ALS Network
ALS Network is a public charity based in Woodland Hills, California. It supports people with ALS and their families through care services, clinic support, research, and advocacy, and funds ALS research through competitive grants and partnerships.
ALS Network at a glance
In short: ALS Network gave $1.4M across 11 grants in 2025 (avg $126K), mostly in California. 0% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $1,388,434
- -2.0% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 11
- +0.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $126,221
- -2.0% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $100,000
- Total assets
- $16,358,915
- +14.4% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 0% first-time grantees (0 of 11, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to ALS Network
- How to Apply
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For research grants, applicants submit a letter of intent for a project using innovative technology or methods to address a critical ALS problem. Applicants invited to proceed submit a full proposal and may take part in a virtual pitch process. Eligible applicants may be from universities, nonprofit organizations, or for-profit entities, but must be U.S.-based. The 2026 letter-of-intent cycle closed on April 20, 2026; the published full-proposal closing date was June 30, 2026.
- Review Cycle
- The 2026 letter-of-intent deadline was April 20, 2026, and the full-proposal deadline was June 30, 2026. Both dates have passed.
- Deadline
- The 2026 letter-of-intent deadline was April 20, 2026, and the full-proposal deadline was June 30, 2026.
- Contact
Mailing address: PO Box 7082, Woodland Hills, CA 91365
Phone: (818) 865-8067
Website: https://alsnetwork.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from ALS Network
Who ALS Network funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was ALS Association Greater Sacramento Chapter ($216K). Together the top 10 received $1.3M.
Grant Size Distribution
55 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 52 grants of 55 (95%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The organization’s filing lists its location as Woodland Hills, California. Its care management program is described as available throughout California and Hawaii, and the filing says supported ALS specialty clinics must be in California. All 11 grants listed for filing year 2025 went to recipients in California. The research program describes support for promising research across the globe, while the 2026 research application cycle accepted only U.S.-based applicants.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 11 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is ALS Network open to new grantees?
0%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 0 of 11 grantees (0%) were first-time recipients. With only 11 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 9 points. How we count
- 100% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−18%). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.2M (2021) to $1.7M (2022). In 2025 it made 11 grants totaling $1.4M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| ALS Association Greater Sacramento Chapter Citrus Heights, CA | To support a wraparound model of care | $216,336 |
| ALS Association Greater San Diego Chapter San Diego, CA | To support a wraparound model of care | $198,164 |
| ALS Association Orange County Chapter Tustin, CA | To support a wraparound model of care | $173,934 |
| Regents of the University of California Irvine Orange, CA | To support a wraparound model of care | $100,000 |
| Faculty Physicians & Surgeons of LLUSM Loma Linda, CA | To support a wraparound model of care | $100,000 |
| Regents of the University of California Department of Neurosciences La Jolla, CA | To support a wraparound model of care | $100,000 |
| UC Davis Multidisciplinary ALS Clinic Sacramento, CA | To support a wraparound model of care | $100,000 |
| Cedar-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA | To support a wraparound model of care | $100,000 |
| Forbes Norris ALS Research Center San Francisco, CA | To support a wraparound model of care | $100,000 |
| Regents of the University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | To support a wraparound model of care | $100,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $16,358,915 | $13,483,377 | $11,968,729 | $1,388,434 | 11 | $341,399 |
| 2024 | $14,303,880 | $11,542,650 | $10,071,625 | $1,417,234 | 11 | $19,853 |
| 2023 | $13,316,104 | $10,245,280 | $9,211,692 | $1,388,434 | 11 | $2,319 |
| 2022 | $12,004,045 | $10,468,130 | $9,276,654 | $1,688,759 | 11 | $587 |
| 2021 | $11,034,948 | $8,808,987 | $7,468,707 | $1,178,000 | 11 | $1,111 |
| 2020 | $8,737,826 | $10,440,477 | $8,189,174 | $1,256,000 | 11 | $1,937 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated October 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
ALS Network’s mission is to partner with the ALS community to advance prevention strategies, treatments, and cures; provide access to quality care and connection; and promote initiatives that improve health outcomes.
Its research program supports basic, translational, and causal research, including novel and scientifically rigorous projects intended to advance understanding of ALS. The organization describes its research awards as seed funding that may help establish proof of concept for approaches that could later receive larger-scale funding. Its stated research interests include clinical-trial treatment approaches, innovative projects, big data initiatives, environmental factors, and biomarker studies.
The organization also provides care management and support services, including referrals, equipment assistance, benefits navigation, support groups, and psychosocial support. Its clinic support model embeds care services staff in specialty clinics and also supports satellite clinics. According to the organization’s filing, its care management program served more than 2,500 people living with ALS and their families during the fiscal year ending January 31, 2024.
