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Thank you for your interest in HIF’s grant and scholarship opportunities. We have received a total of 100 grant and scholarship requests for a total of $568,148 in requested funding. This cycle we received: 35 grant applications for conference support totaling $62,938 30 grant applications for cultural and educational programs totaling $137,820 36 scholarship applications for graduate school study support totaling $367,390 The proposals will be reviewed by Board of Trustees. All applicants will […]

Our first Annual Report provides a record of our efforts to celebrate our Hungarian heritage and also to invest in the future.  

Spring always brings new beginnings and it wasn’t any different for us this year. Read about this and much more in our Spring/Summer 2017 Newsletter: 

On May 18, 2017, the Hungarian American Coalition honored HIF Chairman of the Board Ambassador April H. Foley at its 13th annual Gala Dinner. Ambassador Foley received the award for her significant contributions to US – Hungary relations and to the Hungarian American community through her leadership of The Hungary Initiatives Foundation. At its annual Gala Dinner held […]

After 10 years of preparation, the city that welcomed more Hungarian 1956 refugees than any other in America, finally has a memorial to the heroes of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. HIF proudly supported the project. Thanks to the Hungarian American Memorial Committee‘s relentless efforts to make a dream a reality, New York’s Riverside Park in […]