--- title: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Tops $100 Million description: The Ice Bucket Challenge broke the $100 million mark as people continue to dump ice on their heads and donate to the ALS Association. canonical: https://time.com/3222224/als-ice-bucket-challenge-donations-million/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-29T16:22:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:53.202Z og:title: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Tops $100 Million og:description: The Ice Bucket Challenge broke the $100 million mark as people continue to dump ice on their heads and donate to the ALS Association. og:url: https://time.com/3222224/als-ice-bucket-challenge-donations-million/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29cea36e0b9d201e/6986a177e53aba55f54d4365/ice-bucket-challenge-kiss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: KISS ALS Ice Bucket Challenge og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Tops $100 Million twitter:description: The Ice Bucket Challenge broke the $100 million mark as people continue to dump ice on their heads and donate to the ALS Association. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29cea36e0b9d201e/6986a177e53aba55f54d4365/ice-bucket-challenge-kiss.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Just Topped $100 Million > Sponsored content. 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Eric Singer, Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer of the band KISS participates in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at Klipsch Music Center on August 22, 2014 in Noblesville, Indiana.Michael Hickey—Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 29, 2014 4:22 PM UTC Donations from the [Ice Bucket Challenge](http://time.com/tag/als-ice-bucket-challenge/) broke the $100 million mark Friday as people around world continue to dump ice on their heads and donate to the ALS Association to help combat Lou Gehrig’s disease. “The word gratitude doesn’t do enough to express what we are feeling right now,” ALS President and CEO Barbara Newhouse said in a statement. The $100 million in donations came from more than 3 million donors who have contributed since the challenge went viral in late July. The ALS Association raised only $2.8 million in the same period last year. The Ice Bucket Challenge has been a social media phenomenon, grabbing the attention of millions of Americans including many [celebrities](http://time.com/3181818/als-ice-bucket-challenge-matt-damon-uses-toilet-water/) and [political figures](http://time.com/3110357/mark-zuckerberg-chris-christie-als-ice-bucket-challenge-bill-gates-sheryl-sandberg-netflix-facebook/). 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