Non-Profit for MS | Tom Sherak MS Hope Foundation

The Tom Sherak MS Hope Foundation is a game-changing, action-oriented, nonprofit organization that responds, with immediacy, to the needs of people with multiple sclerosis by supporting innovative, person to-person programs and services, and funding cutting edge research.

We are proud to have provided grants to world-renowned MS neurologists for their ground-breaking research. We also support the needs of those living with MS in our local area by funding requests from individuals living with MS for equipment and scholarships to The Marilyn Hilton MS Achievement Center at UCLA.

Please make the Tom Sherak MS Hope Foundation part of your year-end donation plan this Giving Tuesday!!

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The Tom Sherak MS Hope Foundation partners with leading MS research institutions such as UCLA, UCSF, and others to develop new treatments to slow down the progression of MS; determine the causes and triggers of MS; and ultimately to find a cure for MS. We are proud to have provided grants to world-renowned MS neurologists such as Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl and Dr. Stephen Hauser for their ground-breaking research. We also support the needs of those living with MS in our local area by funding requests from individuals living with MS for equipment and scholarships to The Marilyn Hilton MS Achievement Center at UCLA.

We couldn’t do this without your generosity and we are proud to say that 93.5% of every dollar raised goes directly to funding these and other action-oriented, cutting edge measures.

Thank you for caring and giving hope to so many.

Join Team Tom This Giving Tuesday!

Hi! I am Madeleine Sherak, the widow and partner in life of Tom Sherak. On GIVING TUESDAY, I ask you to join TEAM TOM and the TOM SHERAK MS HOPE FOUNDATION to help our daughter Melissa and so many others living with multiple sclerosis. Melissa has been fighting MS for 38 years. Recently, it’s become […]

Giving Tuesday 2024

This speech raised over $70,000 for #multiplesclerosis. Melissa Sherak Glasser recently spoke at a private fundraiser about her journey living with MS. She speaks on the feeling of being diagnosed at 16, the immediate action her parents took to help, and the legacy her father created along the way. Tom poured his efforts into advocating […]

A CONVERSATION WITH MELISSA SHERAK GLASSER 11/23/23

On 11/23/23, Melissa Sherak Glasser, sat down with Board Member Roland Mesa for an intimate conversation about living with Multiple Sclerosis and to share all the ways the Tom Sherak MS Hope Foundation is helping people like her. Roland: Melissa, thanks for talking to us about the Tom Sherak MS Hope Foundation. It’s been ten […]