ALLY Foundation

{{Short description|American non-profit organization}}

{{primary sources|date=August 2009}}

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| caption = Alexandra Nicole Zapp

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| formation = {{start date|2002}}

| founder = Andrea Casanova, Steven Stiles

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The ALLY Foundation is an American 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization based in Boston, Massachusetts, concerned with sexual violence.{{Cite web |title=The ALLY Foundation {{!}} About |url=https://www.theallyfoundation.org:80/about/about-us/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=The ALLY Foundation {{!}} About |language=en}}

The ALLY Foundation was founded in December 2002 by Andrea Casanova and Steven Stiles in memory of their murdered daughter and step daughter, Alexandra Zapp ("Ally"). Ally was murdered on July 18, 2002, by convicted sex offender Paul Leahy in a Burger King restroom on her drive home to Newport, Rhode Island.[https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/12/01/remembering-alexandra-zapp-her-parents-continue-their-fight-prevent-more-tragedies/Mti6qM2wd2abXNDBHmCvuO/story.html Remembering Alexandra Zapp: her parents continue their fight to prevent more tragedies]{{Cite web |date=2008-09-25 |title=Last Exit - Boston Magazine |url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/last_exit/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |archive-date=2008-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925161407/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/last_exit/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}

The ALLY Foundation was included in the White House signing of The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.{{cite web |last1=Casanova |first1=Andrea |title=INFORMING POLICY

|url=https://theallyfoundation.org/solutions/policy/ |website=ALLY Foundation |access-date=29 July 2024}}

In 2018, the ALLY Foundation launched the Let's End It! video series that featured experts from all disciplines speaking about sexual violence.{{cite web |last1=Casanova |first1=Andrea |title=LET'S END IT! |url=https://theallyfoundation.org/solutions/lets-end-it/ |website=ALLY Foundation |access-date=29 July 2024}}