WORLD MONUMENTS FUND INC

What they do

WMF is THE LEADING INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION DEVOTED to SAFEGUARDING THE WORLDS MOST TREASURED PLACES to ENRICH PEOPLES LIVES and BUILD MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING ACROSS CULTURES and COMMUNITIES. THE ORGANIZATION is HEADQUARTERED IN NEW YORK CITY WITH OFFICES and AFFILIATES IN CAMBODIA, FRANCE, INDIA, PERU, PORTUGAL, SPAIN and THE UK. SINCE 1965, OUR GLOBAL TEAM of EXPERTS HAS PRESERVED THE WORLDS DIVERSE CULTURAL HERITAGE USING THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AT MORE THAN 700 SITES IN OVER 100 COUNTRIES. PARTNERING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, FUNDERS, and GOVERNMENTS, WMF DRAWS ON HERITAGE to ADDRESS SOME of TODAYS MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES: CLIMATE CHANGE, UNDERREPRESENTATION, IMBALANCED TOURISM, and POST-CRISIS RECOVERY. WITH A COMMITMENT to THE PEOPLE WHO BRING PLACES to LIFE, WMF EMBRACES THE POTENTIAL of THE PAST to CREATE A MORE RESILIENT and INCLUSIVE SOCIETY.