Ways to Support the ASF
2010-11 Key Initiatives
DIRECTED GIVING PROGRAM
In addition to becoming a member of the Foundation there are additional ways to be involved and help the programs of the Foundation, either by giving to the general funding of the Foundation or as a Directed Donation to our key initiatives in 2011-2012, which include:.
- General Funding of the ongoing work of The ASF
- Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton Bursary & Education Programs
- Environmental Projects -John Muir Nature Trail, Van Cortland Park & Hamilton Garden, St. Nicholas Park
- Community Projects - ARCHIE, Tartan Week USA, Scottish Community Foundation, September Concert
- Heritage and Preservation - Public Catalogue Foundation, Hamilton Garden, St. Nicholas Park
- Arts & Culture - Nordoff Robbins Scotland: Big Apple Award
In addition, the ASF will be involved in other programming that will be a focus of the Foundation's 55th Anniversary work in 2011.
Download a Giving Form for the ASF's programs here.
GENERAL FUNDING FOR THE AMERICAN-SCOTTISH FOUNDATION® ENDOWMENT
In addition to our Directed Giving program there is also the opportunity to contribute a single gift or multi-year pledge through our Foundation's Endowment.
The ASF undertakes an extensive program of conferences, events and initiatives helping to foster American-Scottish business, heritage and friendship. Working with individuals and organizations, the ASF seeks to gain greater visibility for its programs – from a leading role in the Tartan Day Parade and week of events as a founding member of the Tartan Day Committee, to chairing leadership conferences and forums, to helping to support the work of The Allied Forces Foundation & Scots Guards Colonel’s Fund, Scottish Community Foundation and many other associated programs. Your support is vital to the ASF’s continuing work. Our Endowment is important to the long term security of the organization which is 2011 celebrates its 55th Anniversary.
You may support our General Funding via Paypal.
PAST SUPPORT
As we now enter our 55th Year we would like to note some of the projects that with the help of the friends of The American-Scottish Foundation® we have been able to benefit.
Among the many groups, events and projects that have received our financial support are :
- The Band of Her Majesty's Coldstream Guards, together with The Pipes and Drums of 1st Battalion, Scots Guards visited New York in October 2001 as sign of unity between the United States and Britain
- The Dunblane Fund
- The Highland Fund
- The Burns Statue restoration in Central Park, NYC, in cooperation with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
- The creation of The John Muir Trail in Van Cortlandt Park, New York City, in cooperation with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation - which remains a key initiative of the ASF in 2010
- The Scots Guards Colonel's Fund Dinner in association with the ASF Wallace Award in 2009
Contact The American-Scottish Foundation® at 212 605-0338 with any queries.