World Monuments Fund

Established in 1965, the World Monuments Fund (WMF) protects important historical sites across the globe —that figure has topped 700 sites in 112 countries — and promotes mutual understanding between cultures and communities. Headquartered in New York City, the WMF maintains offices and affiliates in Cambodia, France, India, Peru, Portugal, Spain, and the UK. The organization joins forces with local communities, funders, and governments to find solutions to such issues as climate change, imbalanced tourism, and post-crisis recovery.

In 2006, GRoW founder Gregory Annenberg Weingarten funded the WMF's Annenberg Program for Endangered Cultural Heritage in the Developing World, which was designed to assist communities around the globe — especially in developing countries — in incorporating historic preservation into their sustainability efforts. Advocacy training, capacity building, and technology exchange were used to empower local guardians of key sites and help communities better appreciate the necessity for cultural heritage preservation.