Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation remains committed to a twofold mission: preservation and education. Preservation — to conserve, protect, and maintain Monticello in a manner which leaves it enhanced and unimpaired for future generations — and education — to interpret and present Thomas Jefferson to the widest possible audiences, including scholars and the general public.

For almost 100 years, Monticello has been maintained and kept open to the public by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc., which owns over 2,500 acres of Jefferson’s 5,000-acre plantation. As a private, nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation, the Foundation receives no ongoing federal, state, or local funding in support of its dual mission of preservation and education.