Florida · Nonprofit
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 187 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,104,721 to it, the largest being RICHARD A ODOM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($500,000). 84 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 187
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide programs and support services to those persons affected by ms. ( see schedule o for more)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Assistive technology programsee schedule o
$421,091 spentof which $63,254 as grants17% of program spendingTransportation programsee schedule o
$569,272 spentof which $85,513 as grants23% of program spendingHome care grant programsee schedule o
$288,594 spentof which $43,351 as grants12% of program spendingSupport programs a vital facet of program services is to provide one-on-one support, including solutions to help dramatically improve the quality of life for those diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Every problem or need is considered important and unique, and is resolved individually and confidentially. We have a team of support service coordinators who provide resource and referrals to those affected by ms. Telephone support the national helpline is staffed by a combination of experienced caseworkers who serve as navigators. More than 20,000 calls a year come in from around the world. Callers request information about ms focus: the multiple sclerosis foundation and its available services, as well as how to cope with ms, crisis intervention, ms treatment options, and current research updates. In addition, thousands of follow-up calls are made by the ms focus case workers to various county, state and federal agencies, disability groups, universities, hospitals, support groups, crisis centers, utility companies, housing authorities, and advocacy groups. Bilingual staff members are on hand to respond to spanish-speaking individuals affected by ms. We care, we call peer counselors…
$1,215,994 spentof which $182,660 as grants49% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,494,951.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $7.5M to $9.2M (+23%).
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 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 43 funders to 41 funders, grant income rose $99k → $202k.
18 of 187 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 187 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
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
61% 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 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 20% · 2019 23% · 2020 28% · 2021 74% · 2022 16% · 2023 13% — 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
21% of MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 33 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $623k arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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.
Government funding MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $950 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $950
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 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
51% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC?
- MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 187 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,104,721 to it, the largest being RICHARD A ODOM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($500,000). 84 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 187 organizations giving $2,104,721 in grants to MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC, 84 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC?
- RICHARD A ODOM FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 187 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