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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn

Saint Paul, Minnesota · EIN 13-3271855 · Disease & Disorders · tax-exempt since 1990

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 54.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Graded against 1,809 disease & disorders nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.39.3 months38
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.82% of practices82
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.57
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.97% from one source13
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.72.0%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.6%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.32not scored

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Year by year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jun 2025Form 990$20.94M$26.03M−$5.09M$85.32M39.30C
Jan 2025Form 990$68.58M$82.24M−$13.66M$88.97M13.0528C
Jan 2024Form 990$126.45M$98.84M$27.61M$98.13M11.9598C
Jan 2023Form 990$55.57M$84.20M−$28.63M$64.23M9.2547C
Jan 2022Form 990$39.79M$44.85M−$5.06M$91.09M24.4151B
Jan 2021Form 990$35.11M$38.44M−$3.32M$93.07M29.1123C
Jan 2020Form 990$37.03M$41.81M−$4.78M$90.20M25.9113C
Jan 2019Form 990$27.07M$34.89M−$7.82M$90.44M31.1106C
Jan 2018Form 990$24.67M$37.82M−$13.15M$96.45M30.6102C
Jan 2017Form 990$30.88M$34.97M−$4.10M$104.47M35.897C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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