American Film Institute
United StatesArts/Culture
AFI is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media.
American Folk Art Museum
United StatesArts/Culture
This past year was filled with extraordinary exhibitions, events, and new initiatives at the American Folk Art Museum. Many of the museum's acclaimed exhibitions go on tour. "Ancestry and Innovation: African American Art from the American Folk Art Museum," which the museum originated in 2005, traveled this year under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES).
American Forest Foundation
United StatesEnvironment
The American Forest Foundation is committed to creating a future where North American forests are sustained by a public which understands and values the social, economic, and environmental benefits they provide to our communities, our nation, and the world. The American Forest Foundation (AFF) is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization that was chartered in 1981 with the purpose of encouraging the long-term sustainability of America's forests, restoring wildlife habitat, and developing quality environmental education programs, to assure that Americans today, and in the future, enjoy healthy, growing forests.
American Forests
United StatesEnvironment
As the nation's oldest nonprofit conservation organization, American Forests has been an influential voice for conservation and the environment since its founding in 1875. We work with individuals, communities and policy makers to protect and restore forests around the world, and raise awareness of how important these ecosystems are to all forms of life on the planet. This mission allows us to work on many different fronts to grow a healthier world, with each of our many programs addressing an area of forest conservation, from planting trees, to educating future generations about their benefits.
American Foundation for Children with AIDS
United StatesHealth/Medical
AFCA is a non-profit organization that helps HIV+/AIDS children and their guardians in sub-Saharan Africa who have no other access to aid. AFCA provides critical AIDS and related medications, medical equipment and supplies, nutritional supplements, and emergency supplies that are requested by the institutions in its targeted areas. Currently, AFCA is working in Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
United StatesResearch/Dev
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, a 501(c)(3) organization, has been at the forefront of a wide range of suicide prevention initiatives in 2009 - each designed to reduce loss of life from suicide. We are investing in groundbreaking research, new educational campaigns, innovative demonstration programs and critical policy work. And we are expanding our assistance to people whose lives have been affected by suicide, reaching out to offer support and offering opportunities to become involved in prevention. With a suicide attempt estimated to occur every minute of every day in the United States and 32,000 lives lost each year, the importance of AFSP's mission has never been greater, nor our work more urgent.
American Foundation for the Blind
United StatesDisability
AFB's priorities include broadening access to technology; elevating the quality of information and tools for the professionals who serve people with vision loss; and promoting independent and healthy living for people with vision loss by providing them and their families with relevant and timely resources.
American Friends of ALYN Hospital
United StatesOther
The American Friends of ALYN Hospital (AFAH) is the exclusive awareness raising and fundraising organization in the United States for ALYN Hospital, Israel's premiere comprehensive rehabilitation center for physically challenged and disabled children, adolescents and young adults. ALYN, located in Jerusalem, provides all of the necessary rehabilitation services (medical, para-medical and educational) under one roof and treats children regardless of religious belief, nationality or ethnic background.As a private nonprofit hospital, ALYN receives no automatic government funding and for every dollar spent on care there is a shortfall of at least 30¢ which grows to a minimum of $3,000,000 every year. This shortfall is funded through the generosity of individuals, federations and foundations. The American Friends of ALYN Hospital is a fully registered 501 (c) (3) with US Tax ID 13-6100833 and donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat Al-Salam
United StatesCommunity/Family
Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam (the "Oasis of Peace" in Hebrew and Arabic) is the only community in Israel where Jews ans Palestinians choose to live, work and raise their children in equality and mutual respect. The village started with a handful of individuals in the 1970s and is now home to 60 families - half Jewish, half Palestinian. More than 300 families are on a waiting-list, hoping to join the community in the near future. In the United States, the American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam was created in the 1980s to provide support to the Oasis of Peace and awareness to the American public.
American Friends of the Hebrew University
United StatesChildren/Education
Founded by the American Felix M. Warburg in 1925, American Friends of The Hebrew University (AFHU) is a national, not-for-profit organization in support of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel's foremost center of higher education and research. Forging a meaningful partnership between American Jewry and the people of Israel, AFHU helps to ensure the nation's well being by nurturing Israel's greatest asset: the intellectual strength of its people.
American Friends of the Open University of Israel
United StatesOther
American Friends of the Open University of Israel (AFOUI) is the dynamic arm of the Open University of Israel (OUI), Israel's largest university. With 45,000 students, OUI is proud to educate one in six college students in Israel. AFOUI is dedicated to raising US awareness of OUI and the vital role that an educated Israeli society plays in keeping Israel and Jews of all economic backgrounds safe and strong. A 21st century University, OUI offers 600 online, internet courses to students located all over the world, every day, every hour. The University's 70 Study Centers are scattered throughout Israel, making study possible for students residing in remote desert areas, towns and villages who are enrolled in individualized academic programs.
