Ohio · Nonprofit
ALS UNITED OHIO INC
ALS UNITED OHIO INC (Ohio) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,102,236 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($1,028,784). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $5.8M
What Als United Ohio Inc does
Mission
The mission of als united ohio is to provide comprehensive support and advocacy for people with als and their families, while advancing research for new treatments and an end to als.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Patient services and support: als united ohio provides a wide range of services to people who have been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als) or lou gehrig's disease and to their family members. Services include case management by medical and healthcare professionals who assist patients, spouses, and caregivers in knowing how to prepare and deal with various aspects (physical, psycho-social, and financial) of being diagnosed with this devastating, terminal illness. In addition, the organization provides equipment loans, monthly support groups, staffing and partnering with als clinics (ohiohealth in columbus and university of cincinnati), a patient grant program and children's als resources. All of these services are provided, free of charge. During this period, over 621 people living with als were served; 954 individuals attended ten monthly support group meetings; there were 725 bereavement contacts made; 113 child and teen backpacks provided; 436 patient visits to 2 multidisciplinary als clinics, and 1,113 pieces of equipment loaned and purchased for patients. During fiscal year 2024, the organization was able to continue its patient grant program. Total grants…
$1,396,532 spentof which $216,334 as grants82% of program spendingPublic awareness: als united ohio provides in-service training to healthcare providers so they are better prepared to care for als patients. Staff and volunteers speak to community organizations, school groups, and the general public about als and the need for local services, support and about the need for research to find effective treatments and a cure for als. The organization's staff work with local radio stations, newspapers/publications and television stations to acquire coverage when possible to educate the general public about als, our free services and to encourage the public to attend our chapter-sponsored events. The organization partners with local athletic teams - major league and minor league baseball) to host lou gehrig day events to honor an individual with als, to provide information about the disease and to direct others with als to the free services the organization provides.
$288,775 spent17% of program spendingAdvocacy and research: als united ohio supports scientific research grants to find the cause, treatments and cure for als. In addition to financial support, the als united ohio actively develops relationships with local als researchers, inviting them to present their new projects and their findings to als united ohio support groups and to write articles for posting in the organization's newsletter. The organization also facilitates opportunities for local als researchers to educate patients about specific research projects and drug trials and to recruit patients to voluntarily participate in those efforts. The organization partners with als volunteers to educate members of the the ohio congressional delegation about als and the need to increase awareness and resources to people affected by this disease. The organization's staff and volunteers meet with various state of ohio legislators to educate them about als, about the free services we provide in the community and the need for additional resources to help support people in ohio with als.
$16,446 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,701,753.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $4.8M to $5.9M (+21%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7% · 2022 7% · 2023 0% · 2024 21% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of ALS UNITED OHIO INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Mark A Stach
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $64k → $357k.
14 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALS UNITED OHIO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALS UNITED OHIO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALS UNITED OHIO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 35% · 2019 74% · 2020 54% · 2021 72% · 2022 31% · 2023 56% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
31% of ALS UNITED OHIO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
85% of ALS UNITED OHIO INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $305k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALS UNITED OHIO INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ALS UNITED OHIO INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALS UNITED OHIO INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALS UNITED OHIO INC?
- ALS UNITED OHIO INC (Ohio) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,102,236 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($1,028,784). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ALS UNITED OHIO INC have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $2,102,236 in grants to ALS UNITED OHIO INC, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALS UNITED OHIO INC?
- COLUMBUS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,028,784 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALS UNITED OHIO INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 48 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing