About Answer Als
Answer ALS is dedicated to accelerating the discovery of treatments and cures for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by uniting a global community of researchers, patients, and advocates in an open, collaborative quest for answers. Through the Neuromine platform it shares large multi-omics datasets, biosamples, and patient-derived iPSC lines to enable biomarker discovery, risk-factor identification, and therapy testing in patient-relevant models.
Focus Areas
ALS researchneurodegenerative disease researchopen science / data sharingbiobanking and iPSC resourcesAI-driven drug discovery
Who They Fund
people living with ALS (patients)ALS researchers and research teamsmedical research institutions/clinics focused on ALS
Funding Style
disease-specific research funding
About Answer Als
Answer Als centers its giving on ALS research, and its recent grant record shows a heavy concentration in large project grants to biomedical research institutions and research vendors. The single largest recent award in the data is $1,029,803 to John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore for ALS research, followed by a $946,512 grant to Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles for the same purpose. Those awards sit alongside other substantial commitments to ALS-focused work at the same institutions, including a $724,850 grant to John Hopkins University School of Medicine and a $523,889 grant to Cedars Sinai Hospital. The foundation’s approach is not limited to academic labs. It also funds the infrastructure around ALS science, including support for On Point Scientific, Diagenode LLC, Microsoft, and Antares Formerly Contingasoft, all described as grants to fund ALS research. That mix aligns with Answer Als’s open-science model, which uses the Neuromine platform to share multi-omics data, biosamples, and patient-derived iPSC lines for biomarker discovery, risk-factor identification, and therapy testing. The result is a funder focused on accelerating ALS treatment discovery through both direct research support and enabling research tools.
What Answer Als Funds
Answer Als gives across several ALS research functions, with a clear emphasis on the tools and institutions that move the science forward. In translational and clinical research, it awarded $1,029,803 to John Hopkins University School of Medicine for ALS research and another $946,512 to Cedars Sinai Hospital for the same purpose. It also supports the technical side of data generation and analysis. The foundation gave $487,346 to On Point Scientific and $229,531 to Diagenode LLC, each described as grants to fund ALS research. A separate $174,099 grant went to Microsoft for ALS research, showing that software and computational support are part of the portfolio. The foundation also funds Louisiana-based research capacity: Louisiana State University received $41,973 and $41,425, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center received $41,947, all for ALS research. That pattern fits Answer Als’s broader open-science and data-sharing orientation.
How Answer Als Gives
Answer Als makes relatively large project grants. In the recent data, the typical grant size is $50,623 at the 25th percentile, $213,700 at the median, and $556,212 at the 75th percentile. The record shows repeated support for the same recipients across years and within 2025, including John Hopkins University School of Medicine and Cedars Sinai Hospital, which indicates ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards. The foundation operates as a grantmaker rather than an individual-giving or PRIs-focused funder. Its active program, Neuromine Data & iPSC Access, does not accept unsolicited applications. The grant descriptions consistently frame awards as project-restricted support for ALS research, data access, or related research infrastructure.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.6M
Total Assets
$7.4M
Total Revenue
$2.8M
Total Expenses
$3.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $51K and $556K, with a median of $214K.
25th Percentile
$51K
Median
$214K
75th Percentile
$556K
Geographic Reach
National7 states funded
Funding intensity
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