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- EIN 94-1191246
- (415) 743-3324
- 465 California St 9th Floor San Francisco CA 94104 USA
- www.asiafoundation.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: International, International Development, International Human Rights
Mission: The asia foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open asia-pacific region. The foundation supports asian initiatives to improve governance, law, and civil society,(continued on schedule o) women's empowerment, economic reform and development, sustainable development and the environment, and international relations. Drawing on 60 years of experience in asia, the foundation collaborates with private and public partners to support leadership and institutional development, exchanges, and policy research. With 18 offices throughout asia, an office in washington, dc, and its headquarters in san francisco, the foundation addresses these issues on both a country and regional level.
Programs: Governance and law - the goal of the asia foundation's governance, law, and civil society (glc) programs is to support asian initiatives that help to build more effective and responsive governance in areas that can accelerate sustainable economic and social development, expand liberty and justice, and reduce the incidence of violent sub-national conflict. In helping our asian partners to strengthen governance reform, our overall goal is to achieve significant impact in helping to address some of the most critical governance challenges in the countries and sub-regions of asia where the foundation is among the very few organizations, or the only organization, that could achieve that impact.
international relations & environment - other exempt purpose achievements are related to economic reform, regional cooperation and environmental initiatives.
women's empowerment program - in 1994, the foundation launched a dedicated women's program to develop and expand country and regional initiatives that increase the rights and roles of women in all spheres. The goal of the women's empowerment program (wep) is to empower women individually and collectively to be full, equal, and active participants in their country's social, political, and economic development. The wep program addresses a range of gender-related issues in virtually all the countries where the foundation operates. The program has three strategic and mutually reinforcing programming objectives: to ensure women's rights and security; to increase women's political participation; and to advance women's economic opportunities.
books for asia - the books for asia (bfa) program has distributed nearly 50 million books over the last 60 years, and it is one of the asia foundation's most widely known programs. In fy14, books for asia distributed over 739,000 books and educational material valued at over $10 million to schools, universities, public libraries, research institutions, advocacy groups, and government agencies in asian countries. Working with asia foundation field offices and local partners, bfa identifies local needs and priorities, and then distributes donated books where they can have the greatest impact. Every year, bfa receives nearly one million donated books and matches them up to the needs of over 7,500 institutions.