Foundation(s) or The Foundation(s) may refer to:

Common uses

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 change the natural human skin color, skin tone. Some foundations also function as a moistur ...

, a skin-coloured makeup cream applied to the face *

Foundation (engineering) In engineering, a foundation is the element of a structural engineering, structure which connects it to the ground or more rarely, water (as with Floating building, floating structures), transferring force, loads from the structure to the groun ...

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

Foundation (evidence) In common law, a foundation is sufficient preliminary evidence of the authenticity and relevance for the admission of material evidence in the form of exhibits or testimony of witnesses. Although the word "Foundation" does not appear in the Fed ...

, a legal term *

Foundation (nonprofit) A foundation (also referred to as a charitable foundation) is a type of nonprofit organization or charitable trust that usually provides funding and support to other charitable organizations through grants, while also potentially participating d ...

, a type of charitable organization **

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

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

Private foundation A private foundation is a Tax exemption, tax-exempt organization that does not rely on broad public support and generally claims to serve humanitarian purposes. Unlike a Foundation (nonprofit), charitable foundation, a private foundation does no ...

, a charitable organization that might not qualify as a public charity by government standards

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 Gumbaynggirr 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 Ab ...

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

Games

* ''Foundation'' (video game), a city-building game (2025) * ''Foundation'', an Amiga video game * The Foundation, a character in 2017 game ''

Fortnite Battle Royale ''Fortnite Battle Royale'' is a 2017 Battle royale game, battle royale video game produced by Epic Games. It was originally developed as a companion game part of the early access version of ''Fortnite: Save the World'', a cooperative survival ...

Literature

Foundation (book series) The ''Foundation'' series is a science fiction novel series written by American author Isaac Asimov. First published as a series of short stories and novellas in 1942–1950, and subsequently in three novels in 1951–1953, for nearly thirty ye ...

, 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 who were primarily active between 1967 and 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 ...

, a British soul group * Foundations (EP), by Serj Tankian

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/electronic body music, EBM band, formed in 1980 by Jürgen Engler, Ralf Dörper, and Bernward Malaka in Düsseldorf. The band has had a diverse range of musical influences over time, i ...

* ''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 1983 song by

Spandau Ballet Spandau Ballet ( ) were an English new wave band formed in Islington, London, in 1979. Inspired by the capital's post-punk underground dance scene, they emerged at the start of the 1980s as the house band for the Blitz Kids (New Romantics), ...

from the album ''True'' * "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'', a literary journal * ''The Foundation Trilogy'' (BBC Radio), a radio adaption of Asimov's series * The

SCP Foundation The SCP Foundation is a fictional organization featured in stories created by contributors on the SCP Wiki, a wiki-based Collaborative fiction, collaborative writing project. Within the project's shared universe, shared fictional universe, the ...

, 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. Foundation degrees were introduced by the Department for Education and ...

, a British academic qualification *

Foundation school In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the school governor, governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in Community school (England and Wales), community schools. Foundation schools ...

, 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 tak ...

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

University Foundation Programme The University Foundation Programme (UFP){{cite web , title=The University Foundation Programme , url=https://www.studyin-uk.com/profiles/pathway/university-foundation-programme/ , website=studyin-uk.com , publisher=SI-UK , access-date=19 August 2 ...

, a British university entrance course

Science and technology

* Foundation (framework), a free collection of tools for creating websites and web applications by ZURB * Foundation Fieldbus, a communications system *

Foundation Kit The Foundation Kit, or just Foundation for short, is an Objective-C framework in the OpenStep specification described by NeXT Computer, Inc.. It provides basic classes such as wrapper classes and data structure classes. This framework uses the ...

, 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 ...

, a genomic profiling company