The April Spring Friendship Art Festival Fund (ASFAFF) was founded on June 3, 2011, in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
   Affiliated to the Korea Art Exchange Association, the Fund is a non-profit and non-governmental organization registered as a corporate body of the DPRK with its office based in Pyongyang.
   It regards it as its mission to ensure that the April Spring Friendship Art Festival, which is held traditionally under the ideals of independence, peace and friendship, develop into a worldwide art gathering conducive to the promotion of exchanges and cooperation in the art and cultural sector with many countries around the world and development of art and culture of individual countries and humankind through multifaceted international cooperation and funding activities in the organization and operation of the festival, including invitation, publicity and performance, etc.
   The April Spring Friendship Art Festival Fund encouranges wide-ranging international cooperation and fundraising necessary for the successful organization of the art festival with a view to developing the traditional event into a global art gathering conducive to the promotion of international exchanges and cooperation in the field of culture ＆ art and the development of culture ＆ art of individual countries and humankind as a whole under the ideals of independence, peace and friendship.