M. Night Shyamalan Foundation

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The M. Night Shyamalan Foundation ( MNS Foundation ) is a foundation founded in October 2001 by the director M. Night Shyamalan and his wife Bhavna Shyamalan, which aims to fight poverty and social injustice in Philadelphia . At the moment the organization is also active nationwide, e.g. B. in Africa, Central America or India. The Executive Director is Jennifer Walters-Michalec . The MNS Foundation was classified as a private non-operating foundation ; her asset value was $ 929,702 in 2011, which is slightly above average.

aims

The foundation " supports remarkable leaders through their organizations in breaking down barriers created by poverty and inequality that prevent individuals and communities from realizing their potential ". It has set itself three areas of responsibility: promoting social justice and equality and promoting successful education and good leadership.

Projects

The MNS Foundation is involved in six different projects:

  • for better education in the United States
  • for better education worldwide
  • for better access to food
  • against human trafficking and modern slavery
  • for a better livelihood
  • for improved access to clean water.

The foundation has partnerships and a. with The Samburu Project , Tanzanian Children's Fund and Valentino Achak Deng Foundation .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c About. (No longer available online.) In: MNS Foundation. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013 ; accessed on October 13, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mnsfoundation.org
  2. Mns Foundation. (No longer available online.) In: FindTheBest. Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 13, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / non-profit-organizations.findthebest.com  
  3. Initiatives: Our Current Projects. (No longer available online.) In: MNS Foundation. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013 ; accessed on October 13, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mnsfoundation.org