Among the 2025 recipients, ALS United Orange County describes its mission as finding a cure for ALS and improving living conditions for people with the disease. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center describes a mission of elevating community health through healthcare, research, and education. Faculty Physicians & Surgeons of LLUSM describes its work as employing the clinical faculty of Loma Linda University School of Medicine and helping form physicians who provide whole-person care.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2025, ALS Network reported 11 grants totaling $1,388,434. Grant amounts ranged from $100,000 to $216,336, with a median of $100,000. The grants listed were for a wraparound model of care and went to California organizations.
The largest awards were $216,336 to ALS Association Greater Sacramento Chapter, $198,164 to ALS Association Greater San Diego Chapter, and $173,934 to ALS Association Orange County Chapter. Each was designated to support a wraparound model of care. The other eight listed awards were $100,000 each, to California clinics, medical centers, and university recipients, also for a wraparound model of care.
The organization’s research funding is separate from these listed care grants. Its research program uses a competitive process with review by a Scientific Advisory Committee; its innovation-grant materials also describe oversight involving a Community Research Committee and a pitch-session approach. The organization’s filing says chapter-support applications include proposed activities, anticipated impact and results, and a program budget. Proposals are reviewed by executive and program leadership and the Board of Directors. Chapter grantees must submit a six-month progress report and a year-end report.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Patricia Shuler Schimbor as Board Chair, Sue Morris as Board Vice Chair, Jan Medusky as Board Treasurer, and Jared Gill as Board Secretary. Stacy Inman is listed as Member-at-Large. Other listed board members are David Busseck, David W Cragg Sr, Linda Della, Bruce Friedricks, and Gary Galerne.
ALS Network is led by Sheri Strahl, CEO & President since 2025 (on filings since 2020); 7 of 27 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Sheri Strahl
CEO & President
COO → CEO & President, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$127K (2020) → $354K (2025)
Patricia Shuler Schimbor
Board Chair
Board Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Willett
Senior Director Finance & Administrator
Director of Finance & Administrator → Senior Director Finance & Administrator, 2024
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$110K (2021) → $147K (2025)
Eric Beikmann
Senior Director, Marketing & Communications
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$133K (2025)
Fred B Fisher
President Emeritus
President & CEO → President Emeritus, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$394K (2020) → $399K (2025)
Jon Asher Garfinkel
Vice President of Community Outreach
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$127K (2020) → $154K (2025)
Audra Hindes
Vice President of Care Services
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$110K (2021) → $145K (2025)
Cherryl Fluk
Executive Vice President & Mission Advancement
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$239K (2025)
David W Cragg Sr.
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Gary Galerne
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jan Medusky
Board Treasurer
Member-At-Large → Board Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jonathan Katz MD
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathy Shawyer Maffei
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Linda Della
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Stacy Inman
Member-At-Large
Board Treasurer → Board Vice Chair, 2021
Board Vice Chair → Member-At-Large, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jared Gill
Board Secretary
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kathleen Rasmussen
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Pranjal Shah
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shae Selix
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Simon Wise
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Bruce Friedricks
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aubrey Rupinta
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Caroline Landry
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
David Busseck
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Karen Sutton
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maryann Wittenberg
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sue Morris
Board Vice Chair
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (9)
- Former: Cherryl Goldstein (2020–2024) — Vice President of Development
- Former: Michele Newman (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Susan Morris (2020–2024) — Member-At-Large
- Former: Karen Walker (2020–2023) — Board Treasurer
- Former: Robert Lietzke (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Owen Ward (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Niall Foley (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Julianne Angel (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Michael McWilliams (2020) — Board Secretary
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $399K, to Fred B Fisher (President Emeritus). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about ALS Network
How much does ALS Network give each year?
ALS Network gave $1.4M across 11 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.4M across 11 grants.
What is ALS Network's typical grant size?
ALS Network's median grant in 2025 was $100,000, and its average grant was $126,221, across 11 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does ALS Network give grants?
ALS Network gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Los Angeles, CA (2 grants) and San Francisco, CA (2 grants).
Does ALS Network give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 11 grants with a stated purpose on ALS Network's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "To support a wraparound model of care" (11 grants).
Who are ALS Network's largest grantees?
ALS Network's largest 2025 grantees include ALS Association Greater Sacramento Chapter ($216,336), ALS Association Greater San Diego Chapter ($198,164) and ALS Association Orange County Chapter ($173,934), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 42% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is ALS Network?
ALS Network reported $16.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $13.5M.
What does ALS Network fund?
ALS Network’s mission is to partner with the ALS community to advance prevention strategies, treatments, and cures; provide access to quality care and connection; and promote initiatives that improve health outcomes. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from ALS Network?
For research grants, applicants submit a letter of intent for a project using innovative technology or methods to address a critical ALS problem. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is ALS Network's EIN?
ALS Network's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-4163338. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated October 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS December 11, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS December 14, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS December 14, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS December 14, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS December 12, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS December 15, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025
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Cite this profile
Grantable. (2026). ALS Network funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/als-network-morg_778857ed391c428da63e21f2f942837a
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