Origin from 1983
Ar nDraiocht Fein (ADF), A Druid Fellowship, is a modern Druidic religious organization founded in the United States in 1983 by Isaac Bonewits. Unlike Druid orders drawing solely on Celtic sources, ADF takes a comparative, scholarly reconstructionist approach across the historical Indo-European cultures, organizing local congregations called groves and training its own clergy. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Organisation
Distinguishing FeatureSourced to the subject's own accountADF's reconstructionist approach draws comparatively on multiple historical Indo-European cultures, Celtic, Norse, Vedic, Hellenic and others, rather than Celtic tradition alone, and it trains and ordains its own clergy through a structured study program. 1 Governing BodySourced to the subject's own accountLed by an elected Archdruid; Isaac Bonewits served as founding Archdruid until his death in 2010. 1 Finances
Financial Disclosure RegimeAr nDraiocht Fein: A Druid Fellowship is registered with the US Internal Revenue Service under EIN 51-0328645 and designated a church, which exempts it from filing the annual Form 990 information return; ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer confirms no Form 990 data exists for the organization. No consolidated financial statement or wealth figure for the Fellowship is publicly available to disclose. 2 Classification
ActivityWorship and Religious Practice 2 Origins
Origin PeriodSourced to the subject's own account FounderSourced to the subject's own accountIsaac Bonewits, who founded the organization in 1983 and served as its founding Archdruid until his death in 2010. 1 FoundedSourced to the subject's own accountFounded 1983, United States. 1 Status
Current StatusSourced to the subject's own accountActive, organized into local groves worldwide with a structured clergy training and ordination program. 1 Connections
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Founded By
Founded 1983; Bonewits served as founding Archdruid until his death in 2010 (entity's own founder/entity-description properties).
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1. Wikipedia, "Ar nDraiocht Fein"
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Ár nDraíocht Féin: A Druid Fellowship, Inc. (or ADF) is a non-profit religious organization based in the United States, dedicated to the study and further development of modern Druidry.
2. Ar Ndraiocht Fein A Druid Fellowship Inc, Organization Record (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)
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Tax exemption issued: Aug. 1996
Introduction, activity
is a non-profit religious organization based in the United States, dedicated to the study and further development of modern Druidry.
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