The Foundation for Landscape Studies, a New York not-for-profit corporation, is a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The activities of the foundation are governed by a board of directors and implemented under the leadership of its president, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers.

The foundation initiates collaborative projects with other organizations, institutions, and individuals that promote and advance landscape history and historic landscape design, theory and practice. Through these associations and independent activities, it serves as a center of communication and collaboration.