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 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), 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 * ''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 by Polymorph Games * The Foundation, a character in 2017 game Fortnite Battle Royale

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 ...

, 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 Communion may refer to: Religion * The Eucharist (also called the Holy Communion or Lord's Supper), the Christian rite involving the eating of bread and drinking of wine, reenacting the Last Supper **Communion (chant), the Gregorian chant that ac ...

'' * "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 the ...

'', 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. Fou ...

, a British academic qualification * Foundation school, 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 t ...

, 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, w ...

, 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 w ...

, 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 FieldCom ...

, 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 ...

, 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