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The AFTRA Foundation
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Danny Pardo
Published: Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
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The AFTRA Foundation
The AFTRA Foundation is building for the future of performers, broadcasters, and recording artists. Founded by the AFTRA National Board of Directors in 1997 as a separate legal entity from the union, the AFTRA Foundation is a charitable and educational organization funded through tax-deductible voluntary contributions, grants, and bequests—not AFTRA member dues—to support projects outside the scope of normal activities of AFTRA, including charitable endeavors, special conferences, studies, seminars, and other events.
Here’s how some of the almost $1 million in grants made by the AFTRA Foundation have helped AFTRA members and the arts, entertainment, and media industries:
- • Offers performers across the country access to comprehensive social, health care, employment and training, and housing services by ongoing support to the Actor’s Fund.
- Provides scholarships, workshops, counseling, mentoring, and outreach to dancers through continuing support to Career Transition for Dancers.
- Provided crucial support to performers affected by the 9/11 tragedy by donations to the American Red Cross, New York City Central Labor Council, and Support New York Initiative.
- Helped AFTRA members learn more about the history and mission of AFTRA through completion funding for the video documentary AFTRA: Commitment to Action.
- Helped create a six-week educational pilot program to raise the technical and creative skills of Native Americans through a partnership with the Institute of American Indian Arts in 2004.
- Provided AFTRA members with a better understanding of the Spanish-language market and how to help give broadcasters a voice at work through funds for a Spanish Language Broadcast Study in 2001.
