is a not-for-profit public foundation, which through its art-related programs, seeks to raise funds to help those in need.

The Cygnet Foundation's program for working women is conducted principally through its initiative, Made with Love, which facilitates the sale and distribution of products made by poor working women in developing countries particularly in Africa and South America. The Foundation directs the net proceeds received from the sale of those products to relevant charities in the region of the product’s origination.

The Foundation’s initiative for children is directed primarily through contributions to UNICEF, the most experienced and effective worldwide organization dedicated to protecting the rights and enhancing the well-being of children in need.

The Foundation's efforts to help animals in need are currently directed to its Thousand Hounds project. Through the net proceeds received by it from the sales of the books, A Thousand Hounds (Taschen, 2000) and its related exhibitions, the Cygnet Foundation has provided the resources to find homes for a thousand dogs (and cats).

The Cygnet Foundation Book Division has produced numerous books on photography including, A Thousand Hounds (Taschen), Full of Grace (Damiani) and Shared Space.

The Foundation’s Children’s Book division has produced three books: Captain Cur and Wonderflea, Alice and the Grain of Sand and Laroo.