Peterson Foundation for Parkinsons

Analysis

Peterson Foundation for Parkinsons is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Peterson Foundation for Parkinsons reported income of $247k and spending of $154k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $314k to $247k (-21%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Peterson Foundation for Parkinsons sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Downeast Horizons Foundation ($246k), Center for Therapeutic Riding of the East End Inc ($247k) and Medstreet Inc ($246k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 22% of the total. At year end it held assets of $680k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $680k.