California · Nonprofit
ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC
ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,446,612 to it, the largest being CDR JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($475,243). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $729k
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $874k
What Addiction Education Society Inc does
Mission
Addiction education society provides public education, information, resources, and presentations relating to substance addiction and its impact on individual lives, families, and in the lives of our communities to advance the knowledge that addiction is a disease.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program 1: neuroscience of addiction (noa) & "how did this happen to me?" (how) programs: the neuroscience of addiction curriculum is a classroom-based six-session program designed to help youth understand the fundamentals of how all addictive drugs affect the pleasure centers of the brain, how the disease of addiction develops, risk factors, who is most likely to get it, and why. "how did this happen to me" is a classroom-based three-session alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention program aimed at middle schools, presented from the personal perspective of an addict. The noa and how programs prioritize feedback from both teachers and students. This collaborative approach ensures that the platform continues to meet the evolving needs of its users. The staff has implemented noteworthy enhancements to the neuroscience of addiction (noa) program, in collaboration with health educator tracy lum. Together, they have successfully emphasized and outlined the program's primary objectives and incorporated various student engagement activities supported by relevant research. A key goal of this initiative is to streamline the existing six-session program into a more efficient four-…
$122,655 spent46% of program spendingProgram 2: should susan drink? Program development background: v.1 "should susan drink?" is a video-based learning experience for high school students. It addresses the probability of susan becoming addicted based on several variables. Susan is a student in high school and is looking forward to prom. She is concerned about her chances of becoming addicted since her father drinks obsessively. She decides to enlist the help of scientists at harvard's mclean hospital to determine her risk factors and the likelihood of her enjoying alcohol too much and becoming addicted. Susan will decide whether she goes to after-school party or not based on the test results. This first video introduces three scientists at mclean hospital who explain addiction in terms of what is occurring in the brain. In the development of the "should susan drink" project, our team met with harvard scientists to gather insightful experiment content, captured raw video clips of the experiments, developed a storyline, identified key video segments, recordings, captured school images, and created scripts, ensuring that every step necessary for producing a compelling video was meticulously followed. We were able to…
$68,758 spent26% of program spendingProgram 3: new collaborations: we are excited to announce the ongoing planning and implementation of summer programming in partnership with the salvation army and the san francisco ymca. This initiative aims to provide enriching activities and supportive resources for our community members during the critical summer months, focusing on youth engagement and enrichment. Additionally, we are collaborating with the san mateo county probation department to implement prevention programs designed to facilitate adolescence under probation. Through this partnership, we are developing tailored interventions that address the unique needs of this population, ultimately fostering a safer community and reducing recidivism.
$55,007 spent21% of program spendingProgram 4 aes has undertaken a strategic migration of our content from 906 technologies to our own aes services platform. This transition is aimed at better serving our organization's needs and is part of our commitment to continuous improvement. We are diligently developing our new platform, focusing on efficient resource relocation and management to ensure a seamless transition while minimizing reliance on external contractors from 906 technologies. -donor perfect crm: we have successfully completed the data entry process for our donor perfect crm system. This update includes a thorough compilation of donor records and their personal information collected from 2018 to 2022. Maintaining accurate and up-to-date data is essential for enhancing our fundraising efforts and meeting our reporting requirements. This initiative will significantly contribute to our ability to connect with donors and support our mission effectively.
$21,081 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $267,501.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $580k to $883k (+52%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 9% · 2022 8% · 2023 8% · 2024 3% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
133% of ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $140k → $142k.
7 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 57%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 71% · 2021 96% · 2022 17% · 2023 35% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $230k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
48%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC?
- ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,446,612 to it, the largest being CDR JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($475,243). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,446,612 in grants to ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC?
- CDR JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $475,243 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 31 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing