Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY
THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $369,003 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($149,400). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $369k
- Net assets
- $14M
What The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society does
Mission
The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society provides programs and services for individual physicians and others that improve the well-being of pennsylvanians and sustain the future of medicine.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Nurses' health program (nhp) provides peer review monitoring services to pennsylvania nurses, dietitian-nutritionists, and student nurses who are experiencing issues related to substance use disorders, mental health or other behavioral concerns. Nhp peer review monitoring allows for the collection of documentation to make sure that participants are healthy and can safely practice their chosen professions. In 2025, the nhp received 868 referrals, and monitored over 786 active cases.
$1,131,332 spent$1,205,485 earned by the program36% of program spendingPhysicians' health program (php) provides peer review monitoring services to pennsylvania physicians, physician assistants, dentists, and other eligible licensed professionals and trainees who are experiencing issues related to substance use disorders, mental health or other behavioral concerns. Php peer review monitoring allows for the collection of documentation to make sure that participants are healthy and can safely practice their chosen professions. In 2025, the php received 216 referrals, and monitored over 332 active cases.
$986,611 spent$601,653 earned by the program32% of program spendingLifeguard, a nationally recognized program, is a vanguard for addressing clinical competency assessment needs for physicians and other healthcare professionals. Conceptualized by doctors for doctors, lifeguard provides comprehensive assessment services and recommendations for remediation tailored to individual needs. Through individually customized programs, lifeguard provides an unbiased assessment of physician clinical performance with the goal of enhancing patient safety and quality of care. Since inception, lifeguard has served physicians in 31 states and the district of columbia. In 2025, 52 physicians completed their respective lifeguard pathway.
$506,692 spent$566,158 earned by the program16% of program spendingNumber of other program service activities conducted during the year, including scholarship funds, bookkeeping and other services.
$73,240 spent$84,916 earned by the program2% of program spendingStudent financial services eases the stress of funding a medical education by offering scholarships and affordable loans with personalized customer service to pennsylvania residents attending medical school. The student financial services program helps medical students fulfill their dreams of becoming physicians. In 2025, 74 loans totaling $800,000 and 35 scholarships totaling $170,154 were awarded. Since 1948, over $26.5 million in loans and scholarships have been awarded to 4,950 students.
$427,405 spentof which $170,154 as grants$263,336 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,125,280.
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 2019 to 2020, from $9.9M to $15M (+49%).
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.
28% of THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Virginia E Hall Md Facog Facp
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $11k → $22k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.5M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Pennsylvania Medical Society). These are real filings, and they are not money THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY raised.
From the IRS filings of THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA 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
THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 67% · 2019 73% · 2020 71% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 69% — 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
40% of THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
61% of THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $156k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Medical Legacy Fund · exempt
- Pennsylvania Medical Action Committee · exempt
- Pennsylvania Medical Society · exempt
- Pennsylvania Medical Society Charitable Trust · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY?
- THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $369,003 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($149,400). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $369,003 in grants to THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $149,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOUNDATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA 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.
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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 9 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing