National Multiple Sclerosis Society
New York, NY · EIN 13-5661935. Reported 378 grants totalling $95.9M to 110 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the IRS classifies it under diseases & disorders rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE G500) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 110 distinct organizations, with 7% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 78% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $139,025. Half of what it reported fell between $60,000 and $277,867; the smallest was $1,671 and the largest $2,341,538. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $6,913,186 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of California San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $6,872,822 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,688,196 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $5,206,041 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $4,484,445 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | Independence, OH | $4,015,986 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $3,292,610 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, OR | $2,668,132 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Denver, CO | $2,570,189 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | $2,481,993 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $2,208,272 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Accelerated Cure Project Inc | Waltham, MA | $1,968,864 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $1,901,407 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Urbana, IL | $1,696,927 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $1,579,938 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $1,564,845 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Weill Cornell Medical College | New York, NY | $1,560,668 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $1,547,740 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California at Riverside | Riverside, CA | $1,323,706 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas, TX | $1,301,737 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $1,223,358 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rutgers the State of University of New Jersey | Piscataway, NJ | $1,143,383 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Nat'l Inst of Health Nat'l Inst of Neurological Disorders & Stroke | Bethesda, MD | $1,118,718 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $1,100,511 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $1,007,163 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | W Hollywood, CA | $1,000,031 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $986,920 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA | $904,304 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kessler Foundation Inc | East Hanover, NJ | $899,356 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN | $867,227 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Wayne State University | Detroit, MI | $864,134 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dignity Health | Phoenix, AZ | $773,341 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, TX | $766,154 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Curators of the University of Missouri | St Louis, MO | $756,058 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Henry Ford Health System | Detroit, MI | $748,515 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $736,621 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| St Louis University | Saint Louis, MO | $730,977 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | $717,976 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $661,911 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $647,063 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clene Nanomedicine Inc | Salt Lake City, UT | $645,294 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Riverside, CA | $641,410 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $582,761 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine | Bethesda, MD | $557,280 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $545,884 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Versiti Blood Health Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $525,712 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Research Foundation for the State University of New York | Albany, NY | $521,505 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | $517,074 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Empire Discovery Institute Inc | Rochester, NY | $506,837 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $502,790 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Childrens Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati, OH | $500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute | Kansas City, KS | $495,897 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| State of Maryland | Baltimore, MD | $489,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | $467,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | Lexington, KY | $460,499 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School | Boston, MA | $451,312 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Montclair State University | Montclair, NJ | $451,216 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital Inc | Hartford, CT | $439,686 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Connecticut Health Center | Farmington, CT | $402,004 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $366,360 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $356,870 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $347,256 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $337,093 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | $331,568 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Population Council Inc | New York, NY | $330,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Esupport Health Pbc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | $248,836 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $240,625 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $240,276 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College | Burlington, VT | $237,452 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Notre Dame Du Lac | Notre Dame, IN | $222,933 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $218,748 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The University of South Florida Board of Trustees | Tampa, FL | $215,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle, WA | $208,068 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mcking Consulting Corp | Fairfax, VA | $205,736 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | $180,364 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Childrens Research Institute | Washington, DC | $150,110 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Brain Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Annexon Inc | South San Francisco, CA | $134,633 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $131,421 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $127,563 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Childrens Hospital Corporation | Boston, MA | $123,040 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neurogenesis Bio Inc | Rochester, NY | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $118,643 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Los Angeles Veterans Research & Education Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $115,528 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cashel Neural Inc | Cleveland, OH | $106,043 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc | Menands, NY | $104,814 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Connecticut | Storrs Mansfield, CT | $86,095 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc | Boston, MA | $85,508 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $82,404 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childrens Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Medstar-Georgetown Medical Center Inc | Columbia, MD | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rhode Island Hospital | Providence, RI | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Houston, TX | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Upmc | Pittsburgh, PA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc | New York, NY | $74,300 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Southern California Permanente Medical | Pasadena, CA | $62,706 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $58,337 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California Davis | Davis, CA | $55,130 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Vermont Medical Center Inc | Burlington, VT | $48,479 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesvle, VA | $46,948 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| J David Gladstone Institutes | San Francisco, CA | $45,511 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Temple University-of the Commonwealth System of Higher Educ | Philadelphia, PA | $45,503 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas A&m Agrilife Research | College Station, TX | $43,805 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Institute for Clinical Research Inc | Washington, DC | $39,465 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of North Texas | Denton, TX | $19,074 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $16,916 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Longevity Biotech Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $1,671 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
87 of 110 (79%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 71 of 110 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 100 | $25.7M | $135,672 |
| 2021 | 98 | $24.2M | $144,259 |
| 2022 | 94 | $22.6M | $117,125 |
| 2023 | 86 | $23.4M | $186,822 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
15% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $139,025 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from National Multiple Sclerosis Society's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 83 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 3 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 733 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10017.
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