n. (abbr. SAA Foundation or SAAF)a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports the charitable and educational initiatives of the Society of American ArchivistsSAA Foundation 2008, 298Beaumont reported briefly on the status of paperwork filed with the Internal Revenue Service to complete conversion of the SAA Special Funds to the SAA Foundation.Meissner 2017, 16–17But what we need to become is an association of givers, that is, members who go beyond paying for what they consume directly: donating in excess of that as a way to create a stronger, more resilient organization that can realize its mission in more powerful ways. ¶ The emerging SAA Foundation is the mechanism that lets us accomplish this. The foundation is moving beyond its infancy into its training pants stage, which, of course, is a big step forward but still requires a great deal of attention.Zanish-Belcher 2019a, 12–13Too many archival stories this past year have involved natural disasters—hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and the terrifying fires on the West Coast. Fortunately, the SAA Foundation’s National Disaster Recovery Fund for Archives was expanded in 2017 to include eligibility for Mexico and non-US Caribbean Islands and to award up to $5,000 in grant funding.
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The SAA Foundation was established in 2011 as a 501(c)(3) organization. The Society of American Archivists is a 501(c)(6) organization and the sole corporate member of the Foundation. https://www2.archivists.org/foundation.
