Finding A
Cure For ALS
The Angel Fund supporters make a difference in fighting ALS, and you can be one of them.
Finding A
Cure For ALS
The Angel Fund supporters make a difference in fighting ALS, and you can be one of them.
FACES OF ALS
Every dollar helps in the battle to cure ALS.
BOSTON MARATHON
For ALS
Every dollar helps in the battle to cure ALS.
Harpoon 5 Miler
For ALS
Every dollar helps in the battle to cure ALS.
The Angel Fund for ALS Research
Research to Treatment. From Hope to Reality
MISSION STATEMENT
The Angel Fund for ALS Research (Angel Fund, Inc). is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Founded in 1997, The Angel Fund focuses on funding scientific investigations at UMass Chan Medical School and Mass General Brigham.
The Angel Fund’s mission is to raise funds through events, campaigns, foundation grants, and community outreach to support ALS research aimed at finding the cause, treatment, and cure for the disease . Our organization operates with minimal overhead—no rent, utility bills, or high-paid executives—allowing over 90% of its expenditures to directly fund research .
Veterans Faces of ALS
The Angel Fund supports the brave men and women who have served our country by helping fund critical ALS research focused on military veterans. Veterans are significantly more likely to develop ALS, regardless of when or where they served. Your support will help researchers better understand why this disease impacts veterans at higher rates — and advance efforts to improve treatments, discover prevention strategies, and ultimately find a cure. Stand with our veterans in this fight, just as they once stood for all of us.
Researchers at the UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester have started working with several Veterans, including ALS patient and US Army Veteran, 2nd Lieutenant Liz Fassler who served for two years as a tactical control officer for the Patriots Missiles in the Air Defense Artillery Branch in the Middle East. By working with the researchers, Liz hopes to assist in their efforts to find if there is a correlation between ALS and those who have been deployed.
Angels Over Boston - International ALS Research Conference
The Angel Fund for ALS Research will host Angels Over Boston, an international
ALS research conference taking place July 14–16, 2026, in Boston. The conference will bring together leading scientists and clinicians from around the world who are dedicated to advancing research that will lead to effective treatments—and ultimately a cure—for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
The conference will focus on emerging therapeutic approaches to gene suppression therapy targeting mutations in the C9orf72 gene, the most common genetic cause of ALS. This important scientific gathering will foster collaboration and the exchange of groundbreaking research aimed at advancing promising therapies from the laboratory to patients.
