Celebrating the People and Achievements That Shaped Us
The COIAF Heritage Minute presents a new daily tribute honoring the individuals, ideas, achievements, and events that form part of the Italian and Italian-American legacy.
Each story is an invitation to learn, remember, and share that heritage with another generation.
Explore Italy One Dish at a Time
Discover twenty celebrated Italian and Italian-American favorites, with a stronger focus on Italy’s great regional classics.
Pizza Margherita
A Neapolitan classic with bright tomato, fresh mozzarella, basil, and a blistered wood-fired crust.
Discover Italian Heritage Around the World
The International Italian Heritage Coalition Network (IHCN) is COIAF’s searchable international directory and digital card catalog of important Italian heritage places, institutions, events, and cultural resources.
Search by category, city, region, or location to discover the people, places, organizations, traditions, and community resources that keep Italian heritage visible and connected across generations.
Choose the Resource link below for easy access.
Add Your Registration to IHCN Register an Italian organization, business, event, museum, monument, landmark, church, cultural resource, or heritage location.
Search the IHCN
Search all primary categories for Italian organizations, museums, monuments, restaurants, markets, events, historic locations, churches, and cultural resources.
Search All Categories
Culture, History, Art and Museums
Discover the history, art, music, traditions, museums, landmarks, and people who shaped the Italian and Italian-American experience.
Explore Italian Heritage
Scholarships and Education
Learn about educational opportunities, scholarship application periods, academic achievement, and support for the next generation of leaders.
Scholarship Information
Genealogy and Family Origins
Explore family-history resources, ancestral research, immigration records, Italian archives, DNA resources, and the stories carried through generations.
Research Family OriginsAbout Us
Learn more about COIAF’s purpose, cultural programs, educational mission, community partnerships, and the work being developed to preserve Italian heritage for future generations.
Learn About COIAFOur purpose, programs, and community
Coming Soon! The COIAF Marketplace
Discover the America 250 and Colorado 150 commemorative throws, available in two exclusive designs with automatic mix-or-match volume pricing.
Every purchase supports COIAF scholarship fundraising.