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Foundations that fund ALS research

15 private foundations with a record of paying for ALS, taken from their IRS Form 990-PF filings. These are grants already made — evidence of what a funder backs, not an open call.

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The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Massachusetts General Hospital: $2.8M across 4 grants, latest 2025Answer Als → John Hopkins University School of Medicine: $2.3M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Target Als Foundation Inc: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2024Racing for Als Inc → The Als Therapy Development Institute: $980K across 4 grants, latest 2025Livelikelou Foundation → Vanderbilt Univ Medical Ctr: $890K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Milken Institute → Emory University: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Greater St Louis Inc → Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association: $373K across 2 grants, latest 2023Les Turner Amyotrophic → Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024Nicholas Family Foundation Trust → Als Association Se Wi Chapter: $250K across 4 grants, latest 2025Circle of Service Foundation → Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation: $189K across 6 grants, latest 2024Team Hilliard Foundation → Als Therapy Development Institute: $158K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ayco Charitable Foundation → Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $136K across 4 grants, latest 2025Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: $30K across 13 grants, latest 2023The Bank of America Charitable → Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Ass: $21K across 12 grants, latest 2023Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association: $15K across 8 grants, latest 2024The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Answer Als: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2024Answer Als → Cedars Sinai Hospital: $1.5M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Milken Institute → Oregon Health & Science University: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2024United Way of Greater St Louis Inc → Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association St Louis Regional Chapter: $354K across 2 grants, latest 2024Livelikelou Foundation → Barrow Neurological Institute: $153K across 1 grant, latest 2022Racing for Als Inc → Duke University: $127K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation: $41K across 4 grants, latest 2024Team Hilliard Foundation → Als Association of North Texas: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ayco Charitable Foundation → Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2023Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $10K across 5 grants, latest 2023The Bank of America Charitable → Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Asso: $6K across 4 grants, latest 2022Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Mass General Hospital - Research: $599K across 1 grant, latest 2025Answer Als → On Point Scientific: $541K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Milken Institute → The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024Livelikelou Foundation → University of Pittsburgh: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → I Am Als: $37K across 2 grants, latest 2023Racing for Als Inc → Duke Als Clinic: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Ayco Charitable Foundation → Les Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Fnd: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2023Enterprise Holdings Foundation → Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2020The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Cedars Sinai: $537K across 2 grants, latest 2025Answer Als → Diagenode LLC: $457K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → The Als Association: $400K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Johns Hopkins University: $350K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Washington University: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Milken Institute → Columbia University: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Oregon Health and Science University Foundation: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022Answer Als → Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Mcgovern Institute: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Ohsu Opam: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → University of Alabama at Birmingham: $187K across 1 grant, latest 2024Answer Als → Microsoft: $174K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Peter Cohen Foundation: $165K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → The J David Gladstone Institutes: $152K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Hop On A Cure Foundation: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Emory University: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Nemdx Inc: $135K across 1 grant, latest 2024Livelikelou Foundation → Regents of the Univ of Mich: $108K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Livelikelou Foundation → Emory University: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation → Diagenode: $91K across 2 grants, latest 2023Answer Als → Louisiana State University: $83K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation: $8.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundat…$8.2MAnswer Als: $5.