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PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY

PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $899,585 to it, the largest being UPMC GROUP ($786,585). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$423k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$900k
Net assets
$6.3M
3/5 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Pennsylvania Medical Society Charitable Trust Fka Fdn of the Pa Medical Society does

Mission

The foundation of the pennsylvania medical society charitable trust is dedicated to advancing the culture of philanthropy and supporting excellence across programs and services provided by the foundation of the pennsylvania medical society.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Organized for the exclusive benefit of the foundation of the pennsylvania medical society to serve as a vehicle for accepting contributions that are deferred in nature.

    $164,738 spentof which $164,738 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $164,738.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.2M) Expenses 100 ($145k) Net assets 100 ($5.3M)2018 Revenue 13 ($150k) Expenses 105 ($152k) Net assets 90 ($4.8M)2019 Revenue 8 ($94k) Expenses 110 ($160k) Net assets 103 ($5.5M)2020 Revenue -8 ($-91867) Expenses 112 ($162k) Net assets 110 ($5.8M)2021 Revenue 60 ($715k) Expenses 115 ($167k) Net assets 119 ($6.3M)2022 Revenue 22 ($259k) Expenses 12 ($17k) Net assets 101 ($5.4M)2023 Revenue 18 ($214k) Expenses 124 ($180k) Net assets 113 ($6.0M)2024 Revenue 35 ($423k) Expenses 125 ($182k) Net assets 119 ($6.3M)
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Revenue (35)Expenses (125)Net assets (119)Peer revenue range

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 $6.3M to $5.4M (−15%).

$5.3M
$4.8M
$5.5M
$5.8M
$6.3M
$5.4M
$6.0M
$6.3M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.1M
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−$2k
’18
−$65k
’19
−$254k
’20
$548k
’21
$242k
’22
$34k
’23
$241k
’24
1.1
months of
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

Paul F Dende Do Facp

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Joined·+0+1+2+1+0+1+2
No longer listed·0121012
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $172k → $8k.

Funder
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total
Upmc Groupidentity?
$787k
$30k
Upmc Pinnacleunclassified
$10k
funders
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
2
1

1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY’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

PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY.

87%
largest funder
98%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 96% · 2019 96% · 2020 97% · 2021 41% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

Where its funders are

100% of PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $64k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin57% · top quartile
Months of reserve1.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−14% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 9%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Part of a family of 4 related entities

  • Pennsylvania Medical Society · exempt
  • Medical Legacy Fund · exempt
  • Pennsylvania Medical Action Committee · exempt
  • The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY?
PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $899,585 to it, the largest being UPMC GROUP ($786,585). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $899,585 in grants to PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY?
UPMC GROUP is the largest funder on record, with $786,585 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY CHARITABLE TRUST FKA FDN OF THE PA MEDICAL SOCIETY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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