Aha Foundation Inc.
Aha Foundation Inc.
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Mission
THE AHA FOUNDATION MISSION STATEMENT IS "WE BELIEVE IN LIBERTY FOR ALL"
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ALERT:SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES: 42,472 FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK, 11,692 NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS, 13,020 FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER, A 7% INCREASE FROM 12,141 IN DECEMBER 2017165 ARTICLES WERE UPLOADED TO THE AHA FOUNDATION WEBSITE IN 2018 WITH UPDATES OCCURRING ABOUT THREE TIMES PER WEEK.MEDIA OUTREACH: AYAAN HIRSI ALI AND AHA FOUNDATION FEATURED PROMINENTLY IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA IN 2018 WITH PUBLICATIONS IINCLUDING PBS, THE NEW YORK POST, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND THE HOOVER INSTITUTION ONLINE JOURNAL DEFINING IDEAS COVERING MYRIAD TOPICS FROM FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) TO ISLAMISM.FOLLOWING A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE'S DECISION THAT THE FEDERAL LAW CRIMINALIZING FGM WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, AHA FOUNDATION'S SWIFT DENUNCIATION OF THE DECISION WAS ISSUED IN NOVEMBER, AND FEATURED IN MULTIPLE NEWS OUTLETS INCLUDING THE GUARDIAN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE DETROIT NEWS, THE BUSINESS STANDARD, ABC NEWS, USA TODAY, AND THE NEW YORK TIMES. THIS RELEASE, COMBINED WITH SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTARY, RESULTED IN MORE THAN 33 PIECES OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA REPORTING ACROSS PRINT, ONLINE, AND BROADCAST CHANNELS. AYAAN HIRSI ALI'S TWEETS RESPONDING TO THE NEWS RECEIVED ATTENTION FROM MORE THAN 10,000 SUPPORTERS AND GENERATED A REACH OF 30% MORE USERS ONLINE THAN NORMAL.AHA FOUNDATION RELEASED ITS REPORT, "WHY WE HESITATE TO PROTECT GIRLS FROM FGM IN THE UNITED STATES," WHICH PROVIDES A GRADING SCALE ANALYZING EACH STATE'S ANTI-FGM LEGISLATION AND CALLS FOR ZERO TOLERANCE OF FGM. THE REPORT REACHED OVER 330,000 PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ALONE AND WAS CITED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND LEGISLATORS SEEKING TO END THE PRACTICE OF FGM IN THE U.S. FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF THE REPORT, HIRSI ALI WAS FEATURED ON FIRING LINE WITH MARGARET HOOVER TO DISCUSS THE HARSH REALITY OF FGM IN THE U.S.IN 2018, HIRSI ALI APPEARED ON THREE PODCASTS INCLUDING THE JAMIE WEISTEIN SHOW, THE FEMSPLAINERS, AND THE HOOVER INSTITUTION FELLOW TALKS. IN THESE PODCASTS, AYAAN DESCRIBED HER CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES IN COUNTRIES WHERE FEMALE SUBJUGATION IS RAMPANT, AND RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT FGM IN THE U.S., AN ABUSE SHE SURVIVED AS A CHILD. SHE ALSO CALLED FOR A REFORMATION OF ISLAM FOSTERED BY CRITICAL THOUGHT AND OPEN DIALOGUE.IN HER ARTICLE TITLED "THE NO PLATFORM BRIGADE" IN THE HOOVER INSTITUTION JOURNAL, DEFINING IDEAS, AYAAN HIRSI ALI CONDEMNED THE INCREASING TENDANCY, PARTICULARLY ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, TO SILENCE MUSLIM DISSIDENTS AND CRITICS OF ISLAM. SHE ARGUED THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL DEBATE, AMERICANS MUST HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ISLAM AS A RELIGION AND ISLAMISM, A REPRESSIVE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY.IN HER WALL STREET JOURNAL OP-ED, "WILL SAUDI ARABIA FREE ITS WOMEN?" HIRSI ALI BRINGS TO LIGHT THE STRUGGLES WOMEN ENCOUNTER IN SAUDI ARABIA AND WARNS THAT THE EXPANSION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE COUNTRY WILL BE LARGELY MEANINGLESS IF SAUDI ARABIA'S GUARDIANSHIP LAWS REMAIN.AHA FOUNDATION WAS FEATURED IN A PBS FRONTLINE ARTICLE TITLED "FLORIDA MOVES TO BAN MARRIAGE BEFORE THE AGE OF 17," WHERE SHE DISCUSSED FLORIDA'S