How To Help / Become a Partner

Aid to Artisans does not work alone. In addition to partnering with businesses and organizations to implement our services and ensure sustainability for artisans, we rely on the generous support of a range public and private sector partners and many individuals for funding.


For more information, please contact:

Private Funders:
David O'Connor, President

Public Funders:
Dan Kingsley, Director of Public Sector Partnerships


The following is a list of our partners and contributors over the years.

  • Corporations
    • Associated Merchandising Corp.
    • Citibank
    • Deutsche Bank
    • Eileen Fisher
    • Fleet Bank
    • IFC
    • J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
    • Levi Strauss & Co.
    • Lindblad Expeditions
    • Linhas Aereas de Mozambique
    • Lotus Development Corporation
    • OXY
    • Polaroid Corporation
    • Siemens Corporation
    • South African Airways
    • TEXACO International
    • The Gillette Company
    • Toms of Maine
    • Union Pacific
  • Foundations
    • African Development Foundation
    • Aga Khan Foundation
    • American Express Foundation
    • Arthur Ashley Williams Foundation
    • Asian Cultural Council
    • Asian Cultural Council
    • Big Bend Rotary
    • Boston Globe Foundation
    • Cabot Family Charitable Trust
    • Canadian Crafts Council
    • Charles Englehard Foundation
    • Connor Foundation
    • Craft Council of India
    • Cricket Foundation
    • eBay Foundation
    • EDIPA Foundation
    • Eurasia Foundation
    • Ewing Family Fund
    • Fidelity
    • Forbes Foundation
    • Ford Foundation
    • Foundation for Commuunity Development
    • Fred Lazarus, Jr. Foundation
    • Glades Foundation
    • H.B.B. Foundation
    • Hampshire Foundation
    • Homeland Foundation
    • Inter-American Foundation
    • It Takes a Village
    • JP Morgan Chase Foundation - Mexico
    • Kellogg Foundation
    • Kenan Foundation
    • Kudler Family Foundation
    • Lafetra Foundation
    • Lawson Valentine Foundation
    • Mailman Foundation
    • Max and Rose Katz Foundation
    • Maya Hands
    • McKnight Foundation
    • McNeely Foundation
    • Minneapolis Foundation
    • Newman's Own Foundation
    • Noor-Al-Hussein Foundation
    • October Hill Foundation
    • Otis Elevator/S. Africa
    • PATA Foundation
    • Pew Charitable Trust
    • Philip Morris Foundation
    • Rausing Trust UK
    • Rickel's Family
    • Rohatyn Foundation
    • Roy Hunt Foundation
    • Sigerson Children Phoenix Fund
    • Sir Tata Dhorabjee Trust ( India)
    • Skaggs Foundation
    • Southwest Foundations
    • Starr Foundation
    • Summit Foundation
    • Sun Microsystems Foundation
    • The Christensen Fund
    • The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
    • The Margetts Foundation
    • The Rockefeller Foundation
    • The Sister Fund
    • The Wimpfheimer Foundation
    • Trust for Mutual Understanding
    • UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief)
    • Vanderbilt Foundation
    • West Foundation
    • World Crafts Foundation
  • Implementing Partners
    • Academy for Educational Development
    • Afghan Business Women's Federation (AWBF)
    • Aid to Artisans Ghana
    • All India Artisans and Craftworkers Welfare Alliance (AIACA)
    • Alternativa (El Salvador)
    • AMKA (Tanzania)
    • Asociation de Exportadores (ADEX, Peru)
    • Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)
    • Barro Sin Plomo (Mexico)
    • Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI, South Africa)
    • CARE
    • CEDARTE (Mozambique)
    • Center for International Private Enterprise
    • Central Asia Craft Support Association (CACSA)
    • Centro de Estudos e Desenvolvimento de Artesanato (CEDART, Mozambique)
    • Chemonics
    • CNFA
    • Conservation International
    • Counterpart International
    • CraftLink
    • DAI
    • Fair Trade Original
    • FONART
    • Fundatia Arta, Traditie Artizanat Romania (FATAR)
    • George Washington University
    • Grameen Foundation
    • IC Net
    • International Executive Service Corps
    • International Resources Group
    • IRG
    • Jordan Design and Trade Center
    • Kala Raksha
    • Louis Berger International
    • Macedonian Artisan Trade Association (MATA)
    • MOZARTE (Mozambique)
    • Nathan Associates
    • P.A.C.T.
    • Pan-American Development Foundation
    • Peace Corps
    • Save the Children
    • SERRV
    • SEWA
    • Solimar International
    • TechnoServ
    • The Mountain Institute
    • Winrock
    • World Learning
  • Public Funders
    • Accion Social (Colombia)
    • Al Akhawayn University (Morocco)
    • Antioquia Municipality (Colombia)
    • Barbados Investment & Development Corp
    • Boyaca Municipality (Colombia)
    • Cimpogest (Mozambique)
    • CONAMYPE (El Salvador)
    • Create South Africa
    • Dutch Embassy - Macedonia
    • FOMILENIO (El Salvador)
    • Hancock County, Georgia
    • Inter-American Development Bank
    • International Finance Corporation
    • Jamaican Export Board
    • Kenya Export Promotion Council
    • Middle East Partnership Initiative
    • Organization of American States
    • Prompex (Peru)
    • SIPPO (Swiss Import Promotion Program)
    • U.N. Development Program
    • U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
    • U.S. Agency for International Development
    • UN Industrial Development Organization
    • UNESCO (International Fund for the Promotion of Culture)