NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: Form 990, tax year 2009

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Organization: NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY (EIN 13-5661935)
Tax period: 2009-10-01 to 2010-09-30
Filed: 2011-08-16
IRS object ID: 201112289349301611
Schema version: 2009v1.7
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-08-16T11:07:16-04:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MITCHELL & TITUS LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10004	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2009-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	135661935	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	National Multiple Sclerosis Society	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	NATI	NameControl
Phone	2129863240	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	733 third avenue	AddressLine1
City	new york	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	100173288	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	lisa C Risi	Name
Title	CFO	Title
Date Signed	2011-08-10	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2127094500	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2009	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Joyce Nelson	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	733 THIRD AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	NEW YORK	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	100173288	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	102789744	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c	X	Organization501c
Web Site	www.nationalmssociety.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1946	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NY	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) mobilizes people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by Multiple sclerosis (MS).	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	37	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	36	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	246	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	500	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	1065424	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	-929302	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	88974301	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	99033988	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	440291	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
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Other Revenue Prior Year	1882379	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	1728550	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	91383906	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	102789744	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	30623921	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	31678521	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	1046295	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	20806707	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	21008686	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	2300266	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	7298429	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	35385268	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	39896396	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	90162457	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	92583603	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	1221449	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	10206141	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	61873013	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	71339386	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	46792344	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	43536948	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	15080669	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	27802438	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	We mobilize people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	36483826	Expense
Grants	31678521	Grants
Description	Research & Research fellowships - represents grants to support scientific studies or investigation plus all other costs or expenses incurred while conducting a program in which new knowledge is being sought to find cures or alleviations of multiple sclerosis.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	21920021	Expense
Description	Services to chapters - includes the costs associated with providing support for chapter development,campaign development, fund-raising material and supplies and chapter services as provided under the related arrangements.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	9007464	Expense
Revenue	1227503	Revenue
Description	Client and Community Services - represents programs for detecting multiple sclerosis,improving community health practices, supporting clinics, providing physicians and other healthcare providers and other assistances to individuals who have multiple sclerosis.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Total Of Other Program Service Rev	663126	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceRev
Total Program Service Expense	78859294	TotalProgramServiceExpense
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Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Balance Sheet Amounts Reported	true	BalanceSheetAmountsReported
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School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	true	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	true	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	GrantsToOrganizations
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Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
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Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
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Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
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Number Forms Transmitted With1096	100	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	246	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	true	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	true	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	37	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	36	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
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Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
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Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
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Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
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Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
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The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	LISA C RISI	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2124760424	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	733 THIRD AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	new york	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	100173288	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (43 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
Mindy Alpert
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Barbara Bernbaum
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
John Bjornson
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Michael Bogdonoff
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Ronald Boire
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Jim Cantalupo
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Charles Connors
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Doug Coy
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Peter Galligan
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
William Gillispie Jr
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Julius Hobson jr
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Vanessa Hodges
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Carol Houghtby
TREASURER	5.0	X	0	0	0	X
Mary Hughes
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Linda Jenckes
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Julie Kaufer
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Richard Knutson
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Thomas Kuhn
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD	5.0	X	0	0	0
Fred Lublin
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Craig Lynch
DIRECTOR	5.0	X	0	0	0
Linda McAleer
SECRETARY	5.0	X	0	0	0	X
Aaron Miller
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Bill Monahan
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Joyce Nelson
President and CEO	40.0	X	454316	0	13906	X
Kevin O'Sullivan
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Bruce Pfau
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Kimberly Phillips
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Brad Robbins
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Eli Rubenstein
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
John Simonetti
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Richard Slifka
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Robert Sowinski
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Peter Tarricone
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
James Tidwell
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Malcolm Wattman
Director	5.0	X	0	0	0
Weyman Johnson
DIRECTOR	5.0	X	0	0	0
Richard Mengel
DIRECTOR	5.0	X	0	0	0
Lisa Risi
Chief Financial Officer	40.0		173703	0	7038	X
Graham McReynolds
EVP Marketing and Development	40.0		241445	0	7038		X
Cynthia Zagieboylo
Chief Field Services Officer	40.0		205268	0	0		X
Julie Butcher
Chief Information Officer	40.0		195108	0	20628		X
Paul Weiss
Chief Operating Officer	40.0		232453	0	0		X
Timothy Coetzee
Chief Research Officer	40.0		189332	0	14127		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	1691625	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	62737	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	47	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	true	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensation (5 entries)