American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center
United StatesArts/Culture
The Yitzhak Rabin Center was established in 1997, on the basis of a law, to commemorate the life and activities of Yitzhak Rabin, and to draw the lessons from the murder - its circumstances and implications. The Center combines socio-educational activity, documentation and commemoration, and operates in all sectors of Israeli society – Jews and Arabs, veteran Israelis and new immigrants, residents of the center and the periphery – in order to perpetuate the memory of Yitzhak Rabin and his assassination, and to inculcate the values of democracy.
American Friends of Tzohar
United StatesDisability
Tzohar's programs are the light to these children and their families, creating hope and encouragement for all of our futures. There is a desperate need in Israel for Special Schools for exceptional children. According to the published statistics of the Ministry of Welfare and Social Security Administration, over 1,000 disabled and educationally challenged youngsters are at home nationwide for lack of an appropriate framework, with the number increasing every year. In biblical times, when G-d commanded Noah to build an ark to protect his family and animals, he was instructed to add as special window to provide light for those inside. This window, "Tzohar" in Hebrew, was a means of maintaining contact with the outside world, while protecting those within. Like its biblical reference, Tzohar is a window to the world, providing shelter and quality of life for special needs children.
American Friends Service Committee
United StatesHuman Rights
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service. Our work is based on the principles of the Religious Society of Friends, the belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. In collaboration with local communities and neighborhoods, AFSC’s programs foster understanding and reconciliation, promote economic development and food security, educate the public on issues such as nuclear disarmament and the realities of military service, and people take charge of their own destinies.
American Health Assistance Foundation
United StatesResearch/Dev
The American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) is a registered non-profit organization that funds research seeking cures for Alzheimer's disease, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma, and provides the public with information about risk factors, preventative lifestyles, available treatments and coping strategies. We disseminate vital information to the public, especially those affected by these age-related degenerative diseases, through our website, print publications, as well as TV and radio Public Service Announcements (PSAs).
American Heart Association
United StatesHealth/Medical
Six cardiologists formed the American Heart Association in 1924. Their goal was to improve public and medical awareness.The American Heart Association is committed to fighting heart disease and stroke and raising awareness of these diseases. As part of their mission, they focus on specific causes designed to help people achieve a heart-healthy lifestyle. Each of their cause initiatives reaches out to the public with resources and information to help them take positive action.
American Heart Association
United StatesHealth/Medical
AHA funds research at both the national and regional levels. AHA publishes brochures and other resource materials on subjects like nutrition and the dangers of smoking. Its food certification program also helps consumers in identifying items low in saturated fat and cholesterol. AHA funds scientific studies to obtain knowledge in the prevention, detection, and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. In addition to publishing five medical journals, AHA holds professional development seminars and meetings to keep physicians, nurses and healthcare professionals versed in the latest ways to prevent or treat problems involving stroke, heart attack and other cardiovascular diseases. AHA also offers training in emergency cardiac care. AHA also monitors and promotes legislation at both the federal and state levels on policy issues to bring down rates for heart disease and stroke.
American Himalayan Foundation
United StatesResearch/Dev
The Himalaya, roof of the world, is a magic place, but where people often live without basic health care and education. Economic pressures have forced environmental degradation. And traditional ways of life are in danger of disappearing. The American Himalayan Foundation was founded thirty years ago to respond to some of these pressing problems. What we do is very basic: build schools, plant trees, train doctors, fund hospitals, take care of children and elderly, and restore sacred sites throughout the Himalayas. We also assist and encourage Tibetans to rebuild and maintain their culture both in exile, and within Tibet.
American Humane Association
United StatesAnimals/Wildlife
Founded in 1877, the American Humane Association is the only national organization dedicated to protecting both children and animals. A nonprofit membership organization, American Humane is headquartered in Denver. Through a network of child and animal protection agencies and individuals, American Humane provides national leadership in developing policies, legislation, curricula and training programs - and taking actions - to protect children and animals from cruelty, abuse, neglect and exploitation. Hundreds of child welfare and child protective services agencies and professionals are members of American Humane. In addition, hundreds of local humane societies, SPCAs and animal control agencies across the country are member organizations of American Humane.
American India Foundation
United StatesResearch/Dev
AIF mobilizes resources in the United States and India and invests these to improve education, livelihoods and public health for the marginalized in India. It has implemented programs through over 115 Indian non-governmental organizations since its inception in 2001. We improve the economic wellbeing of marginalized workers by increasing livelihood options, access to capital and income security. We also improve the health and survival of women and children through expanding health services and increasing health literacy.