Editing World Monuments Fund (section)

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{{Infobox organization
| name = World Monuments Fund
| logo = World Monuments Fund logo.svg
| type = Arts and Culture
| tax_id = 13-2571900
| founded_date = {{start date and age|1965}}
| founder = James A. Gray (1909–1994)
| location = [[Rockefeller Center]]<br>[[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|NY]]
| origins =
| key_people = Bénédicte de Montlaur, Chief Executive Officer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wmf.org/press-release/world-monuments-fund-names-bénédicte-de-montlaur-next-ceo |title=World Monuments Fund Names Bénédicte de Montlaur Next CEO |publisher=World Monuments Fund|date=30 July 2019|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>
| area_served = Global
| focus = [[Architectural conservation]], [[historic preservation]], [[archaeology]], [[cultural heritage management]]
| method = Fieldwork, advocacy, grantmaking, education, training
| revenue = $16.3 million (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wmf.org/sites/default/files/annual_report/WMF%202010%20Annual%20Report%20med.pdf |title=World Monuments Fund 2010 Annual Report |access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref>
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| former name = International Fund for Monuments (1965–1984)
| homepage = {{url|https://www.wmf.org/}}
| dissolved = 
| footnotes = WMF has affiliates in Cambodia, Peru, France, Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom
}}

'''World Monuments Fund''' ('''WMF''') is a private, international, [[non-profit]] organization dedicated to the [[historic preservation|preservation]] of historic [[architecture]] and cultural heritage sites around the world through fieldwork, advocacy, grantmaking, education, and training.

Founded in 1965, WMF is headquartered in [[New York City|New York]], and has offices and affiliates around the world, including [[Cambodia]], [[France]], [[Peru]], [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], and the [[United Kingdom]]. In addition to hands-on management, the affiliates identify, develop, and manage projects, negotiate local partnerships, and attract local support to complement funds provided by donors.<ref>[https://www.wmf.org/what-we-do "What we do"], World Monuments Fund. Retrieved 2 January 2019.</ref>