Organization: FRIENDS PUBLISHING CORPORATION
Mission: TO COMMUNICATE QUAKER EXPERIENCE IN ORDER TO CONNECT AND DEEPEN SPIRITUAL LIVES.
Activities: THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES CONTINUOUSLY ONLINE AND DISTRIBUTES FRIENDS JOURNAL EACH MONTH TO MEMBERS AND REQUESTING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS NATIONWIDE AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, REACHING OVER 239,000 INDIVIDUALS. EACH PERIODICAL CONTAINS ARTICLES AND ADVERTISEMENTS RELEVANT TO THE QUAKER COMMUNITY AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE MAGAZINE RELIES ON MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS AND ADVERTISING FEES ALONG WITH GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS, MAINLY FROM RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, TO SUSTAIN ITS ABILITY TO SHARE ITS MESSAGE.
THE ORGANIZATION PRODUCES VIDEOS UNDER THE FRIENDS JOURNAL AND QUAKERSPEAK BRANDS, DISTRIBUTED ONLINE AND IN DVD FORMAT, THAT COMMUNICATE, EXPLORE AND EDUCATE VIEWERS ABOUT IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF QUAKER FAITH AND PRACTICE. THE VIDEOS WERE VIEWED OVER 730,000 TIMES IN THE MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR. THE PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED BY GRANTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, ADVERTISING FEES, AND PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS WITH OUTSIDE QUAKER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL REVENUES.
NTEE category: Religion-Related
Secondary category: International, Foreign Affairs & National Security