The Laughter Arts and Sciences Foundation
(LASF)
(non-profit, 501.c.3)  

The LASF Mission:

(1) To promote education and training about the benefits of laughter, humor and mirth.

(2) To promote public awareness of the value and importance of laughter, humor and mirth.

(3) To promote research that will improve our understanding of how & why laughter, humor and mirth work effectively in human beings.

(4) To enhance the contribution of science and the arts to the understanding and appreciation of laughter; to support and create programs that capitalize on laughter to improve human relations, peace, and harmony in the world. 

LASF Action Activities:

• Conducts fund-raising activities

• Provides educational assistance relevant conferences & classes.

• Provides materials to raise public awareness of the value of laughter.

• Encourages participation of visual and performance artists whose work inspires laughter and helps us understand the role of laughter in human life.

• Promotes research into the efficacy of therapeutic laughter methods.

• Underwrites activities that promote its mission and projects.

• Sponsors a free web page for listing World Laughter Day events and greetings.

SCHOLARSHIP & PROJECT ASSISTANCE
Applicants may request financial assistance to help attend relevant training & educational programs as well as for other projects related to laughter & humor awareness and edcuation.
Click here to download the scholarship application.

FUNNY LITERACY
Educate and Amuse: Using humor to help kids enjoy reading. A project for teachers, libraries, bookstores, and afterschool programs.
Click here for more information.

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP: If you appreciate the aims of LASF and wish to help accomplish more of its good works, won't you please take a moment to make a financial contribution in support of the Foundation's programs and projects. Contributions are tax deductible for USA income tax purposes, according to IRS regulations.

You can make a contribution in honor of a special event (birth, wedding, graduation, memorial, etc.) that will be acknowledged with a special notice mailed to the honoree you designate.

You can establish a scholarship or grant in the name of a special person, and can special the particular purpose, or make it a general purpose grant.

For more information about any of these options, contact us toll-free at 1-800-669-5233.

Contributions are tax deductible for USA income tax purposes, according to IRS regulations.