Woodrow Wilson Foundation

The Woodrow Wilson Foundation was an educational non-profit created in 1922, organized under the laws of New York, for the "perpetuation of Wilson's ideals" through publications and support of research. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the national chairman, and there were local chairmen in each of the 48 states. The initial goal of the foundation was 1 million dollars. Among the foundation’s goals was the establishment of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for distinguished public service.

In 1963, the Foundation undertook the financial responsibility for the completion of The Papers of Woodrow Wilson, a 69 volume edition of all of Wilson's papers, which was jointly sponsored by Princeton University. Princeton housed Wilson’s papers and provided the staff for the project. The first volume was published in 1966 and the final volume in 1994. This project consumed all of the energies and funds of the foundation during its thirty year duration. Following the publication of the final volume, the foundation intended to return to its support of research, but the drain of funds had been too great, and the foundation folded in 1993. Various functions of the foundation were turned over to Princeton University.