NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY GREATER NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER
EIN 04-2178884
What they do
RESEARCH to MOVE US CLOSER to A WORLD FREE of MS, IN 2016, THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY INVESTED $47.7 MILLION to SUPPORT MORE THAN 380 RESEARCH PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD AIMED AT STOPPING MS IN ITS TRACKS, RESTORING FUNCTION, and ENDING THE DISEASE FOREVER. THE SOCIETY COLLABORATES WORLDWIDE to DEVELOP SOLUTIONS for EVERYONE AFFECTED BY MS THROUGH THE ACCELERATED DISCOVERY and COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT of PROMISING RESEARCH DISCOVERIES, NEW MS THERAPIES, and RESEARCH TOOLS - PURSUING ALL PROMISING PATHS, WHILE FOCUSING ON PRIORITY AREAS INCLUDING PROGRESSIVE MS, NERVOUS SYSTEM REPAIR, GENE/ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS and WELLNESS and LIFESTYLE.
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They name their leaders5 people are listed in the latest report.
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (5)
MR CHARLES BEAN IIIMEMBER
MR ANTHONY EVERETTMEMBER
MR JOSEPH FALLONMEMBER
MR LOUIS CAPUTOMEMBER
MR TRAVIS DAMATOMEMBER
About this charity
- Location
- 101-A FIRST AVENUE NO 6, WALTHAM, MA 024511115
- County
- Middlesex
- In care of
- LORI ESPINO
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2016
- Tax period began
- October 1, 2016
- Tax preparer
- ALEXANDER ARONSON FINNING & CO PC