[2] It is one of the largest secular, non-partisan American organizations supporting development work in India.
[3] It also runs the ServiceCorps Fellowship, renamed the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service to India on May 11, 2009, which sends skilled young Americans in an immersive volunteer service program training and placing young professionals to support development organizations across India for 10 months.
[4][5][6] Founded in 2001 at the initiative of US President Bill Clinton following a suggestion from Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee by a group of Indian-Americans responding to the Gujarat earthquake.
[7] It has offices in New York City and California, twelve chapters across the U.S., and India operations headquartered in New Delhi.
[8] In cases of major national disasters in India, AIF has been involved in relief and rehabilitation efforts.