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Nonprofit · EIN 95-4163338

ALS NETWORK

Also known as GOLDEN WEST CHAPTER

Tax-exempt · WOODLAND HLS, CA 91365

Financials

$11.5M$10.1M2023$13.5M$12M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of ALS NETWORK by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
January 31, 2025990$13,483,377$11,968,729$1,514,648$16,358,915$1,737,662$14,621,253
January 31, 2024990$11,542,650$10,071,625$1,471,025$14,303,880$1,140,171$13,163,709
Financial details: 990 for the year ended January 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$13,015,478
of which government grants
$3,510,000
Program service revenue
$126,500
Investment income
$341,399
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$1,535,124
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$797,600
Other salaries and wages
$4,210,394
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$6,068,623
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$4,413
Accounting fees
$26,300
Occupancy
$483,140
Travel
$171,135
Program services (functional)
$10,215,440
Management and general (functional)
$821,930
Fundraising (functional)
$931,359

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$14,303,880
Total assets, end of year
$16,358,915
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,737,662
Net assets, end of year
$14,621,253
Net assets without donor restrictions
$12,176,550
Net assets with donor restrictions
$2,444,703
Gross receipts
$14,220,305
Employees
64
Volunteers
592
Year formed
1991
State of legal domicile
CA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended January 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Fred B FisherPresident Emeritus
Officer
40$398,596$12,971
Sheri StrahlCEO & President
Officer
40$354,445$21,358
Cherryl FlukExec VP, Mission Advancement
Highest-paid employee
40$239,404$21,506
Jon Asher GarfinkelVP of Community Outreach
Highest-paid employee
40$153,732$13,840
Audra HindesVP of Care Services
Highest-paid employee
40$145,245$13,739
Paul WillettSr Dir Finance & Admin.
Highest-paid employee
40$146,976$6,243
Eric BeikmannSr. Director, Marketing & Communications
Highest-paid employee
40$132,501$9,609
Patricia Shuler SchimborBoard Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Sue MorrisBoard Vice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Jan MeduskyBoard Treasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Jared GillBoard Secretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Stacy InmanMember-at-Large
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David BusseckBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David W Cragg SrBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Linda DellaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
12 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Bruce FriedricksBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Gary GalerneBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Jonathan Katz MDBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Caroline LandryBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Kathleen RasmussenBoard Member (end 5/24)
Trustee or director
1$0
Aubrey RupintaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Shae SelixBoard Member (end 1/25)
Trustee or director
1$0
Pranjal ShahBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Kathy Shawyer MaffeiBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Karen SuttonBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Simon WiseBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Maryann WittenbergBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended January 31, 2024: 22 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Fred B FisherPresident/CEO
Officer
40$662,148$14,273
Sheri StrahlCOO
Highest-paid employee
40$304,091$13,264
Cherryl GoldsteinVP of Development
Highest-paid employee
40$220,397$9,749
Paul WillettSr Dir Finance & Admin
Highest-paid employee
40$139,355$6,528
Jon Asher GarfinkelVP of Community Outreach
Highest-paid employee
40$143,702$816
Audra HindesVP of Care Services
Highest-paid employee
40$134,845$5,170
Patricia Shuler SchimborBoard Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Stacy InmanBoard Vice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Jan MeduskyBoard Treasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Jared GillBoard Secretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0
Susan MorrisMember-at-Large
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David W Cragg SrBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Linda DellaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Bruce FriedricksBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Gary GalerneBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jonathan Katz MDBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Michele NewmanBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kathleen RasmussenBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Shae SelixBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Pranjal ShahBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kathy Shawyer MaffeiBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Simon WiseBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
PO BOX 7082, WOODLAND HLS, CA 91365-7082
In care of
% FRED FISHER
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Sheri Strahl MPH MBA, PO Box 7082, Woodland Hills, CA 91365
Signed the 990
Sheri Strahl MPH MBA, President, CEO
Phone
(818) 865-8067
Return prepared by
Harrington Group CPAs LLP

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 95-4163338 or by the name ALS NETWORK.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

The mission of ALS Network is to partner with the ALS community as we drive the discovery of prevention strategies, treatments, and cures for ALS; provide access to quality care and connection; and promote initiatives to improve health outcomes.

