The Asatru Folk Assembly or AFA is a US-based Asatru organization founded by Stephen McNallen in 1994. It is the successor organization to a group called the Asatru Free Assembly founded by McNallen in 1974 and disbanded in 1986, itself an outgrowth of a group called the Viking Brotherhood founded by McNallen in 1971. The defunct Asatru Free Assembly is sometimes distinguished from the modern Asatru Folk Assembly by the usage of "old AFA" and "new AFA", respectively. The AFA has been recognized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit religious organization, or church. It is based in Nevada City, CA.