Member Organizations
American Hungarian Catholic Clergy Association
The American Hungarian Catholic Clergy Association, established in 1974, provides its members with the opportunity for fellowship and cooperation, while identifying the goals of Hungarian pastoral work and enabling that Hungarian clergy in the U.S. remain faithful to their language and religious traditions. The Association holds regular meetings, reviewing its commitment to its goals and working to improve communication among parishes. It also organizes visits for church officials from Hungary, holds national conferences of religious organizations, and maintains vital communication with Hungarian clergy of other denominations.
Contact: Fr. Barnabás G. Kiss, OFM
Holy Cross Hungarian Church / Parish
8423 South Street
Detroit, MI 48209-2709
American Hungarian Foundation
Founded in 1954, the American Hungarian Foundation is devoted to furthering the understanding and appreciation of the Hungarian cultural and historical heritage in the United States. The Foundation serves as a bridge between Hungarian and American cultural traditions in an effort to enhance a better understanding of the contributions of each. The Foundation's founders and the three generations of Hungarians and American Hungarians that volunteer their assistance have illustrated through their dedication to the Foundation that the sense of Hungarian heritage can indeed be preserved in the United States.
Contact: Mr. August J. Molnar, President
300 Somerset Street P.O.Box 1084
New Brunswick, NJ 08903 USA
E-mail: info@ahfoundation.org
Website: http://www.ahfoundation.org/
Calvin Synod of the United Church of Christ
The Calvin Synod of the United Church of Christ was organized in 1939 as a Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. The 41 congregations constitute 4 classes (Eastern, Central, Lakeside and Western). The Eastern Classis was organized in 1896 and is considered to be the oldest Hungarian Reformed Church entity outside of Hungary. Membership is 15,000.
Contact: Rev. Béla Poznan
Contact: Mr. Theodore J. Horvath
The Friends of
Hungarian Higher Education Foundation (FHHEF) (Magyar Felsőoktatás Barátai
Alapítvány) was founded in 1998 with the help of the U.S. Treasury Department's
Office of Technical Assistance, for the purpose of increasing the ability of
higher educational institutions to raise money from non-governmental sources.
There is very little private giving in Hungary and there has been no tradition
in universities of alumni giving, development offices, and the like. FHHEF
developed a sensible program of assisting universities to create alumni offices
and development offices and it is to be hoped that, as a result of its
activities, within a few years Hungarian universities will be able to command
larger financial resources from the private sector.
Contact: Mr. Szabolcs Fekete
The HungarianAmerica Foundation, Inc., is a
not-for-profit, 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization, incorporated in the District
of Columbia in 2003, for charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
purposes. In particular, the Foundation's goal is to promote Hungarian
culture and traditions, foster Hungarian-American relations, and contribute to
the mutual understanding of our two countries and peoples. We strive to achieve
these goals through the following cultural, educational, and professional
projects.
Contact: Mr. Joe Balintfy, Program Director
Contact: Dr. Eva Stubbits
The Hungarian American Cultural Association is a not-for-profit organization registered in the State of Florida. Its mission is (a) to promote goodwill for Southwest Florida's Hungarian American community; (b) to foster appreciation of Hungary's 1100 year history and culture; (c) to implement cultural and educational interaction between the people of Southwest Florida and Hungary; (d) to protect the human rights and cultural heritage of Hungarian minorities in Central Europe; and (e) to support the development fo democratic institutions in post-Communist Hungary.
Contact: Dr. Sándor Csizinszky
Hungarian-Americans for Human Rights in Délvidék (HAHRD) was formed in 1991 with the purposes of protecting the human rights and cultural heritage of Hungarians living in the Vojvodina and Slavonia regions of the former Yugoslavia, and supporting democratic institutions and economic development in those regions, as well as promoting their history and culture. HAHRD has placed articles and letters in newspapers and has organized informative presentations in cultural centers in the U.S. and Canada. It also collected and sent 53 tons of clothing, shoes and blankets in the winter of 1991-92 to refugee camps in southern Hungary. This project was made possible by cooperation among HAHRD, the William Penn Insurance Co., the Croatian Americans of Cleveland, and the Knights of Malta in Hungary, among many others, making it possible to ship and distribute this large shipment to the 60,000 refugees presently in about 17 camps in Hungary. HAHRD shares the goals set by Hungarians in former Yugoslavia: not to wage war, but to find peaceful solutions to the present conflict. In 1996 and 1997 HAHRD has increased its financial support to middle school Hungarian students in Délvidék. Over 40 students were benefited this past year. The students, in turn, send in regular reports on their studies and experiences to the organization.
