Foundation may refer to: *

Foundation (nonprofit) A foundation (also a charitable foundation) is a category of nonprofit organization or charitable trust that typically provides funding and support for other charitable organizations through grants, but may also engage directly in charitable acti ...

, a type of charitable organization **

Foundation (United States law) A foundation in the United States is a type of charitable organization. However, the Internal Revenue Code distinguishes between private foundations (usually funded by an individual, family, or corporation) and charitable organization, public chari ...

, a type of charitable organization in the U.S. **

Private foundation A private foundation is a tax-exempt organization not relying on broad public support and generally claiming to serve humanitarian purposes. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest private foundation in the U.S. with over $38 billion ...

, a charitable organization that, while serving a good cause, might not qualify as a public charity by government standards *

Foundation (cosmetics) Foundation is a liquid, cream, or powder makeup applied to the face and neck to create an even, uniform color to the complexion, cover flaws and, sometimes, to change the natural skin tone. Some foundations also function as a moisturizer, sunscre ...

, a multi-coloured makeup applied to the face *

Foundation (evidence) In common law (legal system), common law, a foundation is sufficient preliminary evidence (law), evidence of the Authentication (law), authenticity and relevance (law), relevance for the admissible evidence, admission of material evidence in the f ...

, a legal term *

Foundation (engineering) In engineering, a foundation is the element of a structure which connects it to the ground, transferring loads from the structure to the ground. Foundations are generally considered either shallow or deep. Foundation engineering is the applic ...

, the element of a structure which connects it to the ground, and transfers loads from the structure to the ground

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film and TV

* ''The Foundation'', a film about 1960s-1970s Aboriginal history in Sydney, featuring

Gary Foley Gary Edward Foley (born 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian activist of the Gumbainggir people, academic, writer and actor. He is best known for his role in establishing the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra in 1972 and for establishing an Abo ...

* ''Foundation'' (TV series), an Apple TV+ series adapted from Isaac Asimov's novels * "The Foundation" (''Seinfeld''), an episode * ''The Foundation'' (1984 TV series), a Hong Kong series * ''The Foundation'' (Canadian TV series), a 2009–2010 Canadian sitcom

Games

* ''Foundation'', an Amiga video game * ''Foundation'', a 2019

simulation video game Simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities. A simulation game attempts to copy various activities from real life in the form of a game for various purposes such ...

by Polymorph Games * The Foundation, a character in 2017 game

Fortnite Battle Royale ''Fortnite Battle Royale'' is a free-to-play battle royale video game developed and published by Epic Games. It is a companion game to '' Fortnite: Save the World'', a cooperative survival game with construction elements. It was initially re ...

Literature

Foundation series The ''Foundation'' series is a science fiction book series written by American author Isaac Asimov. First published as a series of short stories in 1942–50, and subsequently in three collections in 1951–53, for thirty years the series was a ...

, a series of science fiction books by Isaac Asimov ** ''Foundation'' (Asimov novel), the first book in Asimov's series, published in 1951 * ''Foundation'' (b-boy book), by Joseph G. Schloss * ''Foundation'' (Lackey novel), a 2008 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey

Music

The Foundations The Foundations were a British soul band (m. 1967–1970). The group's background was: West Indian, White British, and Sri Lankan. Their 1967 debut single "Baby Now That I've Found You" reached number one in the UK and Canada, and number ele ...

, a British soul group

Albums

* ''Foundation'' (Brand Nubian album) * ''Foundation'' (Breakage album) * ''Foundation'' (Doc Watson album) * ''Foundation'' (Magnum album) * ''Foundation'' (M.O.P. album) * ''Foundation'', a 1997 compilation album by

Die Krupps Die Krupps () ("The Krupps") is a German industrial metal/ EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf. The band has had a diverse range of musical influences over time, including the percussive industrial '' ...

* ''The Foundation'' (Geto Boys album) * ''The Foundation'' (Pep Love album), 2005 * ''The Foundation'' (Zac Brown Band album) *''The Foundations'' (album), by 4 Corners

Songs

* "Foundation", a 1998 song by Brand Nubian from the eponymous album ''Foundation'' * "Foundation", a 2009 song by M.O.P. from the eponymous album ''Foundation'' * "Foundation", a 2010 song by Breakage from the eponymous album ''Foundation'' * "Foundation", a 2015 song by Years & Years from '' Communion'' * "Foundations" (song), by Kate Nash * "The Foundation" (song), by Xzibit

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''

Foundation – The International Review of Science Fiction ''Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction'' is a critical peer-reviewed literary journal established in 1972 that publishes articles and reviews about science fiction. It is published triannually (spring, summer, and winter) by t ...

'', a literary journal * ''The Foundation Trilogy'' (BBC Radio), a radio adaption of Asimov's series * The

SCP Foundation The SCP Foundation is a fictional secret organization documented by the collaborative-writing wiki project of the same name. Within the website's shared universe, the Foundation is responsible for capturing, containing, and studying various p ...

, a fictional organization that is often referred to in-universe as "The Foundation"

Education

Foundation degree A foundation degree is a combined academic and vocational qualification in higher education in the United Kingdom, equivalent to two-thirds of an honours bachelor's degree, introduced by the Department for Education and Employment in 2000. Founda ...

, a British academic qualification *

Foundation school In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools. Foundation schools were set up under the School Standards and Framework A ...

, a type of school in England and Wales *

Foundation Stage Foundation Stage is the British government label for the education of pupils aged 2 to 5 in England. In Northern Ireland, it is also used to refer to the first two years of compulsory education for pupils aged 4 to 6. England Foundation Stage 1 ta ...

, a stage of education for children aged 3 to 5 in England *

University Foundation Programme {{Unreferenced, date=May 2007 The University Foundation Programme (UFP) is a one-year intensive course that leads to entry to a wide range of universities in the United Kingdom. It is designed as an alternative to the conventional A-Level route, ...

, a British university entrance course

Science and technology

Foundation (framework) Foundation is a free and open-source responsive front-end framework, providing a responsive grid and HTML and CSS UI components, templates, and code snippets, including typography, forms, buttons, navigation and other interface elements, as ...

, a free collection of tools for creating websites and web applications by ZURB *

Foundation Fieldbus Foundation Fieldbus (styled Fieldbus) is an all- digital, serial, two-way communications system that serves as the base-level network in a plant or factory automation environment. It is an open architecture, developed and administered by FieldComm ...

, a communications system *

Foundation Kit The Foundation Kit, or just Foundation for short, is an Objective-C framework in the OpenStep specification. It provides basic classes such as wrapper classes and data structure classes. This framework uses the prefix NS (for NeXTSTEP). It is a ...

, an Apple API

Companies

Foundation Medicine Foundation Medicine, Inc. is an American company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which develops, manufactures, and sells genomic profiling assays based on next-generation sequencing technology for solid tumors, hematologic malignancies, and sa ...

, a genomic profiling company