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ALANO SOCIETY INC

ALANO SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,250 to it, the largest being Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc ($27,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$29k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$33k
Net assets
$119k
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 50%
01What it does

What Alano Society Inc does

Mission

The Alano Society manages a facility that provides a safe haven seven days a week for people who seek support in their efforts to recover from alcoholism and other addictions. It is open 365 days a year to alcoholics seeking mutual support to sustain their recovery primarily by applying the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Open for 10-15 meetings per week.

    $0 spent

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($45k) Expenses 100 ($48k) Net assets 100 ($113k)2022 Revenue 81 ($36k) Expenses 66 ($32k) Net assets 104 ($118k)2023 Revenue 59 ($26k) Expenses 54 ($25k) Net assets 105 ($118k)2024 Revenue 45 ($20k) Expenses 44 ($21k) Net assets 104 ($118k)2025 Revenue 64 ($29k) Expenses 57 ($27k) Net assets 106 ($119k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (64)Expenses (57)Net assets (106)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $113k to $118k (+4%).

$113k
$118k
$118k
$118k
$119k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of ALANO SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$3k
’21
$5k
’22
$835
’23
−$628
’24
$2k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $3k.

From the IRS filings of ALANO SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

ALANO SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

81%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 77% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

ALANO SOCIETY INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside Wisconsin, across 3 states in all.

WI
DE
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Wisconsin out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ALANO SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,277 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−11% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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In Wisconsin

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds ALANO SOCIETY INC?
ALANO SOCIETY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,250 to it, the largest being Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc ($27,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ALANO SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $33,250 in grants to ALANO SOCIETY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ALANO SOCIETY INC?
Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $27,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ALANO SOCIETY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 4 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