Contact: Mr. Sándor Krémer
The Hungarian Association of Cleveland, OH
is a cultural organization that exists to bring together Hungarians around the
world to help perpetuate the Hungarian culture and language through educational
events, programs and publications. The Hungarian Association sponsors an annual
Hungarian Congress, supports the publication of the Chronicles of the Congress,
brings together and recognizes the work of outstanding Hungarians in the Árpád
Academy, and performs many other activities in pursuit of this mission.
Contact: Ms. Gabriella Nádas
The Hungarian Communion of Friends (Magyar Baráti Közösség) is the organization known for its annual, week-long conference held at Lake Hope State Park in Ohio. Its publication entitled Itt-Ott (Here and There) provides a public forum for the discussion of questions related to Hungarians living outside the borders of Hungary. (Itt-Ott was established in 1967.) Most of the organization's members reside in the United States, but it also has significant support in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina, and several European countries.
Contact: Mr. László Böjtös
Contact: Ms. Mary Jane Molnar
Website:
http://www.hungarianclub.org
The Hungarian Cultural Society of Connecticut
(HCSC) is an association of citizens of Connecticut of Hungarian ancestry.
The society's goal is to preserve the Hungarian cultural heritage in America. It
also supports ethnic Hungarian minority populations in the Transylvania region
of Romania and the Carpathian basin. HCSC funds its program entirely through
charitable donations. The society's main fund raising event is the annual Gala
Dinner. This festive celebration of Hungarian culture, history and heritage is
held in the fall.
Contact: Dr. Balázs Somogyi
Since 1976, the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF), initially the Committee for Human Rights in Romania, has been monitoring the human rights condition of the nearly four million Hungarians who live as minorities in the countries surrounding Hungary. A private, independent and not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, HHRF operates from its New York headquarters and maintains offices in Budapest and Kolozsvár (Cluj), in addition to representatives in Washington, several other U.S. cities, Canada and Europe. In accordance with its purpose, HHRF regularly collects, translates, analyzes and disseminates reliable reports on the human rights conditions of these Hungarian minority communities. HHRF was at the forefront of the West's mounting concern and activity regarding the systematic campaigns of forced assimilation against minorities by the former communist regimes. Since 1989, HHRF's specific, although not exclusive focus remains the 2.5 million Hungarians in Romania, Europe's largest national minority. The organization regularly documents human rights violations in written and oral testimony before various Committees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Its other activities include participating in Helsinki Review Meetings, coordinating relief programs for Hungarians living in Romania and in the Vojvodina region of Yugoslavia, organizing meetings for Hungarian minority and other spokespeople with U.S. Government officials, and informing Hungarian-American voters of legislative issues affecting the minority populations.
Contact: Mr. László Hámos
Website:
http://www.hhrf.org/
Contact: Mr. Paul Varga
The Hungarian Reformed Federation of America is a fraternal life insurance society founded in 1896 and chartered in 1907 by the Congress of the United States. As a nonprofit organization operating for the benefit of its members -- regardless of nationality, background, or religious affiliation -- it also seeks to strengthen the fraternal, spiritual, social and cultural life of its members. Its services include financial aid and information, contributions for educational purposes, nursing and retirement homes for its aged members, and care of orphans. In the past eighty years, more than 200 churches, parsonages, educational buildings, fellowship halls and homes have been built through its loan services to members and churches.
Contact: Mr. Gyula Balogh
The Hungarian Scouts Association Abroad traces its origins to 1946, when a few dedicated scout leaders, refugees from wartorn Hungary, formed the first exile troops among the children in European refugee camps. With the ensuing emigration, the movement spread overseas and today counts a total of 5,049 members (boys, girls and adults) registered in 81 active troops in Western Europe, North and South America, and Australia. The goal of the Association has been to preserve Hungarian culture and language while practicing the historically high standards of Hungarian scouting, and to represent Hungary in world scouting while the movement was proscribed at home by the communist government. Since 1989 an added goal has been that of aiding the rebirth of Hungarian scouting in Central Europe through the distribution of thousands of copies of the scout manual and the organization of training courses for prospective leaders. By now over 200 young men and women have benefited from these courses, including many of the Hungarian minorities in Slovakia, Romania, Carpatho-Ukraine and the former Yugoslavia.
