The Foundation for the Preservation and Promotion of Square Dancing was formed in 1992 and is registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation. It is the legal entity through which money is raised to carry out specified goals and objectives of the organization.

What is The Foundation's purpose?

The Foundation's purpose is to support the funding of projects that will preserve and promote square dancing and other associated dance forms. The projects will protect the heritage of the activity and contribute to its growth, emphasizing the social, physical, and mental benefits of square dancing. The Foundation will also increase public awareness of the activity by showing the fun and fellowship that makes square dancing a popular recreation today.

What can The Foundation do?

Currently The Foundation is focusing its efforts on marketing and promotion. Other projects include educational seminars, informative brochures, and public service announcements, but the progress does not need to stop here. Future projects under consideration include assisting the hearing impaired with the purchase of sound enhancement systems, creating a museum for the collection and protection of historical memorabilia, establishing a library cataloging square dance records, tapes, and publications as a reference center, and supporting new school programs that will introduce modern square dancing to our youth. Funding such projects is only the beginning of ways The Foundation can positively influence square dancing. The possibilities are endless!