Hindu American Foundation
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The Hindu American Foundation is a U.S.-based advocacy and educational nonprofit that represents Hindu Americans on issues of civil rights, religious freedom, and public policy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hindu American Foundation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4783120 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hindu American Foundation Context triple: [Hindu diaspora, hasOrganization, Hindu American Foundation]
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Hindu Dharma Prachara Parishad
Hindu Dharma Prachara Parishad is a religious and cultural wing of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams dedicated to propagating and promoting Hindu dharma through various spiritual, educational, and outreach activities.
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B.
Vedanta Society of Southern California
The Vedanta Society of Southern California is a Hindu spiritual organization and monastery that promotes the teachings of Vedanta and Ramakrishna-Vivekananda through worship, study, and community programs in the Southern California region.
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C.
Vishva Hindu Parishad
Vishva Hindu Parishad is a prominent right-wing Hindu organization in India known for promoting Hindutva ideology and advocating for the cultural and religious interests of Hindus.
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D.
Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation
The Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation is a Thai non-profit organization dedicated to social justice, environmental sustainability, and the promotion of engaged Buddhism.
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E.
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust is a government-constituted religious trust responsible for overseeing the construction, management, and affairs of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hindu American Foundation Target entity description: The Hindu American Foundation is a U.S.-based advocacy and educational nonprofit that represents Hindu Americans on issues of civil rights, religious freedom, and public policy.
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A.
Hindu Dharma Prachara Parishad
Hindu Dharma Prachara Parishad is a religious and cultural wing of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams dedicated to propagating and promoting Hindu dharma through various spiritual, educational, and outreach activities.
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B.
Vedanta Society of Southern California
The Vedanta Society of Southern California is a Hindu spiritual organization and monastery that promotes the teachings of Vedanta and Ramakrishna-Vivekananda through worship, study, and community programs in the Southern California region.
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C.
Vishva Hindu Parishad
Vishva Hindu Parishad is a prominent right-wing Hindu organization in India known for promoting Hindutva ideology and advocating for the cultural and religious interests of Hindus.
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D.
Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation
The Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation is a Thai non-profit organization dedicated to social justice, environmental sustainability, and the promotion of engaged Buddhism.
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E.
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust is a government-constituted religious trust responsible for overseeing the construction, management, and affairs of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
501(c)(3) organization
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advocacy organization ⓘ educational organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
civil liberties
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equal protection under the law ⓘ human rights of Hindus worldwide ⓘ religious pluralism ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| engagesIn |
government relations
ⓘ
interfaith dialogue ⓘ legal advocacy ⓘ media engagement ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil rights advocacy
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education and outreach ⓘ human rights monitoring ⓘ public policy advocacy ⓘ religious freedom advocacy ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation | Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Aparna D. Sharma
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Aseem Shukla ⓘ Mihir Meghani ⓘ Nikhil Joshi ⓘ Sheetal Shah ⓘ Suhag Shukla ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | HAF ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 2003 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | nonpartisan ⓘ |
| nonprofitType | advocacy and educational nonprofit ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| opposes |
Hinduphobia
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religious discrimination ⓘ |
| primaryFocus |
civil rights
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education ⓘ human rights ⓘ interfaith relations ⓘ public policy ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ |
| produces |
annual reports
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educational materials ⓘ media statements ⓘ policy reports ⓘ |
| religionRepresented | Hinduism ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Hindu Americans
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linked to:
Hindu diaspora
|
| website | https://www.hinduamerican.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hindu American Foundation Description of subject: The Hindu American Foundation is a U.S.-based advocacy and educational nonprofit that represents Hindu Americans on issues of civil rights, religious freedom, and public policy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.