ATTEMPTS TO END CHILD MARRIAGE.HIRSI ALI WROTE AN OP-ED FOR THE NEW YORK POST TITLED, 'THE ANTI-WOMAN VIOLENCE FEMNISITS ARE AFRAID TO CONFRONT." IN IT SHE PRAISED THE #METOO MOVEMENT FOR CUTTING ACROSS PARTY LINES AND FOCUSING ON EXPOSING ALL INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL AFFILIATION, BUT POINTS OUT THAT THE INCLUSIVITY DOES NOT TO EXTEND TO WOMEN'S ISSUES SUCH AS FGM, FORCED MARRIAGE, AND HONOR VIOLENCE, AND ARGUES THAT THESE ISSUES REMAIN LARGELY UNTOUCHED BY THE CURRENT FEMINIST MOVEMENT.TRAININGS: SINCE INCEPTION, AHA FOUNDATION HAS TRAINED MORE THAN 3,000 PROFESSIONALS LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER SURVIVORS OR AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS FACING HONOR VIOLENCE, FORCED MARRIAGE, CHILD MARRIAGE, OR FGM.RAISED AWARENESS AROUND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CHILD MARRIAGE AND HONOR VIOLENCE SPEAKING AT A UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON CHILD MARRIAGE. THE CONFERENCE WAS LIVE-STREAMED BY THE NEWS OUTLET NOWTHIS HER, WITH OVER 100,000 PEOPLE VIEWING THE VIDEO.LED A TRAINING FOR MORE THAN 100 YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS FROM OVER 30 COUNTRIES AT THE WOMEN2WOMEN INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. ONE CHADIAN TEENAGER WHO HAD BEEN INSPIRED BY A SIMILAR TRAINING HELD AT THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S CONFERENCE HELD HER OWN CONVENING TO END FORCED AND CHILD MARRIAGE IN CHAD.TRAINED 50 SERVICE PROFESSIONALS ON THE HARMFUL PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF FGM WITH A PSYCHOTHERAPIST WHO SPECIALIZES IN FGM AT THE INSTITUTE ON VIOLENCE, ABUSE, AND TRAUMA'S INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.RAISED AWARENESS OF AHA FOUNDATION ISSUES WHILE TEACHING TWO CLASSES AT PASSAIC VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN LITTLE FALLS, NEW JERSEY.WEB-BASED TRAINING SESSIONS POSTED ON THE AHA FOUNDATION WEBSITE HAVE BEEN VIEWED ALMOST 12,000 TIMES.ADVOCACY: SINCE INCEPTION, AHA FOUNDATION HAS SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR THREE FEDERAL BILLS PASSED INTO LAW, 25 STATE BILLS IN NINE STATES CRIMINALIZING AND PROTECTING GIRLS FROM FGM AND CHILD MARRIAGE, AND HELPING PROTECT INDIVIDUALS FACING SITUATIONS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.SUBMITTED AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PROSECUTION IN FIRST-EVER FEDERAL PROSECUTION OF PRACTITIONER FOR PERFORMING FGM ON GIRLS IN MICHIGAN.EDUCATED SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY'S TEAM ON NEEDED FEDERAL SUPPORT TO PREVENT FGM IN THE U.S. AND TO AID SURVIVORS. SUPPORTED SENATOR GRASSLEY'S TEAM IN INCLUDING ANTI-FGM PROVISIONS IN THEIR DRAFT LANGUAGE FOR THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (VAWA). PROVIDED DRAFT LANGUAGE FOR THE BILL, PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON DRAFT VERSIONS OF INCLUDED PROVISIONS, AND DISCUSSED STRATEGY WITH SENATOR GRASSLEY'S TEAM. SPEARHEADED BI-PARTISON NETWORK OF WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS AND SURVIVOR/ADVOCATES WHO TOGETHER ENCOURAGED INCLUSION OF COMPREHENSIVE MEASURES TO PROTCT WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE U.S. FROM FGM AS PART OF THE REAUTHORIZATION OF VAWA.ENCOURAGED SENATOR GRASSLEY'S OFFICE TO SUPPORT THE STOPPING ABUSIVE FEMALE EXPLOITATION (SAFE) ACT, WHICH WOULD HAVE INCREASED THE FEDERAL PENALTY FOR FGM FROM FIVE TO 15 YEARS AND WOULD HAVE ENCOURAGE STATES TO PUT IN PLACE MANDATORY REPORTING LAWS. THIS BILL, SUPPORTED BY THE AHA FOUNDATION TEAM, PASSED UNANIMOUSLY IN THE HOUSE FOLLOWING INTRODUCTION BY REPRESENTATIVES DAVE TROTT AND CAROLYN MALONEY.SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTED EFFORTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO PUT IN PLACE ANTI-FGM LEGISLATION. PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO 200 