"The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, PAAIA, Inc., is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonreligious 501(c)(4) membership organization that serves the domestic interests of Iranian Americans and represents the community before U.S. policymakers and the American public at large. PAAIA works to foster greater understanding of our community and its cultural heritage and to expand opportunities for the active participation of Iranian Americans in the democratic process at all levels of government." Iranian American Political Action Committee (IAPAC) is the registered bipartisan connected political action committee of the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) and is responsible for releasing endorsements.