Tennessee · Nonprofit
Research Society on Alcoholism
Research Society on Alcoholism (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $202,628 to it, the largest being ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION ($200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $203k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Research Society on Alcoholism does
Mission
Rsa is the preeminent scientific research organization devoted to understanding the causes and complications of alcohol use and alcohol-related problems and to promoting effective strategies for prevention, intervention, and sustained behavior change to reduce alcohol-related harm. Rsa provides a community for sharing scientific discoveries, attracting and supporting career development of the next generation of alcohol researchers, disseminating scientific knowledge regarding alcohol use to our members and the public, and raising public awareness and understanding of the health implications of alcohol use and alcohol-related harm.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The membership of the society consists of regular scientific members, postdoctoral fellows, associate members and student members. New membership applications are reviewed, at minimum, on a monthly basis; excluding the month of june. The current membership of over 2,000 is drawn from countries throughout the world, with the majority from the united states.
$121,905 spent$241,678 earned by the program11% of program spendingThe annual scientific conference provides a meeting place for scientists and clinicians from across the country, and around the world, to interact. It allows a unique opportunity to meet people, doing work in alcohol research, on a personal level. The meeting also gives members and non-members the chance to present their latest findings in alcohol research through abstract and symposia submissions.
$841,834 spentof which $74,399 as grants$774,748 earned by the program75% of program spendingRsa publishes (online - 12 times a year) the scientific journal alcohol: clinical and experimental research. The journal provide the most recent findings in the field of alcohol research. Manuscripts may be submitted by any scientist pursuing research dealing with the effects of alcohol or consequences of alcohol ingestion, including studies on treatment, prevention or epidemiology. All manuscripts are thoroughly reviewed to assure that the publications represent the highest standard of science and scholarship.
$157,771 spentof which $500 as grants$343,145 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,121,510.
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 2018 to 2019, from $1.2M to $1.5M (+19%).
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.
0% of Research Society on Alcoholism’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $50k → $22k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Research Society on Alcoholism’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
Research Society on Alcoholism leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 90% — 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.
Where its funders are
Research Society on Alcoholism draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $628 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
Research Society on Alcoholism receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $203k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Research Society on Alcoholism
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Research Society on Alcoholism: 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 Research Society on Alcoholism?
- Research Society on Alcoholism (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $202,628 to it, the largest being ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION ($200,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Research Society on Alcoholism have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $202,628 in grants to Research Society on Alcoholism, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Research Society on Alcoholism?
- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Research Society on Alcoholism find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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