Home - The Corps Foundation Menu Home The Foundation with the help of members contributors and partners works to improve the variety and quality of facilities to meet the increasing demand for recreation. Life Jackets WornNobody Mourns Enhancing visitors experience by raising their awareness of the water environment and its associated resources. Follow the Corps Foundations Advocacy Alerts and get our Advocacy Toolkit to learn how and when to contact your representatives when issues around water access recreation funding and safety are being decided. OUR IMPACT Americans love recreating on the water and when they do its most likely on a lake or waterway managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers USACE the largest provider of waterbased recreation in the country.