in 1994, constantine sidamon-eristoff founded american friends of georgia. since then, afg has been working toward its mission to provide practical humanitarian assistance to the people of georgia in order to improve educational, economic, social, medical, and environmental conditions. american friends of georgia is a u.s. non-profit, non-political 501(c)(3) public charity with tax-exempt status. upon his death, his son simon sidamon-eristoff took over as chairman.