NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY (EIN 13-5661935)
Tax period: 2016-10-01 to 2017-09-30
Filed: 2018-07-06
IRS object ID: 201811879349300436
Schema version: 2016v3.1
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 G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-07-06T14:17:23-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	GRANT THORNTON LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	757 THIRD AVENUE 3RD FLOOR	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100172013	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	135661935	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% TAMI CAESAR CFO	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	NATI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2129863240	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	733 THIRD AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100174057	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TAMI CAESAR	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2129863240	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-07-05	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Qi Wen Liang	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01270238	PTIN
Phone	2125990100	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	CYNTHIA ZAGIEBOYLO	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	733 THIRD AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100174057	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$234,882,122	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Group Exemption	1048	GroupExemptionNum
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.NATIONALMSSOCIETY.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1946	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NY	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MS CAN LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES AS WE STOP MS IN ITS TRACKS, RESTORE WHAT HAS BEEN LOST AND END MS FOREVER.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	35	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	34	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1086	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	50000	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$2,213,290	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$106,277,577	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$175,698,717	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$646,108	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$77,872	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	-$481,577	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$2,271,702	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,993,708	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$3,199,580	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$108,435,816	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$181,247,871	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$46,986,745	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$44,109,446	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$35,773,829	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$83,608,658	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$3,042,702	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$3,472,372	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$38,001,609	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$31,714,496	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$54,334,569	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$117,517,772	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$185,525,045	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$9,081,956	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$4,277,174	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$110,314,180	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$155,990,278	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$86,285,441	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$73,547,574	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$24,028,739	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$82,442,704	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MS CAN LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES AS WE STOP MS IN ITS TRACKS, RESTORE WHAT HAS BEEN LOST AND END MS FOREVER. Effective 10/1/16, the Society consolidated the 36 chapters and the national headquarters into a single entity under one EIN. See Sch. O.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$47,713,049	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$3,314,555	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	CLIENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES - PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MS CONNECT TO EACH OTHER AND AN EXTENSIVE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND RESOURCES. MANY PROGRAMS FACILITATE EDUCATION, RECREATION, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, AND CONNECTION WITH OTHERS, ONLINE AND IN PERSON. OTHER PROGRAMS SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE, SAFETY, HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE. THE MS NAVIGATOR PROGRAM PROVIDED MORE THAN 155,000 PEOPLE INFORMATION, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND CONNECTIONS TO RESOURCES. IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 34,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED GROUP PROGRAMS. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS - CONTINUED ON SCH O.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$43,783,411	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$39,064,441	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	RESEARCH - IN 2017, THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY INVESTED NEARLY $44 MILLION TO SUPPORT MORE THAN 350 RESEARCH PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD AIMED AT STOPPING MS IN ITS TRACKS, RESTORING FUNCTION, AND ENDING THE DISEASE FOREVER. THE SOCIETY STIMULATES STUDIES WORLDWIDE, LEVERAGES OPPORTUNITIES, FOSTERS COLLABORATION, AND SHAPES THE RESEARCH LANDSCAPE TO ADDRESS THE URGENT NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH MS. RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGHS FUEL THE TREATMENTS AND SOLUTIONS PEOPLE WITH MS NEED TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF MS TODAY WITH CONFIDENCE AND HOPE FOR A WORLD FREE OF MS TOMORROW.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$33,363,071	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$29,772	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	PUBLIC EDUCATION - THERE ARE MANY WAYS THE SOCIETY EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS INCLUDING THE SOCIETY'S ANNUAL MS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWSLETTERS, EMAIL, WEBSITE, ONLINE COMMUNITY, SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS ACTIVITIES ACROSS ALL MEDIA CHANNELS. MS CONNECTION NEWSLETTERS (LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES) AND MOMENTUM (THE SOCIETY'S MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE WITH MS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, SUPPORTERS OF THE SOCIETY) REACH 450,000 EACH QUARTER. PUBLIC EDUCATION - CONTINUED ON SCH O.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$5,905,502	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,700,678	GrantAmt
Revenue	$77,872	RevenueAmt
Desc	PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$5,905,502	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$1,700,678	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$77,872	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$130,765,033	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	Yes (true)	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (true)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (true)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	Yes (true)	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	416	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1086	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (true)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (true)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	35	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	34	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (true)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (true)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AZ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	AR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	DE	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	GA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	HI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ID	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	IA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	KY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	LA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ME	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MO	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NE	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NM	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	ND	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OK	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OR	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	SD	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	TX	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WV	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	WY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	TAMI CAESAR CFO	PersonNm
Phone	2124760424	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	733 THIRD AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100173288	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (49 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
CYNTHIA ZAGIEBOYLO
PRESIDENT & CEO	40.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$527,970	$0	$10,600
PETER A GALLIGAN
CHAIRMAN	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LINDA MCALEER
SECRETARY	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RICHARD KNUTSON
TREASURER	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MINDY B ALPERT
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Rick Anderson
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Valli Baldassano
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Gregory R Bishop
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Michael Bogdonoff Esq
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ron Boire
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Doug Coy
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Dana M Foote
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Shyam Gidumal
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peter Harbilas
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Lily Jung Henson MD MMM FAAN
Director (Thru 11/2016)	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Bonnie Higgins
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William Holley
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mary Hughes MD
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Craig T Lynch
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Daniel Messina
Director (Thru 11/2016)	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Aaron E Miller MD
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
William T Monahan
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Russell Parker
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Cynthia Harris Perazzo
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Mike Pongon
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PETER PORRINO
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Tobi Rogowsky
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David M Rottkamp
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Eli Rubenstein
Director (Thru 11/2016)	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LARRY SCHMID
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
David B Schulman
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard B Slifka
Director	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Robert L Sowinski
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Peter G Tarricone
Director	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Laura Vaccaro
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Malcolm P Wattman Esq
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Jeffrey Wessel
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Caroline Whitacre
DIRECTOR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAUL WEISS
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$325,586	$0	$47,613
Tami Caesar
Chief Financial Officer	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$233,036	$0	$46,606
Eric Hilty
Chief Legal Officer	40.0	0.0		Yes (X)	$220,706	$0	$45,050
TIM COETZEE
CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER	40.0	0.0			$320,656	$0	$45,864	Yes (X)
GRAHAM MCREYNOLDS
CHIEF M & D OFFICER	40.0	0.0			$311,049	$0	$34,289	Yes (X)
JOHN SCOTT
CHIEF FIELD OFFICER	40.0	0.0			$315,806	$0	$22,479	Yes (X)
MAUREEN REEDER
REGIONAL EVP	40.0	0.0			$269,252	$0	$11,921		Yes (X)
Jennifer Lee
Regional EVP	40.0	0.0			$233,310	$0	$29,453		Yes (X)
Phyllis Robsham
Regional EVP	40.0	0.0			$238,273	$0	$23,326		Yes (X)
Kay Julian
EVP, Services	40.0	0.0			$221,276	$0	$23,138		Yes (X)
Lisa Goldfarb
EVP, Human Resources	40.0	0.0			$231,301	$0	$9,257		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$3,448,221	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$349,596	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	66	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
Merkle Inc
8400 CORPORATE DRIVE	LANHAM	MD	207852238	DIRECT MARKETING	$8,609,031
Blackbaud
PO BOX 930256	ATLANTA	GA	31193	FUNDRAISING SOFTWARE	$2,505,736
Event 360 INC
205 N MICHIGAN AVENUE SUITE 2640	CHICAGO	IL	60601	EVENT PRODUCTION	$1,905,311
EPSILON DATA MANAGEMENT
601 EDGEWATER DRIVE	WAKEFIELD	MA	01880	DATA ADMIN/SUPPORT	$1,119,025
THE DOYLE GROUP LLC
PO BOX 204653	DALLAS	TX	75320	IT CONSULTING	$736,554

