The North American Council of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews (NAC) was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization in 2005, the year that the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland, which initiated the project, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and the City of Warsaw signed an agreement to establish the Museum. The goal of NAC was to raise awareness of the project and the funds to realize it. In 2018, the organization changed its name to American Friends of Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews.