Penn State Health
Penn State Health is a public charity based in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and an integrated academic health system serving patients and communities across 15 counties in central Pennsylvania. Its system includes hospitals, outpatient practices, and joint ventures, and it partners with Penn State College of Medicine.
Penn State Health at a glance
In short: Penn State Health gave $264K across 16 grants in 2025 (avg $17K), top state Pennsylvania. 13% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $264,487
- -99.6% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 16
- -23.8% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $16,530
- -99.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $1,916,904,958
- +17.1% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 13% first-time grantees (2 of 16, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Pennsylvania (23% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to Penn State Health
- Contact
Mailing address: 100 Crystal A Drive Mc Ca210, Hershey, PA 17033
Phone: (717) 531-8477
Website: https://pennstatehealth.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Penn State Health funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Ms Hershey Foundation ($61K). Together the top 10 received $216K.
Grant Size Distribution
93 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 91 grants of 93 (98%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Penn State Health serves patients and communities across 15 counties in central Pennsylvania. Its sponsorship guidelines specify Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and Perry counties as primary service areas. The 2025 grant filing reports that 23% of grant dollars went to Pennsylvania recipients; the state associated with the remaining 77% is not identified in the available data.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 16 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is Penn State Health open to new grantees?
13%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 2 of 16 grantees (13%) were first-time recipients. With only 16 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 6 points. First grants averaged $10K; repeat grants $17K. How we count
Medians: $10K first-time, $10K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $194K (2021) to $72.4M (2024). In 2025 it made 16 grants totaling $264K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ms Hershey Foundation Hershey, PA | Program Support | $61,412 |
| Foundation for Enhancing Communities | Program Support | $32,000 |
| Lancaster Chamber of Commerce | Program Support | $26,525 |
| Pa Chamber Business & Industry | Program Support | $26,000 |
| Harrisburg Regional Chamber | Program Support | $19,550 |
| United Way of Lancaster County | Program Support | $10,500 |
| Schreiber Pediatric Rehab Ctr | Program Support | $10,000 |
| Hershey Volunteer Fire CO | Program Support | $10,000 |
| The Caring Cupboard Inc | Program Support | $10,000 |
| United Way of Lebanon County | Program Support | $10,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,916,904,958 | $856,562,700 | $1,150,521,859 | $264,487 | 16 | $26,769,231 |
| 2024 | $1,637,318,794 | $866,020,903 | $1,033,760,536 | $72,350,494 | 21 | $37,108,949 |
| 2023 | $1,460,460,820 | $601,230,428 | $881,341,749 | $268,225 | 18 | $18,164,075 |
| 2022 | $1,585,838,588 | $528,411,422 | $716,043,116 | $347,306 | 24 | $25,061,743 |
| 2021 | $1,838,675,424 | $534,372,914 | $612,082,108 | $193,650 | 14 | $27,515,243 |
| 2020 | $2,010,298,637 | $424,892,556 | $527,247,411 | $379,318 | 22 | $26,418,138 |
| 2019 | $1,277,843,609 | $301,760,919 | $428,422,773 | $216,828 | Total only | $25,616,845 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
Penn State Health’s mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of people in Pennsylvania and beyond. It says it provides patient care, educates and trains health professionals, and advances medical innovation through research and discovery.
Its stated organizational purposes include supporting Pennsylvania State University and its College of Medicine, managing or supporting health care facilities and services, and integrating community-based and academic medical care. Its sponsorship guidelines identify education, patient care, research, and community health as primary missions, with particular emphasis on community health.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, Penn State Health reported 16 grants totaling $264,487. Grant amounts ranged from $6,000 to $61,412, with a median of $10,000. The largest listed recipients included:
For community sponsorships, the website provides an application process. Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations located in one of the listed primary service areas: Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, or Perry counties. Requests must be submitted at least 45 days before the event or program; applications submitted later are not guaranteed to be processed or paid by the event date if approved.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Mark Dambly as chair/director; Michael Kupferman and Stephen Massini as director/CEOs; and Steven Wagman as vice chair/director. Other listed directors are Barry Robinson, David Kleppinger, Deborah Rice-Johnson, Dr. Karen Kim, Dr. Sara Thorndike, and Dr. Tony Farah.