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	25	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Fundraising	$114,493,487	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$74,727	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$61,130,503	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$2,586,934	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$175,698,717	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	PROGRAM REGISTRATION FEES	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$77,872	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$77,872	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$77,872	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,402,900	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$1,402,900	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

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

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

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

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$784,040	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$784,040	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$784,040	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$784,040	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$31,750,822	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$30,882,020	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$868,802	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$868,802	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$868,802	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$22,752,231	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$114,493,487	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$22,752,231	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

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

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Unrelated Business RevenueUnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt	ExclusionExclusionAmt
ADVERTISING INCOME	900099	$2,213,290	$2,213,290
LEGAL SETTLEMENT	900099	$181,347		$181,347
MISCELLANEOUS	900099	$20,903		$20,903

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,415,540	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$181,247,871	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$77,872	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$2,213,290	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$3,257,992	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$38,032,489	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,032,489	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,234,894	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,234,894	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,842,063	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,842,063	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,510,223	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,735,932	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$312,061	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$462,230	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,906,676	TotalAmt
Program Services	$44,885,889	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,068,954	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,951,833	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,193,103	TotalAmt
Program Services	$825,084	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$148,322	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$219,697	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,725,166	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,416,935	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,333,310	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,974,921	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,273,490	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,955,311	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$531,263	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$786,916	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,641	TotalAmt
Management And General	$25,641	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$256,700	TotalAmt
Management And General	$256,700	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$767,972	TotalAmt
Program Services	$341,503	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$82,853	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$343,616	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,472,372	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$3,472,372	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$248,518	TotalAmt
Management And General	$248,518	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,512,371	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,220,088	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$946,240	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,346,043	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,905,831	TotalAmt
Program Services	$865,880	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$223,592	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,816,359	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,325,097	TotalAmt
Program Services	$82,494	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$155,044	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,087,559	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,086,794	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,607,493	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$427,882	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,051,419	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,247,127	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,763,104	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,434,598	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,049,425	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,164,686	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,895,152	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$161,271	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,108,263	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,480,770	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,958,356	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$68,842	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$453,572	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,720,339	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,795,424	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$380,847	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$544,068	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,383,011	TotalAmt
Program Services	$912,787	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$193,622	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$276,602	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PRNTG, PUBLICATION & POSTAGE	$7,946,887	$3,507,507	$663,024	$3,776,356
AWARDS AND PRIZES	$623,749	$505,601	$12,582	$105,566
TELEPHONE	$2,363,209	$1,560,239	$329,415	$473,555
EQUIPMENT RENTAL	$950,834	$627,998	$132,932	$189,904

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,325,033	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,192,810	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$620,890	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$511,333	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$185,525,045	TotalAmt
Program Services	$130,765,033	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,758,403	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$38,001,609	FundraisingAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Joint Costs	Yes (X)	JointCostsInd