Address Line1AddressOfContractor/AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/City	StateAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressOfContractor/AddressUS/ZIPCode	Description Of ServicesDescriptionOfServices	CompensationCompensation
Convio Inc
11400 Burmet Rd Bldg 5 Ste 200	AUSTIN	TX	78752	data processing info	1497371
Epsilon Data Management
L2751	COLUMBUS	OH	43260	Donor info process	3778912
Infocision Management Corp
325 Springside Dr	AKRON	OH	44333	Data processing	813617
Merkle Inc
PO Box 64897	BALTIMORE	MD	21264	Data processing	8720422
Act Inc
101 Act Dr PO Box 4030	IOWA CITY	IA	52243	Scholarship services	1035902

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	54	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Federated Campaigns	60258	FederatedCampaigns
Membership Dues	21967052	MembershipDues
Related Organizations	75137389	RelatedOrganizations
Government Grants	485200	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	1384089	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	99033988	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	CONFERENCE REGISTRATION	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	1227503	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1227503	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	1227503	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

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Total Revenue Column	799703	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$799,703	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenue	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
ADVERTISING	511120	1065424	1065424
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE	900099	663126		663126

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	1728550	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	102789744	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	1890629	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	1065424	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$799,703	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	29871654	Total
Program Services	29871654	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1806867	Total
Program Services	1806867	ProgramServices

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	432216	Total
Program Services	352731	ProgramServices
Management And General	49446	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	30039	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	16981429	Total
Program Services	14909797	ProgramServices
Management And General	1707027	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	364605	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2279639	Total
Program Services	2040078	ProgramServices
Management And General	198681	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	40880	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1315402	Total
Program Services	1150630	ProgramServices
Management And General	135424	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	29348	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

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Program Services	10120714	ProgramServices
Management And General	1816994	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1872677	Fundraising

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9351770	Total
Program Services	3640679	ProgramServices
Management And General	1364959	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	4346132	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2601977	Total
Program Services	2271110	ProgramServices
Management And General	281106	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	49761	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2092157	Total
Program Services	1849635	ProgramServices
Management And General	207146	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	35376	Fundraising

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1514874	Total
Program Services	1349239	ProgramServices
Management And General	126072	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	39563	Fundraising

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4258705	Total
Program Services	4258705	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2534961	Total
Program Services	2240415	ProgramServices
Management And General	248671	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	45875	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	191235	Total
Program Services	168530	ProgramServices
Management And General	19222	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	3483	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDV	1167472	1130113	27085	10274
AWARD	819270	788398	22811	8061
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	871889	374103	139842	357944
SUNDRY	681701	535896	81394	64411

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

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Total	92583603	Total
Program Services	78859294	ProgramServices
Management And General	6425880	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7298429	Fundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	X	JointCosts

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCosts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8623439	Total
Program Services	643212	ProgramServices
Management And General	1622027	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6358200	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	202815	BOY
EOY	15680373	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13131115	BOY
EOY	250000	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2016606	BOY
EOY	1238440	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13196477	BOY
EOY	16976842	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	280582	BOY
EOY	272214	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2434114	BOY
EOY	3936034	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	33861253	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	28135870	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	6947259	BOY
EOY	5725383	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	19571040	BOY
EOY	25488287	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3647528	BOY
EOY	1327945	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	445477	BOY
EOY	443868	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	61873013	BOY
EOY	71339386	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	13840453	BOY
EOY	13139663	EOY

Grants Payable GrantsPayable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	32151836	BOY
EOY	29430642	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	697576	BOY
EOY	882293	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	102479	BOY
EOY	84350	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	46792344	BOY
EOY	43536948	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2273178	BOY
EOY	14177686	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9172658	BOY
EOY	9879919	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3634833	BOY
EOY	3744833	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	15080669	BOY
EOY	27802438	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	61873013	BOY
EOY	71339386	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi
Contrib By Controlling Individual	false	ContribByControllingIndividual
Contribution By Related Party	false	ContributionByRelatedParty
Contrib By35 Controlled Entity	false	ContribBy35ControlledEntity

