The Foundation was incorporated in 1995.  The Anonymous Foundation is a not-for-profit, 501-C3 corporation.

The funds that enabled the Anonymous Foundation to be set up came from the estate of the late Bill D., from Waterford. 

Bill D. owed his life to the recovery he experienced as the result of working the AA program.  He was dedicated to service work, especially 12 Step calls.  He had no living relatives and in his will he set up the framework for the Anonymous Foundation.  Bill's vision for the foundation was to carry the message of AA to recovering individuals and families in the Capital District and to those individuals still sick and suffering.

The Anonymous Foundation hosts Personal Recovery Workshops.  These workshops are not AA and are not affiliated with AA.  However, the speakers for these workshops are individuals who carry the message of AA and working the 12 Steps.  We are open to speakers from any of the 12 Step fellowships and encourage anyone working a 12 Step program to attend the Personal Recovery Workshops.

The Anonymous Foundation has also sponsored Big Book Study weekends.  The foundation hosted one Big Book Study weekend with Joe and Charlie in 2000.

If you have heard a speaker you would like the Anonymous Foundation to consider bringing in for a Personal Recovery Workshop please let us know.  We are in constant search for speakers who share their experience, strength and hope from the heart.  We would love to hear from you.