Total Joint Costs TotalJointCostsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,246,047	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,108,454	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,525,178	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$612,415	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$34,708,519	BOYAmt
EOY	$52,730,544	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,977,443	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,161,184	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,221,976	BOYAmt
EOY	$787,082	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$282,709	BOYAmt
EOY	$205,994	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,018,575	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,974,958	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$24,984,587	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$18,128,602	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,114,646	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,855,985	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$61,917,472	BOYAmt
EOY	$72,343,871	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$155,791	BOYAmt
EOY	$136,934	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$917,049	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,793,726	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$110,314,180	BOYAmt
EOY	$155,990,278	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,316,975	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,264,728	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$45,255,779	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,500,928	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$215,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,594,230	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,676,470	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,684,478	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$32,821,217	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,503,210	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$86,285,441	BOYAmt
EOY	$73,547,574	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,008,510	BOYAmt
EOY	$56,040,027	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,128,244	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,844,640	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,891,985	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,558,037	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,028,739	BOYAmt
EOY	$82,442,704	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$110,314,180	BOYAmt
EOY	$155,990,278	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$4,277,174	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$5,206,138	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	-$114,001	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$57,599,002	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Consolidated Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	ConsolidatedBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$99,409,632	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$108,092,743	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$110,102,818	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$106,277,577	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$175,698,717	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$599,581,487	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$99,409,632	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$108,092,743	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$110,102,818	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$106,277,577	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$175,698,717	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$599,581,487	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$0	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$599,581,487	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$611,305	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$698,913	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$970,403	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,020,380	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,186,940	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,487,941	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,412,472	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,787,944	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,922,671	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,605,654	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,213,290	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,942,031	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$203,070	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$23,044	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$352,073	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,908	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$22,954,481	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$23,535,576	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$637,547,035	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$3,500,054	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.94045	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.97586	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Grassroots Lobbying		TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp
Total Direct Lobbying		TotalDirectLobbyingGrp
Total Lobbying Expend		TotalLobbyingExpendGrp
Other Exempt Purpose Expend		OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp
Total Exempt Purpose Expend		TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp
Lobbying Nontaxable Amount		LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp
Grassroots Nontaxable		GrassrootsNontaxableGrp
Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx		TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp
Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx		TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp
Volunteers	Yes (true)	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (true)	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	Yes (true)	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Media Advertisements	$5,000	MediaAdvertisementsAmt
Mailings Members	Yes (true)	MailingsMembersInd
Mailings Members	$260,936	MailingsMembersAmt
Publications Or Broadcast	Yes (true)	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Publications Or Broadcast	$11,445	PublicationsOrBroadcastAmt
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (true)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$247,966	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	Yes (true)	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Rallies Demonstrations	$242,625	RalliesDemonstrationsAmt
Other Activities	false	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$767,972	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE C, PART II-B, LINE 1	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MS ACTIVISTS ARE ON THE FRONTLINE, MOVING TOGETHER AND SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE TO CREATE LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY CHANGES THAT BENEFIT PEOPLE LIVING WITH MS AND THEIR FAMILIES. MS ACTIVISM DRIVES CHANGE IN PUBLIC POLICIES TO BRING POSITIVE IMPACT FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MS. ACTIVISTS SHARE STORIES ABOUT LIVING WITH MS, CONNECT WITH DECISION-MAKERS, WORK WITH LIKE-MINDED PARTNERS AND CREATE SYSTEMATIC CHANGE TO IMPACT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE POSSIBLE. STATE AND LOCAL ACTIVISM PRIORITIES ARE DETERMINED BY BOTH AN ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS AND BY ADVOCACY STAFF AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS VOLUNTEERS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtcInd
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	Yes (true)	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd
Explanation Provided	Yes (X)	ExplanationProvidedInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,464,959	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$5,496,277	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,286,554	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$104,316	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$9,143,474	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,402,557	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$62,402	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$2,464,959	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$2,584,378	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$181,821	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$2,402,557	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,685,483	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$1,170,982	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$272,087	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance	$2,584,378	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$3,064,173	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$384,479	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$82,835	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships	$1,846,004	GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance	$1,685,483	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.71720	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.28280	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	false	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$0	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$0	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Buildings		BuildingsGrp

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$5,536,332	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$4,179,351	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$1,356,981	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$10,677,314	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$10,653,704	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$23,610	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$8,770,941	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$3,295,547	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$5,475,394	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$6,855,985	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Federal Income Tax Liability	$0	FederalIncomeTaxLiabilityAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
LONG-TERM DEFFERRED RENT	$2,784,612
DUE TO ANNUITANTS	$1,619,848
OTHER LIABILITIES	$1,098,750

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$5,503,210	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$208,114,589	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$5,206,138	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$15,392,483	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$6,516,615	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$27,115,236	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$180,999,353	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$248,518	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$248,518	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$181,247,871	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$200,783,011	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$15,506,484	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$15,506,484	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$185,276,527	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$248,518	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$248,518	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$185,525,045	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
ESCROW LIABILITY ARRANGEMENT EXPLANATION	SCHEDULE D, PART IV, LINE 2B THE SOCIETY IS A MANAGING MEMBER, ALONG WITH ASSOCIANZIONE ITALIANA SCLEROSI MULTIPLA (ITALY), MS RESEARCH AUSTRALIA, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION, MS SOCIETY (UNITED KINGDOM), AND THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF CANADA, OF THE PROGRESSIVE MS ALLIANCE (THE "ALLIANCE"). THE ALLIANCE IS OPEN TO MS ORGANIZATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND IS CONTINUALLY SEEKING NEW MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE GLOBAL MS COMMUNITY. THE ALLIANCE MADE A JOINT COMMITMENT TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TREATMENT FOR PROGRESSIVE MS BY REMOVING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL BARRIERS. THE ALLIANCE HAS FOUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES WHICH INCLUDE: RAISE PROFILE AND ACCELERATE PROGRESS, SECURE RESOURCES AND GLOBALIZE RESEARCH FUNDING, INSPIRE, GALVANIZE AND ENGAGE AMONG PRIORITY STAKEHOLDERS AND DELIVER OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE BY ALIGNING RESOURCES. AS A MANAGING MEMBER, THE SOCIETY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING FUNDS OF APPROXIMATELY $25,377,000 OVER THE FOLLOWING EIGHT YEARS CONDITIONAL ON VARIOUS FACTORS, WITH $5,362,877 PAID TO THE ALLIANCE OVER EIGHT YEARS AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC STAFF TO SUPPORT THE ALLIANCE. IN ADDITION, THE SOCIETY MAINTAINS CUSTODY OF THE POOLED FUNDS CONTRIBUTED FROM OTHER ALLIANCE MEMBERS. THE DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FOR VARIOUS PROGRESSIVE MS RESEARCH INITIATIVES ARE APPROVED BY VOTING ALLIANCE MEMBERS. THE SOCIETY RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $5,923,941 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 FROM ALLIANCE MEMBERS, WHICH WILL BE HELD UNTIL SUCH TIME THE FUNDS ARE APPROVED AND FOR EXPENDITURE. AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2017, THE SOCIETY RECORDED UNSPENT DONATED FUNDS, CONSISTING OF BOTH SOCIETY AND OTHER ALLIANCE MEMBERS' MONIES, TOTALING $7,684,478 AS A LIABILITY. INTENDED USES OF ENDOWMENT FUND SCHEDULE D, PART V THE ENDOWMENT ASSETS ARE INVESTED IN A MANNER INTENDED TO PRESERVE THEIR VALUE CONSISTENT WITH SUCH DONOR STIPULATIONS, MINIMIZE THE EFFECT OF HIGH ECONOMIC VOLATILITY AND/OR low INVESTMENT RETURN AND PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAMS SPECIFIED BY THE DONORS.
FIN 48 FOOTNOTE	SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2 GUIDANCE IN "ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES" UNDER THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (THE "FASB") ACCOUNTING STANDARDS CODIFICATION, CLARIFIES THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN, INCLUDING ISSUES RELATED TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT. THIS STANDARD PROVIDES THAT THE TAX EFFECTS FROM AN UNCERTAIN TAX POSITION CAN BE RECOGNIZED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ONLY IF THE POSITION IS "MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT" TO BE SUSTAINED, IF THE POSITION WERE TO BE CHALLENGED BY A TAXING AUTHORITY. THE STANDARD ALSO PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON MEASUREMENT, CLASSIFICATION, INTEREST AND PENALTIES, AND DISCLOSURE. THE SOCIETY HAS PROCESSES PRESENTLY IN PLACE TO ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS; TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT UNRELATED INCOME; TO DETERMINE ITS FILING AND TAX OBLIGATIONS IN JURISDICTIONS FOR WHICH IT HAS NEXUS; AND, TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED TAX POSITIONS.
INCOME AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN FINANCIALS - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PART XI, LINE 2D Change in fair value of beneficial interest in trust $ 26,248 Change in value of split-interest agreements $181,041 Adjustment of research grant liability $6,309,326 ---------- Total $6,516,615
Donated services and use of facilities	Part XII, Line 2a Due to timing differences, donated advertising expense includes $114,001 of current year expense related to donated advertising revenue that was pledged in prior year.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (4 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	10	Grantmaking	$1,731,837
North America	7	Grantmaking	$820,227
East Asia and the Pacific	2	Grantmaking	$290,000
East Asia and the Pacific		Investments	$1,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Employees	19	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Employee	19	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$2,843,064	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$2,843,064	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (19 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
North America	Fast Forward	$255,050	Wire
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Fast Forward	$25,908	Wire
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Fast Forward	$247,130	Wire
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Fast Forward	$75,000	Wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Research	$76,000	Wire
East Asia and the Pacific	Research	$214,000	Wire
North America	Research	$70,400	Wire
North America	Research	$40,000	Wire
North America	Research	$118,104	Wire
North America	Research	$110,589	Wire
North America	Research	$137,050	Wire
North America	Research	$89,034	Wire
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Research	$197,436	Wire
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Research	$402,380	Wire
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Research	$83,323	Wire
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Research	$229,371	Wire
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Research	$157,039	Wire
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Research	$58,333	Wire
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)	Research	$255,917	Wire

