Since ILMA USA started in 2020, particularly in the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion, the waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the shortage that Lebanon faced in equipment, supplies, medications, and healthcare services including healthcare providers; many ILMA members voiced wishes to have a public charitable foundation that would facilitate their donations to Lebanon from the USA, in particular, to help our healthcare colleagues and patients in need in Lebanon.
Efforts to create the Foundation were initiated soon after that in early 2021, not without difficulties. Bylaws were prepared, a law firm was hired and resources were secured to fund that process.
On 8/1/2022, we received the IRS 501(c)(3) approval letter for the ILMA USA charitable foundation. This means that the Foundation will be exempt from federal income tax and that donors can deduct contributions that they make to the Foundation.
The board of the ILMA USA Foundation is established by nine of the ILMA USA members who volunteered to help lead the Foundation through its beginnings and its future work and mission.
The Foundation will focus on charity and education, assisting Healthcare entities and patients in desperate need both in our American Lebanese Communities and also in Lebanon.
