Public Charity

ANSWER ALS

ANSWER ALS is a Public Charity headquartered in NEW ORLEANS, LA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $2.8M revenue, $3.2M expenses, $7.4M total assets. 51 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 471643994 NEW ORLEANS, LA Nerve, Muscle & Bone Diseases NTEE: G50 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$2.8M
Total Expenses$3.2M
Total Assets$7.4M
Grant Records51
Funding Total$5.0M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH ALS NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE BY UTILIZING KNOWLEDGE OF PATIENTS, LEADING RESEARCHERS AND TECHNOLOGY TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE LIVING WITH ALS UNTIL A TREATMENT OR CURE IS FOUND; DISCOVER WHAT CAUSES ALS; DEVELOP MODELS TO UNDERSTAND ALS AND SCREEN FOR DRUG AND CELLULAR THERAPY; DISCOVER THERAPIES THAT COULD SUBSTANTIALLY SLOW OR HALT THE PROGRESS OF ALS AND ULTIMATELY CURE THE DISEASE; PROVIDE ALL GATHERED INFORMATION FREE FOR WORLDWIDE USE BY CLINICIANS, SCIENTISTS AND PHARMA TO RAPIDLY ADVANCE THERAPEUTICS.

Where $100 goes at Answer Als

How Answer Als divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$92 Programs the work itself
$2 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $92 for programs

$92
Creating the largest and most comprehensive foundation of als data ever amassed, encompansing clinical, chemical, genetic, protein, historical and biological data from an enormous sampling of als patients…
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD CHAIR Beverly Goulet
MANAGING DIRECTOR Clare Durrett
CHIEF OF STAFF Colleen Stephens
BOARD MEMBER Elizabeth Bruce
BOARD MEMBER John Costello
BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS Pat Quinn

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$4,324,788 34 grants
Health & Medicine
$488,250 9 grants
Research & Policy
$45,000 2 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$43,500 3 grants
Education
$25,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $2.8M $3.2M $7.4M
2023 $3.7M $2.9M $7.4M
2022 $-12K $1.2M $6.4M
2020 $2.3M $1.7M $8.3M
2019 $1.4M $2.3M $8.2M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.4M to $2.8M (+107%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.4M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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