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	19	Total501c3OrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	Yes (true)	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2 - PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY HAS AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT EVALUATES ALL GRANT APPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDS GRANTS TO BE FUNDED BY THE SOCIETY BASED UPON THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE INSTITUTION AND RESEARCHER(S), AND THE RESEARCH 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 AUTHORIZED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (true)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	ActivityActivityTxt	Fundraiser Control Of FundsFundraiserControlOfFundsInd	Gross ReceiptsGrossReceiptsAmt	Retained By ContractorRetainedByContractorAmt	Net To OrganizationNetToOrganizationAmt
Merkle
PO Box 64897	Baltimore	MD	21264	Donor Data	false	$8,919,712	$3,307,557	$5,612,155
Infocision
325 Springside Drive	Akron	OH	44333	Telemarket	false	$170,456	$164,815	$5,641

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$9,090,168	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$3,472,372	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$5,617,796	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	AL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AZ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	AR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	DE	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	GA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	HI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ID	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	IA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	KY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	LA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ME	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MS	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MO	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NE	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NM	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	ND	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OK	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OR	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SC	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	SD	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TN	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	TX	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	UT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WV	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	WY	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	BIKE MS (86)	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$68,658,241	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$56,399,622	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$12,258,619	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$1,273,233	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$1,904,711	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$2,308,999	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$205,790	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$6,565,886	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	WALK MS (536)	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$43,856,466	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$39,266,360	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$4,590,106	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event2	$585,655	NonCashPrizesEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$1,398,546	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$308,720	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$138,663	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$2,158,522	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	90	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$24,731,011	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$18,827,505	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$5,903,506	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Other Events	$1,177,373	NonCashPrizesOtherEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Events	$532,329	RentFcltyCostsOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$1,805,371	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Entertainment Other Events	$88,284	EntertainmentOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$2,300,149	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$137,245,718	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$114,493,487	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$22,752,231	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$3,036,261	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$3,835,586	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$4,423,090	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$432,737	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$11,024,557	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$22,752,231	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

SCHEDULE G, PART I, LINE 2B

THE SOCIETY USED MERKLE AND INFOCISION FOR THE MAJORITY OF ITS DIRECT MAIL CAMPAIGNS IN FY2017. THESE CAMPAIGNS COLLECTIVELY RAISED $9,090,168 IN REVENUE FOR FY2017. The relationship with InfoCision ended on 8/31/2017.

Schedule G, Part II

Bike MS Bike MS is the largest fundraising bike series in the world. With Bike MS rides across the country, anyone, anywhere, can fuel progress. Each year, 7,500 teams and nearly 100,000 cyclists choose Bike MS. There were 86 bike events during FY2017. Walk MS Each year, 300,000 people participate in Walk MS events. Each walk is fully-accessible, includes multiple distance options, and features support for walkers by our outstanding volunteers. Walk MS is also the perfect place to connect to the services and support offered by the National MS Society. There were 536 walk events during FY2017.

