The jamestown-yorktown foundation, INC. Is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that pursues private funds to strengthen and maintain museum programs and services, assists with the development of the museum collection, and oversees the endowment. The jamestown-yorktown foundation, an educational institution of the commonwealth of virginia, shall foster through its living-history museums - jamestown settlement and american revolution museum - an awareness and understanding of the early history, settlement and development of the united states through the convergence of american indian, european and african cultures and the enduring legacies bequeathed to the nation.