Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE PARKINSON COUNCIL
THE PARKINSON COUNCIL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $856,253 to it, the largest being DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION ($145,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $421k
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $856k
- Net assets
- $189k
What The Parkinson Council does
Mission
The Parkinson Council is the premier local organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with parkinson's, their care partners, and families. We invest in research, education, and programs provided by world-renowned institutions and innovative service organizations in the greater philadelphia area. We strengthen our role in the parkinson's community by increasing the number of lives we touch every year.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
As noted in part iii, item I above, the council's mission is to raise funds to provide financial support and grants to locally based not-for-profit organizations dedicated in whole or in part to the various aspects of improving the quality of life for people with parkinson's. The council does not directly provide services to people with parkinson's. Please refer to schedule I for the organizations which received grants from the council in 2024 and the purpose of such grants.
$297,171 spentof which $272,010 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $297,171.
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 2020 to 2021, from $390k to $628k (+61%).
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: 2020 7% · 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE PARKINSON COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Wendy Lewis
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $23k → $170k.
9 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 THE PARKINSON COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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
THE PARKINSON COUNCIL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% 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
62% 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 PARKINSON COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 39% · 2019 77% · 2020 26% · 2021 34% · 2022 52% · 2023 29% — 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.
How long its funders stay
30% of THE PARKINSON COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
71% of THE PARKINSON COUNCIL's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $339k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 PARKINSON COUNCIL is better cushioned 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 THE PARKINSON COUNCIL
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
55% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PARKINSON COUNCIL: 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 THE PARKINSON COUNCIL?
- THE PARKINSON COUNCIL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $856,253 to it, the largest being DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION ($145,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PARKINSON COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $856,253 in grants to THE PARKINSON COUNCIL, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PARKINSON COUNCIL?
- DAVIS PHINNEY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $145,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PARKINSON COUNCIL 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 41 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