Publishing Committee

A ballot proposal was made to rename the fund to the International Literature Fund (ILF) to broaden its scope to include additional uses such as literature distribution, printing, and translations. This proposal was brought to the Annual Business Conference (ABC) held on May 17–18, 2024, where Delegates voted in favor of the fund's name change and broadening its scope. The fund is now officially known as the International Literature Fund (ILF).

The process to apply for assistance from the International Literature Fund is to fill out an application form, which is found at https://adultchildren.org/international-literature-fund, and the parameters are set within

The application form, which can be located here, contains a series of 14 questions, which are as follows:

1) The WSO number of the meeting/intergroup/region
2)  The country of the meeting/intergroup/region
3)  The first name and last initial of the person applying
4)  An email address of the person applying, so they may be contacted

5)  Is there a local service group (intergroup) in place?

6)  Are you or your group involved with any WSO Committees?

7)  Have you requested previous donations?

8)  How many members could there be in the fellowship?

9)  How many groups are there in the fellowship?

10)  Please describe your fellowship in detail.

11) Please list the details of the hardship your fellowship is experiencing.

12) Detail how this request will support and grown the local fellowship.

13) Are there severe government restrictions and/or currency restrictions?
14) What type of request are you making?
__Literature Purchase
__Translation Support
__Additional Request

First, ILF funds are applied for by a group filling out the application form and submitting.

The application is then reviewed and voted upon by the publishing committee voting members, which is comprised of a majority of non-board and non-staff members.

The ILF funds are accurately accounted for each month in the Treasurer's financial Balance Sheet report under GL Account 32100 - "Net Assets with donor restrictions" and in the 7th Tradition Contribution report. The monthly report is on the blue website (https://acawso.org) at this location: https://acawso.org/category/treasurer-reports/. Click on the link in the report to see the balance sheet’s current and previous month.  

The application is reviewed and voted on by the Publishing Committee voting members, which is comprised of a majority of non-board and non-staff members. The amount received varies with each application, depending on the specific need/request.

All donations are recorded in accounting records specifically for general or international literature funds (ILF). The ILF fund is a "restricted fund" and adheres to legal requirements. The system producing receipts has been upgraded to also specify the type of donation.