LEGISLATORS AT A LUNCHEON AND PROVIDED IN-PERSON TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF THE BILL. SERVED AS A RESOURCE FOR THE BILL SPONSOR, GENERATED MEDIA ATTENTION THROUGHOUT THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND REACHED OUT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS.SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTED EFFORTS IN OHIO TO PASS ANTI-FGM LEGISLATION INCLUDING PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND WRITTEN TESTIMONY FOR A HEARING HELD BEFORE THE HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE.MET WITH VIRGINIA STATE SENATOR BLACK TO LEND OUR SUPPORT TO HIS SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE CRIME OF FGM FROM A MISDEMEANOR TO A FELONY.CONTINUED TO SUPPORT EFFORTS BY THE WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS TO PASS ANTI-FGM LEGISLATION IN THE STATE BY PROVIDING MASSACHUSETTS-SPECIFIC MATERIALS AND RESEARCH. CONTINUED TO SUPPORT EFFORTS BY MAINE LEGISLATORS TO PASS ANTI-FGM LEGISLATION IN THE STATE. ENCOURAGED BIPARTISAN COOPERATION AND THE INCLUSION OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROVISIONS IN THE BILL TO HELP PREVENT THE PRACTICE. SPOKE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AND SUBMITTED TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF MAINE ANTI-FGM EFFORTS. CONTINUED TO SUPPORT EFFORTS BY PENNSYLVANIA REPRESENTATIVE TOM MURT TO PUT IN PLACE ANTI-FGM LEGISLATION IN THE STATE BY OUTREACH TO LEGISLATORS, FEEDBACK ON BILL DRAFTS, AND ENCOURAGING OUR GRASSROOTS SUPPORTERS TO REACH OUT TO THEIR LEGISLATORS IN SUPPORT OF ANTI-FGM EFFORTS IN THE STATE.SOUGHT BILL SPONSORS TO STRENGTHEN CALIFORNIA'S ANTI-FGM LEGISLATION. CURRENT LEGISLATION LACKS A PROVISION WHICH PROHIBITS TRANSPORTING A GIRL ACROSS STATE LINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF FGM AND THE STATE NEEDS TO CLARIFY THROUGH LEGISLATION WHICH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS IN THE STATE.IDENTIFIED A BILL SPONSOR IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS TO INTRODUCE ANTI-FGM LEGISLATION IN 2019.WORKED WITH WASHINGTON STATE BILL SPONSORS TO PREPARE FOR THE 2019 LEGISLATIVE SEASON INCLUDING OUTREACH TO OTHER LEGISLATORS TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE NEED TO PROTECT WASHINGTON STATE GIRLS FROM FGM.IDENTIFIED A DANGEROUS LOOPHOLE IN FEDERAL LAW FACILITATING CHILD MARRIAGE IN THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY. SUBMITTED A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST AND WORKED WITH THE SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBER OF MINORS IMPACTED BY THIS LOOPHOLE.SUPPORTED SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS IN DELAWARE TO ELIMINATE LOOPHOLES ALLOWING FOR MARRIAGE BELOW THE AGE OF 18 BY SUBMITTING WRITTEN TESTIONY IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION, WHICH WAS PASSED BYSTATE LAWMAKERS, MAKING DELAWARE THE FIRST IN THE US TO BAN ALL MARRIAGE BELOW 18.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is listed in the filing as “The aha foundation mission statement is "we believe in liberty for all"”.
When discussing its operations, they were characterized as: “The aha foundation mission statement is "we believe in liberty for all"”.
- The non-profit's legally reported state of operation is DC.
- The filing states that the non-profit's address in the year 2020 is 130 7TH AVENUE NO 236, NEW YORK, NY, 100111803.
- The form submitted by the non-profit for 2020 shows a total of 4 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $500,000 and $1,000,000+.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $325,096.
- The organization has 7 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2007.
- The organization pays $569,579 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $133,717 in fundraising expenses.
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