Louisiana · Public charity
Answer Als
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…
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $60,678
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,029,803
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Answer Als funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $2.6M | 45% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $2.0M | 83% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $700k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $1.9M | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $1.0M | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $2.1M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | $367,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
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About Answer Als
- How much does Answer Als give?
- Answer Als reported 11 grants totaling $2,621,161 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Answer Als fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (100%).
- Who are Answer Als's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ($367k), Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc ($10k).
- Does Answer Als fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Answer Als based?
- Answer Als is based in LA.
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