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable (101 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
One Gustave L Levy Place	New York	NY	10029	136171197	501(C)(3)	$115,476	Clinical
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S Maryland Ave	Chicago	IL	60637	363488183	501(C)(3)	$165,625	Clinical
University of TX Southwestern Medical Ctr
5323 Harry Hines Blvd	Dallas	TX	75390	756002868	501(C)(3)	$116,875	Clinical
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Avenue	Cleveland	OH	44195	912153073	501(C)(3)	$116,875	Clinical
Progressive MS Alliance
733 Third Avenue	New York	NY	10017	135661935	501(C)(3)	$577,243	program support
Trustees of Dartmouth College
6010 Parkhurst Hall Suite 204	Hanover	NH	03755	020222111	501(C)(3)	$326,526	Research
University of Vermont
85 South Prospect Stree	Burlington	VT	05405	030179440	501(C)(3)	$261,070	Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit St	Boston	MA	02114	041564655	501(C)(3)	$537,041	Research
Harvard Medical School
25 Shattuck St	Boston	MA	02115	042103580	501(C)(3)	$183,626	Research
Brigham & Women's Hospital
PO Box 3149 Research Management	Boston	MA	02241	042312909	501(C)(3)	$2,603,837	Research
Boston Children's Hospital
300 Longwood Ave	Boston	MA	02115	042774441	501(C)(3)	$266,126	Research
MGH Institute of Health Professions
36 1st Ave	Charlestown	MA	02129	042868893	501(C)(3)	$19,688	Research
Accelerated Cure Project
460 Totten Pond Road	Waltham	MA	02451	043555864	501(C)(3)	$62,500	Research
Yale University
333 Cedar St	New Haven	CT	06510	060646973	501(C)(3)	$797,214	Research
State University of NY at Stony Brook
100 Nicolls Rd	New Haven	NY	11794	116077945	501(C)(3)	$439,814	Research
Weill Cornell Medical College
1300 York Avenue	Stony Brook	NY	10065	131623978	501(C)(3)	$358,931	Research
Research Foundation of CUNY-ASRC
230 West 41st Street 7th Flr	New York	NY	10036	131988190	501(C)(3)	$58,956	Research
NYU School of Medicine
545 First Avenue	New York	NY	10016	135562308	501(C)(3)	$823,994	Research
Columbia University
16th St Broadway	New York	NY	10027	135598093	501(C)(3)	$201,202	Research
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
One Gustave L Levy Place	New York	NY	10029	136171197	501(C)(3)	$818,328	Research
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Ave	New York	NY	14642	160743209	501(C)(3)	$419,674	Research
The State University of New York at Buffalo
12 Capen Hall	Rochester	NY	14260	161514621	501(c)(3)	$897,958	Research
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
57 US Highway 1	Buffalo	NJ	08901	226001086	501(C)(3)	$219,057	Research
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd	New Brunswick	PA	19104	231352166	501(C)(3)	$308,755	Research
Drexel University
3141 Chestnut St	Philadelphia	PA	19104	231352630	501(C)(3)	$95,937	Research
Thomas Jefferson University
125 S 9th Street	Philadelphia	PA	19107	231352651	501(C)(3)	$448,592	Research
University of Pennsylvania
3451 Walnut Street	Philadelphia	PA	19104	231352685	501(C)(3)	$221,455	Research
Temple University
1801 N Broad Street	Philadelphia	PA	19122	231365971	501(C)(3)	$177,400	Research
The J David Gladstone Institutes
1650 Owens Street	Philadelphia	CA	94158	237203666	501(C)(3)	$58,956	Research
Children's Hospital Medical Ctr-Cincinnati
3333 BURNET AVE ML 490	San Francisco	OH	45229	310833936	501(C)(3)	$358,916	Research
Kessler Foundation Research Center
300 Executive Drive Suite 70	Cincinnati	NJ	07936	311562134	501(C)(3)	$973,385	Research
Ohio State University
1960 Kenny Road	West Orange	OH	43210	316025986	501(C)(3)	$457,435	Research
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Avenue	Columbus	OH	44195	340714585	501(C)(3)	$542,197	Research
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue	Cleveland	OH	44106	341018992	501(C)(3)	$310,548	Research
Northwestern University
633 Clark Street	Cleveland	IL	60208	362167817	501(C)(3)	$141,177	Research
University Medical Center
1700 West Van Buren Street	Evanston	IL	60612	362174823	501(C)(3)	$56,776	Research
University of Chicago
5801 S Ellis Ave	Chicago	IL	60615	362177139	501(C)(3)	$293,097	Research
CARES
5000 S 5th Avenue Bldg 1 Rm C303	Chicago	IL	60141	363334177	501(C)(3)	$43,993	Research
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1200 West Harrison St	Hines	IL	61801	376000511	501(C)(3)	$704,605	Research
Regents of the University of Michigan
5082 Wolverine Tower 333 South Sta	Champaign	MI	48109	386006309	501(C)(3)	$256,404	Research
Wayne State University
42 W Warren Ave	Ann Arbor	MI	48202	386028429	501(C)(3)	$245,946	Research
BloodCenter of Wisconsin
638 N 18th Street	Detroit	WI	53233	390807235	501(C)(3)	$235,220	Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1308 W Dayton St	Milwaukee	WI	53706	396006492	501(C)(3)	$319,079	Research
Mayo Clinic Rochester
200 First Street NW	Madison	MN	55905	416011702	501(C)(3)	$410,769	Research
University of Iowa
5 W Jefferson St	Rochester	IA	52242	426004813	501(C)(3)	$436,585	Research
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S Euclid Ave	Iowa City	MO	63110	430653611	501(C)(3)	$1,051,963	Research
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue	Saint Louis	NY	10461	472209056	501(C)(3)	$113,723	Research
University of Ks Medical Ctr-Kansas City
3901 RAINBOW BLVD	Bronx	KS	66160	481108830	501(C)(3)	$132,000	Research
Johns Hopkins University
600 North Wolfe Street	Kansas City	MD	21287	520595110	501(C)(3)	$1,870,679	Research
National Institute of Neurological Disorders
9000 Rockville Pike	Baltimore	MD	20792	520858115	501(C)(3)	$65,344	Research
Henry M Jackson Foundation
