Funding the Future
Current
Grantees
The Parkinson Council invested $273,400 in grant funding to local organizations for 2025.
Dan Aaron Stay Fit Exercise Program at Arcadia
- Stay Fit Exercise Program – Funding for salaries and benefits for one PT to staff the Stay Fit virtual classes, compensation for one PT to lead in-person classes, and supplies.
Development of a pilot visual arts program for individuals impacted by Parkinson’s through facilitated educational programs utilizing the Barnes collection and special exhibitions alongside tailored hands-on art-making activities.
- Provide funds for rehab equipment at Dan Aaron Parkinson’s Rehabilitation Center (DAPRC) at Pennsylvania Hospital.
- Continuation of work that optimized mDA differentiation protocol imaging of maturing cells into mDA neurons to harvest for enrichment to eliminate potential contaminating phenotypes that develop from non-mDA progenitors in culture.
- Continued funding for a Jefferson Palliative Care nurse practitioner.
- Home Visit Program.
- Funding support for PT and Aides to continue three in-person sessions weekly in Elkins Park and a second weekly session in the Olney neighborhood.
- Funding support for choir meetings and activities.
Penn Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center
- Nurse Educator to lead professional in-service programs to health care workers in hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, and home care providers; manage (2) multidisciplinary clinics monthly; and initiate a case management protocol for patients experiencing psychosis to avoid crisis situations.
- Counseling – Salary support (partial) for a social worker.
- Social Worker – Funding support for counseling program.
- Funding for an outpatient medical social worker to do outreach and education with a focus on DBS.
University of Delaware – Nurse Managed Care Center
- Comprehensive care and treatment, including psychological and carepartner support.
Movement Programs (Virtual and In-Person):
- Dance for PD (Bryn Mawr and Center City in person).
- Joe Hand Boxing Gym Parkinson’s Exercise Program – funding for training, staffing, operating expenses, and supplies to provide free workshops for PwP and their families/supporters.
