About the Welsh North American Association
The Welsh North American Association Board of Trustees 2018
Welsh North American Association International Headquarters
Dr. Megan Williams, Executive Secretary
P.O. Box 1054,
Trumansburg, NY, 14886
Email: IHQ@theWNAA.org
The Welsh North American Association (WNAA) and the North American Festival of Wales (NAFOW) are run and coordinated by dedicated volunteers who donate their time and travel expenses. Aside from the WNAA International Headquarters office staff, WNAA board members and NAFOW volunteers are not monetarily compensated. The Welsh North American Association (WNAA) is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation.
Welsh North American Association Mission (adopted 2024)
The Welsh North American Association strives to preserve, develop and promote our Welsh cultural heritage and traditions, including the Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu, and to do all things necessary and appropriate to accomplish these goals.
The Welsh North American Association strives to preserve, develop and promote our Welsh cultural heritage and traditions, including the Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu, and to do all things necessary and appropriate to accomplish these goals.
Welsh North American Association - WNAA. At the September 3, 2011, Annual General Meeting of The Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu Association, in Cleveland, Ohio, 82 years after the first gathering was held in 1929 in Niagara Falls NY, members voted to change the name to better reflect the organization as it has become today. For more than eighty years our premier North American-Welsh organization has safeguarded and nourished the best of the famed singing traditions of Wales. Our mission is to "to preserve, develop and promote our Welsh cultural heritage including, but not limited to, the Gymanfa Ganu, literature, cultural traditions, and to do all such things necessary and proper to accomplish and enhance the same."
The Welsh American Association [WNAA] The North America Wales Foundation [NAWF] Merger ~
NWAF was formally established in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and functioned as a 501 c 3 until September of 2025 when it merged with the Welsh North American Association. The mission of the Foundation was the promotion of education and cultural links between Wales and North America, and this work was done in large part through its scholarships and grants program.
This work continues through the work of the merged organization whose expanded mission includes: the organization of an annual festival that promotes Welsh culture and heritage in different locations in North America; Support for educational exchange programs; Historical preservation; Recognition of leadership in these and other activities relating to Welsh culture; Preservation of the Welsh Language; Fostering closer ties between other organizations with Welsh connections in North America, Wales and elsewhere; and Awarding grants and scholarships to individuals and organizations that advance the mission of the association.
NWAF was formally established in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and functioned as a 501 c 3 until September of 2025 when it merged with the Welsh North American Association. The mission of the Foundation was the promotion of education and cultural links between Wales and North America, and this work was done in large part through its scholarships and grants program.
This work continues through the work of the merged organization whose expanded mission includes: the organization of an annual festival that promotes Welsh culture and heritage in different locations in North America; Support for educational exchange programs; Historical preservation; Recognition of leadership in these and other activities relating to Welsh culture; Preservation of the Welsh Language; Fostering closer ties between other organizations with Welsh connections in North America, Wales and elsewhere; and Awarding grants and scholarships to individuals and organizations that advance the mission of the association.