Asian Adult Adoptees of Washington

Scholarships: AAAW offers scholarships for Culture Camps and Korean language studies

MAVIN Foundation MAVIN is an internationally distributed print and online magazine that celebrates the mixed race experience.

Friends of Korea
"...a non-profit corporation ...promoting greater awareness and appreciation of the value of Korean heritage in the United States."

Adoptees' Caucus for Truth
Adoptees' Caucus for Truth is a gathering of likeminded individuals who support the Adoptees' Right to their Original Birth Certificates.

K I D S
Korean Identity Development Society (known as KIDS) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization founded in 1983 to serve adoptive families and their Korean-born children. Focused on creating a safe, caring and supportive community, KIDS seeks to educate members about Korean heritage and encourages a positive sense of identity and Korean culture pride.

Vietnamese Adoptee Network
The Vietnamese Adoptee Network seeks to maximize the Vietnamese adoptee
experience in a caring, supportive environment by networking them to other
Vietnamese adoptees and community resources.

Also-Known-As
Also-Known-As, Inc. was started by a group of adult adoptees and friends who recognized the invaluable resource of their adoption experience to future generations of adoptees and adopting families

InKAS
InKAS (International Korean Adoptee Services) is a non-profit organization based in Seoul, Korea which protects overseas adoptees and adoptive family's interests. Some services include, birth family search, translation services, accommodation arrangements and cultural exchange programs.

Adopted Korean Connection-akconnection
The mission of Adopted Korean Connection is to provide educational, cultural and social events and information focused on creating a supportive network for Korean Adoptees.

IECEF-International Educational & Cultural Exchange Foundation
IECEF’s mission is to promote understanding and peace among people through education and cultural exchange. The Adoptees’ Homecoming Support Center was established to be a resource for adoptees. The goal of the Center is to provide assistance to Korean adoptees who return to Korea. We can help adoptees with finding housing and/or employment, learning the Korean language, finding out more about Korean culture, searching for one’s birth family, as well as offer assistance in other areas.

The Korea Club-The Danish Association of Korean Adoptees
The Korea Club is a group for adult Korean adoptees founded in 1990. We are a non-profit, non-religious and non-political group based on volunteers alone. We have 11 years of experience working with adult Korean adoptees and we want to spread this knowledge in order to further the general understanding for the unique situation that adoption is.

G.O.A.L-Global Overseas Adoptee's Link
G.O.A.L was established in Seoul, Korea in March 1998 as an independent organization to assist returning adoptees. G.O.A.L unites Korean adoptees from European countries and the U.S. together with over 100 native Korean volunteers. These native Korean members help by providing knowledge about Korean culture, insight about native Korean behavior, and by increasing awareness of adoption issues amongst the general public. In short, G.O.A.L was developed to help adoptees adjust to living and working in Korea, to find a job and a place to live. More importantly, G.O.A.L's presence in Korea fosters awareness about adoption in the Korean government, adoption agencies, and Korean society.

Overseas Koreans Foundation-(OKF)
The Overseas Koreans Foundation (OKF) was founded in 1997 to proactively address the dramatic changes in both the type and number of overseas Korean societies, and to promote mutual relations between the societies and Korea. OKF offers a wide range of activities and projects for overseas Koreans including overseas adopted Koreans (OAKs).

Korean Quarterly was formed in 1997 by a group of adopted Koreans, 1.5/2nd and 1st generation Korean Americans and adoptive parents. Korean Quarterly is published four times a year. We are a volunteer non-profit organization. Our purpose is to unite and support the entire Korean American community, including: Adopted Koreans and their families, first, 1.5 and second generation Korean Americans, hapa, and bicultural Korean Americans.