Art For The Animals

AFTA Backgrounder

AFTA Fact Sheet

AFTA Bios

AFTA Milestones

Sep 2007 AFTA holds paramount event at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, CA

Jun 2007 AFTA participates in the First Holiday Gift Guide Show

Apr 2007 Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) joins AFTA as a program participant

Jan 2007 AFTA reports 2006 results.

Sep 2006 Virunga Artisans joins AFTA as program participant

Aug 2006 Conservation Through Poverty Alleviation International joins AFTA as program participant

Jun 2006 AFTA closes retail store in Carmel and focuses attention on the web channels

May 2006 AFTA receives final 501c3 classification as a public charity.

Apr 2006 AFTA receives Google grant to pursue web strategy

Jan 2006 AFTA reports 2005 results.

Oct 2005 AFTA holds premier event at the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Outerbay and Jellies: Living Art Exhibits

Aug 2005 Wildlife Conservation Network joins AFTA as a program participant. AFTA elects five new members to the Board.

Jan 2005 AFTA reporst 2004 results

Jan 2004 AFTA mourns the unexpected loss of founding board member and CFO Ben Vandegrift.

Jan 2004 AFTA reports 2003 results.

Nov. '04 AFTA establishes retail presence in Carmel, California to conduct integrated marketing tests

Nov 2003 AFTA hosts its first premier event, with support from Friends of the National Zoo at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park's Amazonia Rainforest Exhibit and Science Gallery.

Aug 2003 Smithsonian conservation and research programs through Friends of the National Zoo join AFTA as program participants.

Jul 2003 International Snow Leopard Trust, International Crane Foundation join AFTA as program participants.

May 2003 Lemur Conservation Foundation joins AFTA as a program participant.

Apr 2003 Wild Camel Protection Foundation, and the Michoacan Reforestation Fund join AFTA as program participants.

Feb 2003 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute joins AFTA as a program participant.

Jan 2003 AFTA reports 2002 results.

Nov 2002 Equinox Restaurant agrees to host Art For The Animals Days promotional event; Whole Foods stores in DC agree to distribute catalogs; AFTA launches 2002 program.

Jan 2002 AFTA reports 2001 pilot launch results.

Nov 2001 AFTA launches the Art For The Animals pilot.

Aug 2001 AFTA receives 501(c)(3) designation letter.

Apr 2001 African Wildlife Foundation and Wildlife Trust agree to pilot the Art For The Animals Program

Mar 2001 AFTA Associates is incorporated in Delaware as a non-profit wildlife conservation organization.