--- description: More than a week after the Ice Bucket Challenge first went viral, people keep dumping ice, and the ALS Association keeps collecting money. title: Here's How Much Money the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Has Now image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Research](/tag/research/) ## Research Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's How Much Money the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Has Now  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 14, 2014 5:17 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 14, 2014 5:17 PM CUT More than a week after the [Ice Bucket Challenge](http://time.com/3100272/als-ice-bucket-challenge/ "undefined") first went viral, people keep dumping ice on their heads, and the ALS Association keeps collecting money. The organization’s national office has received $5.5 million for Lou Gehrig’s disease research since July 29, compared to $32,000 in the same period last year. ALS Association spokeswoman Carrie Munk said earlier this week that the organization is “thrilled and completely amazed” at the sum they continue to raise and the public awareness the campaign has generated. Nearly 150,000 new donors have given to the cause as of Thursday. The challenge, if you haven’t seen it already, features [people dumping cold water](http://time.com/3101166/als-ice-bucket-challenge-fundraising/ "undefined") on their heads and then nominating friends to do the same. If nominees don’t accept the challenge, they’re asked to donate money instead. A number of high profile figures have dumped ice on their heads, like [Chris Christie](http://time.com/3107529/chris-christie-als-ice-bucket-challenge/ "undefined") and [Mark Zuckerberg](http://time.com/3110357/mark-zuckerberg-chris-christie-als-ice-bucket-challenge-bill-gates-sheryl-sandberg-netflix-facebook/ "undefined"). Others, like [President Obama](http://time.com/3104483/obama-declines-ice-bucket-challenge/ "undefined"), opted to donate instead. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3111699/ice-bucket-challenge-als-donations/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3111699/ice-bucket-challenge-als-donations/"},"headline":"Here's How Much Money the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Has Now","datePublished":"2014-08-14T17:17:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:40:32.697Z","description":"Nearly 150,000 have donated so far, including some high-profile names","url":"https://time.com/3111699/ice-bucket-challenge-als-donations/","keywords":["Research","Chris Christie","Barack Obama","Mark Zuckerberg","Lou Gehrig's disease","ALS","Ice Bucket Challenge","als ice bucket challenge"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"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/3111699/ice-bucket-challenge-als-donations/","name":"Here's How Much Money the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Has Now"}}]}] ```