Connecticut · Nonprofit
GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC
GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,935,091 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,322,933). 74 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 135
- Grants received
- $8.9M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What Global Lyme Alliance Inc does
Mission
Global lyme alliance is the leading nonprofit dedicated to conquering lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Our mission: cure lyme and other tick-borne diseases through innovative research, awareness, and empowering the patient voice.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Global lyme alliance (gla) has a strong track record of program service accomplishments in three major areas, measured by expenses: research advancements: gla invests in research, driving significant progress in lyme and tick-borne disease studies. Their contributions include groundbreaking work in diagnostics, treatment, and understanding of lyme bacteria. Notable achievements comprise characterizing chronic lyme disease, genome sequencing of borrelia burgdorferi strains, uncovering antibiotic resistance mechanisms, and documenting immune dysfunction in patients. Recent discoveries include the role of cell wall-deficient forms (l-forms) in chronic infections, potentially aiding early lyme disease cure.patient support: gla is committed to aiding patients, caregivers, and loved ones affected by these diseases. They offer various support programs, such as access to specialists, financial assistance information, clinical trial opportunities, emotional support mentorship, and educational materials. Their holistic approach addresses patients and families' challenges comprehensively.knowledge and awareness: gla's research and educational initiatives have played a pivotal role in…
$1,208,447 spent$87,630 earned by the program55% of program spendingGlobal lyme alliance continues to advance the research and science for lyme and other tick-borne diseases through its robust research grant program. Gla's scientific advisory board (sab), comprised of distinguished researchers in multidisciplinary fields in lyme and tick-borne disease, provides strategic guidance to global lyme alliance in its review and award process to advance research at leading institutions with a goal of improving diagnostics and treatment of lyme and other tick-borne illnesses.as the leading patient voice lyme non-profit measured by our audience share, gla gets input from our medical advisory board and patient advocates to drive research discovery; gla bridges the gap between patient and research to inform where science needs to go to find a cure.
$991,363 spentof which $991,363 as grants45% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,199,810.
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 2019 to 2020, from $5.7M to $4.7M (−18%).
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.
107% of GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE 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. 4 of the last 8 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
Laura Macneill
CEO (until 10/2024)
Board chair
Paul Ross
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 29 funders to 47 funders, grant income rose $971k → $1.2M.
23 of 135 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 135 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
GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
65% 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 GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 24% · 2019 30% · 2020 44% · 2021 40% · 2022 22% · 2023 20% — diversifying over time.
“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
37% of GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
63% of GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE 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 $3.3M that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 25 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 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
GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE 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 GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC?
- GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,935,091 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,322,933). 74 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 135 organizations giving $8,935,091 in grants to GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC, 74 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,322,933 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 135 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