millions across our social media channels and website. Peggy Lillis Foundation CEO Christian John Lillis and several PLF Advocates were featured across several notable outlets, such as CDC Safe Healthcare Blog, Pharmacy Times and Medscape.
$2,454 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $79,262.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $9k to $38k (+330%).
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 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of Peggy Lillis Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 6 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
Christian John Lillis
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $500 → $15k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 Peggy Lillis Foundation’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
Peggy Lillis Foundation has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
45% 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 Peggy Lillis Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 50% · 2022 39% · 2023 33% — 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
75% of Peggy Lillis Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
Peggy Lillis Foundation draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Peggy Lillis Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Peggy Lillis 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Peggy Lillis 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 Peggy Lillis Foundation?
- Peggy Lillis Foundation (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,418 to it, the largest being FJC ($30,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Peggy Lillis Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $122,418 in grants to Peggy Lillis Foundation, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Peggy Lillis Foundation?
- FJC is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Peggy Lillis Foundation 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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