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About Us

 

Students in Stratford-upon-AvonAmerican Friends of The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Inc. ("American Friends") is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization that was incorporated in Delaware on September 14, 1999. The Internal Revenue Service recognizes the organization as tax-exempt under section 501 (c) (3) as a public charity described in section 509 (a) (1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

American Friends’ goals and objectives are to promote, encourage and foster understanding and appreciation by the American public the plays and poetry of William Shakespeare.

American Friends, through monetary contributions and donations also supports the preservation of the Shakespeare houses and educational programs of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

 

 

From 1999 to 2010, American Friends’ collaboration and donations supported the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in the following areas:

 

Shakespeare's Birthplace