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Distilled Spirits Council of the United States Inc

DISCUS is the leading convener of the spirits industry, bringing together producers large and small; supply chain professionals; and our service partners.

$52k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$225kHealth$114kCommunity Improvement$61kArts & Culture$45kEducation$38kPhilanthropy$35kSocial Science$25kInternational$10k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $45k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$16M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
R Street Institute$20,000
Women of the Vine and Spirits Foundation$15,000
The Ireland Fund$10,000
Proof Alliance$7,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Proof Alliance: $7k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
KY
VA
DC
LA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$445k · 9 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against +58% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
11

Total granted

$445k
$81k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+76%
+58%

Still filing today

89%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • RS
    R STREET INSTITUTE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $135k · revenue +80%
  • CE
    COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
    5× · 2017–2021 · $70k · revenue +76%
  • AS
    American Spectator Foundation Inc
    5× · 2017–2021 · $45k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +32%
  • AB
    AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +15%
  • UO
    University of Louisville Research Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +54%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
3
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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4
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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5
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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6
American Foreign Service Association

American foreign service association (afsa) is both the principal advocate for the long-term institutional wellbeing of the professional career foreign service and responsible for safeguarding the interest of afsa members. (continued on…

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7
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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10
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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11
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
12
Internet Society Foundation

At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Freedomworks Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Thomas Jefferson University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

R STREET INSTITUTE: $135,000 · EducationR STREET INSTITUTEAmerican Spectator Foundation Inc: $45,000 · EducationAmerican Spectator Foundation IncUniversity of Louisville Research Foundation: $8,000 · EducationFRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION: $7,500 · Education+3 more: $18,000 · Education+3 moreCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $70,000 · OtherCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTEFREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 · OtherFREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION INCNATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION: $37,500 · OtherNATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNIONGASTROTECH INC: $12,000 · OtherGASTROTECH INCTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS): $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $6,000 · OtherFASD United Inc: $30,000 · HealthFASD United In…AMERICAN MEDICAL WOMENS ASSOCIATIONINC: $22,500 · HealthAMERICAN MEDIC…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DI…LSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS: $8,000 · HealthLSU HEALTH FOU…WOMEN OF THE VINE & SPIRITS FOUNDATION LTD: $25,000 · PhilanthropyDonors Trust Inc: $10,000 · PhilanthropyIndependent Women's Forum: $7,500 · Civil RightsPROOF ALLIANCE: $7,000 · Human ServicesASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Community Improvement
Education$213,500Other$213,000Health$70,500Philanthropy$35,000Civil Rights$7,500Human Services$7,000Community Improvement$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetR STREET INSTITUTE: $135,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCOMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: $70,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFREEDOMWORKS FOUNDATION INC: $67,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAmerican Spectator Foundation Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION: $37,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN OF THE VINE & SPIRITS FOUNDATION LTD: $25,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetAMERICAN MEDICAL WOMENS ASSOCIATIONINC: $22,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN IRELAND FUND (DBA THE IRELAND FUNDS AMERICA/THE IRELAND FUNDS): $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Louisville Research Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLSU HEALTH FOUNDATION NEW ORLEANS: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIndependent Women's Forum: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROOF ALLIANCE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASAE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA6.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Distilled Spirits Council of the United States Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Distilled Spirits Council of the United States Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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