HIAS
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HIAS, founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, is an international Jewish humanitarian nonprofit organization that provides services to refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced people. It was established between 1881 and 1903 to help Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the United States escaping antisemitic persecution and violence. In 1975, the State Department asked HIAS to aid in resettling Vietnam refugees. Since that time, the organization has continued to provide support for refugees of all nationalities, religions and ethnic origins.
Key facts
- Organization.logo
- File:HIAS logo only RBG lores.jpg
- Organization.status
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
- Organization.headquarters
- Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
- Organization.leader_title
- President
- Organization.leader_name
- Mark J. Hetfield
- Organization.leader_title2
- Chair of the board
- Organization.leader_name2
- Tamar Newberger
- Organization.subsidiaries
- Charitable Remainder Unitrust
- Organization.formerly
- Hebrew Sheltering Aid Society; Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society; Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society; United HIAS Service, Inc.;Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants
- Organization.name
- HIAS, Inc.
- Organization.purpose
- Drawing on our Jewish values and history, and working with host communities, HIAS provides vital services to refugees, asylum seekers, and other forcibly displaced and stateless persons around the world and advocates for their fundamental rights so they can rebuild their lives.
- Organization.tax_id
- 13-5633307
- Organization.founding_location
- New York, New York, U.S.
- Organization.revenue
- $39,923,260
- Organization.revenue_year
- 2014
- Organization.expenses
- $36,449,447
- Organization.expenses_year
- 2014
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1881
- Location
- New York, United States
- Also known as
- HIAS
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.446747.2 · ISNI 0000 0001 2166 084X
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
- Revenue
- 140553388
- Official website
- www.hias.org
- Image
- HIAS Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society 1925.jpg
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- inception
- 1881-00-00
- social media followers
- 30660
- donations
- 136348669
- Commons category
- HIAS
- total assets
- 91979046
- number of viewers/listeners
- 13310000
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- World War I
- Between the wars
- World War II and the Holocaust
- Jewish displaced persons
- Evacuation of Jews from Muslim countries and Hungary, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Ethiopia
- The Soviet Jewry exodus
- HIAS today
- HIAS archives
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
HIAS, founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, is an international Jewish humanitarian nonprofit organization that provides services to refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced people. It was established between 1881 and 1903 to help Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the United States escaping antisemitic persecution and violence. In 1975, the State Department asked HIAS to aid in resettling Vietnam refugees. Since that time, the organization has continued to provide support for refugees of all nationalities, religions and ethnic origins.
Working with host communities, HIAS works with refugees, asylum seekers, and other forcibly displaced and stateless persons. HIAS has offices in the United States and across Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Since its inception, HIAS has helped resettle more than 4.5million people.