6720-A Rockledge Dr	Bethesda	MD	20817	521317896	501(C)(3)	$396,276	Research
Institute for Clinical Research Inc
50 Irving Street NW RM 1F-134	Bethesda	DC	20422	521336656	501(C)(3)	$283,885	Research
The Children's National Medical Center
111 Michigan Avenue NW	Washington	DC	20010	521640403	501(C)(3)	$180,148	Research
National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike	Washington	MD	20814	521986675	501(C)(3)	$49,415	Research
University of Maryland Baltimore
4100 Chesapeake Building	Bethesda	MD	20742	526002033	501(C)(3)	$510,311	Research
Virginia Commonwealth University
800 East Leigh Street	College Park	VA	23298	546001758	501(C)(3)	$418,818	Research
University of Virginia
400 Emmet Street South	Richmond	VA	23903	546001796	501(C)(3)	$449,292	Research
RTI International
Research Triangle Institute	Charlottesville	NC	27675	560686338	501(C)(3)	$49,931	Research
Duke University Medical Center
8 Duke University Medical Center Gr	Raleigh	NC	27703	562070036	501(C)(3)	$187,659	Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
153A Country Club Road	Durham	NC	27514	566001393	501(C)(3)	$461,484	Research
University of Miami
1320 S Dixie Hwy	Chapel Hill	FL	33146	590624458	501(C)(3)	$199,024	Research
University of Florida
201 Criser Hall	Coral Gables	FL	32611	599002052	501(C)(3)	$94,941	Research
Oregon State University
1500 SW Jefferson St	Gainesville	OR	97331	611730890	501(C)(3)	$200,626	Research
University of Kentucky
109 Kinkead Hall	Corvallis	KY	40526	616033693	501(C)(3)	$43,080	Research
Vanderbilt University
1211 Medical Center Dr	Lexington	TN	37232	620476822	501(C)(3)	$111,017	Research
St Judes Childrens Hospital
262 Danny Thomas Pl	Nashville	TN	38105	620646012	501(C)(3)	$330,000	Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1720 2nd Ave S	Memphis	AL	35294	636005396	501(C)(3)	$761,873	Research
Oklahoma Medial Research Foundation
825 NE 13th S	Birgmingham	OK	73104	730580274	501(C)(3)	$211,200	Research
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza Rm 600D	Oklahoma City	TX	77030	741613878	501(C)(3)	$410,909	Research
The University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle	Houston	TX	78249	741717115	501(C)(3)	$220,076	Research
University of Texas Center at Houston
7000 Fannin St 120	San Antonio	TX	77030	741761309	501(C)(3)	$44,000	Research
The University of Texas at Dallas
800 W Campbell Rd	Houston	TX	75080	751305566	501(C)(3)	$166,706	Research
University of Colorado Denver
1800 Grant Street Suite 500	Richardson	CO	80203	846000555	501(C)(3)	$934,570	Research
University of New Mexico
1 University of New Mexico	Denver	NM	87131	856000642	501(C)(3)	$44,000	Research
St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
703 Main St	Albuquerque	AZ	85013	860174371	501(C)(3)	$146,300	Research
University of Utah
201 South Presidents Circle	Phoenix	UT	84112	876000525	501(C)(3)	$1,443,501	Research
University of Nevada Reno
Mailstop 0124	Salt Lake City	NV	89557	886000024	501(C)(3)	$43,628	Research
Benaroya Research Institute
1201 9th Avenue	Reno	WA	98101	910653422	501(C)(3)	$206,273	Research
University of Washington
1410 NE Campus Parkway	Seattle	WA	98105	916001537	501(C)(3)	$595,450	Research
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd	Seattle	OR	97239	931176109	501(C)(3)	$1,450,126	Research
Stanford University
450 Serra Mall	Portland	CA	94305	941156365	501(C)(3)	$224,591	Research
University of California San Francisco
505 Parnassus Ave	Stanford	CA	94143	942829914	501(C)(3)	$2,767,409	Research
University of California Davis
1850 Research Park Drive	San Francisco	CA	95618	946036494	501(C)(3)	$214,587	Research
University of California-Berkeley
2227 Piedmont Avenue	Davis	CA	94720	946090626	501(C)(3)	$272,417	Research
University of Southern California
University Garden Suite 205	Berkeley	CA	90089	951642394	501(C)(3)	$1,038,879	Research
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd	Los Angeles	CA	90048	951644600	501(C)(3)	$43,990	Research
University of California Riverside
900 University Ave	Los Angeles	CA	92521	956006142	501(C)(3)	$44,000	Research
University of California Los Angeles
10889 Wilshire Blvd	Riverside	CA	90095	956006143	501(C)(3)	$166,317	Research
University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr	Los Angeles	CA	92093	956006144	501(C)(3)	$189,826	Research
University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 N Lake Ave	La Jolla	MA	01655	043167352	Gov	$121,000	Clinical
University of Cincinnati
2600 Clifton Ave	Worcester	OH	45220	316000989	GOV	$65,000	Clinical
University of Connecticut
343 Mansfield Rd U-1074	Cincinnati	CT	06269	060772160	GOV	$206,981	Research
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
3203 N Downer Avenue	Storrs Mansfield	WI	53211	391805963	GOV	$44,000	Research
Winona State University
1312 Harmon Place	Milwaukee	MN	55403	411687554	GOV	$44,000	Research
University of Connecticut Health Center
263 Farmington Avenue	Minneapolis	CT	06030	521725543	GOV	$225,038	Research
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
2147 TAMUS	Farmington	TX	77843	746000541	Gov	$356,767	Research
Longevity Biotech Inc
3001 Market Street Suite 140	College Station	PA	19104	272351016	N/A	$90,584	Fast Forward
Annexon Biosciences Inc
280 Utah Avenue Suite 110	Philedelphia	CA	94080	275414423	N/A	$230,825	Fast Forward
TG Therapeutics Inc
2 Gansevoort Street 9th floor	South San Francisco	NY	10014	363898269	N/A	$84,817	Fast Forward
Truven Health Analytics Inc
100 Phoenix Drive	New York	MI	48108	061467923	N/A	$42,440	Research
Westat Inc
1650 Research Blvd	Ann Arbor	MD	20850	840529566	N/A	$195,931	Research

