The Online  Intergroup is a service entity established pursuant to Tradition Nine of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to operate on behalf of the participating online AA groups in accordance with AA's Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts. The Intergroup exists to aid the groups in their common purpose of carrying the AA message to the alcoholic who still suffers.

The Intergroup is a nonprofit corporation, formed on February 24, 1996, organized and existing under the laws of the state of New Jersey. It maintains a registered office and registered agent in the state of New Jersey and complies with the New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation Law.

The principal responsibilities of the Intergroup are:

• to promote the unity of online AA groups in accordance First Tradition One
• to use the internet to carry the message of AA in accordance with Tradition Five
• to respond to the needs of the online AA groups in accordance with Tradition Nine
• to provide a central source of information about online AA through a website, directory, and the activities of its members, in accordance with Tradition Eleven

The membership of the Intergroup meets continuously as an Assembly. Any AA member is welcome to participate in the Assembly although voting  privileges are limited to registered online AA groups, acting through their representatives, and current officers. The Assembly elects officers and chairs of its standing committees, who also serve ex officio as trustees. The business of the Assembly is guided by its Bylaws and Operating Guidelines.