New York · Nonprofit
TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC
TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,628,387 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($11,262,622). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.5M
- Funders on record
- 74
- Grants received
- $39M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York Inc does
Mission
The purpose of tisch multiple sclerosis research center of ny, inc. Is to conduct medical research directed toward finding the cause and eventual cure for multiple sclerosis.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Tisch ms research center of new york's (tisch msrcny) mission is to conduct medical research directed toward discovering the cause of and eventual cure for multiple sclerosis. These research initiatives include: to better understand and treat coordination and balance difficulties in patients with ms. To create an experimental model of progressive ms that will enable us to better understand and treat patients with secondary progressive ms (spms) and primary progressive ms (ppms). To utilize novel cerebrospinal fluid based animal models to better understand other neurodegenerative diseases such as ms and als. To develop organoid models to better understand the underpinnings of progressive ms. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, to identify the initial trigger(s) that cause ms. In 2025, drs wong and sadiq published results from a collaboration with neuron23, inc. In the proceedings of the national academy of sciences. The study used the ppms animal model developed at tisch ms to demonstrate proof of concept of a novel ms therapeutic. In 2025, tisch msrcny researchers were invited to present research abstracts at the annual conferences of actrims (americas committee for treatment…
$7,540,138 spent$9,518,725 earned by the program100% of program spendingAs an academic facility, the tisch ms research center provides educational and training resources for ms researchers and medical professionals. One of the most important goals of tisch msrcny is to provide research opportunities for young science graduates that enable them to become career scientists. Since its inception, they have trained over 100 college graduates as research assistants (ras) for 2-year rotations. In 2025, all second year research assistants, under the guidance of tisch msrcny principal investigators, matriculated to top medical schools and graduate programs. Fellowships in ms research are also offered to physicians and scientists interested in entering or expanding their work in this field. Weekly journal club meetings or grand rounds take place in our conference room to discuss the latest advancements in ms research and how it applies to our current investigations.
$6,672 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,546,810.
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 2021 to 2022, from $14M to $34M (+143%).
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: 2020 6% · 2021 5% · 2022 2% · 2023 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Philip Weisberg
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $2.5M → $5.9M.
24 of 74 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 74 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
TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% 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 TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 35% · 2019 55% · 2020 45% · 2021 50% · 2022 35% · 2023 35% — 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
45% of TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
61% of TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK 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 $15M that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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
TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC is better cushioned than half 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 TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC
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In New York
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 8 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC?
- TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,628,387 to it, the largest being JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND ($11,262,622). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 74 organizations giving $38,628,387 in grants to TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC?
- JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND is the largest funder on record, with $11,262,622 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TISCH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH CENTER OF NEW YORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 74 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