990 for the year ended January 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • Our mission critical program priorities include care services, research, and advocacy. These programs are provided to people with ALS and their families at no charge. Our accomplishments for fiscal year ending 1/31/24 are as follows:Care Management -Strategically based in and near patients' home communities, ALS Network Care Managers (CMs) work directly with persons with ALS and their families and serve as part of the treatment team in collaboration with clinicians from ALS specialty care clinics. Among other things, CMs provide critical information and referrals to patients and families, help patients obtain medical and communication-related equipment, connect them with essential resources, advocate for the uninsured, explain medical directives, and offer psychosocial support. In addition, the CM program provides help navigating complex benefits systems, more than 30 monthly support groups, bereavement support, educational webinars, safety assessments, in-clinic support, and many other things. This program is available throughout California and Hawaii. This program provided support to over 2,500 people living with with ALS and their families. Service was available for 365 days.
    Expenses $5,605,791 · grants $1,535,124
  • Community Outreach & Awareness/Public Policy -Community outreach events, including our ALS Walk & Rolls, are opportunities to bring hope and a sense of community to persons with ALS and their families. By coming together to share their stories, people with ALS and their families, as well as those who have lost loved ones to ALS, find strength and support with one another. Community outreach events create an environment of empowerment where families and friends of persons with ALS are given an opportunity to affect public policy by signing petitions that are sent to the legislators representing their districts. These events also bring awareness to local communities of those fighting ALS and of the support available to them through ALS Network.The ALS Network Public Policy and Leadership Development program is intended to increase understanding, education and awareness of the devastating impact of ALS and the role that ALS Network plays in achieving the three core components of our mission; care and support for people with ALS and families, global research for treatments and cures, and important Public Policy initiatives. Through these efforts, we engage volunteers in the communities we serve and give them the opportunity to participate in advancing the activity of the organization and the achievement of our mission priorities. In addition, these activities have a direct positive impact on increasing access to care and ensuring significant federal funding of ALS research. This program also encompasses the organization's robust ALS Network Research Summit, an annual gathering of researchers, investigators, clinicians, biotech companies, government representatives and patient advocates in ALS and related fields. The purpose of the Summit is to increase, expedite and promote the amount and level of ALS and related research and to foster networking, collaboration and cooperation among investigators, their peers and their colleagues to identify, develop and deliver new and effective treatments, ideas and, ultimately, cures.
    Expenses $1,908,583
  • ALS Clinic Support - ALS Network is committed to making sure people living with ALS have access to specialized care that is based on best practices. Proven by research to help people with ALS live longer and better lives, access to high quality specialty care is one of the cornerstones of the ALS Network wraparound model of care. Care services staff members are embedded in each ALS specialty clinic, where they act as key members of the multidisciplinary team and provide comprehensive support to persons with ALS and their family members/caregivers. This model of care brings together a team of health care professionals specially trained to address the needs of people living with ALS, allowing them to receive care from each discipline during a single visit. The care team typically includes a neurologist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, respiratory therapist, nurse, dietitian, speech language pathologist, social worker, mental health professional, and ALS Network liaison. The ALS clinics supported by ALS Network provide compassionate care in a supportive, family-oriented atmosphere. In addition to supporting established ALS specialty clinics, the ALS Network supports, staffs, and promotes satellite clinics that improve access to critically needed services in areas that would otherwise lack ALS specialty care.
    Expenses $1,601,879
  • ALS Network advances scientific discovery by providing financial support for research aimed at developing treatments and cures for ALS and related neurodegenerative diseases. We award competitive grants and fund collaborative research programs with universities, pharmaceutical companies, and ALS research organizations, using a rigorous proposal, evaluation, and oversight process to ensure scientific merit and impact
    Expenses $1,099,187 · revenue $126,500

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in January, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025January 31, 2026June 15, 2026Not on file
2024January 31, 2025June 16, 2025990 on file
2023January 31, 2024June 17, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
95-4163338
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2024
Accounting year ends
January
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Health care (E60)
Assets (IRS master file)
$16,358,915
Income (IRS master file)
$14,220,305

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990January 2025$13,483,377$11,968,729$16,358,915XML
990January 2024$11,542,650$10,071,625$14,303,880XML
990January 2023$10,245,280$9,211,692$13,316,104IRS
990January 2022–––IRS
990January 2021–––IRS
990January 2020–––IRS
990January 2019–––IRS
990January 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 95-4163338).

Questions about ALS NETWORK

What is the EIN of ALS NETWORK?
The employer identification number (EIN) of ALS NETWORK is 95-4163338.
Is ALS NETWORK tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2024.
Are donations to ALS NETWORK tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does ALS NETWORK file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of ALS NETWORK due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending January 31, 2026) is due June 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did ALS NETWORK last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended January 2025.
Who is the principal officer of ALS NETWORK?
The 990 for the year ended January 31, 2025 names Sheri Strahl MPH MBA.
Who are the officers and directors of ALS NETWORK?
The 990 for the year ended January 31, 2025 lists 27 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $398,596 (Fred B Fisher, President Emeritus).
How much revenue does ALS NETWORK have?
On its 990 for the year ended January 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $13,483,377, expenses of $11,968,729 and total assets of $16,358,915 at year end.

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