International Strategy and Reconciliation Foundation
ISRF in the News
Education for Innovation
da Vinci Grant
Humanitarian Programs
Tuberculosis treatment and prevention
Hope to the disabled
Essential medicine for children and women
Research Mentorship for High School Students
Research Mentorship for undergraduate and graduate students
Volunteer Professionals
The International Strategy and Reconciliation Foundation, Inc. (a.k.a, The Institute for Strategy and Reconciliation) is an independent and not-for-profit 501(c)(3) international institution recognized and approved by the US Department of Treasury. Its chapter in Asia, the ISR-Korea, has been approved by the Ministry of Reunification in the Republic of Korea.
As a think tank and international development and relief organization headquartered in Washington DC, the ISR Foundation conducts evidence-based interdisciplinary research and studies with its program focus in conflict regions, and advances science diplomacy. The ISR Foundation has carried out since 1995 humanitarian projects in Democratic People's Republic of Korea with the focus on saving the disadvantaged people, such as children, pregnant/nursing women, and the disabled. It is estimated over 967,000 patients in DPRK have been treated with disease to improve their health with over $36 million value of essential medicine and medical supplies the ISR Foundation has sent to hospitals and local clinics across the country. A catalyst of synergy without borders, the ISR Foundation implements creative and innovative programs of improving health and education in collaboration with leading scholars, and public and private institutions across the Atlantic.
​Below is the list of organizations that have partnered with the ISR Foundation to help implement the programs of science diplomacy, global healthcare, innovative education, or humanitarian projects.
American Association for Public Opinion Research
American Evaluation Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
European Survey Research Association
Interaction - an alliance of 180 nongovernmental organizations working around the globe
Korea Society
Royal Society of the UK
Statistics without Borders of the American Statistical Association
World Association for Public Opinion Research