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	96	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	5	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	Financial Assistance	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	4166	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$3,234,894	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2 Research Grants THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY UTILIZED A VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE OF RENOWNED SCIENTISTS AND NEUROLOGISTS TO SELECT RESEARCH GRANTS FOR FUNDING IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. ALL GRANTEES ARE 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 DISTRIBUTED TO GRANTEES. Financial Assistance Grants MS NAVIGATORS WORK WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL TO DEVELOP AN ASSISTANCE REQUEST THAT WOULD LEAD TO A CUSTOMIZED AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION. OTHER POTENTIAL RESOURCES ARE EXPLORED AND A DETERMINATION IS MADE WHETHER THE ASSISTANCE REEQUEST MEETS THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN THE SOCIETY'S FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GUIDELINES. APPROVED REQUESTS RESULT IN PAYEMNTS MADE DIRECTLY TO THE VENDOR SPECIFIED IN THE REQUEST.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Independent Consultant	Yes (X)	IndependentConsultantInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
CYNTHIA ZAGIEBOYLO
PRESIDENT & CEO	$524,135	$0	$0	$0	$3,835	$0	$10,600	$0	$3,325	$0	$541,895	$0	$0	$0
PAUL WEISS
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	$322,116	$0	$0	$0	$3,470	$0	$10,600	$0	$39,614	$0	$375,800	$0	$0	$0
TIM COETZEE
CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER	$318,520	$0	$0	$0	$2,136	$0	$10,600	$0	$37,835	$0	$369,091	$0	$0	$0
GRAHAM MCREYNOLDS
CHIEF M & D OFFICER	$307,612	$0	$0	$0	$3,437	$0	$10,600	$0	$26,565	$0	$348,214	$0	$0	$0
JOHN SCOTT
CHIEF FIELD OFFICER	$312,370	$0	$0	$0	$3,436	$0	$10,600	$0	$14,411	$0	$340,817	$0	$0	$0
MAUREEN REEDER
REGIONAL EVP	$266,248	$0	$0	$0	$3,004	$0	$9,790	$0	$4,738	$0	$283,780	$0	$0	$0
Tami Caesar
Chief Financial Officer	$231,808	$0	$0	$0	$1,228	$0	$9,593	$0	$39,100	$0	$281,729	$0	$0	$0
Eric Hilty
Chief Legal Officer	$219,161	$0	$0	$0	$1,545	$0	$8,037	$0	$39,358	$0	$268,101	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Lee
Regional EVP	$231,718	$0	$0	$0	$1,592	$0	$9,345	$0	$22,495	$0	$265,150	$0	$0	$0
Phyllis Robsham
Regional EVP	$235,600	$0	$0	$0	$2,673	$0	$9,615	$0	$16,140	$0	$264,028	$0	$0	$0
Kay Julian
EVP, Services	$218,808	$0	$0	$0	$2,468	$0	$8,908	$0	$16,550	$0	$246,734	$0	$0	$0
Lisa Goldfarb
EVP, Human Resources	$229,724	$0	$0	$0	$1,577	$0	$9,257	$0	$2,030	$0	$242,588	$0	$0	$0

