The National Defense University Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit 501(c)3 philanthropic foundation established to support the National Defense University. The NDU Foundation seeks to drive excellence and innovation in the National Defense University through external partnerships, financial support, and original initiatives. We serve as the conduit for the private-public partnerships at the University. The NDU Foundation focuses exclusively on supporting the education and leadership development of national defense, security and peacekeeping professionals studying at the National Defense University (NDU)., located at Ft. Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C. The Foundation provides NDU with vital resources to NDU to fulfill the mission to educate joint warfighters and other national security leaders in critical thinking and the creative application of military power to inform national strategy and globally integrated operations, under conditions of disruptive change, in order to prevail in war, peace, and competition. Learn more at NDUFoundation.org.