Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY
AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $624 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($624). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $839k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $624
- Net assets
- $125k
What American Wine Society does
Mission
American Wine Society (hereinafter referred to as "aws- or the "organization- or the "society") is a member based, non-governmental, not- for-profit organization incorporated in the state of michigan on november 13, 1973. The mission of the society is to promote the appreciation of wine through education. The organization is primarily funded by its members as an educational, consumer-oriented organization for those interested in learning more about all aspects of wine. Aws is the largest consumer organization in the u.s. Dedicated to the mission of spreading the awareness of wine. Members explore wine together through relaxed tasting events organized by various local chapters (independent affiliates) throughout the year, through participation in annual national conference, and by participating in various wine tasting competitions and events organized by the organization. Through various programs in collaboration with the industry, we promote wine culture in the us with a focus on perso
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conference and events : every year aws organizes wine conference where the members get an opportunity to learn about wine, wine regions, enology and viticulture through various educational sessions. Participants to the wine conference includes members, industry partners and sponsors'. Like many organizations in 2020, we were unable to have an in-person conference. However, we relaunched our conference as a virtual event which offered participants the same educational experience and interaction with leading wine industry figures in the comfort and safety of their homes. We offered participation in this virtual event at no cost to our members.
$448,717 spent74% of program spendingPublications : the aws flagship publication, "the wine journal", was published four times during the year and distributed to nearly 7,000 aws members as well as libraries and wine industry recipients. The journal contains articles on viticulture, enology, industry trends and research news. The bimonthly newsletter is distributed to all aws members and is primarily used as a communication tool with the members on aws businesses.: the journal is available in print and electronic format. The aws newsletter is available electronically.
$52,992 spent9% of program spendingWine competition : the aws conducts one of the longest running national wine competitions in the us. Our amateur wine competition, open to members and non-members, provides encouragement and guidance to home winemakers. Our national wine competition rewards excellence in commercially available wines. The competition provides judging experience and opportunities to the aws-certified wine judges.our team developed a process to conduct the competition safely despite covid, and allowed this program to continue
$31,616 spent5% of program spendingMember services : local chapters and members' services : aws maintain local chapters and membership support training and certification : aws is an approved program provider for the london-based wine & spirits educational trust, a leading global certification program. Despite the challenges of pandemic shutdowns, the organization was able to deliver training digitally and test in-person safely. To allow our chapter/affiliates to continue programming remotely, the aws provided small specimen bottles and zoom licensed that that allowed our local chapter/ affiliates. Collaborating with industry leaders and educators, we provided or collaborated on more than a dozen national virtual educational and tasting opportunities free of charge to thousands of our members and the general public.
$70,577 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $603,902.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2020 to 2021, from $505k to $850k (+68%).
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 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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 held at 1 funder, grant income rose $133 → $182.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY’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.
Where its funders are
100% of AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $624 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY: 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 AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY?
- AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $624 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($624). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $624 in grants to AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $624 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN WINE SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 1 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