Shoqata Shqiptaro-Amerikane Skenderbej

Shoqata Shqiptaro-Amerikane Skenderbej Inc. is an Albanian-American cultural and community association based in Staten Island, New York, with a listed address at 278 Genesee Ave. It is registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in U.S. charity databases, though detailed Form 990 financials are not publicly visible in the records reviewed.

Imer Laçaj serves as Kryetar (chair/president) of the association. He is identified in that role both on the organization's own Facebook page and in a New York State Senate news item covering the raising of the Albanian flag on Staten Island, which credited Shoqata Skenderbej among the participating community groups.

The organization's public work centers on cultural commemorations, ceremonies, and gatherings for the Albanian-American community on Staten Island. Recent posts document its participation in a 5th-anniversary event in May 2026, and Gazeta Dielli covered the association's own 6th-anniversary celebration as a Staten Island, New York entity.

Beyond Staten Island, the association is connected by name and programming to Shkolla Shqipe Skenderbej, an Albanian-language school in Brooklyn, and has appeared alongside Shoqata Ana e Malit in joint Albanian community activities. The National Albanian Registry lists it under the New York regional team in the cultural and community category.

Note: a separately incorporated group, Albanian American Association Skenderbej at 1703 Bronxdale Ave in the Bronx (founded December 10, 2017, in Queens under first president Bashkim Shehu), is a distinct entity and not the Staten Island association profiled here.