How much does Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc give?

Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc reported 193 itemized grants totaling $12,572,359, out of $14,147,711 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 145 and 176 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (74%), Science & Tech (18%), Education (8%).

Who are Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Johns Hopkins University ($6.8M), University of Miami ($4.6M), University of Rochester ($4.2M).

Does Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Where is Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc based?

Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc is based in IL.

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Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc

Muscular dystrophy association (mda) is the #1 voluntary health organization in the united states for people living with muscular dystrophy, als, and related neuromuscular diseases. (cont. Schedule o) for over 70 years, mda has led the way in accelerating research, advancing care, and advocating for the support of our families. Mda's…

$14M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 193
Itemized grants FY2025: 161
Organizations funded FY2024: 18%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $13M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $40,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $641,819
Organizations funded a year: 145 to 176; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 47
Total assets, FY2025: $51M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 18% of the organizations Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

HealthEducationRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentScience & TechOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	178	$12M	6%
FY2024	161	$14M	18%
FY2023	170	$12M	11%
FY2022	176	$11M	23%
FY2021	154	$11M	5%
FY2020	145	$12M	6%
FY2019	175	$19M	10%
FY2018	169	$18M	3%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$101MScience & Tech$24MEducation$10MRecreation & Sports$653kYouth Development$132kHuman Services$110kCivil Rights$7k

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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Johns Hopkins University	$6,835,273	9	0%
University of Miami	$4,616,591	9	0%
University of Rochester	$4,246,168	9	0%
University of Florida	$3,806,805	9	n/a
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute	$3,598,082	9	0%
Regents Univ of California	$3,573,053	9	n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated	$3,502,980	9	n/a
University of Washington	$3,089,709	9	n/a
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York	$2,833,052	9	0%
State University of Iowa	$2,698,797	9	n/a

