The Spain-USA Foundation
Established in 1999 to promote, support and develop a wide array of Spanish cultural and educational activities in the United States, the Spain-USA Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) organization, compliant with the District of Columbia’s Nonprofit Corporation Act.
Its nonprofit status allows the Foundation to solicit and accept donations and sponsorships from institutions and individuals in the U.S. and Spanish business communities.
Leadership
The Spain-USA Foundation is assembling a cabinet of leadership committees whose members will support Spain House in various ways, and the campaign to build it. These include:
- Board of Trustees of top founding patrons from Spain and the U.S., with Spain’s Ambassador to the United States as Honorary Chair. The Chairman of the Board is David Vidal-Cordero, a distinguished lawyer and community leader in the D.C. metro area.
- Honorary Steering Committee of distinguished national and international personalities, including:
- Acclaimed tenor Plácido Domingo
- Actor Antonio Banderas
- Award-winning architect Santiago Calatrava
- Author Paul Auster
- Musician Paquito D’Rivera
- Notable Chef José Andrés
- Septime Webre, artistic director of The Washington Ballet;
- Enrique V. Iglesias
- General Secretary of the Ibero-American Secretariat and former president of the Inter-American Development Bank
- Cardiologist Valentín Fuster
- And others to be announced.
- Advisory Board of prominent Spanish and American cultural and business leaders who will help develop guidelines and recommend content for the center.
- Amigos de la Casa, a group of leading Hispanic organizations, including the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, Inc. (CHLI)and many others.
