Alcoholics Anonymous is far from the image it would like to portray, that of town folk gathering humbly in church basements and collecting a few dollars every meeting by "passing the hat."
Alcoholics Anonymous is actually the General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., a IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation representing 2,103,033 members worldwide who belong to 115,773 groups worldwide. The General Service Board is usually referred to as the General Service Organization, or "GSO" for short.
The GSO owns 100% of the stock of two organizations below it: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., and The Alcoholics Anonymous Grapevine, Inc., both of which are non-profit and tax exempt.
The AA World Services, Inc, is centered in New York, NY, and prepares, publishes and distributes AA Conference-approved literature. They also manage and control world services and general (US and Canada) services. The Alcoholics Anonymous Grapevine, Inc., does the editing, publishing and distribution of the AA "Pipeline" newsletter.
According to 2007 IRS Form 990, General Service Board of Alcoholics Anonymous, Inc., the parent company of AA World Services, Inc., and The Alcoholics Anonymous Grapevine, Inc., had a total revenue of $10,676,789, and total assets of $15,625,618.
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