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	95125420	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	101229981	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	103431903	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	88974301	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	99033988	CurrentTaxYear
Total	487795593	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	95125420	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	101229981	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	103431903	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	88974301	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	99033988	CurrentTaxYear
Total	487795593	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	487795593	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	706006	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	684444	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	86935	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	799703	CurrentTaxYear
Total	2277088	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2193685	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1662331	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	39673	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Total	3895689	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2126098	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	105413	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	1930407	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	635346	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	663126	CurrentTaxYear
Total	5460390	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	499428760	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	8022063	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.97671	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.96770	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grassroots Lobbying		TotalGrassrootsLobbying
Total Direct Lobbying		TotalDirectLobbying
Total Lobbying Expenditures		TotalLobbyingExpenditures
Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures		OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures
Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures		TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures
Lobbying Nontaxable		LobbyingNontaxableAmount
Grassroots Nontaxable		GrassrootsNontaxableAmount
Tot Lobbying Grassroot Minus Non Tx		TotLobbyingGrassrootMinusNonTx
Tot Lobby Expend Mns Lobbying Nontx		TotLobbyExpendMnsLobbyingNontx
Volunteers	true	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	true	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	true	MailingsMembers
Mailings Members	$2,263	MailingsMembersAmount
Publications Or Broadcast	true	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Publications Or Broadcast	$933,569	PublicationsOrBroadcastAmount
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	935832	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmts
Held Works Of Art Amts		HeldWorksOfArtAmts

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	2449604	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	250381	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	140000	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	2559985	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	2393545	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	56059	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
End Of Year Balance	2449604	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance	0.00000	BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	1.00000	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Term Endowment EOY Balance	0.00000	TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Land		Land
Buildings		Buildings

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	2273104	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	954833	Depreciation
Book Value	1318271	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	1199196	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	902799	Depreciation
Book Value	296397	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	30388953	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	26278238	Depreciation
Book Value	4110715	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	5725383	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Federal Income Tax Liability	0	FederalIncomeTaxLiability

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	LT SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT BENEFIT PAYABLE	Description
Amount	$84,350	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	84350	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	102789744	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	92583603	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	10206141	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	2515628	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments	2515628	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	12721769	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	105740453	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	2515628	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	435081	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	2950709	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	102789744	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	102789744	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	93018684	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	435081	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	435081	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	92583603	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	92583603	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	true	GrantRecordsMaintained

Accts Actvs Out US Table AcctsActvsOutUSTable (3 entries)

RegionRegion	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConducted	Total ExpendituresTotalExpenditures
East Asia and the Pacific	Grantmaking	696163
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Grantmaking	877620
North America	Grantmaking	113367

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of Offices	0	TotalNumberOfOffices
Total Number Of Employees	0	TotalNumberOfEmployees
Total Amount Spent	1687150	TotalAmountSpent

Grants To Orgs Outside US GrantsToOrgsOutsideUS (15 entries)

RegionRegion	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursement
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	Fast Forward	100000	check
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	Fast Forward	71106	check
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	Fast Forward	226262	check
East Asia/Pacific	Fast Forward	110000	check
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	research	91475	check
East Asia/Pacific	Research	405688	check
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	Research	40000	check
North America	Research	113367	check
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	Research	77101	check
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	Research	62480	check
East Asia/Pacific	Research	162700	check
East Asia/Pacific	Research	17775	check
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	Research	77021	check
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	Research	61600	check
Europe/Iceland/Greenland	Fast Forward	70200	check

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Number Of501c3 Orgs	10	TotalNumberOf501c3Orgs
Total Number Of Other Orgs	5	TotalNumberOfOtherOrgs

Form990 Schedule F Part IV Form990ScheduleFPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Form 990, Schedule F, Part I, Line 2	Identifier
Explanation	The society has an independent research committee that evaluates all grants and selects grants based upon the qualifications of the institution and researcher(s), and the project's scientific merit and potential applicability to multiple sclerosis. Once a grant has been approved, grantees are required to submit progress reports before additional funding is provided.	Explanation

