Alfred Friendly Foundation

A foundation built in 1984 to carry a Pulitzer winning editor's conviction that free societies depend on a free press, placing a small annual cohort of journalists from developing nations inside American newsrooms for six months of immersion in professional and ethical practice.

8named by peers

Financial profile

Alfred Friendly Foundation · EIN 52-1307387 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$58,815$82,395$232,418Dec 2023
FY2022$256,044$439,800$238,203Dec 2022
FY2021$225,047$205,015$385,071Dec 2021
FY2020$201,466$292,115$304,106Dec 2020
FY2019$411,083$434,260$532,512Dec 2019
FY2015$128,294$472,423$1,051,585Dec 2015

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Peer societies

Five societies Alfred Friendly Foundation is read alongside.

Who backs AFF

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Who backs Alfred Friendly Foundation's peers, but not Alfred Friendly Foundation

Companies named publicly by at least one of Alfred Friendly Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in Alfred Friendly Foundation's reviewed public records.

CompanyTRFPeers
Apple IncNamed1 of 1
BarillaNamed1 of 1
MicrosoftNamed1 of 1
MozillaNamed1 of 1
Omidyar Network Services LLCNamed1 of 1
People’s Postcode LotteryNamed1 of 1
Thomson Reuters GroupNamed1 of 1
UBSNamed1 of 1

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The outside view

A foundation built in 1984 to carry a Pulitzer winning editor's conviction that free societies depend on a free press, placing a small annual cohort of journalists from developing nations inside American newsrooms for six months of immersion in professional and ethical practice.

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Legacy

Faithful to what was handed down.

The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.

Also reads toward The Movement and The League.

Strengths

→Unmatched continuity and a trusted name.
→Decisions honor a long arc, not a news cycle.
→Members feel part of something lasting.

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