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Works Of Art		WorksOfArtGrp
Art Historical Treasures		ArtHistoricalTreasuresGrp
Art Fractional Interest		ArtFractionalInterestGrp
Books And Publications		BooksAndPublicationsGrp
Clothing And Household Goods		ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp
Cars And Other Vehicles		CarsAndOtherVehiclesGrp
Boats And Planes		BoatsAndPlanesGrp
Intellectual Property		IntellectualPropertyGrp

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	195	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$2,586,934	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities Closely Held Stock		SecuritiesCloselyHeldStockGrp
Secur Prtnrshp Trust Intrsts		SecurPrtnrshpTrustIntrstsGrp
Securities Miscellaneous		SecuritiesMiscellaneousGrp
Qualified Contrib Hist Struct		QualifiedContribHistStructGrp
Qualified Contrib Other		QualifiedContribOtherGrp
Real Estate Residential		RealEstateResidentialGrp
Real Estate Commercial		RealEstateCommercialGrp
Real Estate Other		RealEstateOtherGrp
Collectibles		CollectiblesGrp
Food Inventory		FoodInventoryGrp
Drugs And Medical Supplies		DrugsAndMedicalSuppliesGrp
Taxidermy		TaxidermyGrp
Historical Artifacts		HistoricalArtifactsGrp
Scientific Specimens		ScientificSpecimensGrp
Archaeological Artifacts		ArchaeologicalArtifactsGrp
Any Property That Must Be Held	false	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (true)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	false	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE M, PART I, LINE 9	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION IS REPORTING THE NUMBER OF NONCASH CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED, NOT THE NUMBER OF ITEMS CONTRIBUTED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (9 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Realignment of Chapters	Form 990, Part III, Line 1 Continued... The Society completed an organizational realignment effective October 1, 2016. Up until then the Society had a group 501(c)(3) exemption and each of the 36 chapters had subordinate status with a separate EIN. As a result, prior to this year, separate 990s were filed for each chapter. Some of the chapters also were set up as a separately incorporated entity in the state in which they were located. Those separately incorporated entities have all been dissolved, and the separate EINs are no longer being used. Effective October 1, 2016, all Society activities are now conducted as one entity under the Society's EIN. The unified entity has issued one set of audited statements and filed a single tax return. This transition better aligns the Societys resources so that the organization can maximize its impact so that each person affected by MS can live their best life while we relentlessly pursue a cure for everyone with MS. For accounting purposes, the transition was treated as an acquisition of 100% of the assets and liabilities of the 36 chapters by the Society. Total assets acquired from the 36 chapters were approximately $73.7 million and net assets acquired were approximately $51 million. No consideration was given in exchange for these interests. PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A CONTINUED... COMMUNITY PROGRAMS - THE SOCIETY COLLABORATES WITH DOZENS OF OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, FOCUSING ON ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, REHABILITATION, TREATMENTS AND THERAPIES; LONG-TERM CARE; DISABILITY RIGHTS ISSUES; VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND REHAB, WELLNESS AND FITNESS; AND OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO RURAL AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C CONTINUED... PUBLIC EDUCATION - IN ADDITION TO NATIONWIDE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS SHARED TWICE MONTHLY WITH 1.3 MILLION RECIPIENTS (ONE MESSAGE RELATED TO SERVICES, THE OTHER TO OVERALL NEWS), MANY PEOPLE ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS VIA THE SOCIETYS ONLINE COMMUNITY (50,000 MEMBERS), AND SOCIAL MEDIA (OVER ONE MILLION FOLLOWERS). MORE THAN 500,000 PEOPLE VISIT THE SOCIETYS WEBSITE EACH MONTH TO ACCESS INFORMATION AND SUPPORT. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING - THE SOCIETY KEEPS HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ENGAGED IN PATIENT CARE BY KEEPING THEM ABREAST OF NEW DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, THERAPIES, ETC. INFORMATION AND EDUCATION IS PROVIDED TO THOUSANDS OF PROFESSIONALS THROUGH THE SOCIETY'S PARTNERS IN MS CARE NETWORK, NATIONAL WEBINARS, IN-SERVICES AND OUTREACH, AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR PHYSICIANS. A FREE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER IS EMAILED TO MORE THAN 14,000 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
CLASSES OF MEMBERS OR STOCKHOLDERS	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ARE COMPRISED OF THE MEMBERS OF THE 36 CHAPTERS WHO ARE NON-VOTING MEMBERS, AND THOSE CHAPTERS CHOOSE VOTING MEMBERS WHO COMPRISE THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS AND THEIR RIGHTS	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED BY THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY WHICH IS COMPRISED OF VOTING MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. EACH CHAPTER IS ALLOCATED A NUMBER OF VOTING MEMBERS BASED ON A FORMULA. VOTING MEMBERS ARE THE VOLUNTEER LEADERS OF THE CHAPTER AND THE NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
DECISIONS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF MEMBERS	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY ELECTS THE GOVERNING BODY, APPROVES ANY BY-LAW CHANGES AND APPROVES THE SOCIETY'S STRATEGIC PLAN.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B The Form 990 and accompanying schedules are prepared by an external independent accounting firm in conjunction with Management. It is then PROVIDED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR REVIEW, COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS, AND EDITS. THE REVIEW COMMENTS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE FORM 990 BY THE CFO. A MEETING OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IS HELD TO APPROVE THE REVISED FORM 990, AND TO APPROVE DISTRIBUTION TO THE ENTIRE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS GIVEN A PERIOD OF TIME TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE FORM 990 BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ALL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND VOLUNTEERS SERVING ON KEY COMMITTEES MUST REVIEW THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY & MAKE ANY APPROPRIATE DISCLOSURES. IF AN INDIVIDUAL DISCLOSES AN ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT, THE CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER REVIEWS THE DISCLOSURE AND DRAFTS A CONFLICT RESOLUTION REPORT TO ADDRESS THE ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT. THE RESOLUTION REPORT IS PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE EDITS AND ULTIMATELY APPROVES A RESOLUTION REPORT FOR EACH OF THE DISCLOSED CONFLICTS. THE RESOLUTION REPORT ENSURES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY DISCUSSIONS OR VOTES RELATED TO THE CONFLICT. THE INDIVIDUAL WHO DISCLOSED THE CONFLICT IS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION REPORT AND COMPLIES WITH IT.
COMPENSATION PROCESS	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF AT LEAST THREE (3) INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS THAT DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND CEO, OFFICERS AND OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES. THE COMMITTEE IS PROVIDED WITH COMPARABLE SALARY INFORMATION AND DATA FOR ALL POSITIONS AT OTHER VOLUNTARY HEALTHCARE AGENCIES OF SIMILAR SIZE AND NATIONAL INFLUENCE. THE PRESIDENT AND CEO'S PERFORMANCE IS EVALUATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THE PRESIDENT AND CEO COMPENSATION IS THEN RATIFIED BY THE FULL BOARD DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OR HER DESIGNEE CONDUCTS PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS FOR OFFICERS AND OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES. THE OUTCOME OF THESE EVALUATIONS IS SHARED WITH THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THEIR DECISIONS ABOUT COMPENSATION AND IS THEN RATIFIED BY THE FULL BOARD DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS'S IRS FORM 990, IRS FORM 990-T AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.NATIONALMSSOCIETY.ORG, AND ON THE CHARITY NAVIGATOR WEBSITE. THE SOCIETY'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, RECORD RETENTION AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. DONATED SERVICES AND USE OF FACILITIES Part XI, Line 6 Due to timing differences, donated advertising expense includes $114,001 of current year expense related to donated advertising revenue that was pledged in prior year.
OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 Inherent contribution acquired through realignment $ 51,082,387 Adjustment of research grant liability $ 6,309,326 Change in fair value of beneficial interest in trust $ 26,248 Change in value of split-interest agreements $ 181,041 ------------ Total $ 57,599,002

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Disregarded Entities IdDisregardedEntitiesGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FAST FORWARD LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	733 THIRD AVENUE	AddressLine1Txt
City	NEW YORK	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NY	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	100173822	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	261933619	EIN
Primary Activities	RESEARCH	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd
Total Income	$781,998	TotalIncomeAmt
End Of Year Assets	$1,037,090	EndOfYearAssetsAmt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NMSS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE R, PART I, DISREGARDED ENTITIES	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	FAST FORWARD LLC ("FAST FORWARD"), A CONSOLIDATED NOT-FOR-PROFIT AFFILIATE OF NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY, DERIVES ITS TAX EXEMPTION FROM NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY AND IS TREATED AS A "DISREGARDED ENTITY" FOR TAX PURPOSES. Fast Forward partners with selected biotechnology companies and academic institutions engaged in research and development projects aimed at identifying and developing therapies and/or diagnostics to improve the treatment of multiple sclerosis.	ExplanationTxt