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable (86 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipient	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant	IRC SectionIRCSection
Abt Associates Inc
55 Wheeler st	Cambridge	MA	02138	431947695	709784	Research support
Amplimmune Inc
9800 Medical Center dr	Rockville	MD	20850	204933752	277210	Fast Forward
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza	Houston	TX	77030	741613878	99456	Research support	501(C)(3)
Benaroya rsrch Institute at Virginia Mason
1201 9TH AVE	SEATTLE	WA	98101	911351110	150323	Research support	501(C)(3)
BloodCenter of Wisconsin
PO Box 2178	Milwaukee	WI	53201	390807235	146908	Research support	501(C)(3)
Brentwood Biomedical research Institute
11301 Wilshire Boulevard	LA	CA	90073	954183712	442513	Research support	501(C)(3)
Brigham and Women's Hospital
PO Box 3149	Boston	MA	02241	042312909	2501136	Research support	501(C)(3)
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave	Cleveland	OH	44106	341018992	355609	Research support	501(C)(3)
Center for Social Innovation
189 Wells Ave	Newton Centre	MA	02459	870763049	110175	Research support
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
				231352166	165266	Research support	501(C)(3)
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Ave	Cincinnati	OH	45229	310833936	39039	Research support	501(C)(3)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
				912153073	1791767	Research support	501(C)(3)
Cognosci Inc
PO Box 110606	Rsrch Triangle Park	NC	27709	562208520	64143	Fast Forward
Columbia University
615 W 131 st	ny	NY	10027	135598093	52587	Research support	501(C)(3)
Cornell University Medical College
1300 York Ave	ny	NY	10021	131623978	48652	Research support	501(C)(3)
Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers
359 Main st Suite A	Hackensack	NJ	07601	223216416	13750	Research support	501(C)(3)
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
44 BINNEY ST STE BP414	Boston	MA	02115	042263040	220755	Research support	501(C)(3)
Dartmouth College
11 Rope Ferry rd 6210	Hanover	NH	03755	020222111	277033	Research support	501(C)(3)
Drexel University
PO Box 95000	Philadelphia	PA	19195	231352630	154748	Research support	501(C)(3)
Duke University
PO Box 104135	Durham	NC	27708	560532129	50417	Research support	501(C)(3)
Emory University
Richard Thompson	Atlanta	GA	30322	580566256	147632	Research support	501(C)(3)
Five Prime Therapeutic Inc
2 Corporate dr	sf	CA	94080	260038620	29127	Fast Forward
Fred Hutchinson Cancer research Center
PO Box 19024	Seattle	WA	98109	237156071	225003	Research support	501(C)(3)
Georgetown University Medical Center
Box 571164	Washington	DC	20057	530196603	111837	Research support	501(C)(3)
Harvard University
PO Box 415649	Boston	MA	02241	421035800	470107	Research support	501(C)(3)
Hunter College
695 Park Ave rm E1424	ny	NY	10021	133598671	151818	Research support	501(C)(3)
Johns Hopkins University
1101 East 33rd st	Baltimore	MD	21218	520595110	189219	Research support	501(C)(3)
Kessler Foundation research Center
300 Executive dr	West Orange	NJ	07052	760637670	305537	Research support	501(C)(3)
M D Anderson Cancer Center - Univ of Tx
1515 Holcombe Blvd	Houston	TX	77030	746000203	61044	Research support	501(C)(3)
Massachusetts General Hospital
50 Staniford st	Boston	MA	02114	041564655	444191	Research support	501(C)(3)
Mayo Clinic Rochester
200 First st SW	Rochester	MN	55905	411937751	650237	Research support	501(C)(3)
Mississippi State University
PO Box 5227	Mississippi State	MS	39762	646000819	341310	Research support	501(C)(3)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
185 S Orange Ave	Newark	NJ	07103	136171197	416969	Research support	501(C)(3)
New Jersey Medical SchoolUMDNJ
185 S Orange Ave	Newark	NJ	07103	221775306	558416	Research support	501(C)(3)
ny University
PO Box 415026	Boston	MA	02241	135562308	419053	Research support	501(C)(3)
Northwestern University
633 Clark st	Evanston	IL	60208	362167817	610147	Research support	501(C)(3)
Ohio State University
1960 Kenny rd	Columbus	OH	43210	316025986	156318	Research support	501(C)(3)
Oregon Health & Science University
2525 SW First Ave	Portland	OR	97201	931176109	654393	Research support/Fast Forward	501(C)(3)
Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center
710 East Hamden Ave	Englewood	CO	80113	840795455	375683	Research support	501(C)(3)
RTI International Waltham
1440 Main St	Waltham	MA	02451	560686338	148152	Research support
Rush University Medical Center
1700 W Van Buren	Chicago	IL	60612	362174823	268671	Research support	501(C)(3)
St Jude Children's research Hospital
332 North Lauderdale	Memphis	TN	38105	620646012	39244	Research support	501(C)(3)
Stanford University
Wells Fargo Bank	sf	CA	94144	941156365	675104	Research support	501(C)(3)
State University of ny at Buffalo
PO Box 9	Albany	NY	12201	141368361	676553	Research support	501(C)(3)
State University of ny at Stony Brook
				116077945	582081	Research support	501(C)(3)
The Children's Hospital corp
PO Box 414413	Boston	MA	02241	042780811	146303	Research support	501(C)(3)
The Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Ave	Washington	DC	20010	521640403	256612	Research support	501(C)(3)
The J David Gladstone Institutes
Grants Contracts Officer	sf	CA	94158	237203666	48925	Research support	501(C)(3)
