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This count exists because Albanian Americans decided we'd build it ourselves. No grant deciding what to count. No foundation deciding who's in. No government deciding when. Every name on the list put themselves there — and the count belongs to whoever backs it. So the only people who can back it are us.

A million counted is what makes the Albanian-American community visible to the institutions that fund language access and recognize cultural categories. The pathways that already exist — Civil Rights Act Title VI, Higher Education Act Title VI, state and local laws modeled on the §203 threshold — read from the U.S. Census. NAR doesn't replace the Census; it builds the parallel community count alongside it so the recognition story has a credible second source. Read the honest framing →

That's what backing this builds toward — and what your dollar pays for. Regional ambassador outreach. Albanian-language registration. The annual Impact Report institutions can read.

Pick what feels right. Every gift gets a line in the annual Impact Report — every dollar in, every dollar out, by name. The first hundred names go on the Founding 100 wall.

Donate now → See the founding wall

Bashkë jemi më të fortë.

A note from Ervin

Ervin Toro, MBA

Fier → New York at 13, 1997 · Founder, NAR · President, NY Chapter of AANO

Përshëndetje. I’m Ervin.

I came from Fier at thirteen, during the post-pyramid civil unrest of 1997, with one suitcase and a cousin’s address in the Bronx. Pace for the BBA, Wagner for the MBA. The day job — international mobility for a global bank — pays the bills. NAR is what I do on nights and weekends, with the eight-person volunteer board and regional ambassadors who started showing up in eight states once we put a number on the homepage.

I also chair the New York chapter of the Albanian American National Organization, the org our parents and grandparents built. NAR isn’t trying to replace AANO or any of the other groups that came before us — it’s giving every Albanian-American organization a number. How many of us, where we are. One real answer the city council can’t argue with.

Nobody at NAR is paid. We don’t have an office. Every dollar that comes in covers real things — the website you’re reading right now, the email that goes out the next morning, a tank of gas so somebody can drive to a community event in Boston on a Saturday, a booth at a community gathering in New York, and the printed cards we hand to people who don’t register online.

I’d rather not ask one person for $50,000. I’d rather 50,000 of us put in a dollar. The math works either way — only one of those keeps this ours.

So if you can put in a dollar, put in a dollar. If you can put in a hundred, that's a regional ambassador's Saturday. If you can't put in anything, register, then text a family member. Faleminderit.

— Ervin

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What your dollar buys

What money pays for.

One wall, no tiers. Here's where the money goes.

$25

A tank of gas for a Saturday drive to table at a community event in the Bronx.
$50 / month

Servers, email, hosting. Recurring covers the recurring costs.
$100

A regional ambassador’s full day at an Albanian festival in Detroit — materials, food, parking, and printed cards for the people who don’t register online.
$500

A weekend booth at a community event — the eagle banner, the printed registration cards, and the volunteer who hands them out.
$1,000

One regional ambassador on the ground for a full month — multiple events, printed materials, travel, follow-up.
Whatever

Type your own number. $5 floor, $50,000 ceiling. Anything inside that, we mean it.

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Where your name appears

Every donor goes on the wall.

One wall, alphabetical, up for the first year. You spell your own name. Gift size doesn't change placement.

Don't want to be on the wall? Say so when you give. We never share your gift, your email, or your name with anyone — not now, not later, not for any reason. Anonymous gifts stay anonymous forever.

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Not ready to give?

Five other ways to support.

Money is one. Time, voice, network, and registering count too. Pick what fits.

Be counted → Volunteer → Lead a region → Sponsor (business) → Endorse (free) →

Tax-deductible upon IRS confirmation. NAR is filed as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; final IRS approval is pending — once it lands, the EIN appears here and deductibility applies retroactively to filing date. Save your Stripe receipt for amended filings. Annual financials get published openly: what came in, what went out, every line →

Donations are not refundable except for human error (wrong amount, duplicate charge, mistaken recipient) reported within 30 days. Full refund policy →