New Jersey · Nonprofit
American Liver Foundation
American Liver Foundation (New Jersey) receives grants from 209 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,974,374 to it, the largest being GivenGain Foundation USA ($866,227). 93 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 209
- Grants received
- $6.0M
- Net assets
- $7.4M
What American Liver Foundation does
Mission
ALF's mission is to promote education, advocacy, support services and research for the prevention, treatment and cure of liver disease.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
American Liver Foundation Patient Registry: Launched in July 2024, this registry uniquely includes ALL liver diseases versus liver disease registries focused on one liver disease. Nearly 700 participants self-enrolled from the initial launch through the end of 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
RESEARCH American Liver Foundation (ALF) has a history of commitment to research funding dating back to 1979. In 2023 with the approval of ALF's National Board of Directors, ALF established a dedicated Research Department led by an experienced PhD. Growth has been exponential in terms of meaningful pilot research grant opportunities for experienced researchers and grant awards to support the pipeline of early career researchers. ALF's 2024 priorities included a focus on childhood and rare disease challenges. Grant selection integrity was gained through the establishment of a formal Grants Review Committee comprised of respected liver experts. The patient voice was integrated into the process through the newly established Patient Research Advisory Group. Key accomplishments included: * Disease-specific Pilot Grant Awards in Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH), Biliary Atresia (BA), Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC): These grants provide $50,000 funding for research projects in new areas of investigation, innovative ideas, or "high-risk, high-reward" projects that have the potential to generate breakthrough findings and significantly advance the…
$1,250,669 spentof which $943,750 as grants25% of program spendingPATIENT SUPPORT: These three areas of work have resulted in fulfillment of mission-related goals in 2024. Significant examples of ALF accomplishments are featured below. * Responded to 3,388 Helpline calls, live chats and emails from patients, caregivers and the public. * Hosted Facebook support groups for people with Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Liver Cancer, NASH (now known as MASH), Pediatric Liver Diseases and launched an Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease support group as well as an innovative Peer to Peer Patient Mentor Program (50 slots). In 2024, the cumulative total of participating Facebook support group members was 12,379. * Expanded our patient diversity through partnerships with organizations such as the Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists, Blackdocotor.org, Migrant Clinicians Network, and Latinx Physicians of CA. * Served as the patient voice on Community Advisory Boards for 16 grant funded studies at the invitation of the medical grant lead investigators. * Held our first-ever Capitol Hill briefing on Obesity: The Leading Cause of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and the Most Urgent Threat to Public Health Today in May 2024. This event addressed…
$1,155,394 spent23% of program spendingPUBLIC AND PATIENT EDUCATION: * Through ALF's signature public outreach campaign, Think Liver Think Life, ALF made great strides in raising awareness about fatty liver disease and screening at-risk individuals for fatty liver. The online Liver Health Quiz was completed by nearly 13,000 people interested in understanding their risk for fatty liver disease. Additionally, more than 1.425 million people learned more about their liver health. The quiz is currently available in Spanish as well as English. Over 60 Memorandums of Understanding have been signed by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and community clinics to conduct fatty liver testing. To date, 2,305 people participated in screenings to test for the prevalence of fatty liver and distributed 2,375 Rapid tests for Hepatitis C. Those who were screened were connected to care through calls and text messages. ALF TLTL staff became certified Project ECHO providers offering fatty liver education to the community clinicians, FQHC personnel and front-line healthcare providers on this respected platform. The ALF Project ECHO MASLD series launched in August 2024 and featured live presentations and case studies using the Project…
$1,149,300 spent23% of program spendingCOMMUNITY SERVICE: ALF conducts advocacy work on behalf of the patient community throughout the year, actively raising awareness of pertinent legislation affecting the liver community among the Federal government. * Launched our National Liver Awareness Month advocacy campaign on liver disease and obesity which resulted in 108 advocates sending a total of 343 messages and toolkits to Members of Congress. Additionally, 650 emails containing our toolkit and resources were sent to Congressional staff to reinforce awareness and understanding of the direct link between obesity and MASLD/MASH (formerly known as NAFLD/NASH). * Circulated an urgent letter to the Energy and Commerce and Senate Finance committees to request action on the inclusion of anti-obesity medications for seniors transitioning into Medicare. ALF's liver healthcare provider network was activated to send letters to representatives in target states, amplifying our impact through healthcare professionals' voices. ALF National Board Members and several advocacy ambassadors residing in key Congressional districts submitted letters to the editor and op-eds on the importance of the anti-obesity medications and the link to…
$1,007,617 spent20% of program spendingPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION * ALF published Healthcare Connections, A Monthly Newsletter for Healthcare Professionals designed to share ALF's events, programs, and calls to action with patients/caregivers and colleagues. Nearly 3,000 medical professionals receive this publication monthly. * Liver medical experts assisted in the expansion of the healthcare professional database through introductions to their colleagues. Introductory meetings were held to create meaningful relationships leading to inclusion in ALF's database. Additionally, ALF connected with front-line provider non-liver expert healthcare professionals through partnerships with organizations such as the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, attendance at Pri-Med conferences, and the Project ECHO series. * The annual Liver Health Poster Competition was hosted. Early career liver healthcare professionals submitted patient friendly liver disease informational posters along with a brief video, resulting in expert educational content for patients. As a bonus, ALF bonds with a pipeline of future liver medical leaders. * Two Medical Student Liver Clubs partnered with ALF to educate fellow medical…
$521,646 spent10% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,084,626.
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 2020 to 2021, from $5.8M to $8.5M (+47%).
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 10% · 2022 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of American Liver Foundation’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. 4 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.
Chief executive
Lorraine Stiehl
CEO
Board chair
Emmanuel Thomas Md Phd
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 42 funders to 71 funders, grant income rose $589k → $971k.
27 of 209 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 American Liver Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 209 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
American Liver Foundation has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 10 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 10 funders to its left
72% 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 American Liver Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 10% · 2018 11% · 2019 7% · 2020 15% · 2021 15% · 2022 12% · 2023 38% — 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
32% of American Liver Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
American Liver Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 29 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
American Liver Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding American Liver Foundation receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $293 on record.
- TRUST FUND$293
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like American Liver Foundation
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 New Jersey
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
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 50 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for American Liver Foundation: 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 American Liver Foundation?
- American Liver Foundation (New Jersey) receives grants from 209 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,974,374 to it, the largest being GivenGain Foundation USA ($866,227). 93 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does American Liver Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 209 organizations giving $5,974,374 in grants to American Liver Foundation, 93 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of American Liver Foundation?
- GivenGain Foundation USA is the largest funder on record, with $866,227 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like American Liver Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 209 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing