Self Support and the Seventh Tradition
“Self-support begins with me, because I am part of us – the group. We pay our rent and utility bills, buy coffee, snacks and A.A. Literature. We support our central office, our area committee, and our General Service Office. If it were not for those entities, many new people would never discover the miracles of A.A.*”
*Reprinted from Self-Support: Where Money and Spirituality Mix, page 5, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
2024 INTERGROUP ANNUAL REPORT [PDF]
Thank you to all our monthly Grateful Givers!
In keeping with the Seventh Tradition, the San Francisco and Marin Intergroup limits contributions to two sources: A.A. groups, and individual A.A. members. While there is no limitation on the amount an A.A. group may contribute, we follow the limits established by the General Service Conference for individual contributions, currently not more than seven thousand and five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) per year. Bequests in wills are acceptable on a one-time basis, and not in perpetuity. The limit is no more than twelve thousand and five-hundred dollars ($12,500.00).
Together, group and individual contributions make it possible for us to coordinate the services which individual groups in San Francisco and Marin cannot provide and to facilitate twelfth step work.
For additional information regarding A.A.’s tradition of self support, please consult the pamphlet Self-Support: Where Money and Spirituality Mix, the A.A.® Guidelines on Finance, and visit www.aa.org.
SAMPLE OF GROUP CONTRIBUTIONS TO A.A. SERVICE ENTITITES [PDF]