Contact: Mr. Imre Lendvai-Lintner
The Hungary-Missouri Educational Partnership
is a not-for-profit corporation governed by a Board consisting of community
leaders and academic representatives from each participating school in the State
of Missouri. Their mission is to provide both academic and need based
scholarships for students seeking advanced degrees to complete their studies.
The initial goal is to provide Hungarian students with the opportunity to attend
graduate business school at one of the participating universities in Missouri.
The ultimate goal of the Hungary-Missouri partnership is to expand to other
fields and to broaden the program for American students to study in Hungary and
to foster faculty and research exchange.
Contact: Mr. J. Joe Adorjan,
The Magyar Club of Cleveland, founded in 1924, is a civic organization composed of American professionals, artists, scientists, and businessmen of Hungarian descent, as well as many prominent Greater-Clevelanders of non-Hungarian origin. It was established on the principles of sound American citizenship and the perpetuation of Hungarian culture, and has remained to date a bicultural society dedicated to community service. The Club sponsors lectures, exhibits and performances of Hungarian culture and provides many opportunities for fellowship and fraternity among its members. In October 1991, Prime Minister József Antall visited Cleveland and was greeted by more than 500 people at a Gala Banquet organized by Magyar Club members.
Contact: Mrs. John Kőrössy
The association of Minnesota Hungarians is a nonprofit organization, licensed in Minnesota. Its purpose is to nurture the Hungarian cultural heritage of its members, to represent it in the American society, to participate in the activities of other Hungarian-American organizations, to organize Hungarian cultural and social programs, to welcome Hungarian visitors and newcomers to our state and to assist them with local information and other services, to help Hungarian groups and individuals with their needs, to facilitate exchange programs with the Old Country, and to provide expertise and financial support to Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin. Every year we commemorate March 15th and October 23rd, hold a picnic in the latter half of the summer, and organize a Christmas celebration for children of Hungarian descent. We participate in the Festival of Nations, sponsored by the International Institute of Minnesota, with a Hungarian exhibit and Hungarian kitchen. In February, we organize a fundraising dinner, and in July our members help and cheer Hungarian teams at the USA Soccer Cup events. On several occasions every year, we have lectures and reports by prominent visitors.
Contact: Mr. László Fülöp
The National Committee of Hungarians from Slovakia (prior to 1993 "from Czechoslovakia") was originally founded in 1947 by Hungarian political leaders who were expelled from Czechoslovakia in the aftermath of World War II, and took up residence in Hungary. When that country came under Communist rule in 1948, they fled to the West, mostly to the United States. Here they reorganized the Committee by holding a constituent assembly in 1953 in Pittsburgh, PA, and endeavored to work for the "liberation" of the 600,000 strong Hungarian minority in Slovakia, living under the "double yoke" of Communism and repression by the majority. After the fall of Communism the efforts of the Committee have been directed toward securing the full enjoyment of human rights and minority rights in Slovakia for Hungarians. This is done by monitoring closely the human rights and minority rights situation in Slovakia, and presenting the findings to the U.S. Government, and to international organizations (United Nations, Council of Europe, Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe, etc.). Consequently, members of the Committee attend briefings organized by the U.S. State Department, the National Security Council in the White House, and the Helsinki Commission. They also attend international conferences. NCHS also provides aid to Hungarian institutions in Slovakia, such as schools, cultural associations, publishing houses, etc. The Committee entertains visitors from that country, and strives to promote constructive dialogue between democratically-minded Slovaks and Hungarians in order to help put Hungarian-Slovak relations on a more even keel. NCHS also has a modest publication program aimed at publicizing the plight of the Hungarian minority in the newly independent, highly nationalistic Republic of Slovakia.
Contact: Mrs. Edith K. Lauer
The Association was founded in 1991, and is composed of individuals and organizations interested in promoting close ties between the people of Seattle, Washington State, and Pécs, Hungary. Its goals are to advance educational, cultural and commercial relations between both cities, and inform and educate the public about their sister city. The Association's activities include hosting public officials, community leaders, and students from Pécs; conducting exchanges in the fields of education, culture, arts and trade; organizing participation in community programs, such as World Fest; and sponsoring social events, such as lectures, concerts, films, and theater performances. The funding sources are membership dues, donations and fundraising. Dues and donations are tax deductible for those who itemize. All funds are used for ongoing Association activities. Officers and directors serve without pay.
