Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA INC
WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $54M
What Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America Inc does
Mission
Advancing the interests of wine and spirits wholesalers to facilitate the success of its members and the alcohol industry. The goal of the association is to promote a responsible, accountable and consumer-friendly system of distribution while delivering significant value to its members and the industry.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Government affairs: the association's government affairs department advocates sound and equitable legislative measures to improve the conditions under which wine and spirits are sold and distributed.
Meetings and events: meetings and events are held each year to encourage growth of wholesalers and the alcohol industry, promote the value of wholesalers, educate the industry on a number of important topics, and promote social initiatives such as responsible drinking and dei.
Public affairs: the association's communications department works to communicate the value of alcohol wholesalers and importance of a strong alcohol supply chain. It also promotes responsibility, as well as the association's positions on issues, programs, expertise, and services.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
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 $19M to $40M (+108%).
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 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Francis Creighton
President & CEO
Board chair
Dina Opici Vice Chairman
Until 09/24, chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA 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.
Where its funders are
100% of WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA INC's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
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.
Organizations like WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Wswa Services LLC · disregarded
- Wswa Educational Foundation Inc · exempt
- Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America Political Action Committee · exempt
- Project 21 · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA 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 WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA INC?
- WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA INC.
- Who is the largest funder of WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA INC?
- Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WINE & SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 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