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All grantees of Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Johns Hopkins University	$6,835,273	9	0%
University of Miami	$4,616,591	9	0%
University of Rochester	$4,246,168	9	0%
University of Florida	$3,806,805	9	n/a
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute	$3,598,082	9	0%
Regents Univ of California	$3,573,053	9	n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated	$3,502,980	9	n/a
University of Washington	$3,089,709	9	n/a
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York	$2,833,052	9	0%
State University of Iowa	$2,698,797	9	n/a
University of Minnesota	$2,267,844	9	n/a
Children's Hospital Corporation	$2,256,568	9	0%
Washington University	$2,012,667	9	0%
Atrium Health Foundation	$1,980,354	9	1%
University of California Davis	$1,958,632	9	n/a
Emory University	$1,941,846	9	0%
University of Massachusetts	$1,927,074	8	n/a
Regents of the University of Colorado	$1,644,984	9	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	$1,628,586	8	n/a
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Cente	$1,597,500	9	n/a
Baylor College of Medicine	$1,575,989	7	0%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine	$1,488,988	9	n/a
Mayo Clinic	$1,334,930	9	n/a
Vcuvcu Health Campus	$1,333,292	8	n/a
University of California San Francisco	$1,273,274	9	n/a
The Ohio State University	$1,270,928	9	n/a
University of Pittsburgh	$1,238,105	7	0%
Children's Research Institute	$1,127,171	7	0%
University of Utah	$1,105,842	9	n/a
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc	$1,098,962	9	n/a
Vanderbilt University Medical Center	$1,018,433	9	0%
University of Alabama at Birmingham	$1,014,713	9	n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan	$981,418	8	n/a
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	$965,011	9	0%
Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers	$955,902	7	n/a
Thomas Jefferson University	$940,939	9	0%
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd	$932,513	6	0%
Rutgers the State University	$853,075	9	n/a
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education	$843,597	7	n/a
The Nemours Foundation	$826,525	9	0%
The Methodist Hospital Foundation	$740,800	5	0%
Emory University	$700,000	7	n/a
Dignity Health-St Joseph's Hospital Az	$671,778	9	n/a
The Univ of Tx Health Science Ctr of Sa	$656,550	9	n/a
Clinical neurology PC	$656,250	9	n/a
Myosana Therapeutics Inc	$650,000	1	n/a
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	$644,237	9	0%
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	$637,500	9	0%
Northwestern University	$607,651	4	0%
Duke University Health System Inc	$600,000	5	0%
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute	$584,368	6	0%
The George Washington University	$557,625	3	0%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$548,906	9	n/a
St Peter's Hospital Foundation Inc	$537,500	8	3%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego	$525,000	9	n/a
Myogene Bio LLC	$516,139	5	n/a
Tmh Physician Organization	$499,450	6	0%
Children's Hospital Medical Center	$491,935	7	0%
cali PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	$487,194	3	n/a
Children's Hospital Colorado	$475,958	9	0%
Hospital For Special Care	$473,725	9	0%
New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining The	$447,325	9	0%
Oregon Health & Science University	$443,731	9	n/a
New York University	$437,500	9	0%
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare	$437,500	9	0%
Montefiore Medical Center	$429,167	9	0%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley	$421,773	4	n/a
University of Maryland College Park	$418,696	6	n/a
Curators of the University of Missouri	$405,052	9	n/a
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc	$405,000	6	0%
The Scripps Research Institute	$375,000	5	0%
Duke University	$375,000	4	0%
Research Triangle Institute	$375,000	5	0%
Shriners Hospitals for Children	$362,083	9	0%
Oregon Health & Science University	$350,625	4	n/a
Wright State University	$348,960	5	n/a
Mitochondria in Motion Inc	$348,633	4	n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education	$346,225	9	0%
Cornell University	$344,998	3	0%
Methodist Le Bonheur Community Outreach	$338,158	9	0%
American Brain Foundation	$335,832	4	3%
Texas Neurology Pa	$327,092	9	n/a
Stanford Health Care	$325,000	7	0%
The Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital	$320,833	7	0%
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	$317,917	9	n/a
Pennsylvania State University	$316,162	9	n/a
St Louis University	$314,694	5	0%
Methodist Hospital	$313,773	4	n/a
Wake Forest University Health Sciences	$309,746	9	0%
Texas Children's Hospital	$307,500	2	0%
North East Als Consortium Inc	$300,070	5	14%
Acurastem Incorporated	$300,000	3	n/a
BayCare Medical Group Inc	$294,167	9	0%
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare	$287,500	6	n/a
Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology	$285,157	4	0%
MCV Associated Physicians	$276,667	9	0%
University of Oklahoma	$275,000	3	n/a
University of Wisconsin	$274,167	4	n/a
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc	$273,758	9	0%
Wesley Neurology Clinic PC	$269,750	5	n/a
Nihnia	$266,817	4	n/a
Mass General Brigham Incorporated	$262,500	9	n/a
University of Puerto Rico	$261,002	7	n/a
The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology	$259,524	4	0%
Indiana University Health Inc	$258,333	7	0%
Seattle Children's Hospital	$250,000	6	0%
Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford	$250,000	5	0%
William Beaumont Hospital	$249,075	9	0%
University of Oregon	$243,707	4	n/a
University of New Mexico	$242,500	9	n/a
Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance	$238,159	2	1%
Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia	$235,833	9	n/a
Rady Children's Hospital Foundation San Diego	$235,000	9	0%
Indiana University School of Medicine	$231,920	5	n/a
Upmc	$231,588	3	n/a
Dignity Health	$230,000	3	0%
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters	$229,900	9	0%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated	$227,716	1	n/a
Children's National	$225,000	9	3%
Trustees of Tufts College	$224,903	3	0%
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	$224,468	9	n/a
The Metrohealth System	$218,750	9	n/a
Michigan State University	$218,750	9	n/a
Olive View-Ucla Education and Research Institue Inc	$218,750	9	1%
The Broad Institute Inc	$214,130	3	0%
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation	$213,439	3	0%
The University of Vermont Medical Center	$205,775	9	0%
Iron Horse Diagnostics Az	$205,287	3	n/a
University of Cincinnati	$204,500	6	n/a
State University of New York at Binghamton	$204,167	5	n/a
Lsu Health Sciences Center - New Orleans	$202,058	9	n/a
University of Arizona	$195,968	2	n/a
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation	$193,750	8	0%
Asklepios Biopharmaceutical Inc	$192,500	1	n/a
Trustees of Boston University	$192,308	2	0%
Children's Hospital Los Angeles	$190,600	9	0%
Iowa State University	$190,000	3	n/a
University of Miss Medical Center	$190,000	9	n/a
Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc	$180,412	9	n/a
The Carle Foundation Hospital	$175,450	7	0%
Trustees of Purdue University	$175,304	3	n/a
Geisinger Clinic	$175,300	9	0%
Semmes-Murphey Clinic	$175,000	3	n/a
Prisma Health-Upstate	$175,000	7	0%
Children's Clinics for Rehabilitative Services	$175,000	9	0%
Colorado State University	$175,000	2	n/a
Icagen-T	$174,125	2	n/a
Rush University Medical Center	$171,465	9	0%
Connecticut Children's Medical Center	$168,333	9	0%
Sarasota County Public Hospital Board Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Systems	$166,894	9	n/a
St Charles Hospital Foundation	$165,000	9	5%
Cincinnati Children's Hospital	$164,665	2	n/a
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Inc	$163,750	4	n/a
Lsu Health Sciences Center Shreveport	$162,500	9	n/a
Advantage Healthsaint Mary's Medical Group	$155,000	8	0%
Ponce Medical School Foundation Inc	$155,000	8	0%
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority	$155,000	8	n/a
Stanford Child Health Research Institute	$150,000	3	n/a
University of Kentucky Research Foundation	$150,000	2	0%
Neurology Llpc	$150,000	7	n/a
Northwestern Medical Group Department of Neurology	$150,000	3	n/a
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital	$147,298	9	0%
The Painted Turtle	$145,000	2	n/a
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center	$142,308	1	n/a
Uc Healthcare System	$140,000	4	0%
Sutter Bay Hospitals	$137,500	3	0%
Dent Neurologic Institute	$135,000	7	n/a
Adventist Health System-Sunbelt Inc	$135,000	4	n/a
MaineHealth	$133,750	9	0%
Sierra Nevada Journeys	$132,415	2	1%
Victory Junction Gang Camp Inc	$130,627	3	0%
Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research	$129,621	2	0%
Happiness Is Camping	$129,275	3	3%
Sanford Medical Center Fargo	$126,327	6	n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$125,000	2	0%
The Jackson Laboratory	$125,000	2	0%
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	$125,000	1	0%
West Virginia University Research Corporation	$122,500	6	0%
University of Wisconsin Madison	$121,375	6	n/a
Target Als Foundation Inc	$120,000	2	n/a
Billings Clinic Foundation	$117,700	8	0%
The Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc	$115,000	4	0%
University of Louisville Research Foundation	$111,667	7	0%
St Lukes Health System	$110,000	6	n/a
All Wheels Up Inc	$110,000	2	35%
Inland Northwest Health Services	$110,000	6	0%
Camp Courageous of Iowa	$109,486	2	1%
Cook Children's Medical Center	$108,900	6	0%
Florida Elks Youth Camp Inc	$106,974	3	n/a
Easterseals Central Illinois	$106,727	2	0%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	$105,000	2	0%
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital	$105,000	5	n/a
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association	$104,997	2	1%
University Neurology Inc	$102,500	6	0%
OSF Multi-Specialty Group	$102,500	8	0%
Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Inc	$102,083	5	n/a
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	$100,000	1	0%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc	$100,000	1	0%
Variety the Children's Charity of the Delaware Valley	$97,314	2	1%
Idaho Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	$96,625	7	n/a
Izumi Biosciences Inc	$96,360	2	n/a
Ascension via Christi Hospitals Wichita Inc	$95,000	5	0%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California	$94,958	2	0%
Young Men's Christian Association of Pierce and Kitsap Counties	$92,142	2	0%
The Trustees of Columbia University Sponsored Projects Finance	$91,667	1	n/a
Southern Illinois University- Carbondale	$91,138	8	n/a
McKinnon Medical Group Pllc	$87,875	6	n/a
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University	$85,000	1	n/a
Easter Seals Colorado	$84,442	2	1%
True Friends	$83,768	2	0%
Child Crisis Arizona	$83,366	2	0%
Camp For All Foundation	$80,930	2	0%
Cure Rare Disease Inc	$80,000	2	1%
Children's Hospital Inc	$77,500	8	0%
Central Texas Neurology Consultants	$77,500	8	n/a
Children's Hospital of Orange County	$77,500	8	0%
Camp Cavell Conservancy	$76,835	2	7%
Dean Health Systems Inc	$75,000	4	n/a
The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy	$75,000	1	0%
St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Franci s	$75,000	5	0%
