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American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming - Definition and Overview

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The American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming (AFCG) is a private foundation whose president and primary contributor is David Letterman. The foundation's treasurer is Fred Nigro, who has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman where he has been identified as Letterman's accountant. The foundation operates out of Nigro's Los Angeles, California offices.

According to AFCG's tax returns (Form 990-PF) for 2001 and 2002, AFCG donated a two-year total of over $1.25 million to various charities. The following is a partial list of organizations receiving grants from the foundation during those two years:


As of January 2005, the net proceeds from online purchases of Explod-O-Pop (http://store.cbs.com/item.php?itemID=10631) Popcorn benefit AFCG.

External links

  • Entry for the AFCG (http://atgdata.fdncenter.org/f990_pdf?idx=22&ein=223250026&fd=123102&fn=%20%20American%20Foundation%20for%20Courtesy%20and%20Grooming%20%3Cbr%3E10100%20Santa%20Monica%20Blvd.%2C%20Ste.%201300%20%3CBR%3ELos%20Angeles%2C%20CA%2090067%3CBR%3E&a.pdf) from The Foundation Center's website
  • Treasurer Fred Nigro's appearance (http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/top_ten/archive/ls_topten_archive1996/ls_topten_archive_19960412.shtml) in the April 12, 1996 edition of the Top Ten List from The Late Show
  • Treasurer Fred Nigro's appearance (http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/exclusives/wahoo/archive/2002/01/archive14.shtml) on the January 14, 2002 episode of The Late Show
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