Overview
The Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation, based in Wilmington, Delaware, is a philanthropic organization with assets totaling approximately $17.9 million. The foundation focuses on funding initiatives in education, particularly graduate and professional education, as well as medical education and public health. It also supports projects related to physical fitness, nutrition, and various medical specialties, including geriatrics, pediatrics, and diseases affecting the ear, nose, throat, and eyes. The foundation has funded projects in several cities across the United States, including Baltimore, Brunswick, Misenheimer, Montclair, New Haven, Newark, Orono, St. Louis, Stanford, and Storrs, and in states such as California, Connecticut, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, and New Jersey. The foundation's leadership includes Kimberly Herold Alvarez, Lise P Chapman, Patricia R Herold, H Robert Herold II, Matthew Mayro Keeney, and Sarah SP McCarthy, who serve in various directorial and executive roles. The foundation reported expenses of $188,163 and revenue of $933,643.
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Financials
in 2024, compared to $15,514,522 in 2023
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Grants
| Purpose | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION | Covid-19 and Beyond research fund led by Dr. Xiaoyang Xu | UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS NEWARK, NJ US | 2022 |
| $1,000,000 | STANFORD UNIVERSITY - FINANCIAL AID OFFICE | covid-19 and beyond research fund led by leanne williams | 326 GALVEZ ST STANFORD, CA US | 2022 |
| $1,000,000 | YALE UNIVERSITY | Improving Treatment and Delivery of Care for Mental illness in the era of covid and beyond program | PO BOX 2038 NEW HAVEN, CT US | 2022 |
| $400,000 | BOWDOIN COLLEGE | "Robert H. Pfeiffer '67 "Pfeif" Fund to Give students in the sciences equal access to a full bowdoin... | 4100 COLLEGE STA BRUNSWICK, ME US | 2022 |
| $250,000 | NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND INC | General & Unrestricted | 1800 JOHNSON ST BALTIMORE, MD US | 2022 |
| $250,000 | NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION | Pfeiffer Foundation Endowed Scholarship fund for first gen/low income students in bio-engineering or... | UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS NEWARK, NJ US | 2022 |
| $250,000 | STANFORD UNIVERSITY - FINANCIAL AID OFFICE | gustavus and louise pfeiffer foundation endowed scholarship fund for first gen/low income students i... | 326 GALVEZ ST STANFORD, CA US | 2022 |
| $250,000 | UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT FOUNDATION INCORPORATED | General & Unrestricted | 2390 ALUMNI DR UNIT 3206 STORRS, CT US | 2022 |
| $250,000 | UNIVERSITY OF MAINE FOUNDATION | Pfeiffer Foundation Scholarship fund for First gen/low income students in bio-engineering or bio-med... | TWO ALUMNI PL ORONO, ME US | 2022 |
| $250,000 | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | Pfeiffer Foundation Scholarship fund for First gen/low income students in bio-engineering or bio-med... | CAMPUS BOX 1082 ONE BROOKINGS DR ST LOUIS, MO US | 2022 |
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Compensation data from most recent available 990 forms
| Title | |||
|---|---|---|---|
LPC
Lise P Chapman
| Dir, Pres | $7200 | 2024 |
PRH
Patricia R Herold
| Dir, AS Sec, As Trea | $7200 | 2024 |
MMK
Matthew Mayro Keeney
| Dir, VP | $7200 | 2024 |
SSM
Sarah SP McCarthy
| Dir, Sec, Treas | $7200 | 2024 |
KHA
Kimberly Herold Alvarez
| Dir | $6800 | 2024 |
LPC
Lise P Chapman
| Dir, Pres | $6300 | 2023 |
MMK
Matthew Mayro Keeney
| Dir, VP | $6300 | 2023 |
SSM
Sarah SP McCarthy
| Dir/as sec*/as trea*/sec/treas | $6300 | 2023 |
KHA
Kimberly Herold Alvarez
| Dir | $5900 | 2023 |
PRH
Patricia R Herold
| Dir/Sec*/Treas*/as sec/as trea | $5900 | 2023 |
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Financial data sourced from IRS 990 forms via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
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