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Foundation
Finlandia Foundation National is the most important source of support for Finnish and Finnish-American culture in the United States of America. We were founded in 1953 as a non-profit cultural and educational organization. Our purpose is to cultivate closer relations between Finland and the United States, and to strengthen the bonds of friendship among Finnish-Americans and others interested in our culture and heritage.
Finlandia Foundation is a cultural handshake across the sea, and a living memorial. We provide grants, scholarships and cultural programs designed to enrich the Finnish-American experience. Our membership is open to all friends of Finland. Finlandia Foundation National special funds are established in honor of individuals and organizations. Currently there are funds designated for education, heritage, festivals, sciences, music, visual and performing arts, legal and medical studies, and athletics.
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Chapters
The following chapters are currently associated with Finlandia Foundation National:
The Finnish American Club of Tucson, AZ • Finns and Friends of Phoenix, AZ • Long Beach, CA • Los Angeles, CA • Finnish American Home Association, CA • San Francisco Bay Area, CA • Finlandia Club of Sacramento Valley, CA • Colorado, Denver CO • National Capital, Washington, D.C. • Florida, FL • Atlanta Suomi-Finland Society, GA • Finnish-American Society of the Midwest, IL • Finnish Heritage House, ME • Baltimore Area, MD • Boston, MA • The Finnish Center at Saima Park, Inc., MA • The Finnish Heritage Society - Sovittaja, MA • The Finnish American Society of West Central Michigan, MI • Finnish Center Association, MI • Finnish Theme Committee of Hancock - FF Copper Country, MI • League of Finnish American Societies of the Upper Peninsula, MI • Finnish-Americans and Friends (Hibbing), MN • Twin Cities, MN • Finn Club of Helena, MT •New York Metropolitan, NY • Finger Lakes Finns, NY • Finnish-American Heritage Association of Ashtabula County, OH • Columbia-Pacific, OR • Pittsburgh, PA • Finnish American Society of the Delaware Valley, PA • Finnish-American Society of Dallas/Fort Worth, TX • Tidewater, VA • Seattle, WA • Inland Northwest, WA • Swedish Finn Historical Society, WA • Suomi Chapter, WA
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Invitation
We invite you to join our more than 6,000 members who are building a living memorial for the Finnish-Americans in the United States. You may join one of the existing chapters, or ask your local Finnish-American organization to become associated with Finlandia Foundation National.
If there is no chapter near you, it is also possible for you to start your own chapter (benefits), or to join us as an individual member. Finlandia Foundation National annual individual membership fee is $20 per person.
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All donations to Finlandia Foundation National are matched up to $75,000 annually, tax deductible, and are applied 100% to programs - no percentage of donations are used for administrative expenses. Donors may wish to support any type of cultural activities as long as they are Finnish or Finnish-American in nature, but unrestricted donations are preferred. Limited matching funds are available for new funds. Our administrative expenses and matching funds are generously supported by grants from the Paloheimo Foundation.
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Memorials
Finlandia Foundation National administers currently the following memorial funds: Paloheimo/Fenyes Visual Arts Grant & Scholarship Fund
• Vaino Hoover Fund • Elma Randall Memorial Finnish-American Heritage Fund • Curtin-Paloheimo Charitable Remainder Trust Fund for FFN • United Finnish Brother and Sisterhood Lodge No.1 of San Francisco Fund for Scholars • Pertti Lindfors Legal Studies Fund
• Aune Koski Scholarship Fund
• Gertrude Kujala Memorial Finnish Music Fund • Aina Swan Cutler New England Music Fund • Sundquist Endowment for the Arts Fund • FF Florida Scholarship Fund • FF Premier Fund
• Bert & Marjatta Salonen Business Education Fund • Festival Fund • Jaakko Tuominen Memorial Sports Fund • FFNCC Special Fund • Helin/Korpela Social Sciences Fund • SFK Memorial Fund
• Urho Kivikoski Education Fund • Jean E. Sainio-Nolan Scholarship Fund
• Walima Fund for Folk Music • Midwest General Fund • Finnish-Swedish Cultural Fund.
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