Recreation Unlimited Farm & Fun	$70,703	2	4%
The Toledo Hospital	$70,000	4	0%
Special Camps for Special Kids	$69,579	2	1%
Pine Tree Society Inc	$68,000	2	0%
Driscoll Children's Hospital	$67,500	7	0%
Phoenix Children's Hospital	$65,000	7	0%
The Camp Cole Foundation Inc	$64,724	2	2%
Child Neurology Consultants of Austin	$62,853	4	n/a
Cadent Medical Communications LLC	$57,275	1	n/a
Cure Cmd	$56,000	3	4%
Salvation Army Metropolitan Chicago	$55,499	2	n/a
Coast Vineyard Christian Fellowship	$55,289	1	n/a
Carilion Medical Center	$55,000	3	0%
Rhode Island Hospital Foundation	$55,000	3	0%
St Luke's Regional Medical Center Ltd	$55,000	3	0%
Essentia Health Duluth	$53,825	4	n/a
Fshd Society	$53,100	3	1%
Corewell Health Foundation West Michigan	$52,500	4	0%
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Inc	$52,500	4	0%
Copamarina Beach Resort & Spa Pr	$50,769	1	n/a
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Ut Southwestern)	$50,000	1	n/a
Seattle Childrens Hospital	$50,000	1	n/a
University of Washington - Rg	$50,000	1	n/a
Arkansas Children's Hospital	$50,000	3	0%
Semmes-Murphey Clinic	$50,000	1	n/a
University Faculty Associates Inc	$50,000	3	0%
Forge Biologics Inc	$49,385	1	n/a
Valley Children's Hospital	$47,500	5	0%
Coxhealth Foundation	$40,000	3	0%
Akari Foundation	$40,000	1	7%
Providence Health & Services - Washington	$40,000	2	0%
National Ability Center	$39,559	2	0%
Gordon Research Conferences Inc	$37,500	4	0%
Vhs Children's Hospital of Michigan Inc	$37,500	2	n/a
Mercy Health Foundation Springfield	$37,500	4	1%
Marshfield Clinic Inc	$37,500	4	0%
Mt Hood Kiwanis Camp	$36,508	2	1%
Arkansas Children's Research Institute	$35,300	2	0%
Instituto Rehabilitacion del Carib	$35,000	2	n/a
Cure VCP Disease Inc	$35,000	1	11%
University Hospital Brooklyn Suny Downstate Med Ctr	$35,000	1	n/a
Ascension Seton	$35,000	3	0%
Camp Twin Lakes Inc	$33,155	1	0%
The Whispering Hope Ranch Foundation	$32,128	1	46%
Camp Aldersgate Inc	$32,000	1	n/a
Project Camp Inc	$31,000	2	0%
Sanford	$30,000	3	n/a
Camp Aldersgate	$28,000	1	n/a
Rhode Island Hospital	$27,500	3	0%
Cook Children's Health Care System	$26,200	1	0%
Tufts Medical Center Parent Inc	$25,000	1	n/a
West Virginia University Research Corporation Office of Sponsored Programs	$25,000	1	n/a
Illinois Institute of Technology	$24,916	1	0%
University of Louisville	$22,008	1	n/a
Fondo Permanente Para la Administra Cion Operacion y Desarrollo de Bien	$21,574	1	n/a
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York	$20,833	1	n/a
The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System	$20,002	1	n/a
The Toledo Hospital Dba Promedica Toledo Children's Hospital	$20,000	1	n/a
Sanford	$20,000	2	n/a
Instituto Rehabilitacion del Caribe	$20,000	1	n/a
Community Medical Associates Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Opmd Association	$19,065	1	n/a
Edge Research	$18,750	1	n/a
American Lung Association	$18,000	2	0%
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc	$18,000	2	n/a
Society for Muscle Biology Inc	$17,000	2	5%
Geisinger Commonwealth Sch of Med	$15,200	1	0%
Georgetown University	$15,100	1	0%
University Neurology Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Mda Clinic at Rapides Specialty Clinic Division of Rrmc	$15,000	1	n/a
University Pediatricians	$15,000	1	0%
Spectrum Health Foundation	$15,000	1	n/a
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center	$15,000	1	4%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology	$13,000	2	0%
University of Florida - Ranumwang	$12,666	1	n/a
Camp Aranzazu Inc	$11,080	1	n/a
Locanabio Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Community Hospitals of Central California Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
Valley Children's Hospital	$10,000	1	n/a
Global Conference on Myositis Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Umass Chan Medical School	$7,500	1	n/a
Portfolio Media Inc	$7,360	1	n/a
The Ryr-1 Foundation	$7,000	1	n/a
The Ryr-1 Foundation	$6,000	1	n/a
The Speak Foundation Inc	$5,000	1	2%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($131k), not named here.

Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 163 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 163.

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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.

Cystic Fibrosis FoundationMD80.3× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn · The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · The Children's Oncology Group Foundation Inc · American Cancer Society Inc · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Mayo Clinic · Public Health Institute · American Heart Association Inc · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Yale University · Washington University

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.

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About Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc

How much does Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc give?: Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc reported 193 itemized grants totaling $12,572,359, out of $14,147,711 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 145 and 176 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (74%), Science & Tech (18%), Education (8%).
Who are Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Johns Hopkins University ($6.8M), University of Miami ($4.6M), University of Rochester ($4.2M).
Does Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Where is Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc based?: Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc is based in IL.