French American Foundation aims to strengthen the French American relationship

Welcome to the French-American Foundation’s web site designed to inform you about all of the latest news and developments corresponding with the French-American Foundation, French-American council, and the French American relationship. The French-American Foundation is the principal non-government link between France and the United States at leadership levels. It shapes the debate on the issues that are most important in the France USA relationship and the French American relationship. The purpose of the French-American Foundation is to strengthen the French American relationship as a vital component of the trans-Atlantic partnership. It seeks to strengthen France USA international relations. Founded in 1976 together with its sister organization the French-American Foundation–France headquartered in Paris, the French-American Foundation is also committed to ensuring that the French American relationship should be vivid and relevant for the France USA generations that have come of age since the end of the Cold War. The French-American Foundation is an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit qualifying tax-exempt organization as described in section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. Funding of the French-American Foundation is derived from the generosity of its individual and institutional donors, as well as from the personal, corporate and foundation support dedicated to financing the French-American Foundation’s portfolio of programs. It seeks to strengthen the French American relationship. The French-American Foundation is not a grant-making foundation itself, although it does offer a selected number of French translation prizes, French internships, French awards, and France exchange students in pursuit of its core purpose to strengthen the French American relationship. Since 1986, the French-American Foundation, with the longstanding support of the Florence Gould Foundation, has awarded The Florence Gould Foundation French translation prize and the French-American Foundation French translation prize for the best translation of works of prose from French to English. Over the course of twenty years, the French translation prizes has established themselves as a valuable element in the intellectual and French American cultural exchange between both France USA. Additional French awards they give include the Benjamin Franklin French award, the Congressional Fellowship French award, and the Houghton French award. The French internships provide students with valuable, hands-on work experience, to encourage them to pursue topics in strengthening France USA relations in their French academic programs and/or French leadership programs, and to deepen understanding of France USA societies among the younger generations by raising French American awareness of the French American issues affecting both countries. FAF offers fall France internships and spring term France internships. It also promotes French education, French leadership programs, and French academic programs in the pursuit to strengthen France USA relations. The French-American Foundation seeks to strengthen France USA relations, the French American relationship, and France USA international relations. French-American Foundation’s web site allows visitors to find out all the latest information about French American issues, French American events, and the French American relationship and helps to drive French American awareness. You can review information about available French programs for American public and of French American cultural exchanges. It includes a listing of French American events and French programs for the American public.