Funding search · ALS · Maryland
Who funds ALS work in Maryland
10 funders have a record of paying for ALS work by Maryland recipients: 20 grants totaling $3.2M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation ($510,000), Answer Als ($2.3M) and The Thompson Family Foundation ($75,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Maryland recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $180,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — als research.
Answer AlsNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — grant to fund als research.
Largest: $75,000 to PROJECT ALS — supporting medical research
Largest: $25,000 to RBT PACKARD CTR FOR ALS RESEARCH — to aid the donee organization in carrying out its exempt functions.
Largest: $100,000 to PROJECT ALS INC — support of research
Largest: $13,500 to John Hopkins Medicine — support the packard center for als research and a women's journey
Largest: $10,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY & MEDICINE-ROBERT PACKARD CENTER FOR ALS RESEARCH — als research endowment
Largest: $90,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — als research grant
Largest: $14,750 to Robert Packard Cnter for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins — medical research
Livelikelou FoundationOxford, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to Johns Hopkins University — als research grant
Largest: $150,000 to R Packard Center for ALS Research — general & capital purposes, unless noted
Largest: $10,000 to AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATON — unrestricted general
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