ALS Finding a Cure®

• ALS Finding a Cure's sole purpose is to fund research to find a cure for ALS, so work outside that aim is unlikely to fit, and its research calls are open to investigators at academic, clinical and research institutions worldwide.
• Most of its grants to organisations are modest: about 8 in 10 of its 304 fall between $2,500 and $200,000, half are $25,000 or less, and the median is $25,000, so a modest request fits, although the largest grant was $2,000,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
• Start with a Letter of Intent, since only selected applicants are invited to submit a full proposal, and note that the foundation accepts applications on a rolling basis.
• The filing shows that 69% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded before, so repeat funding carries real weight, and your proposal should address the foundation's stated criteria of innovation, relevance to ALS onset biology, translational potential, team complementarity, feasibility and milestones, and the cross-institutional, multidisciplinary teams it encourages.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• After-School All-Stars · Children in need.
  $1,300,0002025 tax year
• Massachusetts General Hospital · Als research.
  $598,6682025 tax year
• Big Dog Ranch · Animal rescue.
  $310,0002025 tax year
• Team Gleason · Assist people with als and their family.
  $275,0002025 tax year
• America First Policy Institute · Assist in non-partisan research.
  $250,0002025 tax year
• American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit · Support men and women who have served in the us armed forces.
  $250,0002025 tax year
• Massachusetts General Hospital · Als research.
  $250,0002025 tax year
• Cedars-Sinai · Als research.
  $200,0002025 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.