Foundation

Foundation may refer to:

• Foundation (engineering), the portion of a building's structure that transfers the weight of the building into the ground strata
• Foundation (cosmetics), a cosmetic applied to the face
• Foundation (nonprofit organization), a legal categorization of nonprofit organizations
  • Private foundation, legal entity founded by a private individual
  • Public charity, which has the word Foundation in its name
  • Waqf, an inalienable religious endowment in Islam, often translated in English with Foundation
  • List of charitable foundations, a list of foundations that support or provide philanthropic activities.
  • List of wealthiest foundations, an annotated list of the largest foundations and other charitable organizations, organised by country and size of financial endowment.
• Foundation (evidence), sufficient preliminary evidence for the admissibility of further evidence
• Foundation Degree, a vocational qualification available in England
• FOUNDATION fieldbus, an industrial standard for a fieldbus control system
• University Foundation Programme, a year of preparation for international students before beginning a degree
• Foundation House Officer, a work and training position for postgraduate medical practitioners in the United Kingdom

Literature

• Foundation (novel) of the Foundation series, a series of books written by Isaac Asimov
• The Foundation (Seinfeld episode), an episode of the TV series Seinfeld
• La fundación (The Foundation), a 1974 play written by Antonio Buero Vallejo
• Foundation - The International Review of Science Fiction, an academic journal
• Foundation, a 2008 novel by Mercedes Lackey

Music

• The Foundations, a British soul group
• The Roots (aka The Foundation), an American hip-hop group
• Foundation (album), a 1998 album by rap group Brand Nubian
• The Foundation (album), a 2005 album by The Geto Boys
• The Foundation (Zac Brown Band album), a 2008 album by Zac Brown Band
• "Foundations" (song), a 2007 song by indie singer Kate Nash
• "The Foundation" (song), a 1996 song by rapper Xzibit

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