About Us

A Comment From Fran...

"We wanted to do something that would make a difference in our fight to find a cure for ALS. We decided the best way to fight this disease was to raise awareness and money to fund research."

About the Fran Delaney Foundation:

The Fran Delaney Foundation (FDF) is an all-volunteer team dedicated to raising awareness and money in support of ALS research. Our Foundation will continue to raise money through at-large contributions, corporate sponsorships and event-based awareness and fundraising activities. Our team has planned, organized and managed 60 awareness and fundraising events that have included 750 FDF volunteers and raised more than $1.98 million. As an all-volunteer foundation all net proceeds go directly to ALS research.

We welcome your participation in our "premier" event, the 8th Annual Fran Delaney Foundation Golf Tournament at the beautiful Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, NH to be held on Monday, August 18, 2008.

Our Mission:

"Our mission is to raise ALS awareness and money that we will direct to talented research scientists to find a treatment that will slow, arrest and cure this devastating disease."

Where the Money Goes:

We have made significant grants to Dr. Robert Brown and his talented team at the Day Neuromuscular Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. We have also directed funds to Dr. Jeff Rothstein at the Johns Hopkins Packard Center for ALS Research. In addition, we have also made significant donations to the ALS Therapy Development Institute.

Proceeds from our 2007 FDF Campaign will be directed to Dr. Robert Brown and Dr. Jeff Rothstein. On an ongoing basis, we will review the most promising, high potential ALS research projects and direct financial support that will provide us with the greatest return on research.