Mission
The Coosawattee Foundation seeks to provide assistance to human cultures working to protect their respective existences and heritages through research, public policy mechanisms, and technology systems and methods.
The goal of the organization is to educate the public about the value of past and present Indigenous cultures of North America, to work with landowners to preserve archaeological sites and the natural environments in the immediate vicinity of these sites, and to persuade government leaders and the broader public about the need to implement public policy mechanisms to protect these resources.
We accomplish our mission through raising funds from private and public sources, establishing alliances with other private organizations, assisting in public policy formulation, and working closely with public and private educational institutions. We are a public foundation and a 501(c)3 organization as determined by the Internal Revenue Service. We are not a grant-making organization, but we occasionally partner with individuals and other non-profits organizations in furtherance of the CFI mission.
Of particular concern to the Foundation is the protection of irreplaceable archaeological resources and the environments within which they occur. Archaeological resources are non-renewable, and a large part of the information we obtain from these resources cannot be gained from any other sources. Modern development and suburban sprawl are continually expanding across the natural landscape.
Real estate development, widespread looting activity and low-priority public policy all contribute to daily losses of tangible and intangible information. These losses include natural landforms that have existed for thousands or millions of years, habitats for rare and endangered species of plants and animals, and archaeological sites that can tell us how surrounding landscapes and resources have contributed to the success or failure of past cultures.
The Foundation provides educational programs and tools aimed at educating school children and the general public about the value of cultural resources and their environmental contexts. The Foundation has ongoing agreements with several landowners who allow us to conduct archaeological research on their properties and occasionally include students and others in these projects.
Implementing the Mission
The organization takes direct action and works through alliances with other organizations, assisting in public policy formulation, working closely with private and public educational institutions, and raising funds from private and public sources.
The Foundation provides programs and tools aimed at educating school children and the general public about the value of cultural resources and their environmental contexts. The Foundation has ongoing agreements with several landowners who allow us to conduct archaeological research on their properties, and we occasionally include students and others in these projects.
We are a public foundation and a 501(c)3 organization as determined by the Internal Revenue Service. We are not a grant-making organization, but we occasionally partner with individuals and other non-profit organizations in furtherance of the CFI mission.