The Scripps research Institute
10550 N Torrey Pines rd	La Jolla	CA	92037	330435954	160735	Research support	501(C)(3)
The University of Iowa
Jessup Hall	Iowa City	IA	52242	420796760	145276	Research support	501(C)(3)
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
65 Bergen st	Newark	NJ	07103	221775306	293090	Research support
Uniformed Services University of the Health Scienc
4301 Jones Bridge rd	Bethesda	MD	20814	530207336	279790	Research support	501(C)(3)
University at Buffalo
402 Crofts Hall	Buffalo	NY	14260	237010680	126603	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Alabama at Birmingham
701 20th st South	Birmingham	AL	35294	636005396	490793	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Alabama at Birmingham Pediatrics De
1600 7th Ave South	Birmingham	AL	35294	636005396	93461	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of California Berkeley
481 University Hall	Berkeley	CA	94720	946002123	53615	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of California Davis
1441 rsrch Park dr	Davis	CA	95616	946036494	144649	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of California Irvine
111 Academy Way	Irvine	CA	92697	952226406	697942	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of California Los Angeles
MC 951406	LA	CA	90095	956006143	1418862	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of California sf
1855 Folsom st	sf	CA	94143	946036493	925964	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Chicago
970 East 58th st	Chicago	IL	60637	362177139	146127	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Colorado Denver
PO Box 6508	Aurora	CO	80045	846000555	534663	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Connecticut Health Center
263 Farmington Ave	Farmington	CT	06030	660707220	98934	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Illinois at Chicago
PO Box 20787	Springfield	IL	62708	376000511	375551	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PO Box 4610	Springfield	IL	62708	376000511	129174	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Kansas Medical Center
				481108830	144195	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Kentucky
109 Kinkead Hall	Lexington	KY	40506	616033693	151236	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Louisville
Med Center One	Louisville	KY	40292	237078461	237508	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Maryland
PO Box 41428	Baltimore	MD	21203	526002033	89412	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
70 Butterfield Terrance	Amherest	MA	01003	542084125	110359	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
3003 S State st	Ann Arbor	MI	48109	386006309	509691	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PO Box 402410	Atlanta	GA	30384	566001393	874017	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Pennsylvania Health System
3451 Walnut st	Philadelphia	PA	19104	311538725	547796	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Rochester Medical Center
Box 270140	Rochester	NY	14627	160743209	216288	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Den
				160743209	144249	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of South Alabama
307 University Boulevard	Mobile	AL	36688	630477348	137500	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Southern California
Contracts and Grants	Los Angeles	CA	90033	576001153	87198	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Texas at San Antonio
				741717115	146596	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Texas Medical School-Houston
Office of rsrch	Houston	TX	77030	741761309	384486	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
PO Box 841753	Dallas	TX	75284	741761309	718369	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Washington
12455 Collections dr	Chicago	IL	60693	916001537	76026	Research support	501(C)(3)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
				396006492	863316	Research support	501(C)(3)
Veterans Administration Medical Center Portland
PO Box 69539	Portland	OR	97239	943090170	168498	Research support	501(C)(3)
Virginia Commonwealth University
PO BOX 843039	Richmond	VA	23284	540757884	141445	Research support	501(C)(3)
Washington University
700 Rosedale Ave	Saint Louis	MO	63112	237060605	578750	Research support	501(C)(3)
Wayne State University
5057 Woodward Ave	Detroit	MI	48202	386028429	370658	Research support	501(C)(3)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	80	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	6	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	Form 990, Schedule I, Part I, Line 2	Identifier
Explanation	The society utilized a volunteer committee of renowned scientists and neurologists to select research grants for funding in the U.S. and abroad all grantees are required to provide scientific and financial progress reports on a quarterly basis which are reviewed by qualified staff. Upon acceptance of the progress reports, payments are disbursed to grantees.	Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	X	CompensationCommittee
Independent Consultant	X	IndependentConsultant
Form990 Of Other Organizations	X	Form990OfOtherOrganizations
Compensation Survey	X	CompensationSurvey
Board Or Committee Approval	X	BoardOrCommitteeApproval
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (7 entries)

Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Comp Based On Related OrgsCompBasedOnRelatedOrgs	Bonus Filing OrgBonusFilingOrg	Bonus Related OrgsBonusRelatedOrgs	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrg	Other Compensation Related OrgsOtherCompensationRelatedOrgs	Deferred Comp Filing OrgDeferredCompFilingOrg	Deferred Comp Related OrgsDeferredCompRelatedOrgs	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrg	Nontaxable Benefits Related OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRelatedOrgs	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg	Total Compensation Related OrgsTotalCompensationRelatedOrgs	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrg	Comp Report Prior990 Related OrgsCompReportPrior990RelatedOrgs
Joyce Nelson
454316	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13906	0	468222	0	0	0
Graham McReynolds
241445	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7038	0	248483	0	0	0
Cynthia Zagieboylo
205268	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	205268	0	0	0
Julie Butcher
195108	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20628	0	215736	0	0	0
Paul Weiss
232453	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	232453	0	0	0
Lisa Risi
173703	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7038	0	180741	0	0	0
Timothy Coetzee
189332	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14127	0	203459	0	0	0

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	Form 990, Part III, Line 4d	Public education - represents programs conducted for the purpose of informing and alerting the general public about multiple sclerosis and its various manifestations.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11a		A copy of the Form 990 and accompanying schedules is provided to the entire board with a period for providing comments, edits or corrections prior to the final review by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee reviews the Form 990 and accompanying schedules along with any feedback provided by members of the board prior to their final approval and submission to the IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c		On an annual basis, the audit committee reviews the conflict of interest forms filed by trustees, officers and employees for potential conflicts. Where potential conflicts exist, the trustee, officer, or employee is not allowed to participate in any vote and transactions are subject to competitive bidding. At the current time, no potential conflicts of interest have been identified.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a		The compensation committee which is comprised of at least three independent trustees determines the compensation of the president and other key employees. The committee is provided with comparable salary data for presidents and other key positions at other voluntary health agencies of similar budget size(s) and national influence. In addition, the president's performance is evaluated annually by the committee of independent trustees.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b		The president or her designee conducts performance evaluations for the other key employees the outcome of which is shared with the compensation committee to help inform their decisions about compensation.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19		The organization's financial statements are available on its website and charity navigator. Its governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon request.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Form990 Schedule R Part I Form990ScheduleRPartI

Name Of Disregarded Entity NameOfDisregardedEntity

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Fast Forward llc	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	733 Third Avenue	AddressLine1
City	New York	City
State	NY	State
ZIP Code	10017	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	261933619	EIN
Primary Activities	research	PrimaryActivities
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileState
Total Income	4878011	TotalIncome
EOY Assets	5399627	EOYAssets

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	na	BusinessNameLine1