The Society is a non-profit organization supported solely by voluntary contributions. It funds more MS research, offers more services for people with MS, and provides more professional education programs than any other MS organization in the world. Since its founding in 1946, over $420 million has been invested in research to find the cause, treatments, and cure for MS. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is the only national voluntary MS organization that meets the standards of all major agencies that rate the fiscal responsibility of non-profit groups.