Founded in 1961, the Academy for Educational Development, Inc., is an independent non-profit service organization that develops programs to address problems stemming from illiteracy, overpopulation, malnutrition, poverty, and disease in the United States and throughout the world, especially in developing countries. The Academy works in partnerships with policy leaders; non-governmental and community-based organizations; government agencies; international multilateral and bilateral funders; and schools, colleges, and universities. The Clearinghouse on Development Communication, Washington, D.C., is an information service of the Academy.