Neal Ball is a founder and honorary president of the American Refugee Committee, a body that provides medical aid, assistance and training to people who have become refugees as a result of war or displacement in Asia, Africa, eastern Europe and the Middle East.

He is also a member of the Board of Directors of National Medical Fellowships (New York) and is Chairman of the Honorary Committee of the International Visitors Center (Chicago). He is Vice-President of the Committee for Amerindian Art of the Art Institute of Chicago.