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Adviser and fiscal sponsor for projects that bring cultures closer

Understanding doesn't stop at the border.

AIU advises, sponsors, and funds the people who carry it across: evacuating Afghan allies, building a community center in northern Malawi, and making documentaries that change how we see each other.

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A young skier in Bamyan, Afghanistan, stands in deep snow holding a pair of homemade wooden skis, mountains behind him.

Projects guided, supported, and funded across

  • United States
  • Eastern Europe
  • Central Asia
  • Africa
  • Middle East

A small nonprofit that helps other people's good work stand up.

Advise.

Our board brings decades in education, nonprofit finance, and international service. We help project leaders shape a plan, a budget, and a realistic path to funding.

Sponsor.

As a fiscal sponsor, AIU receives tax-deductible gifts on a project's behalf, so its founders can raise money without first forming a nonprofit of their own.

Amplify.

We connect each project to our network of donors, partner organizations, and storytellers, and we give it a home here where supporters can find it.

The work we stand behind

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Two men in cowboy hats lead horses toward the camera, silhouetted against the setting sun.
United StatesIn production

Soul Wounds

Combat veterans, trauma, and healing practices such as equine therapy, told as a cross-cultural conversation about recovery.

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Afghanistan → United StatesActive

AfghanEvac

A volunteer-run coalition of more than 250 organizations working to bring at-risk Afghan allies and their families to safety.

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No One Left Behind logo: a soldier and an interpreter, with the words Keeping Our Promise
Afghanistan → United StatesActive

No One Left Behind

Evacuates and resettles wartime allies who hold or have applied for Special Immigrant Visas, and advocates for them in Washington.

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A young skier in sunglasses and a striped hat grins at the camera in Bamyan; the film title Champions of the Golden Valley beside him.
Bamyan, AfghanistanReleased

Champions of the Golden Valley

An Emmy-winning documentary about the ski club that grew up in the mountains of Bamyan, and what became of its athletes after 2021.

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Films that let you sit with someone else's life

Through The Taleem Project (Taleem LLC), founded by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and project partner Baktash Ahadi, AIU supports documentaries about Afghanistan, veterans, and immigration.

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Your gift may be tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

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