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The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, nonpartisan educational foundation that promotes Italian American culture and heritage. NIAF serves as a resource on the Italian American community and has educational and youth programs including scholarships, grants, heritage travel, and mentoring.
NIAF is also the voice for Italian Americans in Washington, DC and works closely with the Italian American Congressional Delegation and the White House. NIAF’s mission includes advancing US – Italy business, political, and cultural relations and has a business council that promotes networking with corporate leaders.
Italian Culture
NIAF’s Ambassador Magazine
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Just in time for the holiday season, the latest issue of NIAF’s Ambassador magazine is arriving in stockings…er…mailboxes across the country, featuring holiday recipes from renowned chef Lidia Bastianich, advice from genealogists on researching your Italian ancestry, a review of Marco Bellocchio’s new Italian-language movie “Vincere,” a profile on Italian American bass fisherman Mike Iaconelli, a special Italian American holiday gift guide and more.
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"Remembering Monongah"
In 1907, the small town of Monongah, West Virginia, lost hundreds of its residents to an accident in a local coal mine. Half of the victims were Italian immigrants who had come to this country to seek a better life. Now, more than 100 years later, a NIAF grant recipient explores this tragedy and its far-reaching effects in the documentary “Monongah Remembered,” now available for purchase on DVD.
“Le Donne” by Antonello Venditti
One highlight of this year’s 34th Anniversary Convention and Gala Weekend will be Friday evening’s performance by legendary singer and songwriter Antonello Venditti, a 2009 NIAF honoree. Get ready for his show by listening to “Le Donne,” his newly released 2009 album, which is a compilation of his most famous love songs. NIAF will honor Venditti with the Foundation’s prestigious Special Achievement Award in Music on Saturday, October 24. For more information about other gala honorees, click here.
meet some of our supporters
- Rachael Ray
- Mario Batali
- Danny Aiello
- Andrea Bocelli
- Tony Lo Bianco
- Ken Aspromonte
- Alan Alda
- Frankie Valli
- Gina Lollobrigida
- Roberto Benigni
- Sophia Loren
- Tom LaSorda
- Tim McGraw
- Faith Hill
- Martin Scorsese
- Gen. Peter Pace
- Gay Talese
- Roberto Benigni
- Danny Aiello
- Yogi Berra
- Isabella Rossellini
- Jerry Colangelo
- Connie Stevens
NIAF membership connects our past, present and future!
For more than three decades, NIAF has linked Italian Americans around the country with each other in addition to the language, food and culture of their ancestors. But we can’t do it without your help.
