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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) knows how to raise the roof. The group represents the interests of some 83,000 professional architects through more than 300 chapters in every state in the US and in Asia, Europe, and South America. Members adhere to a code of ethics and the AIA disciplines members who break the rules with censure, admonition, suspension of membership, or permanent termination of membership. The organization's member benefits include educational programs, referrals, discounted contract documents, and job search assistance. It also lobbies government bodies on behalf of its members and provides media relations support.

The AKC is all about D.O.G.s. The American Kennel Club (AKC) maintains a registry of purebred canines from more than 150 breeds. In addition, the group stages dog shows and publishes magazines (AKC Gazette, AKC Family Dog) on dog ownership. It sponsors the Canine Health Foundation, Companion Animal Recovery (microchip-implanted dog recovery), the Museum of the Dog, and a pet insurance program. The AKC's Compliance division inspects dog kennels and breeders to ensure the animals receive proper care. About 610 member clubs make up the AKC, which recognizes another 4,000-plus clubs. The organization was founded in 1884 by a group of men who ran sporting dog clubs.

ASCAP is a membership association of more than 380,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership. ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. ASCAP makes giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and users of music.

Scandinavia House is the headquarters of The American-Scandinavian Foundation, an American non-profit organization that works to build cultural and educational ties between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Scandinavia House offers a wide range of programs, including art, design, and historical exhibitions as well as film series, concerts, lectures, symposia, language courses, and children's programs that illuminate the contemporary vitality of the Nordic countries. Designed by architect James Stewart Polshek, Scandinavia House opened to the public in 2000.

The Foundation concentrates most of its grantmaking in a few areas. Institutions and programs receiving support are often leaders in fields of Foundation activity, but they may also be promising newcomers, or in a position to demonstrate new ways of overcoming obstacles to achieve program goals. Our grantmaking philosophy is to build, strengthen and sustain institutions and their core capacities, rather than be a source for narrowly defined projects. As such, we develop thoughtful, long-term collaborations with grant recipients and invest sufficient funds for an extended period to accomplish the purpose at hand and achieve meaningful results.

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