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Answer» What is The Asia Foundation mean? The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to "improving lives across a dynamic and developing Asia." The Asia Foundation (TAF) was established in 1954 to undertake cultural and educational activities on behalf of the United States Government in ways not open to official U.S. agencies. Headquartered in San Francisco, The Asia Foundation works through a network of 18 offices in 18 Asian countries and in Washington, DC. The Foundation's predecessor, Committee For Free Asia, was founded in 1951 as a CIA operation. It is no longer affiliated with the CIA, its name was changed to The Asia Foundation in 1954. On January 1, 2011, David D. Arnold took over as president of the Foundation. reference
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