foundation

Definition for foundation

noun as in basis for something physical or mental

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authority, base, bedrock, groundwork, infrastructure, support

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ABCs, basics, bed, bottom, foot, footing, ground, guts, heart, justification, nitty-gritty, nub, prop, reason, root, setup, stay, substratum, substructure, understructure

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bottom line, brass tacks, nuts and bolts, underpinning

noun as in established institution

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association, charity, company, corporation, endowment, establishment, institute, organization, society

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guild, inauguration, plantation, settlement, trusteeship

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A press release, various marketing materials and the prologue of Capt Sir Tom’s memoir, all stated that the books would be used to support or raise money for the foundation.

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The study was done in close collaboration with Stavros Drakos at the University of Utah, USA, and was mainly financed by the Swedish Research Council, LeDucq Foundation and the Ragnar Söderberg Foundation.

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“I hope that I have written the novel that Twain did not and also could not have written,” Everett said in an August interview with the Booker Prize Foundation.

From Los Angeles Times

It comes after the Charity Commission found Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore benefited from their association with the charity set up in Capt Sir Tom's name, including money from a £1.4m book deal paid to a family company, not to the Foundation.

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After he died in February 2021, the charity watchdog opened an inquiry into the Captain Tom Foundation.

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