The Peace Fund

The Peace Fund is a charitable organization, founded by Adrian Paul, dedicated to the worldwide improvement of the living, educational and health conditions of children. It meets this goal by distributing funds raised through various activities to organizations whose focus is the care of children. It may also create and manage direct programs to care for children in emergency situations.

The Peace Fund is also known by the acronym "P.E.A.C.E", which stands for "Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere"; indicating that protecting, educating and aiding children are the specific focus of their programs. P.E.A.C.E was founded by the actor Adrian Paul in 1998, [cite web
url=http://www.hidef.com/images/peacefund80a22/About.html
title=PEACE - Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere
accessdate=2007-03-09] [cite web
url=http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showinterview.php3?ID=69
title=dOc Scenes Interview: Last Man Standing: Adrian Paul
accessdate=2007-03-09] in affiliation with the Athletes and Entertainers for Kids (AEFK) charitable organization. P.E.A.C.E has since become independent of the AEFK, operating for a time as a private charity until it applied for and received 501(c)(3) status as reported in a May 2006 press release. [cite web
url=http://www.thepeacefund.org/news/2006_003_peace501c3.shtml
title=PEACE - Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere
accessdate=2007-03-04] It runs celebrity memorabilia auctions, [cite web
url=http://www.thepeacefund.org/fundraising/auctions.shtml
title=PEACE - Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere
accessdate=2007-03-04] sells merchandise, participates in affiliated fundraising activities (such as Macy's Shop for a Cause [cite web
url=http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660200451,00.html
title=deseretnews.com - Macy's, PEACE partner on March 17 fund-raiser
accessdate=2007-03-09] and accepts direct corporate and individual donations for the funding of its programs.

Celebrities such as Adrian Paul, Tom Welling, [cite web
url=http://www.tomwelling.org/archive/2005-10
title=TOMWELLING.ORG - TOM WELLING FANSOURCE - NEWS - OCTOBER 2005 ARCHIVE
accessdate=2007-03-09] and Michael York [cite web
url=http://www.thepeacefund.org/fundraising/auction03/auction03_item03.shtml
title=PEACE - Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere
accessdate=2007-03-09] have provided auction items, participated in and/or sponsored P.E.A.C.E events.

Programs

"P.E.A.C.E in Paradise" is representative of the projects for the protection of children. It began as an effort to alleviate the suffering of those affected by the Indian Ocean tsunamis of December 26, 2004. The initiative encompasses The Phi Phi Island (Thailand) Tsunami Relief Fund (PPITRF) which provides aid to the entire Phi Phi Island; and The Krabi (Thailand) Relief Fund which cares for the orphans of the disaster. [cite web
url=http://www.adrianpaulpeace.org/projects/paradise.shtml
title=PEACE - Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere
accessdate=2007-03-07] [cite web
url=http://www.reeltalkreviews.com/browse/viewitem.asp?type=feature&id=162
title='Immortal Aid' Tsunami Relief Auction - ReelTalk Movie Reviews
accessdate=2007-03-07]

Educational initiatives include the School Makes a Difference (SMAD) Project that the fund hosted from 1999 through 2001; and currently a contribution to TAMEER-E-MILLAT [cite web
url=http://ww.adrianpaulpeace.org/projects/tameer.shtml
title=PEACE - Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere
accessdate=2007-03-09] in Pakistan facilitated by the Give2Asia [cite web
url=http://www.give2asia.org/projects/projects.php?region=17
title=Give2Asia - Projects
accessdate=2007-03-09] organization.

Providing aid for children is the third of the fund's goals. Supporting children through COTA [cite web
url=http://www.cota.org/site/c.dqLQI3OEKpF/b.496947/k.99E/Latest_News_and_PSAs.htm
title=Latest News and PSAs
accessdate=2007-03-09] is one way that the fund achieves this goal.

Organization

According to GuideStar, P.E.A.C.E is a 501c3, Community Foundation organization located in Sherman Oaks, California. [cite web
url=http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?npoId=100795679
title=GuideStar - Search Results - Report Page - THE PEACE FUND
accessdate=2007-03-05] GuideStar also reports that the organization is listed in IRS Publication 78 - the Cumulative List of Organizations, which lists all charitable organizations eligible to receive donor gifts that are United States Federal income tax deductible. [cite web
url=http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=96136,00.html
title=Search for Charities
accessdate=2007-03-05]

On its official website, P.E.A.C.E has listed its volunteer board, [cite web
url=http://www.adrianpaulpeace.org/peace/mission.shtml
title=PEACE - Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere
accessdate=2007-03-05] officers and staff; a comprehensive Statement of Values; [cite web
url=http://www.adrianpaulpeace.org/peace/mission_values.shtml
title=PEACE - Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere
accessdate=2007-03-05] its Code of Ethics policy; [cite web
url=http://www.adrianpaulpeace.org/peace/mission_ethics.shtml
title=PEACE - Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere
accessdate=2007-03-05] and declaration [cite web
url=http://www.adrianpaulpeace.org/peace/mission_interest.shtml
title=PEACE - Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere
accessdate=2007-03-05] of its adoption of the IRS Conflict of Interest Policy as stated in IRS Form 1023. [cite web
url=http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=139515,00.html
title=Form 1023: Purpose of Conflict of Interest Policy
accessdate=2007-03-05]

The Code of Ethics is based upon the The Statement of Values and Code of Ethics for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Organizations as recommended by the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). [cite web
url=http://www.arnova.org/model_code_ethics.php
title=ARNOVA - Influencing Social Policies: Legislators Speak to Nonprofits
accessdate=2007-03-05]

References

* cite web
url=http://www.thepeacefund.org
title=PEACE - Protect Educate Aid Children Everywhere
accessdate=2007-03-09

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