In accordance with its charter the AFS Foundation

• assists AFS international and its affiliates worldwide in promoting intercultural exchanges
• endeavours to preserve the legacy of AFS and The American Field Service
• holds the AFS name and logo and related intellectual property and licenses them.

Our most important task is to secure the existence and the continuation of the worldwide AFS network. This includes maintaining the AFS trademarks and saving historical material, as well as advancing the understanding for the history of AFS that reaches back to World War One.