The Monuments Men and Women Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to raising global awareness about the importance of respecting and preserving the world’s shared cultural heritage. In addition to honoring the service of these wartime heroes, from fourteen nations, who served as Monuments Men and Women during World War II, the Foundation continues their mission by locating some of the hundreds of thousands of still missing works of art and cultural objects and returning them to their rightful owners. Working with military veterans, their family members, and others, the Foundation uses its super partes role to act on behalf of the work of art or cultural object in question, without favoritism or agenda.

For its work honoring the historic achievements of the Monuments Men and Women, the Foundation has received numerous awards including the National Humanities Medal, the highest honor in the United States for work in the humanities, which was presented by President George W. Bush at a White House ceremony in 2007.