Contact: Mrs. Helen Szablya
The Széchenyi
István Magyar Iskola has provided instruction in Hungarian language and culture
for over thirty years to children of families living in northern and central New
Jersey, New York City, Long Island, and eastern Pennsylvania.
Contact: Mr. Zsolt Balla
The Bethlen Communities in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, is one of the oldest Hungarian organizations to have joined the Hungarian American Coalition. Founded in 1921 as a residence for orphans, it evolved into a home for the aged, with a capacity of over 100 beds and twenty retirement cottages. The Home is a church related, nonprofit subsidiary of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America.
Contact: Rev. Imre A. Bertalan, Jr.
The William Penn Association, founded 118
years ago, is a Hungarian-American Fraternal Benefit Society serving the
Hungarian American community. The Association conducts fraternal and charitable
activities for the benefit of their membership and the communities in which they
live, and promote Hungarian ethnic cultural heritage. The Association operates
on a non-profit basis providing life insurance and annuities.
Contact: Mr. Steve Varga, President
709 Brighton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15233-1821
79 Birchwood Drive
Fairfield CT 0643
Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society
Galeria at Erieview
1301 E 9th Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
Friends of
Hungarian Higher Education Foundation
Magyar Felsőoktatás Barátai Alapítvány
Szántó K.J.u. 1/b
7633 Pécs,
Hungary
HungarianAmerica Foundation
P.O. Box 27189
Washington, D.C. 20038
E-mail: haf@hungarianamerica.com
Website:
http://www.hungarianamerica.com
Hungarian American Cultural Association of Houston
P.O. Box 35355
Houston, TX 77035
Hungarian American Cultural Association, Inc. -- Kossuth Club
6111 8th Avenue, Drive West
Bradenton, FL 34209
Hungarian-Americans for Human Rights in Délvidék
2 South 124 Ivy Lane
Lombard, IL 60148
Hungarian Association
P.O. Box 771066
Lakewood, OH 44107
Website:
http://www.hungarianassociation.com/
Hungarian Communion of Friends (Magyar Baráti Közösség)
11312 Fitzwater
Brecksville, OH 44141
Hungarian Cultural Center of
Northeastern Ohio
P.O. Box 847
Chesterland, OH 44026
Hungarian Cultural Society of Connecticut
762 Bethany Mountain Road
Cheshire, CT 06410
Website:
http://www.hcsc.us/
Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF)
PO Box "J" Gracie Station
New York, NY 10028
Hungarian (Magyar) Club of Chicago
23 Downing Road
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
Hungarian Reformed Federation of America
2001 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Website:
http://www.hrfa.org/
Hungarian Scouts Association Abroad
9950 Lochmoore Lane
Vienna, VA 22181
Hungary-Missouri Educational
Partnership
Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Hungary
7733 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 730
Clayton, MO 63105
Website:
http://www.hungary-mo.org/
Magyar Club of Cleveland
9391 Hilo Farm Drive
Kirtland Hills, OH 44060
Minnesota Hungarians, Inc.
6650 Vernon Avenue, #117
Edina, MN 55436
National Committee of Hungarians from Slovakia
13415 Shaker Blvd. #10G4
Cleveland, OH 44120-1586
Seattle-Pécs Sister Cities Association
P.O. Box 578
Kirkland, WA 98083
Széchenyi István Hungarian School and Kindergarten
The program enrolls children from preschool up to eighth grade, and also teaches
adults in the community who wish to learn about the language and culture of
Hungary. The school also offers preparatory classes for the Hungarian Scouts
Leadership Exam. Széchenyi Magyar Iskola is open every Saturday during the
academic year in New Brunswick, NJ. It maintains a close relationship with the
Hungarian Scouts Association, local churches, and the Hungarian American
Athletic Club.
Széchenyi István Magyar Iskola
37 Plum Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1829
The Bethlen
Communities
125 Kalassy Drive
Ligonier, PA 15658-8726
Website:
http://bethlen.com
William Penn Association
Toll Free Phone: 1-800-848-7366 (PENN)
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