The Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA) is a non-profit religious group registered in the state of Illinois and formed to function as the coordinating organization for Zoroastrian Associations of North America.
- FEZANA publishes a three-monthly magazine, FEZANA Journal. It deals with such subjects as religion and youth, Zoroastrianism in North America, etc.
- FEZANA organizes a (Zoroastrian) Excellence in Sports Scholarship (EXISS) each year, in a city in North America, in which every sportive Zoroastrian between the age of 10 and the age of 30 can participate.
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