Penn State Health is led by Stephen Massini, Director & CEO - since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 19 of 34 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Stephen Massini
Director & CEO -
Director, President & CEO → Director & CEO, 2024
Director & CEO → Director & CEO -, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$968K (2019) → $2.6M (2025)
Michael Kupferman
Director & CEO
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deborah Addo
President
COO → President & COO, 2024
President & COO → President, 2025
On filings since 2022
43 hrs/week
$288K (2022) → $1.5M (2025)
Kyle Snyder
Director & President
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$618K (2025)
Mark Dambly
Chair & Director
Director → Vice Chair & Director, 2024
Vice Chair & Director → Chair & Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deborah Rice-Johnson
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Hanlon
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Keith Masser
Director
Director → Chair & Director, 2022
Chair & Director → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter G. Tombros
Director
Director → Vice Chair & Director, 2022
Vice Chair & Director → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter M. Carlino
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Timothy P. Brown
Director
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
SARA THORNDIKE
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barry Robinson
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Neeli Bendapudi
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Kleppinger
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
KAREN KIM
Director & Dean
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steven Wagman
Vice Chair & Director
Director → Vice Chair & Director, 2025
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
TONY FARAH
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David P. Swift
Senior Vice President & Chief Hr Officer - Hr Administrator
Chief Human Resource Officer → Senior Vice President & Chief Hr Officer - Hr Administrator, 2025
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$732K (2019) → $866K (2025)
Judith Hlafcsak
Chief of Staff
General Counsel → Chief of Staff, 2020
On filings since 2019
48 hrs/week
$375K (2019) → $930K (2025)
Matthew A. Snyder
Senior Vice President Business Risk Services
Chief Info Secretary & Cyber Officer → Fmr Ke & Chief Info Security, 2023
Fmr Ke & Chief Info Security → Senior Vice President Business Risk Services, 2025
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$332K (2019) → $499K (2025)
Paula Tinch
CFO, Executive Vice President & Treasurer -
Executive Vice President & CFO → Executive Vice President, CFO & Treasurer, 2022
Executive Vice President, CFO & Treasurer → CFO, Executive Vice President & Treasurer -, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$382K (2020) → $1.4M (2025)
Sean E. Young
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Marketing Officer → Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
50 hrs/week
$409K (2019) → $498K (2025)
Thomas M. Stoessel
Executive Cp & Chief Strategy Officer
Chief Strategy Officer → Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, 2021
Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer → Executive Cp & Chief Strategy Officer, 2025
On filings since 2019
47 hrs/week
$534K (2019) → $1M (2025)
Kimberly Lansford
Chief Compliance & Business Risk
On filings since 2020
50 hrs/week
$381K (2020) → $619K (2025)
Cletis Earle
Senior Vice President & CIO
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$493K (2021) → $546K (2025)
Ross Darrow
Vice President & Treasurer
Vice President & Treasurer → Associate Treasurer & Vice President Treasurer - Finance, 2024
Associate Treasurer & Vice President Treasurer - Finance → Vice President & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2022
44 hrs/week
$332K (2022) → $363K (2025)
Ann Allwein
Associate Secretary
Interim Associate Secretary → Associate Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2024
43 hrs/week
$77K (2024) → $90K (2025)
Leslyn Williamson
Regional Chief Nursing Officer
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$429K (2025)
Michael Jupina
Vice President Communications
New on the 2025 filing
$292K (2025)
Mumtaz Darbar
Executive Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$580K (2025)
Peter Ostasewski
Vice President & CFO
New on the 2025 filing
48 hrs/week
$388K (2025)
Randy Morris
Vice President, CFO & Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
45 hrs/week
$401K (2025)
Tracy Moyer
Senior Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$425K (2025)
Former officers (36)
- Former: Eric Barron (2019–2024) — Fmr Director
- Former: Peter Dillon MD (2019–2024) — Prn Physician Leader
- Former: Kevin P. Black MD (2020–2024) — Director & Dean
- Former: Kathleen Miller (2022–2024) — Associate Secretary
- Former: Lance Wood MD (2022–2024) — Physician
- Former: Nicole Lehman (2022–2024) — Interim Secretary
- Former: Daniel Lodge (2024) — Physician
- Former: Dennis Duryea (2024) — Physician
- Former: Ian Wilhelm (2024) — Physician
- Former: Roline Adolphine (2024) — Physician
- Former: Alan Brechbill (2019–2023) — Former COO
- Former: David C. Han MD (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Tom Vankirk (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Annemarie Boyan (2022–2023) — Fmr Secretary & Psh Gc · Filing note: Thru 222
- Former: Brian Calabrese DO (2023) — Physician
- Former: Najamuz Zaman MD (2023) — Physician
- Former: Nick Onyemeke MD (2023) — Physician
- Former: Paul Stagg III MD (2023) — Physician
- Former: Kathleen Casey (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Greg Thompson (2020–2022) — Physician
- Former: John Weaver (2021–2022) — Physician
- Former: Louis Borgatta MD (2021–2022) — Physician
- Former: Venkatesh Nadar (2022) — Physician
- Former: Clifford G. Benson Jr. (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: David Gray (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Eric Strucko (2019–2021) — Chief Financial Officer
- Former: Rodney C. Dykehouse (2019–2021) — Former Officer
- Former: Anahita Parsee MD (2021) — Physician
- Former: Kartik Shah MD (2021) — Physician
- Former: A. Craig Hillemeier (2019–2020) — Director, President & CEO
- Former: Guy Piegari Jr. MD (2020) — Physician
- Former: Hani Salha MD (2020) — Physician
- Former: Mayank Modi MD (2020) — Physician
- Former: Troy Trayer DO (2020) — Physician
- Former: Dan Angel (2019) — Vice President & Revenue Cycle
- Former: Dennis Brenckle (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $2.6M, to Stephen Massini (Director/CEO - Part Year). 19 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Penn State Health
How much does Penn State Health give each year?
Penn State Health gave $264K across 16 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $72.4M across 21 grants.
What is Penn State Health's typical grant size?
Penn State Health's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $16,530, across 16 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Penn State Health that year got $10K on average.
Where does Penn State Health give grants?
Penn State Health's top state is Pennsylvania, with 23% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Does Penn State Health give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 16 grants with a stated purpose on Penn State Health's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Program Support" (16 grants).
Who are Penn State Health's largest grantees?
Penn State Health's largest 2025 grantees include Ms Hershey Foundation ($61,412), Foundation for Enhancing Communities ($32,000) and Lancaster Chamber of Commerce ($26,525), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 45% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Penn State Health?
Penn State Health reported $1.9B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $856.6M.
What does Penn State Health fund?
Penn State Health’s mission is to continually improve the health and well-being of people in Pennsylvania and beyond. It says it provides patient care, educates and trains health professionals, and advances medical innovation through research and discovery. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Penn State Health?
Penn State Health has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check pennstatehealth.org for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is Penn State Health's EIN?
Penn State Health's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-3769205. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 10, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 15, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 13, 2020)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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