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Answer Als$5.2MThe Milken Institute: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder.The Milken Institute$1.8MLivelikelou Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Livelikelou Foundation$1.4MRacing for Als Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Racing for Als Inc$1.1MThe Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Goldman Sachs Charitable…$1.1MUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $727K on this topic. Open the funder.United Way of Greater St Loui…$727KLes Turner Amyotrophic: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.Les Turner Amyotrophic$300KNicholas Family Foundation Trust: $250K on this topic. Open the funder.Nicholas Family Foundation Tr…$250KTeam Hilliard Foundation: $198K on this topic. Open the funder.Team Hilliard Foundation$198KCircle of Service Foundation: $189K on this topic. Open the funder.Circle of Service Foundation$189KThe Ayco Charitable Foundation: $179K on this topic. Open the funder.The Ayco Charitable Foundation$179KEnterprise Holdings Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder.Enterprise Holdings Foundation$45KThe Bank of America Charitable: $27K on this topic. Open the funder.The Bank of America Charitable$27KJpmorgan Chase Foundation: $19K on this topic. Open the funder.Jpmorgan Chase Foundation$19KMassachusetts General Hospital: received $2.8M on this topicMassachusetts General Hospital$2.8MJohn Hopkins University School of Medicine: received $2.3M on this topicJohn Hopkins University School…$2.3MAnswer Als: received $1.7M on this topicAnswer Als$1.7MCedars Sinai Hospital: received $1.5M on this topicCedars Sinai Hospital$1.5MTarget Als Foundation Inc: received $1.1M on this topicTarget Als Foundation Inc$1.1MThe Als Therapy Development Institute: received $980K on this topicThe Als Therapy Development Ins…$980KVanderbilt Univ Medical Ctr: received $890K on this topicVanderbilt Univ Medical Ctr$890KEmory University: received $750K on this topicEmory University$750KOregon Health & Science University: received $600K on this topicOregon Health & Science Univers…$600KMass General Hospital - Research: received $599K on this topicMass General Hospital - Research$599KOn Point Scientific: received $541K on this topicOn Point Scientific$541KCedars Sinai: received $537K on this topicCedars Sinai$537KDiagenode LLC: received $457K on this topicDiagenode LLC$457KThe Als Association: received $400K on this topicThe Als Association$400KAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association: received $373K on this topicAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis A…$373KAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association St Louis Regional Chapter: received $354K on this topicAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis A…$354KJohns Hopkins University: received $350K on this topicJohns Hopkins University$350KNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine: received $300K on this topicNorthwestern University Feinber…$300KWashington University: received $300K on this topicWashington University$300KThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: received $300K on this topicThe Trustees of Columbia Univer…$300KColumbia University: received $300K on this topicColumbia University$300KAls Association Se Wi Chapter: received $250K on this topicAls Association Se Wi Chapter$250KLes Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Foundation: received $230K on this topicLes Turner Amyotrophic Lateral…$230KOregon Health and Science University Foundation: received $200K on this topicOregon Health and Science Unive…$200KMassachusetts Institute of Technology- Mcgovern Institute: received $200K on this topicMassachusetts Institute of Tech…$200KOhsu Opam: received $200K on this topicOhsu Opam$200KUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham: received $187K on this topicUniversity of Alabama at Birmin…$187KMicrosoft: received $174K on this topicMicrosoft$174KPeter Cohen Foundation: received $165K on this topicPeter Cohen Foundation$165KAls Therapy Development Institute: received $158K on this topicAls Therapy Development Institu…$158KBarrow Neurological Institute: received $153K on this topicBarrow Neurological Institute$153KThe J David Gladstone Institutes: received $152K on this topicThe J David Gladstone Institutes$152KAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: received $150K on this topicAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis A…$150KUniversity of Pittsburgh: received $150K on this topicUniversity of Pittsburgh$150KHop On A Cure Foundation: received $150K on this topicHop On A Cure Foundation$150KNemdx Inc: received $135K on this topicNemdx Inc$135KDuke University: received $127K on this topicDuke University$127KRegents of the Univ of Mich: received $108K on this topicRegents of the Univ of Mich$108KNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: received $100K on this topicNational Institute of Neurologi…$100KEmory University: received $100K on this topicEmory University$100KDiagenode: received $91K on this topicDiagenode$91KLouisiana State University: received $83K on this topicLouisiana State University$83KAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association: received $42K on this topicAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis A…$42KAls Association of North Texas: received $40K on this topicAls Association of North Texas$40KI Am Als: received $37K on this topicI Am Als$37KAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: received $30K on this topicAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis$30KDuke Als Clinic: received $28K on this topicDuke Als Clinic$28KAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Ass: received $21K on this topicAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis A…$21KLes Turner Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Fnd: received $21K on this topicLes Turner Amyotrophic Lateral…$21KAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Asso: received $6K on this topicAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis A…$6K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, filing years 20192025. Foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.