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Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc

To provide programs and support services to those persons affected by ms.

$503k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$740kEducation$70kRecreation & Sports$49kHuman Services$20k
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $147,916, the rows itemized in this filing. The $502,835 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $354,919 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $92k
$9,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WE ARE ILL INCORPORATED$20,000
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY$17,667
THE BOSTON HOME$15,000
MERCY FOUNDATION$15,000
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY$12,917
INDEPENDENCE CARE SYSTEM$11,667
MS ACHIEVEMENT CENTER$9,000
MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$8,379
PUSH TO WALK$8,367
MS DREAM CENTER RI INC$7,500
GOOD SHEPHERD REHABILITATION NETWORK$7,500
THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES$7,500
MS JUST KEEP MOVING$7,419
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMON GROUND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: $8k → 12%HAMILTON AREA YMCA: $10k → 11%THE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $8k → 19%COMMON GROUND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: $8k → 12%HAMILTON AREA YMCA: $10k → 11%COMMON GROUND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: $2k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
KS
NC
LA
AL
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$644k · 17 repeat orgs$235k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
11

Total granted

$644k
$156k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+73%

Still filing today

71%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MF
    MERCY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2024 · $77k · revenue +37%
  • FD
    FUNDACION DE ESCLEROSIS MULTIPLE DE PUERTO RICO INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $64k · revenue +65%
  • OC
    OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +101%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    one grant, 2018 · $32k
  • RF
    Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    one grant, 2023 · $23k · revenue +11%
  • M
    MSINSIGHTgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $21k · revenue +542%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
3
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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4
Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York Inc

The purpose of tisch multiple sclerosis research center of ny, inc. is to conduct medical research directed toward finding the cause and eventual cure for multiple sclerosis.

Health
5
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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6
The Mount Sinai Medical Center

Provide fundraising, support, and maintains pooled investments for entities of the mount sinai health system, inc.

Health
7
Mount Sinai Health System Inc

The mission of the mount sinai health system is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

Human Services
8
Umass Memorial Health Care Inc (Parent)

Umass memorial health care, inc. is committed to improving the health of the people of central new england through excellence in clinical care, services, teaching, and research.

Health
9
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
University of Maryland Otorhino-Laryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
12
New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining the

The mission of hospital for special surgery is to provide the highest quality patient care, improve mobility, and enhance the quality of life for all and to advance the science of orthopedic surgery, rheumatology, and their related…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Boston Home Inc; the most unlike its peers is Msinsight. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MERCY FOUNDATION: $76,667 · HealthMERCY FOUNDATIONFUNDACION DE ESCLEROSIS MULTIPLE DE PUERTO RICO INC: $63,800 · HealthFUNDACION DE ESCLEROSIS MULTIPLE DE PUERTO RICO INCOCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $60,000 · HealthOCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATIONMSFORWARD INC: $53,000 · HealthMSFORWARD INCTHE BOSTON HOME INC: $39,000 · HealthTHE BOSTON HOME INCCENTRASTATE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $34,300 · HealthCENTRASTATE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INCThe New York and Presbyterian Hospital: $31,251 · HealthThe New York and Presbyterian HospitalMIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL: $25,792 · HealthMSINSIGHT: $21,483 · HealthWE ARE ILL: $20,000 · Health+9 more: $70,953 · Health+9 moreUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: $46,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTER OF THE ROCKIES: $40,000 · OtherMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTER OF T…WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY: $39,109 · OtherWESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $32,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM: $19,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMI…MSFIT FOUNDATION: $18,700 · OtherMSFIT FOUNDATIONKETTERING ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE: $11,960 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $3,350 · OtherNew York University: $35,000 · EducationNew York Uni…THE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE HUNTER C…Research Foundation of the City University of New York: $23,112 · EducationResearch Fou…THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $15,000 · EducationTHE ADMINIST…HAMILTON AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOMMON GROUND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: $17,500 · Human ServicesTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $7,500 · Human Services
Health$496,246Other$240,119Education$98,112Human Services$45,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMERCY FOUNDATION: $76,667 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMSFORWARD INC: $53,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetTHE BOSTON HOME INC: $39,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRASTATE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $34,300 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetThe New York and Presbyterian Hospital: $31,251 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL: $25,792 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $23,112 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE ARE ILL: $20,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHAMILTON AREA YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMON GROUND OUTDOOR ADVENTURES: $17,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKETTERING ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE: $11,960 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDEPENDENCE CARE SYSTEM INC: $11,667 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetConcord Hospital Trust: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MS ACHIEVEMENT CENTER: $9,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetPush To Walk a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation: $8,367 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD REHABILITATION NETWORK: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LEAGUE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetM S DREAM CENTER RI INC: $7,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetYOGA MOVES MS: $7,500 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetMS - JUST KEEP MOVING INC: $7,419 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY NEUROLOGY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Christopher Reeve Fou…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Christopher Reeve FoundationNJ17.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Christopher Reeve Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 45%
  • The Boston Home Inc: 45% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $375k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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