One year later, your ALS Ice Bucket money goes to...

At this time last year, social media was flooded with the ALS Ice Bucket challenge. It seemed just about everyone everywhere wanted to dump freezing cold water over their head in the name of fundraising.

An estimated 17 million people took part in the challenge and 2.5 million of those donated roughly $115 million to the ALS Association.

So, where did all that money go? CNN looked into it.

About 40 percent of the ice bucket money – $47 million – already has been spent or budgeted. The ALS Association said it plans to use the money is five specific areas:

• $77 million for research – Of the total money raised, 67 percent goes in the bucket marked research to find a treatment or cure for ALS. Better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis attacks motor neurons, cells that control the muscles.
• $23 million for patient and community services – the ALS Association is budgeting $8.5 million to its 39 local chapters.
• $10 million for public and professional education – this money goes toward a variety of initiatives to educate the public about ALS and help doctors and researchers learn more about how best to fight for ALS patients.
• $3 million for fundraising – the ALS Association says it will spend $3 million on things such as data analysis and communication initiatives to maintain the support of donors it picked up during the Ice Bucket Challenge.
• $2 million for external processing fees – according to CNN, it cost the association $2 million just to pay for things such as running all those credit and debit card donations. It also got zapped with website overage charges since so many people visited.

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