--- title: How Much Money Has The ALS Made From The Ice Bucket Challenge? description: You've seen the videos of people take on the Ice Bucket Challenge. Apparently, the challenge also has people donating money. canonical: https://time.com/3101166/als-ice-bucket-challenge-fundraising/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-11T19:37:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:36:09.763Z article:section: Health og:title: Here's How Much Money the ALS Ice-Water Stunt Has Collected og:description: The organization says it's "thrilled and completely amazed" og:url: https://time.com/3101166/als-ice-bucket-challenge-fundraising/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d14fcf907459d24/69869f14e53aba51564d3f39/als-ice-water.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ice Bucket Challenge og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Much Money the ALS Ice-Water Stunt Has Collected twitter:description: The organization says it's "thrilled and completely amazed" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d14fcf907459d24/69869f14e53aba51564d3f39/als-ice-water.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How Much Money the ALS Ice-Water Stunt Has Collected  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 11, 2014 7:37 PM UTC  Boston City Councillor Tito Jackson, right, leads some 200 people in the ice bucket challenge at Boston's Copley Square, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 to raise funds and awareness for ALS. Boston City Councillor Tito Jackson, right, leads some 200 people in the ice bucket challenge at Boston's Copley Square, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 to raise funds and awareness for ALS.Elise Amendola—AP  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 11, 2014 7:37 PM UTC As people continue to dump ice on their heads, money continues to roll in. The ALS Association national office reported collecting $5.5 million in donations since July 29, compared with $32,00o in the same time period last year. Nearly 150,000 new donors have contributed. --- > “” --- How Much Money Has The ALS Made From The Ice Bucket Challenge? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3101166/als-ice-bucket-challenge-fundraising/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3101166/als-ice-bucket-challenge-fundraising/"},"headline":"Here's How Much Money the ALS Ice-Water Stunt Has Collected","datePublished":"2014-08-11T19:37:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:36:09.763Z","description":"More than $1 million was raised over the weekend","url":"https://time.com/3101166/als-ice-bucket-challenge-fundraising/","keywords":["Research","ansel elgort","martha stewart","Lou Gehrig's disease","ALS","Ice Bucket Challenge","als ice bucket challenge"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d14fcf907459d24/69869f14e53aba51564d3f39/als-ice-water.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d14fcf907459d24/69869f14e53aba51564d3f39/als-ice-water.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ice Bucket Challenge","caption":"Ice Bucket Challenge","creditText":"Elise Amendola—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/research/","name":"Research"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3101166/als-ice-bucket-challenge-fundraising/","name":"Here's How Much Money the ALS Ice-Water Stunt Has Collected"}}]}] ```