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Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer
Research Foundation
New office address effective July 1, 2009.
P.O. Box 765 Short Hills, NJ 07078 Telephone: (973) 376-0986 Fax: (973) 376-0987 E-mail: pfeiffer.research.foundation@gmail.com URL: http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/pfeiffer/ Contact: Lise P. Chapman, Secretary |
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Background: The Foundation was established by Gustavus A. Pfeiffer and Louise F. Pfeiffer as a family foundation for the improvement of public health through the advancement of medicine and pharmacy. It was incorporated in 1942 in New York as a 501(c)(3) non-profit institution. Both founders are deceased.Fields of Interest: Public health research, including ear, nose & throat, vision, geriatrics, pediatrics, nutrition, medical and pharmaceutical research.Types of Support: Seed money - initial funding; medical research in subject areas, fellowships and graduate scholarship programs.Officers* and Directors: H. Robert Herold, II*, President; Robert H. Pfeiffer*, Vice President; Lise P. Chapman*, Secretary; Anne Herold Keeney*, Treasurer; Matthew G. Herold, Jr., Honorary Chairman; Kimberly Herold Alvarez; Patricia R. Herold; Matthew Mayro Keeney; Sarah S. P. Pfeiffer McCarthy.Financial Data - Year ended 12/31/08: Assets: $18,150,561 (market value); Expenditures: $2,117,435; Total giving: $1,293,751; Qualifying distributions: $1,462,544; Giving activities include: $1,293,751 for 20 grants (high: $75,000; low: $21,930).Administration: All written letters of inquiry and complete grant applications should be addressed to Ms. Lise P. Chapman, Secretary, and mailed to the office mailing address. Faxed documents will not be accepted for review. General questions can be made by email or direct telephone.Publications: The Biennial Report is published every other year and describes the Foundation’s programs, application process and grants made during the biennial period. Copies are available upon request to the Foundation office.Deadlines: The deadline for the initial Letter of Inquiry is January 8 and July 25. The deadline for the formal grant application will be advised in writing after those respective dates. Final notification of the grant request is approximately two weeks after each meeting held in April and October.Grant Program: The Foundation makes grants of up to $75,000 to tax-exempt institutions for projects or programs carried out in the United States for advancement of medicine and pharmacy, including scientific research, post-graduate scholarship and fellowship assistance, and studies in nutrition, blindness, deafness and other physical disabilities.The Foundation Directors meet twice a year to consider grant applications. The Spring meeting is normally held in late April. The Fall meeting is normally held in late October. Initial Approach - Submission of Letter of Inquiry: Applicants must first submit a two-page Letter of Inquiry (see below for requirements) which must be received not later than January 8 for the Spring meeting, or July 25 for the Fall meeting. The Foundation's Secretary will advise whether submission of a full Application is invited and, if so, will provide details concerning the requirements for such Application. If approved, formal applications must be filed by the date specified in the letter of the Foundation approving the proposed project. If the date of any deadline for receipt of a Letter of Approval or Application falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, it goes back to the next earlier business day.The Letter of Inquiry should not exceed two pages and be written in language which an educated lay person can understand, the nature and purpose of the project, the field of interest of the Foundation to which it relates, the amount requested and a general description of the work and items to be funded. No more than three Letters of Inquiry from the same institution per meeting will be accepted. Grant Policies: Grants are for a period of one year, subject to possible renewal, limited to two additional one year periods for the same project or investigator. Only one grant per organization will be made per year.The Directors normally do not favor projects where the Foundation's support would be relatively insignificant in relation to total external funding required. No more than one active grant normally will be permitted to be outstanding at any institution. Therefore, investigators at an institution where there is an ongoing grant should not submit requests for projects overlapping the period of the funded project and, if that project is a multi-year project, they should bear in mind that a renewal application for that project is likely to be favored over a new project. Applicants must state whether patent protection may be sought with respect to results of research funded in whole or in part by the Foundation and, if so, that the patent owner's policy is to permit royalty free use of the protected information at tax-exempt organizations for non-commercial use in research projects. Number of copies of grant proposal to be submitted: TenLimitations: Grants are limited to tax-exempt institutions in the United States. There is no funding for national fundraising organizations or publicly financed projects, projects involving vivisection or other experiments on animal subjects (excluding insects), individuals, building or endowment funds, supplies, equipment, travel, conferences, exhibits, seminars, lectures, workshops, surveys or general purposes, delivery of healthcare services, sabbatical leave, indirect costs, general programs of research, and projects which are more appropriate for support by other sources, such as pharmaceutical companies for commercial applications of existing products.Selected Grants: The following grants were reported in 2008:
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