Foundation

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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
  • Foundation (United States law), in the U.S., a type of charitable organization
  • Private foundation, legal entity founded by a private individual
  • Charitable organization, 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 charitable 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

[edit] Literature

• Foundation series, a series of science fiction books written by Isaac Asimov
  • Foundation (novel), one of the books in the series
• 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 in her Collegium Chronicles
• Foundation (b-boy book) - The book Foundation: B-boys, B-girls, And Hip-Hop Culture In New York

[edit] Music

• The Foundations, a British soul group
• The Roots (aka The Foundation), an American hip-hop group
• The Foundation (Geto Boys 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
• Foundation (Brand Nubian album)
• Foundation (Magnum album)
• Foundation (M.O.P. album)
• Foundation (Doc Watson album)

[edit] Television

• The Foundation (TV series), a Canadian TV comedy
• The Foundation (Seinfeld), an episode of the TV series Seinfeld

[edit] Other uses

• The Foundation (producer), a children's television production company in the UK

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