Origin from 1983
Ar nDraiocht Fein (ADF), A Druid Fellowship, is a modern Druidic religious organization founded in the United States in 1983 by Isaac Bonewits. Unlike Druid orders drawing solely on Celtic sources, ADF takes a comparative, scholarly reconstructionist approach across the historical Indo-European cultures, organizing local congregations called groves and training its own clergy.
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Distinguishing FeatureSourced to the subject's own accountADF's reconstructionist approach draws comparatively on multiple historical Indo-European cultures, Celtic, Norse, Vedic, Hellenic and others, rather than Celtic tradition alone, and it trains and ordains its own clergy through a structured study program. 1 Governing BodySourced to the subject's own accountLed by an elected Archdruid; Isaac Bonewits served as founding Archdruid until his death in 2010. 1 Finances
Financial Disclosure RegimeAr nDraiocht Fein: A Druid Fellowship is registered with the US Internal Revenue Service under EIN 51-0328645 and designated a church, which exempts it from filing the annual Form 990 information return; ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer confirms no Form 990 data exists for the organization. No consolidated financial statement or wealth figure for the Fellowship is publicly available to disclose. 2 Origins
Origin PeriodSourced to the subject's own account FounderSourced to the subject's own accountIsaac Bonewits, who founded the organization in 1983 and served as its founding Archdruid until his death in 2010. 1 FoundedSourced to the subject's own accountFounded 1983, United States. 1 Status
Current StatusSourced to the subject's own accountActive, organized into local groves worldwide with a structured clergy training and ordination program. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Ar nDraiocht Fein directly: "Explorer's organization record for Ar Ndraiocht Fein A Druid Fellowship Inc, EIN 51-0328645, stating that the IRS designates the organization a church and that no Form 990 filing data exists for it..."
This source names Ar nDraiocht Fein directly: "general-reference article on Ar nDraiocht Fein (ADF), a continuously edited tertiary source with no fixed publication year, accessed 2026-08-19."
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